I m currently on a "family vacation" at my mom's house in our native place which is quite modern. I m forced to mention this since in our Indian culture, we tend to think of our native place as that rural place where we go duty bound once a year to pay our dues.
Anyways, here I m with my dysfunctional family of two elder brothers one of whom refuses to acknowledge me as his sister n the other still trying to control the house.
And I discovered something suddenly today..well..not so much as discovered as realised...it was an eureka moment... I realised that Indian men(most of them) do not appreciate the intelligence of Indian women. They still see themselves as some superior, highly intelligent species ( and here I m trying very hard to control my vocabulary n not give vent to the abusive language that is itching to come out of me).
Some of my male readers out there may feel offended by reading this.. however to prove my point,i will give you all a simple example..an excerpt from my conversation with the control freak.
So the background is that the water tank is leaking water n the two macho men have finally figured out that the flush tank is leaking,hence the tank losing water.
So mom calls a plumber to check out the problem n he goes up to the terrace n starts fiddling with the water tank upstairs. N watching them struggle, I suggest to the control freak that the washer of the flush tank may be damaged which is causing it to lose water. N i m told in no uncertain terms to keep my opinion to myself.
I m beyond shocked. I want to get up n kick him in his mouth for daring to talk to me like that but I decide to channel my feelings thru my blog.
So in conclusion all I have to say is I have one more week to go with these two macho men and I m just keeping my fingers crossed that it passes well n passes soon.
I m sure u all will be praying for me as well.
Ciao for now.
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