The ‘I can blade you cos we are both Tamilians in a strange land’ mama…

I was walking the dog and I had my headphones on as usual. The dog was being recalcitrant so I scolded him – in Tamil. The next thing I hear is a mama voice piping up behind me, “are you Tamil? Are you from Madras?”. Yipes! I got stuck there for a good 15 minutes making stilted conversation. And that was long enough to get all the pertinent facts of the mama’s life. Fascinating! All about his daughters who live in the US and the green card he hopes to get….and the kicker, “India is the most draabai country ever”. After some desultory remarks he goes’ “A friend of mine, Sundaram came here and married a white woman. He sent me an invitation. Church wedding. I was so angry that I tore it up.” Thrilling!!! I’m stuck making blade conversation with an unpatriotic bigot. In between the ranting, he cleverly slips in the classic Q, “Are you brahmin?”. Wonder what other endearing traits he has. I can wait to find out.