I never liked em
they were so noisy with their
aaloo lay lo, teenday lay loo, baingan bhi haaain
har maal do rupiya, har maal do rupiya
machliiiiiiii wala
pyaaz tamitar wala, pyaaz timatar wala
to top this, lying in bed on an early saturday morning, I would then hear aunties of the muhalla adding to the noise
sabzi walay pyaaz kitnay rupay kilo?
and then hear em bargain and bring it down to the lowest possible price they could
then the voice of tarazo would be heard over two aunties gossiping bout something
sham ko valimay main jaaa rahi ho?
haaan behan jana to paray ga muhallay ka mamla hay warna sach poochoo to mera bilkul jee nahi kar raha …blah blah blah
the sabzi wala was very dheet
sometimes i found him very flirtitious
I hated em he was noisy and always woke me up
On the contrary, i luved the thelay walas with the goodies
my fav was the shakarqandi wala with whom i secretly traded old copies for a char anay ki shaqarqandi and hid behind some door and ate it
The ‘khirch khirch khirch’ of the golay ganday wala drove me mad
it was like somebody was dragging their nail along the black board
and then the song of gol guppay wala, it was soooooooooooooo totally hummable
never learnt the words though,
I was always on the prowl to somehow sneak out of the house and buy a plate of gol guppays and go on the roof to eat em
enough, things have changed now
I have started appreciating the thelay walas,
If i have run out of onions, i cant tell anam,
bahir seeeri par beth kar sabzi walay ka dehan rakhna
instead i have to get the entire kumba ready take the car out and drive down the supermarket just to buy pyaaz
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Why dont we have thelay walas in bahir kay mulk?