Red hot bombs

No. I am not given to narcissism as far as my external appearance is concerned. Narcissim is not the reason I am posting this photo here. I was brought up secure in the knowledge of my ugliness. My father often worried, in a volume audible enough for everyone to hear, that no one would marry me.




This is a 16 year old photo. The baby is my baby. Ninad. And the pretty lady in the picture is, hold your breath, me!

Someone I have known for the last 10 years, but was totally out of touch with in the last 5 years, suddenly remembered me and sent me a picture of the 'Bhut Jolokia' by email. It was captioned 'the hottest chilli in the world.' This is slightly old news. The Naga Bhut Jolokia has been superseded by the 'Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T"' as the hottest chilli in the world. This is however a digression and  not the point that I am trying to make.

The message he wrote to me said 'sending a picture of the second hottest chilli of the world to the hottest chilli.' a.k.a. Me. I am infamous for the peppery and stingy words that my vocal cords would often articulate. I try to control my cords and am much better at the control part now, but you know that thing about old habits.

And then he saw my current pictures and informed me that I look like a Mami now. Not that it bothered me. I am a Mami to many kids, and adults for that matter. But he was trying to motivate me into getting back the 'pataka' looks and figure I had when he last saw me. I was not aware of being a 'pataka' back then. I therefore decided to look at my old pictures to confirm. The only ones that I had access to were on the internet, because of being far away from home. This one I located looked somewhat patakaish to me.

Only I had not been aware of the 'pataka'ness of the Juri back then. I wish I had been. It could have been put to better uses. *winking smiley*

I have never felt like a 'pataka' before (refer to second line of this blog), and much less so now. I am 15 kilos heavier than the photo above. It doesn't really matter to me, but I thought the lady in the picture looked good, as does the baby. I wanted to show them off. Please bear with me this time. Je promets que c'est la dernière fois. I promise this is the last time. The French might come across a little weird on translation. I know Alvita will rescue me. Or Huma will. This is the best I could do from what I learnt in school.