Apu!!

Nupul wears shoes twice the size of his feet. The shoes are badly torn. When I asked him why his hands were green, he motioned that he had been painting. You’d think he is really quiet, but when he gives a hearty laugh, everybody stops to look at him, and when he gets comfortable, he won't stop singing. Last Tuesday, he walked to the park and saw some people doing some weird movements. Some were even doing acrobatics. He joined in and started imitating us. His coordination was a little off, but his acrobatics were a lot better than some. He quickly quit the work out, and instead got more interested in the music being played. He spent the rest of the class playing with the speakers (and unfortunately, ended up breaking them) until it was time for the hoda, when he joined the Capoeira maestra in the middle of the circle and did a perfect negativa…
I saw a big smile on the maestra the next day when she walked in the park with Nupul following her. Is he going to become a regular? He asked us at least 10 times when would be the next class.
The most amazing thing about Nupul –
Ana shared a sandwich with him at the park. And when he finished eating, he took the paper plate from Ana, got up and walked all the way to a dustbin and threw the plate inside. This may be a small act, but in my millions of worthless thoughts, this is huge. Huge, huge and huge. It gives a whole different perspective about things here. Sweet hope.
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A few days ago, I had the hiccups and couldn’t get rid of them. I had the computer in front of me and decided to google a cure. And I stumbled upon this in wikiHow:
“The Indian Method:
Close your eyes.
Think of a popular Indian character (Gandhi, Apu from The Simpsons, etc) and envision him in your mind very clearly.
Attempt to channel their voices through yours.
Speak gently and quietly.
Bob your head very slightly, side by side, making sure your eyes are still squeezed shut.
Lick your lips and say, "Did you order the chicken tikka masala?"
Slowly open your eyes and count to ten in Hindi (Google this beforehand if you don't know how.)
Your hiccups are gone!”

Apu is the second most famous Indian on the planet!???
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Yesterday, a rickshawalla suddenly pulled off the ray-ban sunglasses he was wearing, handed them over to me and asked me “how much do you think they are worth?”... i respond that my knowledge of sunglasses is crap, but if they are real, he would probably get a good deal for them. He showed me the cover (that's when i knew that they were fake), and assured me they were originals. I decided to play along and didn’t tell him I thought they were fake. He told me that a customer had left them in the rickshaw and since he started wearing them, girls started looking at him. He then went on a rant of girls wearing tiny skirts and how he once tried to put a paper on a girl's butt cheek who was riding on a bike, just because she was showing. “And if they wear such tiny skirts, they probably want us to look, then of course I’ll oblige. I bend all the way down to get a better peek!”