Thursday, February 6, 2020

What's there in the name?

"Anirudh, come over here, your snacks is ready." Said Anirudh's mom.

Anirudh, then six years got annoyed. "Mom, why do you call me Anirudh? Don't you know my pet  name is Nani?"

Ok, Nani! Come over here now and have Pasta. I just checked in the youtube for this new recipe and prepared for you.

Anirudh came near Mom but did not sit on the table. He knows that Mom would feed him anyway if he does not eat by himself. Many things that he can do on his own, he doesn't attempt to do. He knows how to manage his Mom. 

Mom fed a spoon of her new pasta recipe.
"Nam...Nam...Nam... I love this".

After a while, Mom took Anirudh to shop. Both went to the nearby Archies shop. Mom was busy looking at a few gift articles while Anirudh was busy roaming around the shop, touching all the items. The storekeeper was looking scared with Anirudh's moves. There are many glass articles over there and the kid can easily drop them.

Mom, after selecting the gift item looked for Anirudh. "Nani, where are you? Come over here" she yelled.

Anirudh came near Mom but looked angrily at her. "Mom, why did you call me Nani? That uncle heard it.

"It's okay, come, let us go."


"No, You go to him and say I am not Nani, My name is Anirudh".

"It's okay Anirudh. He would not have heard it, let us go."

"No. I don't come unless you tell him that my name is Anirudh".

"Why should we say? We don't know who he is?"

"But he heard you calling me Nani. I don't like it."

"You only asked me to call Nani when I called you Anirudh."

"You can call me Nani, but I don't want others to call me Nani".

"But no one else called you Nani, I only called right?"

"But he heard. What if he calls me Nani? Go to him and say, my name is Anirudh."

"But he does not know who you are. Why would he call you Nani?"

"I don' know. I will cry if you don't tell him that my name is Anirudh."

"okay". said Mom and went near the stranger. 

She slowly said to the stranger. "See, he is my son. His name is Anirudh"

Aha!?

"I mean he is not Nani, His name is Anirudh only"

"Aha! Then who is Nani?"

"He is only Nani. But only I can call him Nani. For others He is Anirudh."

"But why are you saying this to me?"

"Because I called him Nani just now and he thinks you might call him Nani"

okay.said the stranger and turned towards Anirudh and said: " Hey Nani, how are you?"


"HoooooOOOoMMMM....." Fumed Anirudh, scratching his head.

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