Sheela: Mother, where are you going all dressed up?
S Mother: Sheela I am going to
the Temple. Today is a very big day. It is Mahashivratri. Why don’t you come
with me. At this time in the morning, there will not be much crowd in the
temple.
Sheela: Mom catch me going to
the temple! Catch me being seen by my friends in the temple doing idol worship!
Mom how did you’ll get into this belief in idol worship?
S Mother: Very simply put for
your generation, every place of worship has a certain strength around it, a
good energy, a clean positive spirit, a good community well-being,
which gets imbibed within you. By the way how do you’ll get into pub worship?
Sheela: Mom, when did you get so smart. Anyway, you are comparing apples and oranges. You know Mom…. (phone rings). It is Hasina. Mom we will leave the debate for later.
Sheela: Hi Hasina. How are
you? Listen just come down in 5 minutes. I have something very important to
tell you.
Hasina (over the phone): Sheela,
today is Friday. I have Namaz and I will not be able to come today.
Sheela: Oh ok, see you
tomorrow then.
S Mother: Where is Hasina
going?
Sheela: Mom she is going to
the Mosque. Today is Friday. For Namaz
S Mother: I guess there are no
idols inside the mosque. So she must have agreed to go.
Sheela says nothing. Pretends
to not hear.
Audrey: Hey Sheela, lets go to
the mall this weekend. I haven’t gone shopping for so long.
Sheela: Sunday afternoon I
have my dance class and evening I am going to my uncle’s place for dinner. Ok
lets go in the morning around 10.30
Audrey: Yes that will be great.
See you then on Sunday morning.
Sheela: Mother, Mother, don’t
tell me to help you in the kitchen Sunday morning. I am going shopping with
Audrey. Yippie. After so long.
Mother: Not even a Sunday
morning you can keep time aside to help me with the house chores. There is so
much cleaning work to be done.
Sheela: Wait mom… Audrey is calling. Hi Audrey.
Audrey: Sheela how could I
forget. And after knowing me for so many years how did it not strike you. I never
miss Sunday Church mass. And this Sunday is special. It is the week before
Christmas. So it will be longer till around 12.00. I can’t come shopping this
weekend.
Sheela: Ok then we will go next
weekend
S Mother: What happened?
Sheela sheepishly: Audrey is going
to Church for Sunday morning mass.