To all you people having fun at my expense over this post.

Scene 1 Act 1: EU is in the kitchen happily making her adrak ki chai and getting food ready for the day. You can hear her putting away the dishes. Happy morning one can tell.

Candy approaches EU in the kitchen.She does so each morning for friendly chatter and some girl talk.

Candy: What is cooking today.

EU: I am making kadhi.*matter of fact answer*

Candy: What did you make yesterday * happy smile and very grateful look, EU can’t tell if is genuine* It was awesome. Very chewy. So burgerish for meat eaters.

EU: Oh, waddy? That is made from daal.Not at all burgerish, but I like it too. Do you not eat meat.

Candy: Oh no, not for the last 30 years. Do you?

EU: Oh yeah, sure I do *matter of fact answer*

Candy: You do?? *heavy Oprah expression of disbelief and horror* But you are Indian?

EU: haaaaaaaaaaaaa? So? Indians eat meat. We make some really good dishes.

Candy: But your parents are vegetarian. *Heavy expressions continuing*

EU: But my neighbours weren’t. They are to be blamed * cheeky grin*

Candy: Do you know what they do to the animals before you eat them.* a little angry*

EU: Kill them *innocence personified*

Candy: Why don’t you go to a slaughter house to get your meat*irritating disbelief filled Americanised expression*

EU: I don’t  go picking my tomatoes either.*matter of fact answer*

Candy: So that justifies the killing of animals.

EU: Man has been hunting to find the best resources for himself and meat just happens to be one of them. I don’t see the big deal.

Candy: Doesn’t it pain you. Have you ever held a lamb.

EU: Nope, why are you so horrified.People actually like eating meat. It is a preference. And I have held a lamb in my arms.

Candy: That means I have been disillusioned about Indians, and how they always eat fresh fruit and vegetables.

EU: Yeah we eat all that but we don’t live in the forrest. We have a civilization in place. We are as materialistic and commercialised as the Americans if not more.You have to come back to India and see what it is like now.Not in some yoga Ashram but in the city.Get down and dirty there. * determined expression, EU is not going to let this go*

Candy: I still can’t believe you would eat meat.

EU: OK lets drop it.

Candy: I love my animals so much, I can’t even think of it. I even feed them organic food.

EU: Oh don’t even get me started on organic food.*expression of irritation and confidence mixed together with a slight wave of the hand*

Candy: WHAT?

EU: Have you ever considered, that may be just for a second may be organic food is just a huge sham and money making feat.

Candy: For the mighty doctor that you are you just don’t know how to live your life. You think organic food is a sham. Do you know it is 3 times more expensive, and I pay through all that I have just so we can all eat better food. * extremely agitated Candy*

EU: Well I certainly don’t want to live worrying what I eat, what I drink. I’d like to believe I have a good immune system intact and live my life in moderation.Not having to worry about my basic requirements in life. I am not saying it is a complete sham.But take my word for it, in another 10 years you wont be eating organic food as some smart ass researcher will prove why it is the worst thing that happened to mankind.

Candy: Oh c’mmon. I always provide the best for me and my animals. I have been doing this for 40 years.One would think I would know.* angry, just angry*

EU: Of course you do.What is your source of information, that organic food is the safest best bet? What if you couldn’t afford it.

Candy: Well I can. I would rather pay money for the food than pay a doctor. Medicine is only for the rich. * Snickering smothering expression*

EU: That is not true, even in the American system there is what is called Medicaid. You can walk into an emergency and you will be treated for free. Again what if you couldn’t afford the organic food. What about the poor.Do they not have the right to the “only good food” * making hand gestures to quote unquote* instead of what they can actually afford.* feeling a sense of victory*

Candy: This is not a socialist society *defeatist tone and posture*

EU: Exactly my point. So can it be possible the organic food thing is just a way to fleece the rich. Don’t the poor have rights. You complain that doctors are for rich people only, how about the *only right food* available in the market.

Disappointed, disgusted Candy moves away to open a can of organic turkey delights and throws around some bones for her 4 dogs to chew on.

EU, * rolls eyes* Rests her case. Adrak Chai seems to be good this morning.

I just found it amusing that the dogs can get turkey out of a can but I have to go to a slaughter house to pick mine. Hence the previous post.