Short stories (2012, India PSP)

Left hand

I became curious suddenly. I’m partly left handed. I mainly use my left hand when I have meals. Usually the spoon is in my right hand, chopsticks are in my left hand. I imagine that I was eating noodles by chopsticks not a spoon.

 

I heard that Indians think that the left hand is dirty. So Indians never use their left hand for eating. If they see me during meal time, what do they think of me? Don’t they think that I’m dirty for a while?

 

The things I used to do as a child

 

I have two elder brothers. One is 5 year older and the other is 4 years older than me. They always took care of me well. But it was different when they were playing outside. They didn’t include me and played with boys of the village.

 

I always wanted to be together with them. But they told me, “No! You should play with girls.” So I looked at the playing scene all the time and I didn’t join girls my age.

 

Indian wedding

 

Last Wednesday I went to the Indian wedding ceremony. There were many people. Furthermore that place had a lot of decorations. In addition they served various food to us we enjoyed the new experience as well. What’s more it was very specific time.