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Khau galli in mid-air
Here is the thing about us Indians. On the return flight there was a group
of 56 Indians who delayed the flight by about 30 minutes. One person, who
was amongst the first passengers to board, stood in one corner offering all
his friends (only the people from the group) chaklis and bhakarwadis. And
while people were passing him each one dipped their hands into both the
packets and if their second hand was not free they kept their bag down,
picked up the goodies and then moved on. Some of them couldn’t decide at
that moment whether to finish the food in one hand and pick up their bag
and make room for others, or to wait eat the stuff and then move on. The
flight was reeking of chakli, bhakarwadi and chivda. I asked one of them if
they were a group of senior citizens going on a holiday, and he replied, “No,
we are all from the same caste.” Whatever that meant. After the flight had
taken off, one by one these men went around the flight offering eatables to
the group members – and only to the group members. If there was someone
who was Indian but not in the group, they would overlook them.

When will we change?

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