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FIRE
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A long time ago...
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...there were people living
high up in the mountains.
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They had never seen the sea.
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Though they had heard about it,
but never seen it
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and this made them feel very sad.
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Then an old woman in the village said:
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"Don't be sad".
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"What you can't see, you can see".
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"You just have to see without looking".
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Radha, do you understand?..No.
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When his beloved wife,...
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...his one and only true love,
Mumtaz, died,...
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...the great Mogul Emperor Shahjahan
was heartbroken.
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On her death bed,
she made him promise...
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...that he would build a monument...
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...that would be the symbol
of their eternal love.
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And this is it, ladies and gentlemen.
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The great Taj Mahal.
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A monument to the everlasting love...
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...that Shahjahan and his wife Mumtaz
had for each other.
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When the Emperor died...
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...his last wish
was to be buried next to her.
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Now they lay together, again,...
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...united, even in death.
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Now, let's go forward!
Please, come.
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Did you know...
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...the greatest movie "Taj Mahal",
was filmed right here?
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It's my absolute favourite.
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Right.
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Do you like romantic films?
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Nah.
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Then what kind of films do you like?
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Kung Fu, Bruce Lee,
Jackie Chan.
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From Hong Kong.
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Shahjahan had the architect's hands cut off...
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...so he could never design another Taj.
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Naturally the architect was very upset.
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But, being a clever man...
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...he drilled a hole...
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...in the beautiful Taj roof one night.
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Afterwards he told the Emperor...
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...that the symbol of your eternal love...
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...was now flawed...
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...forever.
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Thank you very much.
Let's go forward, please.
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Don't you like me?
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Look,
we've only been married for three days, ok?
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Yes.
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Mundu, heat the milk and give it to Biji...
and don't forget to wash your hands!
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Drink, Biji.
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Please, Biji.
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Bhabhi!
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Biji refuses to cooperate.
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Mundu takes such good care of you.
Please be nice to him...come.
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Good.
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Why all the fuss? It's....oh...
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OK
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Have a long life
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Touch your brother's feet
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That's alright
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Come, meet our mother.
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Biji.
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Sita Memsahib,
our Biji is the victim of a major stroke.
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No talking, but much listening.
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Mundu..shut up!
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Look, finally Biji sees
a baby boy in this family
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Just hold on
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Jatin Sahib, how was the Taj Mahal?
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Beautiful
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Even I will go there for my honeymoon
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Agra is not only famous for the Taj Mahal
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...it is also very famous for the lunatic asylum.
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Maybe that's where you'll end up.
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I have to go..
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I have a meeting
with the Kung Fu video wholesalers.
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I'll go.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Back to work.
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Mundu,
who's going to open the bloody shutters?
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Coming, Jatin Sahib!
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Come, I'll take you to your room.
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If you want anything,
I'm downstairs preparing the evening meal.
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If Biji rings the bell,
it means she needs something.
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But how would I know what she needs?
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You'll know.
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Biji's been ringing her bell.
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I just didn't hear the bell.
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That's OK.
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She's upset.
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Perhaps your...outfit.
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If I have to blow dry the hair
of one more fat cow...
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...I'll puke.
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Will you hold still? It'll smudge.
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If you'd married me...
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...somebody would have
been doing your hair.
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Silly boy!
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Do you know what the word 'hunt' means?
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It's my favourite word.
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It means to pursue,...
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...to chase for a game,...
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...or a kill.
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Jatin,...
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...when we stop hunting,...
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...all excitement fizzles out.
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You don't want that to happen to us, do you?
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But at what cost?
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At all cost.
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I can't live without you.
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Desire Night is the love of power.
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As I was telling you,...
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...desire night...
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...is the love of power, and ...
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...aspirational light is the ...
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...power of love.
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Desire night...
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...wants to devour and destroy
the entire world.
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While, aspirational light...
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...wants to feed...
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...and immortalise the whole world.
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Now,...
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...how do you expel...
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...this desire night?
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You start by keeping...
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...all the objects of temptation around you.
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And then,
test yourself against them...
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...until all desires leave your mind and body.
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Desire is the root of all evil.
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Is this onion golden enough?
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Just a little bit longer.
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The accounts are in tip-top shape.
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There's money in the cash register.
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I have to leave.
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There is Kirtan at Swamiji's ashram.
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Maybe she shouldn't be working
so soon after her wedding
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What do you think, Radha?
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Would you like to go upstairs
and watch a video with Biji?
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No, thanks.
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I mean, I'd prefer to stay here
and help if that's ok..
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Mundu,...
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...take Biji upstairs
and show her"Ramayan".
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Biji really likes religious movies,
and "Ramayan" is her favourite.
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Be careful, Mundu!
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It's nice that you want to help.
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After all, if family members
won't help each other, who will?
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But once you have a baby,
that will become a full-time job.
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A child is a gift from God...
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...and deserves full-time attention.
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Why does Ashok keep going on
about me having a baby?
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Because I couldn't have any.
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I'm sorry.
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No eggs.
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No eggs?
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That's what the doctor at
Safdarjung hospital said.
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"So sorry Madam,...
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...no eggs in ovaries".
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Did you see another doctor?
Get a second opinion?
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I mean there are so many doctors...
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We did.
Same result.
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You know there is one
Mr. Prasad in Kanpur...
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He left his wife
because she could not have any children...
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...and he married again.
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And the second wife,
she couldn't have a child either.
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So he married again, to a much younger girl.
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The first wife killed herself, she had poison.
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I'm so glad Ashok is not like that.
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He's really a saint.
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Yes, he is.
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Oh yes...oh yes...
I like this woman.
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I like this woman..
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Oh yes, oh yes......
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Shut up!
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Oh my God, oh my God!
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Oh my God!
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Mundu!
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Are you OK?
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What me? Oh yes Madam.
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The film is ...too emotional.
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What's happened to Biji?
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Like I said Madam,
the film is so emotional, I mean....
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The God Ram has just told Sita:
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"You're an impure woman".
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So the Goddess Sita...
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...she walks into the flames
of this huge bonfire and says:
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"Let the flames be my witness".
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"If I am impure.
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...then the flames will destroy me".
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"But if I'm not, they can't touch me".
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In this scene Madam,
Biji cries every time.
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Madam.
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I've cried too..now what to do?
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It's so sad...
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Tomorrow you can give it back to me
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You can pay me tomorrow.
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What's up?
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Oh Hi! Long time!
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Any new stuff?
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Yeah sure, just for you I kept it. Here.
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A cold drink?
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Mundu, an ice-cold crush! In a hurry!
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Coming Jahit Sahib.
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One number 22 - ready!
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The bill please.
Thanks.
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Can you pass me that please?
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No, that's run out.
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Do you have this?
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That's not so good.
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Why don't you come here more often?
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Two tandoori roti, one paneer
and one cream dahl.
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Two Tandoori Roti - ready.
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Where's the drink, Mundu?
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Coming Jatin Sahib!
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Order 23 ready!.
-Please.
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Go back to your kitchen!
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For you, no problem.
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Ah, sorry.
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Get lost.
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Empty bottles.
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What are you doing?
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Mundu!
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I have seen Delhi.
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I've also seen the Taj Mahal.
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Maybe next... Bombay.
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Maybe I'll run away.
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To join the movies?
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Oh no. I just...
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I just want to see the ocean.
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When I was a little girl...
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...I tried to see the ocean once,...
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...but...
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Why don't you eat?
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Jatin said he'd be home late tonight.
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No, I'll wait.
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Maybe he'll come home early tonight.
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Radha!
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Can I call tonight?
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I want to talk to my mother.
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Of course.
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Jatin.
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Are you still seeing Julie?
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Yes, yes I am.
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I love her.
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We told you we had no objection
to you marrying a Chinese girl.
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But you said no to Julie
and yes to Sita.
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Now what does that mean?
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What the hell do you mean by that?
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It was Julie who said no to me.
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She didn't want to get stuck
in a joint family...
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...and become a baby-making machine
or something.
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And as far as saying yes to Sita is concerned,...
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...you're forgetting that you and Biji...
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...made my life bloody hell.
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Calm down.
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Day in, day out, nagging....
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"Jatin you must get married,
Jatin you must have children".
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What could I do?
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Did I have a choice?
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Living in a joint family,
having a joint bank account!
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Jatin, breathe.
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Take a deep breath and try to relax.
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And why the sudden concern for Sita?
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What did you think, some kind of miracle
would happen after I got married?
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That I'd put Julie in my back pocket
and start loving Sita?
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I mean, why feel sorry only for Sita?
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It's not easy, being a yoyo...
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...between what I want
and what I'm expected to want.
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I'm sorry, Jatin.
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But..miracles do happen.
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You must give a chance to Sita.
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Your duty as husband demands that you do.
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My duty?
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And what about your duty?
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Everything you do
is for that bloody Swami of yours.
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I hit him.
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I shouldn't have.
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Forgive me, Radha.
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My choices have made life difficult for you.
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What is there to forgive?
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Are you ok?
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Listen, Sita.
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If you...
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...bleed,..
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...don't worry.
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It happens the first time.
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-When Mama?
-Soon, Radha.
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Radha.
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Biji's ringing.
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Any blood?
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Are you going to be home tonight?
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Maybe.
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Why don't you..wear miniskirts?
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How would that change anything?
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What's there to change?
We're like any normal newly-married couple.
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Jatin,...
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...are you occupied somewhere else?
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Look, you're the one
who needs to be occupied, OK.
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Why don't you knit, or take up some needlework
or do a beauty course or something.
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I'm not talking about needlework.
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What the hell are you talking about?
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I don't have time for these arguments.
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Then maybe you shouldn't
leave this lying around like this.
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Mundu, go downstairs and clean up.
We'll leave as soon as I finish.
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Sita, will you keep an eye on Biji?
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Yes of course.
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But can I come with you instead?
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Yes, if you want to...
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Mundu, you stay with Biji.
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It's OK, we'll come back soon.
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After all I do for her,
she still doesn't like me.
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Show her a movie from Jatin's collection.
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Where's my breakfast?
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Radha.
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Morning.
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Radha, take this.
And this is for you.-Thanks
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This is for Swamiji.
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How long will you keep on
supporting him with your profits?
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He doesn't ask for support, I give it willingly.
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You have any problem?
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No, I have no problem.
Maybe Bhabhi does.
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Could use more help in the take-out, right?
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Anyway, this is for his operation fund.
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He has to have his hydroceles drained.
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His testicles
are too large for his loin cloth.
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It's not funny.
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It's very painful, you know?
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My mother used to say...
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...that the way to a man's heart, ...
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...was through his stomach.
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Apparently, it's a great English saying.
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My mother says...
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...a woman without a husband
is like boiled rice.
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Bland, unappetising,...
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...useless.
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This must be an Indian saying.
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I like being boiled rice.
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Go to sleep.
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Ashok.
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If we could have children,...
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...would you need me the way you need me?
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No, probably not..
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Perhaps it was my destiny.
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A sign to seek union
with the universal truth.
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And easier for Swamiji
to help me come closer to that truth.
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And how does it help me?
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By helping me...
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...you are doing your duty as my wife.
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Jatin asleep?
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No, he's gone to meet his girlfriend.
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I'm sorry.
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Don't be.
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Is Ashok asleep?
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I needed to get some fresh air.
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Someone's getting married.
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Yes..again, someone....
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Sita?
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I want to go home.
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Don't cry.
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Please don't cry.
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Things will work out with Jatin.
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It's not that.
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Mama.
Why are you crying, mama?
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Papa.
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Why is mama crying?
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Because she's happy.
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Can't you see, Radha?
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See what, mama?
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Look at the fields,
look what they've become.
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They look the same to me.
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Don't look so hard.
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Just close your eyes...
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...and then open them slowly.
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You will see.
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I still can't see.
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Can you please oil my hair?
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Bhabhi, Biji spit on my face.
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Can you imagine?
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Hong Kong,
and me a heroine in Kung Fu movies.
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You know Jatin...
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If you're a good boy you can come with me...
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...as my personal manager now.
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How about me managing you right now?
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Everybody whats to leave Hong Kong...
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...and you want to arrive there.
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You're such a dreamer, aren't you?
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Why didn't you wake me up earlier - to help?
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Come and eat.
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It will be dawn soon.
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I think I'll just have some tea.
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You might regret not eating later.
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So,...
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...what do we have to do today?
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Wear fancy saris, heavy jewellery,...
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...anything we wish.
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Except eat and drink.
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You don't have to keep the fast
if you don't want.
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Don't be joking.
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My mother would kill me.
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And Biji - she'd never stop ringing the bell.
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Isn't it amazing?
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We're so bound by customs and rituals...
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Somebody just has to press my button.
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This button marked "tradition"...
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...and I start responding like a trained monkey.
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Do I shock you?
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Yes
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You're lovely.
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What's all this?
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Today is Karva Chauth.
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What Chauth?
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Oh...you fast for my long life.
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Yes...you look tired.
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A long night with Kung Fu videos?
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You know, I don't believe in all this rigmarole
- this fasting business, so...
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you don't have to suffer on my account, ok?
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I don't have a choice.
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In that case, go right ahead.
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Are you happy?
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Mmm.
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Take it easy.
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Fasting without water
was difficult even for Mahatma Gandhi.
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OK, I'm off now.
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But remember, no work today.
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I don't know how it started,
but Biji told me the Karva Chauth story.
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There was this king, who was so good a king,...
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...so wealthy and had such a beautiful wife...
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...that even the gods envied him.
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This made him proud.
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Of course his arrogance
was not going to go unpunished.
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And so one night...
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Joker!
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...his body was covered with millions
of fine needles.
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The queen was horrified,
but being a loyal and devoted wife,...
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...she spent a full year taking them out.
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Finally, there were only two needles
left on the king.
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One on each eyelid.
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The queen was about to take these out...
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...when her maid servant told her...
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...that a holy man insisted
on meeting the queen that very moment.
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While the queen paid her respects to him,...
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...the maidservant plucked out
the remaining needles from the king's eyes.
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As his eyes flew open,
the king embraced the maidservant,...
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....thinking she was responsible...
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....for plucking out the millions
of offensive needles from his body.
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When the queen walked back in,...
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...the king demoted her
to the status of maidservant...
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...and promoted the maidservant
to the status of the queen.
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In despair the queen tried to tell the king...
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...that it was she who served him.
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But of course,
the king had made up his mind.
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The poor queen pleaded and begged,...
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...but had no choice.
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So she ended up sweeping the floors,...
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...while the maidservant preened on the throne.
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Joker!
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I guess the queen
just couldn't leave her husband, could she?
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What are you saying Sita Madam?
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How could she leave?
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Oh no, once you're married,
you're stuck forever, like glue.
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Sad,...
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...but true.
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Anyway,...
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...the holy man, who had observed all this,
called the poor queen over.
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He told her...
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...that if she fasted
without food or water for one whole day,...
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...from dawn to moonrise,...
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...the spell would be broken.
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The king,...
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...recognising his real wife,...
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...kicked the maidservant out...
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...and lived happily ever after...
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...with his true and devoted queen.
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So now you know why we fast.
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To prove how loyal and devoted
we are to our husbands.
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What a wimp - I mean the queen.
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And as for the king, I think he's a real jerk.
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What are you saying Madam Sita?
The king...
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...was a very pious man and good looking too.
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And the queen, his number one wife.
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A true Indian woman, a goddess.
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What do you think?
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I don't know.
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She didn't have many...choices.
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I'm so sick of all this devotion.
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We can find choices.
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What I would do for a nice cold glass of water....
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Sita Madam is too modern.
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Oh Biji, don't worry.
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I'm not going to break the fast.
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Your Jatin will have a long life.
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It's my parents' fault that we are here
in India in the first place.
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After the Cultural Revolution...
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...most of the bright,
forward-thinking Chinese...
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...went to the West.
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My working class parents decided on India.
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Can you imagine?
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India!
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Not Australia, not Canada,...
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...but India.
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I hate it here.
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It's the stupid lavatories ...
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...the Indians insist on using.
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A hole in the ground.
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When I want to shit,
I want to shit comfortably,...
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...reading the "Kowloon News".
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Indians squat.
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How can you read the news...
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...when you're squatting
over a hole in the ground?
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Sammy.
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-What do they call you in school?
-"Chinky".
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"Chinky". See?
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But my Julie,...
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...my Julie's got the right idea.
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Hong Kong,
with an American accent.
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How long did it take you...
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...to speak like number one Yankee?
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Six months.
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Bloody Indians.
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Now that they've promoted themselves from a...
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..developing country to a developed country,...
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...they think they are number one.
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No place for minorities.
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You are right Sir
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We Indians are...
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...a very complex people.
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There's the moon.
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First, the water
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Then the "matthi".
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And now the "aarti".
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I think Ashok should keep this fast
for Swamiji.
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I'm so sorry.
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I don't know what came over me.
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You're hungry.
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No, I'm just thirsty.
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Could I drink some water now?
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Of course, as soon as you get
Jatin's blessings.
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But he's not at home.
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Wait.
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Here.
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You should go back to your room.
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It's OK...
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Radha...
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...did we do anything wrong?
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No.
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Sita.
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Even Radha Bhabhi looks like a heroine.
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Now there are two heroines in one kitchen.
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Why don't you two go for a walk?
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It's very pleasant.
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Ah, no, I think I'll just lie down.
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I ate too much.
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You've been cooking all morning.
Let me massage you.
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No, there's no need.
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Yeah, Sita, do that.
You are due to have a good massage.
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Even treating..
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Yes.
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I'm lucky to have such a good family.
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You see, even she agrees with me.
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Jatin, your food is getting cold.
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Oi, Mundu,
where is my Armani T-shirt?
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I don't know, Jatin Sahib.
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Damn it!
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Bhabhi Biji won't eat.
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Sita, I can't find my T-shirt.
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Radha,
Biji's not eating her dinner.
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Why don't you feed Biji tonight?
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Of course.
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I have to go now.
I'll be back late.
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-Fine.
-You're not going anywhere.
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Why, Ashok?
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You go out morning, noon and night
to Swamiji's.
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Why can't I go?
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I go to Swamiji to become a better person.
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What do you...?
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Ashok, please let Jatin go.
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He has something important to do.
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Why are you so keen that I go?
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It's not my fault she won't eat.
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It's OK.
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-Aren't you going to Swamiji's tonight?
-As soon as she finishes her dinner.
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Look, she doesn't want me to go.
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Poor Ram.
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Very good.
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Please give me one more turn,
please.
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Radha!
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Just ignore him.
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Radha!
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Please don't go.
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Where were you?
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With Sita.
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Good.
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She looks happy these days,
maybe she's pregnant.
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You didn't hear me calling?
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Yes, I did.
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Why didn't you come?
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Sita says the concept of duty is ...
over-rated.
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She's young.
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But you know its importance.
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Radha, I need you.
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No, Ashok.
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Not tonight.
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Headache?
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Do you need aspirin?
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You don't want?
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No.
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OK.
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You're looking lovely.
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Now, don't move.
And please don't touch your face OK?
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Remember, no touching!
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I don't think I can do it.
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You're just getting nervous.
Of course you can do it.
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OK.
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No, wait!
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I think I'm going to make a fool of myself.
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So what's wrong with that?
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Too much electricity.
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OK guys, this is a totally uncut version.
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Hot stuff, you know?
Red hot, Chilli Peppers.
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Is this "Basic Instinct"?
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"Basic Instinct"?
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"Basic Instinct" is kids' stuff in front of this
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This is the real thing.
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We'll take it.
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Mundu, get some cold drinks
for our young customers.
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Certain spices are good for some occasions
and some for others.
-
Did you know, that black peppers
renew energy?
-
Which is why it was given in such abundance
to newly-wed husbands.
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For better performance.
-
Really?
-
And what did they give brides?
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Green cardamons...
-
...to make the breath fragrant.
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Fragrant?
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Radha!
Order number 27.
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What to do?
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Times are changing.
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Radha Ma'am and Sita Ma'am...
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...have closed the restaurant
and have gone out...
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...to have fun.
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Not one thought for the business.
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Not one thought for you.
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The main Madam of the house,...
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...alone, with her faithful son.
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It's so sad.
-
Shall we watch a movie?
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I wish we could be together forever.
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I'm serious.
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Let's leave.
-
See, Jatin has Julie...
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...Ashok has Swamiji
and Biji has Mundu.
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They won't even miss us.
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And how will we survive?
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We'll start our own takeaway of course.
-
Look at what this man is saying.
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Give it to me baby!
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How dare you?
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And in front of Biji!
How dare you?
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Put on your pyjamas
and shut off that video!
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Stop!
I haven't finished with you!
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Where did you get that,
that disgusting thing?
-
Jatin Sahib has plenty of these
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He rents them to special customers.
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Madam, all I do here is work, work, work.
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There's zero recreation time for me.
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So tell me Madam...
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...why is taking such little pleasure
deserving so many slaps?
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Get out before I hit you again.
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Out!
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Let me give you some information, Madam.
-
That hanky-panky
between you and Sita Madam...
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...is not good for the family name.
-
Think about it.
-
What did he say?
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Not much.
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That he's sorry.
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I can manage without him.
I have Sita...
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...to help me, I mean.
-
Just ask him to pack his bags
and leave right now.
-
I know how you feel.
-
But firing Mundu is like
putting a tiny bandaid on a deep wound.
-
Ashok, if you don't ask Mundu
to leave right now...
-
...I am going to.
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Give me one more chance.
-
He is still young, it's not too late.
-
-Ashok.
-Please.
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Don't interfere.
-
Radha?
-
Don't worry, Mundu
won't tell anyone.
-
See, even if he tried to,
nobody would believe him.
-
The twisted little bastard.
-
Please, Radha.
-
Please talk to me.
-
You know, Mundu did
what gave him pleasure.
-
He thought only about himself.
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Not about Biji.
-
Not about any of us.
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Is it so bad...
-
...to be that selfish?
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I'm not so different from him.
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It scares me.
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Don't let that little rat terrorise you.
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No, it isn't that.
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This isn't familiar for me.
-
This awareness...
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...of needs,...
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...of desires.
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You fucking bastard!
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It's all your fault.
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Why the fuck
did he have to get me involved?
-
When Bhabhi asked me I told her.
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I don't tell lies.
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-You idiot!
-I just wanted to be like you.
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Jatin Sahib, you're my biggest hero.
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What to do?
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I'm too smart to have been caught.
-
You...!
-
Ashok, he has gone and thrown
all my tapes away.
-
Do you know how much it fucking costs
to replace them? Eh?
-
Why the hell couldn't you be
more careful?
-
Jatin? Mundu?
-
Swamiji is ready for you.
-
Bloody hell!
-
-Please forgive me!
-How dare you touch her!
-
My batteries were overflowing
and I had to discharge them.
-
Shut up you bastard!
-
Mistakes in our soul journey...
-
...are inevitable.
-
Compassion conquers all.
-
The sunlit way...
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...is to clearly forget and wisely forgive...
-
...one's past failures.
-
Swamiji said that.
-
He's OK, a nice guy.
-
Not that I'm going to become his
disciple or anything,...
-
...it's just that,...
-
...when I heard...
-
...what Swamiji had to say...
-
Bingo!
-
It suddenly all made sense.
-
I had to come clean.
-
Look...
-
I can't stop seeing Julie, OK?
-
She's so special...
-
You should meet her, really.
-
She's so smart,...
-
...so ambitious,...
-
...so pretty...
-
And what a mouth!
-
Just like a rosebud.
-
I really do know what the future holds.
-
You can leave me if you want.
-
But...
-
...I understand that life can be hell
for a divorced woman.
-
What do you think?
-
The other option is
that we would have a baby.
-
We could work on that, of course.
-
You see,...
-
...the baby would kind of keep you
occupied and happy acting.
-
The choice is yours.
-
What do you have to say?
-
I think you are a pompous fool.
-
What?
-
You heard what I said.
-
A pompous fool.
-
F - O - O - L.
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You ungrateful fucking bitch!
-
You're lucky I don't believe in violence.
-
I like that.
-
I like my women with fire.
-
Not bad.
-
Who'd have thought that this coy,
young demure wife of mine...
-
...would turn out to be a fire-cracker?
-
"Her eyes are like almonds,
her lips are like rosebuds".
-
"Julie, I love you".
-
Does that hurt?
-
I'm treated like a household pet.
-
And I take it.
-
That's what hurts.
-
Mundu have you seen my keys?
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No, Jatin Sahib.
-
I won't be back tonight.
-
OK.
-
Goodnight Sita Memsahib.
-
Goodnight Ashok Sahib.
-
Radha.
-
I'm barren.
-
I can't have children.
-
What's that go to do with love?
-
According to Ashok,...
-
...everything.
-
Desire distracts from the path to God.
-
And desire is the root cause of all evil.
-
Swamiji says the only reason...
-
...to have a sexual relationship...
-
...is to have sons
that will carry on the family name.
-
And so, one night...
-
...many years ago,...
-
...Ashok found a way...
-
...of turning our misfortune
into an opportunity.
-
He took a vow of celibacy.
-
Whenever he felt any desire for me,...
-
...he wanted me to lie next to him.
-
He said:
-
"I won't even touch you, I promise".
-
"I only want to make certain...
-
...that I am beyond temptation".
-
"And therefore,...
-
...closer to God".
-
And so I said yes.
-
And you know...
-
His face glowed with such hope...
-
...that I chose not to see...
-
...the confusion beneath the surface.
-
He looked like a child.
-
And in that instant,...
-
...just for a moment, I knew what it felt like...
-
...to be a mother.
-
When did he start all this?
-
Thirteen years ago.
-
We've lived like a brother and sister
for thirteen years.
-
Why did you go along with it?
-
"No eggs in ovaries, Madam".
-
Guilt,...
-
...a need for self-worth.
-
A bit of both I guess.
-
Does he still put you through this?
-
Three years ago he learned
to control his desire.
-
But he still needs to practice...
-
...to make sure he hasn't lost the control.
-
Not any longer.
-
We're just not staying here any longer.
-
Mundu.
-
Is Biji alright?
-
She's alright.
-
Then,...
-
...what is it?
-
Why don't you speak?
-
Pack your bag.
-
-Pack my bags?
-You heard me.
-
Pack your things and get out of here.
-
Please Sir, I was the one who told you...
-
Get out of my house before I
call the police!
-
The police?
-
And you know how they deal
with servants!
-
Ungrateful bastard!
-
Doesn't want me to see his shame.
-
Sahib!
-
Don't throw me out of the house!
-
Please.
-
This is my home.
-
Come on, we're leaving right now.
-
Listen Radha, I'm glad he found us.
-
It really doesn't matter now, does it?
-
I only wish it hadn't happened by accident.
-
I wanted to tell him.
-
What would you have said?
-
"Goodbye Ashok, I'm leaving you for Sita"?
-
"I love her, but not like a sister-in-law"?
-
Now listen Radha,...
-
...there's no word in our language
that can describe what we are.
-
How we feel for each other.
-
Perhaps you're right.
-
Seeing it is less complicated.
-
Then what are you waiting for?
Let's go.
-
We'll find a place for tonight...
-
...and tomorrow we can figure out
what we want to do.
-
You go ahead.
-
I can't leave without talking to Ashok.
-
Radha!
-
You don't owe him anything.
-
I do.
-
I need to tell him that my leaving
has everything to do with...
-
...me.
-
But you must leave right away.
-
I'll join you there as soon as I can,
I promise.
-
But what if he doesn't come back tonight?
-
He'll come.
-
I'm not leaving without you.
-
How will it help?
-
Besides just knowing...
-
...that you're out there waiting for me...
-
...will help me,...
-
...help me to finally leave.
-
Please.
-
It's going to rain.
-
Radha,...
-
...I'll wait for you at the Nizamuddin shrine.
-
Radha.
-
Come to the bedroom.
-
I have to test myself.
-
No.
-
It's really important.
-
Don't start again.
-
I said no.
-
What do you mean, no?
-
It's your duty, you promised
to help me.
-
I'm finished with my penance,
Ashok.
-
I'm leaving.
-
Leaving?
-
It's that Sita's fault.
-
All these new ideas in your head!
-
Sita? Sita!
-
She's gone.
-
So that's what it is.
-
Look, Radha.
-
What I saw in the bedroom...
-
...is a sin in the eyes of God and man.
-
Maybe Swamiji can help you,...
-
...help us.
-
Desire brings ruin.
-
I know that.
-
Brings ruin?
-
Does it, Ashok?
-
You know that without desire, I was dead?
-
Without desire, there's no point in living.
-
And you know what else?
-
I desire to live.
-
I desire Sita.
-
I desire her warmth, her compassion,
her body.
-
I desire to live again.
-
If you want to control desire,
ask for Swamiji's help, not mine!
-
How dare you?
-
How dare you talk like that?
-
Look at you, shameless !
-
Instead of begging for forgiveness,...
-
...you give me lectures!
-
Want passion?
-
What kind of...
-
...wife you have become?
-
What kind of woman are you?
-
You should be touching my feet...
-
...and asking me to forgive you.
-
Touch my feet!
-
I said do it!
-
Touch my feet!
-
I can see the ocean.
-
I can see it!
