I had read a lot about coffee tables and “the coffee table books”. The coffee table is not a very significant piece of furniture down south. In most houses that I have visited the centre table is pushed to the side to make space for movement. It remains a storehouse for dusty magazines and the homework books of children.
Not so in Delhi. The centre table occupies…yes the prime space! You generally find two centre tables in most houses. They have sleek glass tops and boast of attractive conversation pieces.
Why two centre tables? Well as soon as you walk into a Delhi house a tray of sparkling glasses with RO water is served. That occupies a corner. Bowls of fresh sweets, tasty fried snacks and dry-fruits are brought in. One centre table is done with! While it is groaning under all these calories you are encouraged to take something….at least a sweet! ... and you are thinking of the added rounds that you have to make at the jogging park … but the sweet is irresistible and you cant deny your taste buds!
In comes one more tray with paper napkins and hot samosas. Mmmm yumm! This finds place on the second table. Then come cups of hot chai. The second table is made good use of.
Aaah! With the tables well occupied we can relax and settle to a long conversation.
Good Hindi from one side and Hindi-English-Kannada one the other side. My Hindi is improving and so is their English and Kannada!
Not so in Delhi. The centre table occupies…yes the prime space! You generally find two centre tables in most houses. They have sleek glass tops and boast of attractive conversation pieces.
Why two centre tables? Well as soon as you walk into a Delhi house a tray of sparkling glasses with RO water is served. That occupies a corner. Bowls of fresh sweets, tasty fried snacks and dry-fruits are brought in. One centre table is done with! While it is groaning under all these calories you are encouraged to take something….at least a sweet! ... and you are thinking of the added rounds that you have to make at the jogging park … but the sweet is irresistible and you cant deny your taste buds!
In comes one more tray with paper napkins and hot samosas. Mmmm yumm! This finds place on the second table. Then come cups of hot chai. The second table is made good use of.
Aaah! With the tables well occupied we can relax and settle to a long conversation.
Good Hindi from one side and Hindi-English-Kannada one the other side. My Hindi is improving and so is their English and Kannada!
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