Gist of Love

This is our culture

Roli was standing uncomfortable.

Gauri: ROli come here.

Roli sat beside Gauri.

Gauri looked at her open hair and wondered how dry it is.

Gauri: meena wont you apply oil and comb it properly.

Roli: Oh Grandma!  i did perming in my hair.  Dont touch it ok.

Gauri: What perming?  Swathi bring that oil.

Swathi bring the coconut oil and gave it to Gauri.

Gauri applied oil and massage it well on ROli's hair.

Roli: Grandma!  What are you doing?  I paid to get this hair style.

Gauri: What?  You paid for spoiling the hair.

Roli: What spoiling the hair?  Look how beautiful it is.

Gauri: Where it is beautiful?  it is looking like broomstick.

Roli: What you said?  Broomstick.  How dare you?

Jamanlal: ROli, i said you should not talk to elders like this.

Gauri: Its ok.  My grand daughter only talking like that.  It is ok.  

Gauri applied oil well and started combing her hair nicely.

Roli expressed her unhappiness on her face.

Gauri did combing nicely and then only she was able to see her beautiful long hair.

Gauri: Roli, you got quiet long black hair.  Why you do all these unwantedly to your hair?

Roli just gave a long breathe..

Gauri put plait on her hair nicely.

Now Gauri turned Roli towards her and looked at her.

Gauri: Oh how beautiful my grand daughter is?  Jamanlal & meena look at ROli now.  

She showed to them with happiness.

Gauri: Swathi bring that sindoor.

Swathi gave the sindoor to Gauri.

Gauri kept a small round sindoor on mid of her eyebrows.

Gauri: Roli now look at yourself in the mirror.  you will understand your real beauty now.

Gauri showed Roli in the mirror.

Roli herself was seeing in the mirror different Roli with oil applied hair, with a sindoor & a saree.

Gauri: Tell me how you are looking now?

Roli: Its cool!  But grandma.  Am i not looking old enough like my mother or you in all these...

Gauri: Not at all.  Look at swathi.  Is she looking like your mother or me by wearing all these.  She too is young like you.

Roli: Ok Ok.  Anyway you are not going to agree what i say.

Gauri: Not like that Roli.  This is our tradition.  This is our culture.

Roli: I am feeling tired grandma!

Gauri: Lay down and sleep for a while.

Gauri made her to sleep on her lap..

Gauri caresses her hair.

Roli slept in a while peacefully on her grandma's lap for first time in her life...