Nandini and her Traditional Toes

I first met Nandini when I was at MUWCI to give my interview. I was gripped with tension and had little penchant for small talk at that time. When back from the interview, I received an email from one genial first year student at MUWCI. It contained Nandini's email address among many others. And that was the start of my friendship with Nandini.

Even though she has been engaged in a whale of activities while at MUWCI, it hasn't slipped her mind to get in touch with me once in a while. On one such occasion when Nandini and I were chatting on the phone, we happened to discuss the very sensitive topic of age difference among married couples. And that was when I realized that Nandini, a little like me, has traditional toes!

I had been accused of ageism many a time by my friends when I expressed my disesteem for Danielle Steel's aged characters and the canyon of a gap between Mills and Boon's female and male leads.

Nandini's patronage for my views surprised me. She shared many of my views on the aforementioned. That led to a pleasant discourse where we discussed Jean Sasson's, Princess and other books and real life situations.

So, for all my friends who charged me with having bourgeois opinions, here's Nandini!