Cosmic Chats · Episode 02
About The Fruit
in which the elder brother circles the world and the younger brother circles their parents
Kailash slopes. 2 AM. A dhaba with one flickering bulb and the best chai in the three worlds.
K
Kartikeya
*peacock parked outside*
Bhai. You ordered six paratha. SIX. We are talking, not feeding an army.
G
Ganesha
Skanda. I came down from Kailash for this dhaba. Don't insult the chef with portion control.
K
Kartikeya
Fine, fine. Anyway. You said you wanted to talk. Talk.
G
Ganesha
*sets down modak carefully*
Bhai. The fruit. The race. I have been thinking.
K
Kartikeya
Oh. THAT. After how many millennia? You waited for the chai to get cold?
STEAM RISES
G
Ganesha
I did circle my world. Ma and Baba ARE my world. The interpretation was honest.
K
Kartikeya
And I circled the actual world. Mountains, oceans, every loka. On a peacock. While you sat there eating modak.
G
Ganesha
Bhai. Both answers were correct. Baba gave the fruit to me because of cleverness. Ma sent half her heart to Palani with you because of effort. Nobody lost.
K
Kartikeya
...you really think Ma sent half her heart with me?
G
Ganesha
Bhai. Why do you think the South never stops calling your name? That was not exile. That was love being shared.
K
Kartikeya
Ganu... pass the modak.
G
Ganesha
I ordered six paratha for a reason, Skanda. Eat.
[the peacock and the mooshak share a samosa outside]
End