Indians have always had transistor radios, or the possibility of, sometimes see guys listening to cricket. But now mobile phones offer FM radio, it's suddenly cool to play their mobile;on buses, in my restaurant, in my face. Several at once, all different stations, no headphones, and no one minds but me. The child screaming over the radio noise in the restaurant is not discouraged in any way, just ignored really, in a sweet way, and while my own upbringing could have used some of that leeway, I'd rather the kid got a good hard slap, "Give you something to cry about" was the exact quote if I remember correctly. The really good waiter where I have been eating, gives me special treatment, and when he plucks the spoon from the container, all spoons business end up,
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