Diwali season in India invariably means the doorbell ringing umpteen times, with each new arrival staking a claim in the Diwali baksheesh sweepstakes. Almost a trick-or-treat season, since we wouldn't to offend any of the visitors by giving them less than some other baksheesh-taker- after all, they controlled our connection to basic services- telephone line maintenance, postman, telepgram man, doodhwala, kachra-wala, maali, gas-wala, and so on.
Living here, I'd almost forgotten about the baksheesh culture, and was pleasantly surprised to see the reverse here.
Checking the mailbox today, I found a greeting card from the Royal /mail, promising good service inspite of the extra holiday burden! Here's the card....
1 comment:
I don't believe them. I'm sure they're lying, like everyone else.
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