One of Uncle Tarini’s nephews worked with a tea company and had gifted him a tin of special quality tea. Passing the tin in my direction, Uncle said, “Open this. Today I’ll drink this tea instead of yours.”
It was a Sunday evening in the month of April. After a kalbaishakhi, nor’wester storm in the afternoon, the evening was tranquil. The usual bunch of Uncle’s followers had all gathered in our room. Napla was one of them. He said, “Uncle, we have heard enough of your ghost stories; let’s hear something different today. You’d once mentioned how you were involved in the profession of astrology and it took a bizarre turn. We are yet to savour this story.”
“Oh, haven’t I narrated this story till now?”
“No!” All of us cried together.
Uncle said, “Let me first take a sip of this carefully infused new tea. Until the lip touches the cup, the story will refuse to unfold.”
The tea arrived within five minutes. Freshly brewed aromatic tea. Uncle instantly took a sip of the piping hot cup and said, “Ah! Outstanding!” He lit his export-quality biri and commenced his account.
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