stalemate
Watching a fisher women in rear view mirror, balancing her large aluminium basket on her head, with a cat keeping pace with her, darting under cars. They passed by and the cat made a turn to a lane ahead of her, tail up, knowing that is where she was going to go, or making a turn towards his house. We said he is escorting her and corrected that he is a pilot, not escort. Later she came out of the lane, without the pilot. Idyllic weekend morning, breakfast of puttu and kadala at Paragon. City's running club members behind us, in running or cycling attires. A middle aged couple in front of us taking photos of everything and themselves, all the time scrolling on phone that is kept on a stand on the table. Thoughtful staff who suggested we take half dishes, some four people served us different things, made me wonder about their system which keeps track irrespective of who takes orders or serves. Going home and hearing amma playfully haggling with another fisher woman, that she got her ...