போறுமே - Enough

As is the usual post-supper wont at home, my parents and I got down to a game of cards last night. We usually play the game of "Declare" which is the shortened version of the popular "Rummy".

My parents have this perception that I tend to lose if I play the game while watching TV (usually to catch up on some cricket highlights). This is far from the truth, because I am actually known to lose even if I am not watching TV.

Anyways, yesterday, the movie हम दिल दे चुके सनम (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam) was being telecast on one of the channels and I was watching it. So when the game of Declare started, my parents exchanged comments that I would lose real bad today since I was watching an Aishwarya Rai movie.

And for any Rip Wan Winkle who may be reading this post, please be advised that this was one of her first few movies and she was like drop-dead-gorgeous in this one. At some level, having to rank her movies in terms of "which one was she more beautiful in" is like having to rank the different Pizzas on the menu card of a Pizza chain. Some like the plain Margherita Pizza, while others like the Veggie Delight and some others may like the Tandoori Pizza. Basically no one says any particular type of pizza is bad, but just that they prefer one type more than the other.

Coming back to the cards table, we had completed one round and I was clearly losing, though only by a small margin. It was then my turn to shuffle the cards. I was shuffling and was also watching the movie. I don't exactly remember which scene it was, but it was most likely the Neembuda song. I was obviously quite engrossed in the movie when suddenly I heard my father's voice say "போறுமே". I guess he got tired of watching me shuffling the cards and probably wanted to stop me from drooling quite literally.

I snapped out of the movie momentarily and got on to the business of dealing the cards. I did resume watching the movie and needless to add, I was clearly the loser of the game last night. But I have no regrets!