Hanif is sitting at the dastri and arranging the paan very attentively. Spices are given one by one. Rahmat comes in front of Hanif with a bill.
Rahmat: Sir, they are coming to collect the bill of best paper.
Hanif: (sorting the drink, looking at the drink), what time is mercy today?
Rahmat: Yes, Wednesday.
Hanif: I don’t pay bills on Wednesday, do you know that?
Rahmat: Yes, I know.
Hanif: Why are you coming to talk about things you know?
Rahmat: By mistake, I tell them to come next week.
Hanif: Hmmm. And when you come, listen to me talk about an unknown topic…
Rahmat: Yes, said…
Hanif: Tell me what to do?
Rahmat: Gee, you make panaitesen.
Hanif: No mercy. I don’t make drinks, I decorate them. It is said to be seasoned with spices. The more delicately you spice your drink, the tastier your drink will be and the brighter your lips and tongue will be after chewing.
Rahmat: Yes, well.
Hanif: What is the name of the drink I am preparing now? This is how the wife gets upset. After beer, in rural areas, new brides drink this drink after lunch. Then the bed made a rattling sound. Sunil has a nice short story on this, you can read it if you want. You are not married, otherwise I would have taught you how to decorate this drink, you would have gone and taught your wife. The specialty of this drink is that after drinking it, my lips are red and my mouth is fragrant. What do you understand? Hanif kept laughing. What unknown matter does the window?
Mercy: Yes. I’ve noticed before that you take a lot of time to decorate beautiful Kaira paan.
Hanif: Hmmm. Do you know what my mother used to say, Hanif? Ammajan used to say Pan Sajani or Birani is like cooking. Just like the taste of Birani if the spices are not right, the taste of the drink is the same, if the spices are not right, your taste will be hours, but it can also turn upside down. well you go now
Rahmat leaves, Hanif stares at the decorated drink for a while and pours it into his mouth. He closed his eyes for a while, then took the mobile phone and called Mizanur Rahman.
Mizanur Rahman rummages through some old magazines looking for something. Meanwhile, his phone rang. Hanif Bhai called.
Mizanur Rahman: Slamalaikum Hanif Bhai.
Hanif: Hello Mizan, how are you?
Mizanur Rahman: I am fine. Are you good?
Hanif: Hmmm good. What Shafiq’s news is Mizan? I am eagerly waiting for his writing.
Mizanur Rahman: Shafiq hasn’t given your writing yet Hanif brother?
Hanif Bhai: Do you think that I am telling you this when Shafiq writes?
Mizanur Rahman: No, no. Well, I am talking to Shafiq today, Hanif Bhai. His problem is that he cannot be forced to do anything, he does everything as he pleases.
Hanif: Mizan, trade does not go happily. The season of wife drinking is coming, before that the book needs to be taken out. The husband will wear books and the wife will drink. What do you understand? haha
Mizanur Rahman: I don’t understand much, I just understand that you need the writing. I see Hanif Bhai.
Hanif: Well, look. After saving some of your money, one day, take Isa and go to Mizan.
Mizanur Rahman: No problem Hanif brother. May it be with you. I will come one day, I will come to eat rice. Your rice arrangement is wonderful. And drink one after eating.
Hanif: Come on. I will feed you with open mind. If you eat it, you will be full of wisdom. Hanif started laughing.
Mizan Shafiq is well acquainted with this diving behavior.
Shafiq needs to be found.
Scarborough, Canada
