This side.
“Ekad baa”..I called my daughter “come this side” as she was strolling all over in the train to explore it. I was calling her repeatedly and this word stuck in my head. Me being an over thinker, the thoughts lingered for no reason.
Ekad Ba - in Kannada ( north slang) - come this side
Ee kadea Ba - in Kannada ( Bangalore / south slang ) come this side
Eekade Yeaa - in Marathi- ( come this side)
Ikadaa Ra - in Telugu - ( this side)
One word - Same meaning but the way we pronounce it is different. The difference too is not huge, its just a mini second of pause between the swaras.
Isn’t this how India is???. One cannot be completely different from one another, no matter from which city we blong to. Interconnected either by language, culture, food, clothing etc.
Then why the fingtings and the voilence? . Sometimes the differences spark fights, and sometimes the fighting are for the differences and for them to prevail.
-”ekada kuda trollies undai”
-”ekada undi”
-”ekada aaputundi”
People chatted as the train approched the junction.
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