A Conversation...

A conversation between a father and his daughter while he bathing her...

Daughter: पप्पा! आज मुझे chocolate खाने का मन्न कर रहा हैं!
Father: Hmm...

Daughter: और मम्मा को नहीं देता हूँ
Father: Hmmm...

After a while...

Daughter: पप्पा! शाम आप मेरे साथ खेलोगे न?
Father: Hmmm...

Daughter: क्या खेलना पसंद करोगे?
Father: Hmmm...

Daughter: मैं आपसे बात कर रहा हूँ!
Father: Hmmm..

Daughter: मैंने आपसे कुछ पूंचा
Father: Hmm???

Daughter: आपको क्या हुवा  हैं?
Father: ಏನಿಲ್ಲ ಚಿನ್ನಾ (Applies soap )

Daugther: आप इतना उदास क्योँ हो?
Father: ಎನಿಲ್ವೋ. ನೀನ್ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡು (scrubs her back)

Daughter: एक काम करते हैं! आप school जावों और मैं office जाता हूँ
Father: लेकिन क्योँ?

Daughter: ನೀವಾಗ खेल खेलಬೋದು.
Father: ನೀನು?

Daughter : ನಾನ್ officeನಲ್ಲಿ drawing ಬರೀತೀನಿ... ಲ ಲ ಲಾ 
Father: किसने बोला मैं office मे drawing करता हूँ?

Daughter: हाँ मैंने देखा हैं
(she was referring to her father's process algorithms)

Father: ಸುಮ್ನಿರೋ उदासू ಇಲ್ಲ ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಸಂಜೆ ಆಟ ಆಡೋಣ
(But he knew he would be coming home late)


Father couldn't say the kind of turbulence he and his team is facing... He wanted to see and enjoy his daughter's growth. Instead he was all occupied with his next day's plans at office. He was unsure whether his daughter remembers this / forgives him... but it was not that easy for him to forget that incident...

PS: His daughter is still not aware of the difference between the त / ती  (referring to the gender as  in करता हूँ / करती हूँ) in Hindi.