In English
’s culinary skills
In those days, on festival days such as and , the and barbers used to come to the house for food. In the house, there was no one else other than and Myself. So, I had to prepare food for many people. (’s mother) and and (’s sisters) used to prepare various delicious items including sweet in their respective homes on festival days. When they could prepare sweet , why couldn’t I also prepare them and serve grandfather? So, I also would prepare sweet and serve not only grandfather but also the washerman, the barber, and others. On one such occasion, (’s father) came to see us at lunch time. invited him for lunch, since it was a festival day. had his lunch with us and felt that the food items were very delicious. He went home and chided and for not being able to make the items tasteful. He said, “Look at , what a fine cook he is! Why can't you prepare the food items the way does?” From the next day onward, he started sending them to Me asking them to bring whatever food items I prepared. They would come and complain that it was because of My cooking that they were being blamed at home.