Hindi Medium Page #8

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form for Delhi Grammar School.

Delhi Grammar School?

Yes. Why?

Even we filled a form with them.

- You too?!

- Yes.

This is great.

Listen... it's like this...

Sister-in-law, the other

day you two were talking in English.

I want my son to learn that.

No-no-no she doesn't know English.

She just pretends...

Hello, I know English very well.

Do you know?

Wow... she speaks so fluently.

That's exactly what

I want you to teach him.

I'll send him from tomorrow,

sister-in-law.

- Don't just stand there, go make some tea.

- Yeah.

Son, make friends.

I love you.

Now I got to teach him English.

You didn't have to

show off your talent.

I am trying to give you a hint...

Would it be insulting

for you to just take a hint?

Can you spell 'insult'.

If we get caught, they will teach us

the meaning along with the spelling...

by clobbering

us with their shoes.

We've left home,

we'll have to leave city too.

Speak softly Raj.

Oh, God.

Papa, dengue.

What son?

- What happened?

- Where is it?

- Where is it?

- There it is.

- Who's where?

- There. There.

Where?

- What is it?

- There it is.

What is it?

What is it?

See... this is dengue.

Chikungunya.

They are they reason why

all the hospitals in Delhi are full.

Why are you bringing it here?

Take it away.

- There must be more around.

- No.

- Let's go...

- Wait... let me show you a trick.

What are you doing?

You see... the male mosquito thinks

that the female is calling him.

Don't call it here!

Open the door.

It's right here.

Come on.

What happened?

Look who's here.

- Hello.

- Hello.

You gave an application through RTE?

For admission.

- You filled that form, didn't you?

- Yes.

Show me your documents.

We just showed them too.

Please take a seat.

- From Delhi Grammar School.

- I see.

- Something to eat or drink?

- No, thank you.

- At least have some tea.

- No, it's okay.

Here are the documents.

- Show me your hands.

- Hands are fine.

Yes, but let me see.

You have such soft hands.

Oh mister...

What are you saying?

They are regular hands... check

the documents.

I see... they are regular hands.

Well... truth needs no evidence.

Let me show you.

Come here.

Go on... just answer

his questions correctly.

Show me your hand.

Great...

- Are you a laborer?

- Yes, I am a laborer.

See here...

The cracks in nails

are due to heavy lifting.

Poor guy lifts heavy things.

Experience says it all.

- Where are you going?

- What happened?

- Searching the place, what else?

- Searching.

Searching.

Why are your hands so soft?

There's nothing in our house.

What are you looking for?

What is this?

Which poor guy can afford

a pizza and bottled water?

Where did they get the money?

We've no money,

how can we afford pizza?

So mister... what's going on here?

You know... I had my doubts

when they first came here.

Look at them...

Blabbering in English...

Thirty Rupees Pizza,

Twenty Rupees mineral water.

I would never

be able to swallow them.

And now my doubts are confirmed.

They were well off... but, something

bad happened to them.

They suffered a huge blow.

They went bankrupt.

Yes...

These people... they

are nouveau poor.

Yes...

- What happened?

- Just like you said...

- Bankrupt... we went bankrupt.

- But how?

- There was a fire in our factory.

- Our partner betrayed us.

- Our partner betrayed us.

- Yes, our partner betrayed us.

Uhh... the partner was the

responsible for the fire.

Stop... stop it...

Stop it.

Don't keep reminding me. You've

been crying for over a week now.

Now look you made

my sister-in-law cry.

Don't keep reminding me.

We're bankrupt now, there's nothing

we can do to make things right.

You're absolutely right.

But if you feed your

children such expensive stuff daily...

then how will you educate

her in such a big school?

What to do? It wasn't intentional...

Such an expensive mistake.

We'll learn... slowly...

- How can you learn like this?

- What else should I do?

Living in poverty is an art.

I'll teach you... because

I have a legacy in poverty.

My father was poor, grandfather

was poor, my forefathers...

and even their fathers were poor.

I am from a lineage of poor people.

Not like you, who were

rich first and then became poor.

No. We're the pure kind of poor.

Even we're poor,

but we became rich by accident.

But now we're poor again.

You teach them about poverty.

- Papers are fine.

- Yes, papers are fine.

We'll see...

See?

See what?

What do you mean?

- Don't chase after him.

- Raj, he said, "We'll see".

See what?

What will you see?

Nothing... come back.

Raj, he said, "We'll see".

What will he see?

And what is Shyamprakash

going to teach us?

- He's going to train us.

- Train us for what?

Train us to be poor... what else?

- Is he coming back?

- Come on...

You woke me up too early,

Shyamprakash.

You woke me up at 5 am...

We haven't come here

for a walk in the park.

We need to get to work.

It's only an hour away.

What world are you living in?

Those who travel in their own cars

have a different schedule.

And those who travel in crowded

buses, have a different schedule.

Here it comes.

Come on.

Stop... stop...

Careful... careful...

Shyam, where are you?

Raj, get in.

- Climb on.

- There's no way.

Shyam, where are you?

I'll be late for my job.

- Shyam,

- What...

Hey... wait a minute.

Hold on...

My feet are crushed.

Why did you get off?

Why did you get off?

- Why did you get off?

- There was no way.

- It's practically empty.

- Empty?

You don't need to do Yoga in there.

There was no place to

get in... you say it's empty.

We'll catch the next one.

As if someone's already holding

a seat for you in the next one.

The next one is completely filled.

Must be at least 450 people.

Let's take a rickshaw.

Rickshaw!

Hey... we're not going to the bank.

It will cost us our entire wage.

Look... here comes the crowded one.

Just get in...

Like this... just get in.

Okay.

Make way with your

hand and just get in.

Okay.

Move aside.

Move your buckets.

It's my turn now.

Listen, please don't argue.

You know this is my turn.

Let me fill water.

I don't care whose turn it is.

If you make me mad, I'll smash

this bucket on your head.

Stop bickering.

She's new here,

so stop taking advantage of her.

Doesn't she have a tongue

to speak for herself?

- Stop being her aunt.

- You stop being over-smart.

Let it be.

- Sister-in-law... she is right.

- What?

This is your battle,

and you must fight it.

Do you want water

for your family, or not?

You...

Crazy wretch.

You waste!

You burden on earth!

I've been telling you to get

your bloody bucket out of the way.

I'll break your

head with this bucket.

I am really fed up...

Witch!

Move!

Give me the water-hose.

If anyone else has

a problem then say it now.

Don't get so violent.

We're only looking to fill water...

and not throw someone

out of their house.

Nice one, sister-in-law.

What was that you said?

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