We Bought a Zoo Page #4

- Good Night.

Good Night.

- Good Night.

Yes?

Yesss?

Sir, I am Mela Ram!

Hello. What do you want?

Sir, I have brought you breakfast.

Please try my breakfast.

- Breakfast? Not now.

Sir please, I made it especially for you.

I am a very good cook.

Got it... means understood!

You're a good cook! I'm impressed.

- Thank you sir.

You have come from America sir?

I have a question sir.

In America, are there a lot of highways?

Yes, there are. They are

called freeways there.

Got it!

Means I understood.

One more question, sir.

Be comfortable.

Do they have Dhabas on these freeways?

(dhaba - an Indian fast food joint)

Dhaba?

- Yes.

Sort of. Why?

What do you think?

Will an Indian dhaba

work on those freeways?

I think it'll work!

- Will it work?

I think maybe... thanks for the dhaba,

l mean breakfast!

Now if you'll excuse me,

I've got to get ready!

Of course sir.

I'll meet you again sir.

Thank you, Thelaram.

Sir it's Mela Ram!

- Sorry, Mela Ram.

Sir last question.

Sir I will give you a very good offer sir.

We'll open a dhaba in partnership.

I will give you 50%

half share of all the money I make

I have even thought of a name

for this dhaba.

It will be called...

...Mela Ram Dhaba. Ok?

- Ok.

Happy?

- Very happy.

It's a deal sir.

Jai Ramji ki!

(Lord Ram be praised)l

Jai Ramji ki!

(Lord Ram be praised)

So this is your caravan!

Not mine. It belongs to a

friend of Rahul's.

It's nice! Isn't it Gita?

Chikku was right.

Really, this car is exactly like a house.

There's a kitchen here...

a TV...

a bathroom...

a bed too.

Wow! This car is like a house on wheels!

Er... yes. Absolutely!

It's very comfortable.

Now we should be going.

We don't want to miss the Panchayat

(A village body for village governance)

Come on. Let's go.

Come on. Quickly.

District Council is deliberating

upon all the demands...

...made in the last

village panchayat meeting.

The decision will be taken soon.

Sadanandji, please tell us when the

remaining electric wires are being put up?

We plan to start

work as soon as possible.

The Gram Panchayat has...

- Just a moment, Sadanand Bajpeiji.

I've never seen a Panchayat before.

Whenever you are asked, all you say is

"We plan to start work".

You are the Block Development Officer

You are well aware that we have been

dealing with this problem for a long time

with electricity failures

and the remaining one-fourth

still lives in darkness.

This is like covering your back

while your front's open.

Then, what's the use of

these electric wires?

Dadaji, the Government Surveyor has

recorded his observations...

It is now just a matter of a few days.

A few days?

In a few days I'll be at Heaven's Door.

Then you can come

light a bulb on my shrine.

Dadaji, don't say that,

may you live a long life!

Please don't mind Dadaji, even I have

a complaint against the village.

What?

- One hears that Dukhi, Santram and...

...their boys

steal electricity from the poles.

It's not us. It's Santram who's the culprit.

Hold your tongue! When did

we steal electricity?

Now I understand why there was

no power last evening.

Calm down everyone!

Sadanandji, this job

should be done soon.

Or else we'll take the matter to

the higher authorities.

Sangam, what is the next case?

Case No. 35, the school!

Yes Gitaji?

I wish to continue teaching children

in the existing premises.

The new alternate

place you are suggesting...

...is too small...

...and then it's also too far. Children

won't be able to walk so much everyday.

But why do you need such a big

space for the school?

You don't even have enough

children to fill up the classes

More children will come to

study in the school.

That's what you've been saying

for a year now!

She has been trying!

We've all been trying!

Look Dadaji, we need the school

space for the Panchayat.

Then the tehsildars also want to

establish their office in the school.

The village also needs a spare

room for the granary.

It will be the economic

center of the village.

And the place we are offering you

is good enough for teaching.

No, it won't be enough

I want to start a few more

classes in the school.

I want to reinstate those children

who've left the school

in the past couple of years.

And then there are some villagers who

are not sending their children to school.

Today, I appeal to all of them to

send their children to school.

All right, Gita.

If you can manage to enroll more

children in the next three months

then we're ready to reconsider.

But if there are no new admissions...

then you must agree to move

from the current premises.

This month's Panchayat is adjourned.

Come Mohan, let me introduce you

to the members of the Panch.

This is my Mohan.

He has just come from America.

Mohan... this is the head of

our village, Vishnuduttji.

Hello.

Namaste! (Greetings)

- My blessings, son!

Munishwarji.

God bless you my son.

Gungadinji.

- Namaste.

Fatimabi...

- May you live long my son.

...and Narayanji.

God bless you son.

May Lord Rama protect you.

What do you do in America?

I work in a company called NASA.

So, what does this

company manufacture?

We make satellites.

Now what is that?

Oh come on, Fatima...

...you know those things in the sky.

Satellites er... satellites...

- Let me explain.

Satellites are like

the moon orbiting earth,

which help us to know when,

where and how much it will rain

predict the changes in the atmosphere

they send us information

about all these things.

That's it!

- Isn't this what you had told me?

Wow Kaveri I'm impressed!

I had no idea you knew so much...

...about these things.

All this work that you have described

is done by our Sahdev out here

without rotating himself, believe me!

Hey Sahdev, tell us!

The sky is clear.

There will be no clouds in

evidence for the next two days.

Very good! That's precisely what I do too.

Mohan bhaiyya! Look!

That's the temple!

Beautiful!

Beautiful! What's this?

This is the specialty of our village.

These are the footprints of

Lord Rama and Sita.

What?!

Ram and Sita's footprints!

Charanpur! Ok.

That explains the name of the village

Charanpur. (Charan means feet)

How are you?

- I'm all right.

And Kaveriamma? How is she?

- She's fine.

I've been trying your cell phone.

There is no network coverage here.

Vinod I'm no longer in Delhi.

I'm in a village called Charanpur.

Oh. Anyway now what about

the GPM instrument concept

and risk reduction study

that needs to be initialized?

I'll e-mail you the graphics right away!

You do that. But the internet

connection here is weak.

I won't be able to

download the graphics.

Why don't you Fed-Ex the CD to

Rahul in Delhi? He'll send it to me.

Okay.

Come fast.

One more thing! The week will

pass by very quickly

All right.

I am going to be here a

little longer than I thought.

Kaveriamma has

some pending work here

because of which she can't

leave right away.

Ok. That's fine.

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