Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fruit seller Woman

It is not today's account, many days ago but worth mentioning.

It was the month of April, which means intense heat.......I use to return from my college with my friend around 3pm that was the time when the sun sort of thinking to loosen its anger........still it use to be hot and dry...

We use to return through a shortcut that use to be lonely and desolated most of the time and specially at that time.

One day my friend was not there, so i was returning alone and and the heat drained me i think, so everything seemed to be moving in layer.

In the mid-way there was a tree and in the heat it was providing a very cool space, there 2 guys were there. They seemed to be drivers by attire and they both were resting there.

Also there was a lady passing, she was a fruit vendor with basket of fruit over her head, they called her and while she was reaching to them one person asked suggestively about the fruit and meaning about her or say her's.

She understood, said 'it's good' smiling bit embarrassingly and stopped moving toward them.

They said 'Really?? let us check it' again suggestively enough. For the woman it was clear and bit explicit, so she smiled and move forward considering that they just want to have fun of sort.

Then they started calling her sounding serious enough to buy the fruits, that time i realized that she is bit hesitant, surely there is a chance that they wud buy, most probably they wud buy but it's also sure that they want to enjoy bit flirting, she knew she wud be ogled, she knew she wud have to face some double-meaning lewd remark and even then they might not purchase the fruit.

her hesitation was clear as she stopped and moved forward and again stopped by their calling, she said to them 'you don't have to buy'. actually she was making sure by asking.

they were shouting like 'we surely have to buy' and smiling simultaneously.

ofcorse for a woman who have to sell fruits for her livelihood or maybe her children too, its a good profit and it means much if someone buy her fruits(of basket) specially when in that heat there is sparsely any customer. From a business point of view she must try.

But on the other hand she knew that these men would ogle it, she may have to face some lewd remarks too. It's sheer pride against practicality.

I think we can feel bad about such women but it doesn't changes anything, In one way or other we all find ourselves in such positions. Her case is only stark example maybe too clear and too explicit.

Now when I see hot models when and around launching of new car or something like that and men asking her useless details about the products, Their motive is only to talk to her even the models knows that. I always remember that dark fruit seller woman.

I don't know if she went to them or not coz by the time i crossed the road she was still contemplating with a smile on her face.

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