'You speak Bengali?'
'A little, a little. Their Bengali has quite a lot of Urdu in it, you know.'
'And what other languages do you speak?'
'Gujarati, saab. Marathi, some Sindhi. You grow up in this Mumbai, you pick up a little of everything. I am trying to improve my English.' He held up a copy of Filmfare. 'I try to read one English magazine every day.'
'Very impressive, Ahmed Saab.'
'Arre, sir, I am younger than you. Please call me Wasim. Please.'
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Sacred Games - pg. 210
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