Letter From "some" Sardar's Mom To Her Son....
Shilpa • onHumor 12 years ago • 2 min read

My dear Jagjit,

I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there.

I'm writing this letter slowly, because I know you cannot read fast.

We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen 20 miles from home, so we moved 20 miles.

I won't be able to send the address as the last Sardar who stayed here took the house numbers with them for their new house so they would not have to change their address. Hopefully by next week we will be able to take our earlier address plate here, and that our address will remain same too.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine, situated Right Above the toilet I'm not sure it works too well. Last week I put in 3 shirts, pulled the chain and haven't seen them since. The weather here isn'ttoo bad. It rained only twice last week. The first time it rained for 3 days and second time for 4 days.

The coat you wanted me to send you, your Aunt said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with all the metal buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pocket.

Your father has another job. He has 500 men under him. He is cutting the grass at the cemetery.

By the way I took Bahu to our club's poolside. The manager is Badmash. He told her that two piece swimming suit is not allowed in his club. We were confused as to which piece should we remove?

Your sister had a baby this morning. I haven't found out whether it is a girl or a boy, so I don't know whether you are an Aunt or Uncle.

Your uncle, Jetinder fell in the nearby well. Some men tried to pull Him out, but he fought them off bravely and drowned. We cremated him and he burned for three days.

There isn't much more news this time. Nothing much has happened.

Love - Mom.

P.S . Jagjit, I was going to send you some money but by the time I Realized, I had already sealed off this letter.


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  • Guest 8 years ago

    These are the same Sardars that protected us from the muhgals and british, the ones who single handedly beat the chinese and pakistanis, yet shilpa you find it decent to poke fun at them?

    I do not understand, we as indians and hindus have betrayed the Sikhs/Sardars by launching operation bluestar and the genocide that followed from 1984-1994. We have denied them the right to be Sikh by forcing the hindu marriage act on them.

    That is how we repay our heroes, by making jokes and denying them their human rights.