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Insectivorous!
Long back, there lived an Armadillo christened as Tomba,
who went to his Armadillo Mami's house and there he stayed for a week, Tomba was actually a bibliophile and therefore often forgot to eat the delicious food cooked by her Armadillo mami's house help,
as her armadillo mami wasn't a good cook but had a doctorate in chit chat, so she sat and talked about everything you could find on earth and from morning till afternoon, afternoon till night she would chat a lot at home and in park with friends so she didn't have time to learn or cook ;
....once or twice she cooked but it was some unidentified dish and must say the taste cannot be forgotten........
So when the armadillo Tomba visited, she took it on upon herself as her duty to bring him out of the bookish world for meals, one fine day the Armadillo wearing his Hanophi ( shawl). Came out to have lunch and was so engrossed in his colourful Hanophi that he drank some water and then.... Ate some arhar daal and was talking to his Armadillo cousins and sisters , a lively discussion was going on regarding Shanphee lanphee, Hanophi , Chamba rumal , Kullu shawls and Pashmina, Telia rumal.... But then Armadillo Tomba, coughed violently, Armadillo Mami came out running and patted his back and reprimanded the other cousins, "are you all going to be the secretaries and directors of All India Handloom Board? ,if not then, eat your lunch in silence look at him now he is coughing because the food went inside his trachea instead of oesophagus. Here, Here dear Tomba, drink some water then the Armadillo Tomba gratifyingly took the glass and then water washed down his perched throat ... the unusual taste of something melted away....., Armadillo Mami than told, dear you should just calm down and concentrate on your food ..... And try talking less, " but mami ! replied Tomba actually.... I think I ate something but it choked in my throat slight spicy or so....it tickled my throat !
and when the armadillo battered the layers of daal in his bowl he found to his horror a terrible insect with his head nowhere to be found, Tomba got terribly worried and felt like vomiting .... I think I ate it's head ...as the head is missing yucky said the armadillo Tomba while mami summoned the servant and admonished him for the carelessness........ While the other cousins were horrified... And ate only half of their lunch.... And as for Tomba, he found the taste good but then the very next day he suffered some blisters but was soon perfect with the good medicine, infact - Armadillo doctor told them a. 'secret of nutrition' that insects are really good for health with their rich nitrogenous bodies to nourish armadillo communities health, from that day the Armadillo .... Was called insectivorous Armadillo... Instead of being a vegan armadillo and maybe gradually all his generations acclimatized to places and food where ever they lived and turned to being insectivorous as well as omnivores and that's why the name insectivorous Armadillo !
Post scriptum -All India Handloom Board , has been abolished around 27 July, and reason is to get a diverse support for artisan from all walks of life, instead of an 'equity' based approach an 'equality' based approach is highly preferred!
© kalika singh
who went to his Armadillo Mami's house and there he stayed for a week, Tomba was actually a bibliophile and therefore often forgot to eat the delicious food cooked by her Armadillo mami's house help,
as her armadillo mami wasn't a good cook but had a doctorate in chit chat, so she sat and talked about everything you could find on earth and from morning till afternoon, afternoon till night she would chat a lot at home and in park with friends so she didn't have time to learn or cook ;
....once or twice she cooked but it was some unidentified dish and must say the taste cannot be forgotten........
So when the armadillo Tomba visited, she took it on upon herself as her duty to bring him out of the bookish world for meals, one fine day the Armadillo wearing his Hanophi ( shawl). Came out to have lunch and was so engrossed in his colourful Hanophi that he drank some water and then.... Ate some arhar daal and was talking to his Armadillo cousins and sisters , a lively discussion was going on regarding Shanphee lanphee, Hanophi , Chamba rumal , Kullu shawls and Pashmina, Telia rumal.... But then Armadillo Tomba, coughed violently, Armadillo Mami came out running and patted his back and reprimanded the other cousins, "are you all going to be the secretaries and directors of All India Handloom Board? ,if not then, eat your lunch in silence look at him now he is coughing because the food went inside his trachea instead of oesophagus. Here, Here dear Tomba, drink some water then the Armadillo Tomba gratifyingly took the glass and then water washed down his perched throat ... the unusual taste of something melted away....., Armadillo Mami than told, dear you should just calm down and concentrate on your food ..... And try talking less, " but mami ! replied Tomba actually.... I think I ate something but it choked in my throat slight spicy or so....it tickled my throat !
and when the armadillo battered the layers of daal in his bowl he found to his horror a terrible insect with his head nowhere to be found, Tomba got terribly worried and felt like vomiting .... I think I ate it's head ...as the head is missing yucky said the armadillo Tomba while mami summoned the servant and admonished him for the carelessness........ While the other cousins were horrified... And ate only half of their lunch.... And as for Tomba, he found the taste good but then the very next day he suffered some blisters but was soon perfect with the good medicine, infact - Armadillo doctor told them a. 'secret of nutrition' that insects are really good for health with their rich nitrogenous bodies to nourish armadillo communities health, from that day the Armadillo .... Was called insectivorous Armadillo... Instead of being a vegan armadillo and maybe gradually all his generations acclimatized to places and food where ever they lived and turned to being insectivorous as well as omnivores and that's why the name insectivorous Armadillo !
Post scriptum -All India Handloom Board , has been abolished around 27 July, and reason is to get a diverse support for artisan from all walks of life, instead of an 'equity' based approach an 'equality' based approach is highly preferred!
© kalika singh
