The Balcony door 🚪 Postpartum Memoir
🐵🐒 Some monkeys maybe docile but the ones I've met are not. They snatch,steal and screech hard enough to rattle windows and when that doesn't work,they attack! Up close,monkeys aren't cute. They look vicious.Wicked. Wrong.The most threatening moment isn't the sound. Its the stare -Open mouth, lowered eyebrows.They make intense chattering sounds like you've broken a law.Each time I was chosen by an infuriating monkey.I didn't sign up for it.I have no love for these unpleasant unappealing creatures and here's why. The first time a monkey humiliated me, I was 12. The second time I was an adult and knew better. After the third I despised them forever. Between these 3 encounters lies my education in Monkey Politics. Encounter 1 I was at the Bangalore railway station with my aunt waiting for a train. A sharp tug spun me around to see an idiotic monkey pulling down my skirt. The elastic band at the waist added to making the attempt successful. I was too f...