December 30. “Now you’re all clean and sparkling. Feeling good?”

“Yes. There was a lot of dust inside my ears which made me itch, inside my nose which had me sneezing often.”

“It’s a cold day today. The weather bureau has predicted that tomorrow’s going to be the coldest day this season here in Mumbai! And guess the temperature they predicted!”

“I don’t have a clue—20 degrees celcius. 18!”

“14. Now is that cold? But here in Mumbai since the only weather we experience is summer, 14 degrees seems cold. It’s funny.”

“That’s truly funny when the temperature in Europe has dropped to -33 degrees celcius. That’s called cold.”

“That’s called freezing. Let me know the number of hugs and kisses I owe you. And don’t cheat.”

“You actually owe me 200 kisses and those many hugs.”

“Liar.”