Dada @ work
'Dada', noun, meaning brother in the Bengali language. Apparently, there are at least two kinds of people who are addressed by that title: ones who don't mind being called 'dada' and ones who don't like being referred to as anything else be it their own names. The second kind, if it is a perceivable kind at all, is as strange as it is interesting. Especially when you call someone who has your personal mobile number saved on their phone to say: 'Hi Sandeep. Mein 'dada' bol raha hoon (this is dada speaking).' That even for the 20,000th call.
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