My mother in law was on a call sitting outside in the yard. As I mentioned before, my brother had already walked in. And then I followed half a minute later.

I kept walking past my mother in law smiling at her to go in and give the surprise to Sharmila.

She could not utter a word. I could hear the other person on the phone yelling “Hello! Hello!”. She just kept staring at me speechless.

In Bengali, we say “bhoot dekhar moton” (like she had seen a ghost!!)

Much fun was had then over a cup of tea!!