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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The Book Club

The first Saturday upstairs at a bookshop-cafe in Hauz Khas Village: the notice on the door, so you're the cook from the radio, eight years in Delhi, what brought a cook to a book club, drop by drop the pot fills, do you know how a story starts, it's a very old tale, once there was a king, in a village there lived a farmer, the story's done, the money's digested, next week the thirsty crow, told, not read.

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Lesson 1 · The Book Club

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THE STORY

Upstairs at a bookshop-cafe in a lane of Hauz Khas Village, a Saturday at six, two doors from Noah's restaurant; Kavita ji, who runs the club, is Mummy ji's old colleague and says the familiar you to Noah; Noah says the polite you to her and to Verma ji, the club's oldest member.

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कहानी की शाम, हर शनिवार छह बजे, ऊपर.ka-haa-nee kee shaam, har sha-ni-vaar chhe ba-je, oo-par.Story evening, every Saturday at six, upstairs.
तो तुम हो सुनीता के दामाद, रेडियो वाले रसोइया!to tum ho su-nee-taa ke daa-maad, re-di-yo vaa-le ra-so-i-yaa!So you're Sunita's son-in-law, the cook from the radio!
और रसोइए को बुक क्लब में क्या ले आया?aur ra-so-i-e ko buk klab men kyaa le aa-yaa?And what brought a cook to a book club?
बूँद-बूँद से घड़ा भरता है.boond-boond se gha-raa bhar-taa hai.drop by drop, the pot fills
दादी जी कहती हैं, बूँद-बूँद से घड़ा भरता है.daa-dee jee keh-tee hain, boond-boond se gha-raa bhar-taa hai.Dadi ji says, drop by drop the pot fills.
बहुत पुरानी बात है.ba-hut pu-raa-nee baat hai.It's a very old tale.
पता है, यहाँ कहानी कैसे शुरू होती है?pa-taa hai, ya-haan ka-haa-nee kai-se shu-roo ho-tee hai?Do you know how a story starts here?
एक किसान रहता था.ek ki-saan reh-taa thaa.there lived a farmer
एक राजा था. एक गाँव में एक किसान रहता था.ek raa-jaa thaa. ek gaanv men ek ki-saan reh-taa thaa.Once there was a king. In a village there lived a farmer.
और आखिर में, कहानी खत्म, पैसा हज़म.aur aa-khir men, ka-haa-nee khatm, pai-saa ha-zam.And at the end, the story's done, the money's digested.
अगले हफ़्ते प्यासा कौआ, सुनाया हुआ, पढ़ा हुआ नहीं.ag-le haf-te pyaa-saa kau-aa, su-naa-yaa hu-aa, pa-rhaa hu-aa na-heen.Next week the thirsty crow, told, not read.