# #8 | stories in everyday-speak.

By [#microfiction from India](https://paragraph.com/@microfiction-from-india) · 2021-10-27

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The two aunties in their **nighties** covered with a **dupatta** spoke loudly about the security guard and his supposedly **najaayaz** son as they crossed my window. I didn't need an alarm anymore. It had to be 7am. They were on their daily morning walk.

#hindi #english

**_(nighties -_** _a cotton nightgown worn by older women usually)_

_(_**_dupatta_** _- a long scarf, many times worn to cover the upper body)_

_(_**_najaayaz -_** _illegitimate)_

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*Originally published on [#microfiction from India](https://paragraph.com/@microfiction-from-india/8-stories-in-everyday-speak)*