The Golden Dragon,
Mumbai.
I was just about to dig into my lobster, when I spotted them. Sitting in the corner, overlooking the Arabian sea, they had the best table in the restaurant.
I would have put them as one of the many young couples that form a major chunk of the clintele of the place, but her chooda gave it away.
He played the role of the doting husband to a tee. From folding the napkin and setting it on her lap to reading out the menu to her, he did it all.
For someone like me who is not given into maudlin display of emotions, I found it quite nauseating. I set my gaze to the vast body of water beyond them.
Half way into my dessert, I noticed them get up. Her awkward, fumbling walk told me he wasn't just a caring husband. He was her eyes too.
*Chooda is a kind of bangle that is worn by Punjabi women in the recent weeks after her wedding.
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