The Walking, Talking Human News Channel....

💬There are journalists...
There are reporters...
There are media houses...
And then....
👀👩There is my neighborhood aunty....the woman who knows every single thing happening within a 10 km radius.....
Honestly...if she ever opens a channel called "Gossiping TV"... even national news will resign out of embarrassment....

😁And yes, I confess....
Sometimes I go to her house.
Not for tea.
Not for snacks.
Not even for social visits.
I go for premium gossip content...

👀Let me show you how it goes.

💣Scene: Aunty’s Hall...The Temple of Information
I enter her house.
Aunty is already waiting like a detective who finally caught a suspect.

👩Aunty: “Arre beta, aa gayi....waise ek baat bataun? ”(When aunty says ek baat, it means the whole neighborhood already knows except me.)
👧Me: (acting innocent) “Kya hua aunty?”
👩Aunty: “Woh saamne wali aunty, jisko tu ‘hi aunty’ bolti...uski beti...kal raat...7:43 PM ko...downstairs kisi ladke se baat kar rahi thi!”

Aunty knows the exact time.
At this point I'm convinced she has satellites.

👧Me: “Kaun sa ladka?”
👩Aunty: (stares at me like I asked the world’s stupidest question)
“Beta, detail toh bolna padega na?
Blue t-shirt, black jeans, height 5’8”, hair thoda silky, and achha phone bhi tha.”

(Ma’am, do you want to give his Aadhar number also?
And it doesn’t stop there.)
Aunty adjusts her saree, leans closer like she's sharing national secrets.

👩Aunty: “Dekho, main gossip nahi karti....par baat sach hai.”

👩Aunty: “And that uncle...the one with big stomach....
He said to his wife...‘I am going on a walk.’
But guess what?
He went to chai tapri.”
(The tone she uses...You’d think uncle ran away to another country.)

👩Aunty observes EVERYTHING
She knows.....
Who fought with whom...
Who bought new curtains....
Who changed their Wi-Fi password...
Who came home late...
Who received a package from Amazon....
Who breathed loudly at 5 PM...

👀Sometimes I wonder if she has binocular vision....

😅My Favorite Part? The Dramatic Warning
Whenever she finishes one gossip, she says....

👩Aunty: “Beta, par kisi ko bolna mat. Main toh bas bata rahi hoon.”
👧Me: Absolutely, aunty.
I will not tell anyone...
Except my mom...
My didi....
My cousins...
My friends...
My group chats...(I don't tell anyone okayyy..)
But secretly? I love her.
😀She’s funny, she’s dramatic, and honestly...
she’s the free entertainment package of the neighborhood.

🙈If someday aunty disappears for one day, half the people in town will panic: “Aaj news ka episode nahi aaya?”
Because let’s be honest...
Without her gossip, life would be dry.
With her gossip, life feels like a reality show.
And I?
I’m the loyal audience✌....

🌻With love....

" Here's to finding beauty in small things- Sakshi 🌸"