What wud I do if someone doesn't want me to serve them ? AND I know they won;'t starve since their mom is right there in the house ?
Well - I wud say - "Oh ! I thought you might be hungry, wud you like me to leave it here or shud I take it away ?" - when I'd taken the tray to her room.
And I WUD HAVE taken the tray back to the kitchen if Sanchi said so.
As for IRA - when she says - please don't bother about Sanchi - I'm taking care of her - I's probably say - Sure ! If there's anything you need from me - please let me know. and I WUD walk out of the kitchen with a polite smile and my head held high.
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But then - I'm not Anandi. Coz I wud have told Shiv and Ira everythign as it kept happening so that there were no surprises that cud blast in my face. The personality that is Anandi, is an alien to me. I have never yet - met such self effacing people who can only see the good in others and can not just explain away their bad behaviour, they can also justify it.