This real story is about 8 years old. In the August of 2005 I recieved a parcel from my then-best-friend AA. Found a small letter attached with it which said the following.
Dear Shubhu
I am fine here. My studies are going on fine.
Occasionally I do also get to talk to Vivek over the phone when he calls me at my hostel posing as my cousin brother(ha ha ha !).
Anyways, his birthday is nearing and I wanted to gift him something. SO I am sending you this parcel. Please hand it over to him. I AM TWO HEARTS OF CLAY.
AA
PS: Parcel khol mat liyo varna tera sar phod dungi.
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Now the letter was all fine except the line (which I have highlighted). I didn;t understand what she meant by "I am hearts of clay".
I couldn't figure out the meaning of the sentence. As requested I handed over the parcel to AA's boyfriend Vivek. But the phrase continued to haunt me.
For more than 4 months I kept thinking time and again the meaning of the sentence but couldn't figure out. The sentence didn't seem to make any sense even contextually. It was frustrating.
November end AA returned home and came to meet me. Even before she could greet me I placed the letter in front of her with the sentence underlined. "I am two hearts of clay"??? I asked and explanation. What dos it mean??? And she read it and laughed. The she wrote something and gave the paper back to me.
It read, "I AM SENDING TWO HEARTS OF CLAY".
The packet contained two clay hearts as gifts.
Dear Shubhu
I am fine here. My studies are going on fine.
Occasionally I do also get to talk to Vivek over the phone when he calls me at my hostel posing as my cousin brother(ha ha ha !).
Anyways, his birthday is nearing and I wanted to gift him something. SO I am sending you this parcel. Please hand it over to him. I AM TWO HEARTS OF CLAY.
AA
PS: Parcel khol mat liyo varna tera sar phod dungi.
\
Now the letter was all fine except the line (which I have highlighted). I didn;t understand what she meant by "I am hearts of clay".
I couldn't figure out the meaning of the sentence. As requested I handed over the parcel to AA's boyfriend Vivek. But the phrase continued to haunt me.
For more than 4 months I kept thinking time and again the meaning of the sentence but couldn't figure out. The sentence didn't seem to make any sense even contextually. It was frustrating.
November end AA returned home and came to meet me. Even before she could greet me I placed the letter in front of her with the sentence underlined. "I am two hearts of clay"??? I asked and explanation. What dos it mean??? And she read it and laughed. The she wrote something and gave the paper back to me.
It read, "I AM SENDING TWO HEARTS OF CLAY".
The packet contained two clay hearts as gifts.
