Sharmaji Wants to Donate

Sharma: Namaste Panditji, Kaise hain? Aapka to phone hee nahin lag raha hai do din se. (Greetings Panditji, How are you? You haven’t been taking calls in the past two days.)

Panditji: Ha ha ha! Kya bataun Sharmaji. Abhi sab ko bhagwaan yaad aa rahe hain. Bataiye aap ki kya seva kar sakte hain? (Ha, ha ha! What should I say, Sharmaji. Suddenly every body is remembering God. Tell me what can I do for you?”

Sharma: Wahee seva jo aap har saal karte hain, ha ha ha ha! Kuchh daan dena hai, samajh gaye na? (The same thing that you do every year. Ha ha ha! I want to donate some money. You have understood, right?)

Panditji: Bahut le nahin paoonga, Sharmaji. Naye note abhi tak hamaare paas aye nahin hain. Waapas karne mein bhi samay lagega. Aapko ussey koi kasht to nahin hogee? (I won’t be able to take too much, Sharmaji. We haven’t got new notes yet, so it will take time to return the money. I hope you won’t have any problem with that?)

Sharma: Pareshani kya? Aap kabhi bhi de dijiyega. Lekin daan mujhe 30 December tak dena hee hoga. (What problem? You return it whenever you want. But, I have to donate by the 30^th of December.)

Panditji: Nahin, nahin Sharmaji. Humein bhi to hundi ka paisa 30 taarikh tak jama karna padega. 15 december ke baad purane note hum nahin le payenge. (No, no Sharmaji. We also have to deposit the Hundi money by the 30^th of December. We will not be able to accept any old notes after 15^th December.)

Sharma: Samajh gaya, panditji. Main to 30 november se pahle pahle saara kuchh daan paatra mein daal doonga. (I have understood, Panditji. I will donate the money before 30^th November.)

Panditji: Bahut achcha. Lekin Sharmaji, isbaar 10% se nahin chalega. Hamaara bhi kaam bahut barh gaya hai. Is baar hum 25% lenge. C-block mein Shani mandir waale to 30% le rahe hain. Aap swayam pata kar lijiye. (That is great. But, Sharmaji, this time the 10% rate won’t work. Our workload has increased. This time we will charge 25%. The Shani temple in C-block is charging 305. You can check it out yourself.)

Sharma: Arey panditji, aap kaisee baat kar rahe hain? Aap ki kathan hamaare liye aadesh jaise hai. (What are you saying, Panditji? Your wish is our command.)

Panditji: Bahut achha. To 25% tay rahe. Aap sheeghra hee daan le aayega. Lekin naye note hum agle saal hee de payenge. Ram Ram. (Okay. Then it’s agreed that it will be 25%. You should get the donations as fast as you can, but, we will only be able to give you new notes next year. Bye-Bye.)

Sharma: Ram Ram. (Bye-bye).