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Bravo , Braava Jet !

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                                                                                    " Let's go shopping for the mid-season sale! " I exclaimed excitedly on land line to my sister  expecting a cheerful ' Yay '. Instead her tearful ' Nay ' dampened my mighty Mumbai-spirit and concerned sibling-love. " Are you all right ? What's wrong with your voice ?".  She sobbed some more and then what followed was Love-Hate relationship story of  99.99% Mumbaikars.  BAE  = Before Anyone Else = Maid in Mumbai = Unpredictable domestic help whom you pay for holidays rather than for actual work. Bae demands leaves for anyone under the Sun and even for the neighbors who are no more on the Earth. I am sure you got the gist. We need the maids / domestic helps for dail...