We are proud of your accomplishments, dear son! Good to know that you have bought a house in UK, with that well-paying job! What pains us is that you do not respond to your wife’s calls or mails. It is high time, that you took her with you. We would like to see a grandchild, before we die. Sending some Indian sweets for you….
And so on, continued my mother’s rants on email.
How do I tell her that my preferences have shifted from carrot halwa to carrot cake? The family will soon see a divorce petition from me.
(99 words)
PS: Carrot halwa is a sweet dessert pudding from the Indian subcontinent, made with clarified butter, sugar, milk and carrots.
March 15 – Flash Fiction Challenge
Reena Saxena 
A interesting take on a person moving away from their culture and previous life following a major move.
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Thanks!
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Oh, no I’m with the family on this! I love carrot halwa and haven’t made it for ages.
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Reena, your flash expresses the painful side of success and cultural assimilation. I also think it’s interesting to note that carrot cake evolved from carrot pudding.
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Not necessarily. Ingredients are the same minus the flour. Methods of cooking differ. Halwas are slow cooked in a pan, no baking.
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I’d love to try the carrot halwa. It is hard to maintain relationships by distance – it sounds that he no longer wants to even try – even with his parents.
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Goalposts shift …..
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Seems he left for peace of mind and living life his way.
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People leave for education or employment, but lifestyles and expectations do change. One has to be mentally prepared for a marriage not working out.
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He’s escaping the unwanted expectations. Well told.
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Thanks! When we say that we know a person, we only know his/her history. People change every moment.
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I can not decide the genre of this story…but I like this.
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Thanks! I rarely write to a genre .
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