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So the doorbell rings and it’s the cook. She walks into the kitchen and asks what I’d like today. I tell her, and then ask, ‘How’s your daughter?’ She hadn’t come yesterday because her daughter had a fall.<\/p>\n

‘She’s not conscious yet,’ she says. ‘She’s got a swelling in her brain.’<\/p>\n

‘What? She’s in hospital?’<\/p>\n

‘Yes, but the doctor says that if she isn’t conscious by this evening, she’ll have to be shifted to another hospital. Chicken or mutton?’<\/p>\n

Her tone is perfectly normal, like she’s telling me about her daughter’s school results or something. You’d never guess there was something wrong.<\/p>\n

And that’s the life. Another maid, her husband was a drunkard who beat her everyday. You’d never guess there was something wrong.<\/p>\n

We’re spoilt, and weak, the urban elite with household help. When life knocks us down we won’t have the fight in us. If someone close to me was unconscious with a swelling in her brain, I’d show it. <\/p>\n

‘Chicken or mutton?’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So the doorbell rings and it’s the cook. She walks into the kitchen and asks what I’d like today. I tell her, and then ask, ‘How’s your daughter?’ She hadn’t come yesterday because her daughter had a fall.<\/p>\n

‘She’s not conscious yet,’ she says. ‘She’s got a swelling in her brain.’<\/p>\n

‘What? She’s in hospital?’<\/p>\n

‘Yes, but the doctor says that if she isn’t conscious by this evening, she’ll have to be shifted to another hospital. Chicken or mutton?’<\/p>\n

Her tone is perfectly normal, like she’s telling me about her daughter’s school results or something. You’d never guess there was something wrong.<\/p>\n

And that’s the life. Another maid, her husband was a drunkard who beat her everyday. You’d never guess there was something wrong.<\/p>\n

We’re spoilt, and weak, the urban elite with household help. When life knocks us down we won’t have the fight in us. If someone close to me was unconscious with a swelling in her brain, I’d show it. <\/p>\n

‘Chicken or mutton?’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Swelling in Her Brain - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-swelling-in-her-brain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Swelling in Her Brain - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So the doorbell rings and it’s the cook. She walks into the kitchen and asks what I’d like today. 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