Manisha...

Manisha and Taral have been good friends for long. I still remember that first meeting at mutual friends. I was sitting talking to someone when suddenly, all conversation ceased and all I could hear was female tones in rapid marathi, almost 50 decibles higher than anyone else in the room. As to what she was saying, only a couple of people in the room could make out. But all of us had to listen as it was near impossible carrying out any other conversation in the room with her bombastic voice next to us. That was Manisha.
Her loud talk still remains a prominent feature but since then Ive discovered so many different aspects of her personality. She’s an excellent cook, both her and Taral having busy medical careers, she still finds time to think of every tiny detail to do with her two boy’s upbringing. Since prakhar, her elder son was born with several medical problems, he still is under follow up and needs a lot of care at home. Never once have I heard her complain or crib about the several hundred demands on her time. Or about the fact that she has had to put her career on the back burner to be able to give enough time to Prakhar and Taral who was grappling with his own demanding work life.
She’s now taken up a staff grade post in the NHS which gives her enough flexibility to be able to juggle home and career.

So far so good…..I haven’t come to Manisha’s USP though - ‘talk before you think’.
As per Amit, she’s like the car which has lost its filter AND silencer…….
So, she keeps the conversations lively. They keep coming, one liners to big fat juicy monologues, at top speed and full volume! Happy times.
(P.S.- Amit is Pratima’s husband.)