Chapter-02 Interview starts
On Friday night at around 9.30 p.m. Pallavi's mobile rang up, she saw it was Nandini so she picked up.
Pallavi: Hello Nandini. How are you?
Nandini: I am fine Pallavi. Can we meet tomorrow evening?
Pallavi: Did you go through my website?
Nandini: Yes, very informative and you have roped in quite big name as Medical Consultants. I had no idea that there can be so many different types of consultants in the field of sexually deviated behavior. Thanks for creating such a valuable website.
Pallavi: This is the need of the time, I tried and got support. When do you wish to come?
Nandini: Around 6 p.m.
Pallavi: I will return around 7:30 p.m. Is it convenient for you to come around 8 p.m., we will take dinner together and then discuss the matter.
Nndini: Thanks for dinner invitation but I will take dinner at my place and come to you around 9 p.m. if you are comfortable.
Pallavi: Please don’t feel shy and don’t say no. We are taking dinner together and dont change your program.
Nandini: OK. I will come at 8 p.m. Are you sure you will get freshen by that time or I come little letter.
Pallavi: Keep it 8 p.m. and we are taking dinner together. Good night.
Nandini: Good night and she disconnected the mobile.
Pallavi came home around 6:45. She asked Sudha [her cook] to make tea and bring biscuits along with it. She asked will dinner be ready by 8 p.m.?
Sudha: Surely Pallaviben and in ten minutes she served Pallavi tea and biscuits.
Pallavi took it and went to bathroom to take shower. Bath made her fresh.
She put on red color Salwar Kameez and looked at wall clock. It was only 7:30 so she picked up magazine 'Humanoscope" and started reading it.
At 8:15 p.m. door bell rang, she got up, went there and opened it. She saw Nandini, greeted her warmly, led her to drawing room and made her sit comfortably on sofa near her chair.
After initial formality she asked Nandinim should we take dinner first as dinner is ready or you prefer to take late?
Nandini: Is it ok for you to take dinner after 9:30 p.m.?
Pallavi: I have no problem but it is better if we take it now because Sudha want to go for picture in 10 p.m. show.
Nandini: Ok, let us take dinner now.
Pallavi: Sudha, please serve the dinner, we are taking dinner now.
They finished dinner and Pallavi took Nandini in her room, instead of drawing room. She told her that any time Yogesh will come and see TV and my daughter will also return now so there will be disturbance.
Both were comfortably seated in Pallavi’s room
Pallavi: How have you planned to go about my story?
Nandini: I have made no planning at all. Tell me in your natural way, whatever comes in your mind. Please don’t worry about the time sequence now, we can revise it at later stage.
I will take notes and ask in between if needed. If you give permission I will also record it on tape recorder?
Pallavi: I have no objection; it may be helpful to go on more detailing or some clarification if required.
Give me first few minutes to at least make a list of main stages of my life. This is my first interview and I thought you will ask me questions which will chart our course of discussion. I have not prepared anything but I was thinking of writing my autobiography I have prepared outlines. Let me find out if it is of any use. She gave Nandini few magazines to go though in the mean time.
In about 15 minutes Pallavi said, she has found it and ready for interview.
Nandini took diary in hand and also started tape recorder.
Pallavi: I prefer going in this sequence. The main stages are:
1. Childhood before visiting my masi Nina [mother's sister]
2. First vacation with Nina masi
3. Returned to native place
4. Going to Nina masi for study [School and college]
5. Had to post pone my treatment of sex change operation while in USA.
6. Job in India.
7. Marriage with Alka - Support and encouragement from her, my wife
8. Preparation to undergo sex change operation and changed my sex.
9. With Job started my NGO
10. Birth of my daughter
11. Left job and fulltime working for my NGO.
Nandini: I am fine with whatever you are going to say so should we start with Childhood before visiting my masi Nina [mother's sister]?
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