On a Sunday morning, as I was sharing the dining table with my father, I noticed him coughing & sneezing. Me : Mommy, arrange some Tulsi leaves before it's evening. (As per Odia tradition, we are not supposed to pluck leaves past evening) Mommy : But we just had our breakfast Me : So ? You can pick leaves only in morning on an empty stomach. Is that rule-2 in your dictionary of tradition ? (I was slightly irritated, because last time I asked her for my cold, she told me about evening, rule-1) Oh, how fool of you that you don't know this. No no, saying one can't pluck leaves after having non-veg would have made sense (considering odia culture), but the thing about empty stomach makes no sense. You think you know everything, but you don't. No mom, I know that I don't know many things. But sometimes you say things that's just plain stupidity. You REALLY think one can pluck leaves after having meal ? ( This time she was angry) No, one can't (I said whi