"Dear Editor: You Want a National Conversation? Kindly Begin With My Wife."

This humorous essay satirizes the overly formal and jargon-heavy linguistic style of The Hindu newspaper editorials through the character of Sundaram Mama, a retired man who begins mimicking the paper's lofty prose in his daily life. As Sundaram replaces simple everyday descriptions with complex, academic phrases, the author explores the comedic "infection" of this habit on his domestic interactions and social circles.