[Scene: A chai dhaba in Lahore. It’s evening. Ali and Bilal are sitting on plastic chairs, sipping chai and eating pakoras.]
Ali: (rubbing his left eye)
Yaar, meri baen aankh subah se phadak rahi hai. I’m telling you, kuch bura hone wala hai.
Bilal: (raises an eyebrow)
Again with the left eye twitching? You said the same thing last week, and the worst thing that happened was you dropped your samosa.
Ali:
That wasn’t “nothing”! It was a sign! And two days later, I lost my wallet too. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Bilal: (grinning)
Or maybe you should just stop keeping your wallet in your back pocket where it’s practically begging to fall out.
Ali:
No, no. You laugh, Bilal, but our elders have always said this. Left eye twitching means bad luck. Right eye is okay. It’s like nature’s warning system.
Bilal:
So your eyelid is basically a notification system? Like, “ding ding, something bad’s coming”?
Ali: (serious tone)
Mock all you want, but I’ve noticed it over the years. Every time it twitches, kuch na kuch negative hota hai.
Bilal:
Alright, let’s break this down. Scientifically, eye twitching is called myokymia. It’s usually caused by stress, fatigue, caffeine, or lack of sleep. How much chai have you had today?
Ali: (counting on fingers)
Four… maybe five cups. But that’s normal.
Bilal:
Exactly. Plus, I saw you scrolling TikTok till 3 a.m. last night. Your poor eye is tired and over-caffeinated. That’s not the universe warning you. That’s your body saying, “Please, Ali bhai, let me rest!”
Ali: (chuckling slightly)
Fine, maybe I am tired. But still, the timing is too perfect. There has to be something more to it.
Bilal:
Our brains are amazing at spotting patterns, even when they don’t exist. It’s called confirmation bias. You remember the times your eye twitched and something bad happened—but what about the times it twitched and nothing happened?
Ali: (thinking)
Hmm… I guess I don’t always notice those.
Bilal:
Exactly. It’s like saying, “Every time I wear my lucky socks, Pakistan wins the match.” Maybe they just played well! Your socks weren’t on the field, bro.
Ali:
Haha, you’ve got jokes today. But you have to admit, we do have many such beliefs in our culture. Not all of them can be wrong, can they?
Bilal:
True. Culture and traditions give us comfort, especially when things feel out of control. But believing an eye twitch predicts disaster? That’s like blaming your phone for a breakup because it rang just before you got dumped.
Ali: (laughs, then sighs)
Alright, alright. Maybe it’s not a curse. Maybe I do need to sleep more and drink less chai.
Bilal: (clinks his cup with Ali’s)
Now that’s the spirit. Sleep, hydrate, and if your eye twitches again, maybe just… blink it off instead of panicking.
Ali: (smiling)
Fine. But if something bad happens tomorrow, I’m blaming you.
Bilal:
Deal. And if nothing happens, you owe me a samosa.
Ali:
Done. But if it’s a really good day, I’ll buy you two.
[Both laugh as the call to prayer echoes in the background, and they finish their chai.]
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