No jolly for dreamers

Author’s note: The dialogue should be imagined in the vernacular, Tamil in this case. The italicised words are originally used in English by the characters. I knew right back then, that you would be a fail,” she said, tears streaming down her face. “Don’t cry.” “Don’t ask me to ‘don’t cry’.” “It’s not fail, di. It’s an arrear.” “You think I’m stupid? I know arrear means fail.