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Did you know that when a Maharashtrian wants to say, ‘I love you’, he says, ‘ekshe trechalees’? I had no idea. Of the many unromantic ways of letting a girl know you love her, this mathematical mouthful-143 — struck me as a particularly bus-numbery approach to love

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In the Marathi blockbuster, Timepass, the young male protagonist spends quite a lot of time in finding the right words

In the Marathi blockbuster, Timepass, the young male protagonist spends quite a lot of time in finding the right words

Meenakshi SheddeDid you know that when a Maharashtrian wants to say, ‘I love you’, he says, ‘ekshe trechalees’? I had no idea. Of the many unromantic ways of letting a girl know you love her, this mathematical mouthful-143 — struck me as a particularly bus-numbery approach to love.

Marathi movie 'Timepass'
In the Marathi blockbuster, 'Timepass', the young male protagonist spends quite a lot of time in finding the right words

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