I went for an internship in Bangalore in one of the India ’s most reputed online retail company, Flipkart, in my 3rd year summers. Since Flipkart does not have any dress code, I used to go for work in half pants, a half T-shirt (offered by Flipkart with a logo of it on the front) and a pair of chappal.
大学三年级的夏天我去班加罗尔的一家印度最著名的网上零售公司Flipkart做实习生。因为Flipkart公司没有着装要求，所以我总是穿一条中裤、一件半袖T恤（公司提供的前面印有公司标志）和一双皮凉鞋去上班。
The company used to pay me a nice amount of stipend and I decided to buy two HTC Desire 828 smart phones for my parents. I ordered them from Flipkart, and got them the next day. Now I decided to have screen covers for these two expensive gifts. In the evening while returning back from work, I went inside a mobile shop and asked the boy to put two screen covers on the phones. The boy looked at me, my Flipkart T-shirt and my chappal and then started his work. After a few minutes,
公司付给我不菲的工资，我决定给父母买两部HTC Desire 828智能手机，我从Flipkart公司里预定的，第二天就到货了，我想去给这两个昂贵的礼物贴膜，晚上下班回家时我走进一家手机店，让男店员给我的两部手机贴膜，他看看我，看看我的FlipkartT恤和凉鞋，然后开始贴膜，几分钟以后，
Boy: So where are you going to deliver these ? (as if I am a delivery boy)
男孩说：“这些要送到哪儿？”（好像我是送快递的）
Me: ummmmm…
我说：“嗯……”
I took a short pause to think why he said so.
我愣了一下，在想他为什么这样问。
Me: These are for my parents, I bought them.
我说：“是送给我父母的，我买的。”
Boy: Oh nice.
男孩说：“嗯，不错。”
Another pause.
再次停顿。
Boy: So what are the new offers, that Flipkart will be offering this upcoming month?
男孩说：“那有什么新品？Flipkart下个月要上什么新品？”
I took another pause to think now why is he asking me this question.
我又愣住了，在想他为什么问我这个问题。
Me: ummm… Actually I am there as a software developer. So I don’t know.
我说：“嗯…其实我在那儿做软件开发，所以我不太了解。”
Boy: Okay, okay.
男孩说：“好吧好吧。”
While coming back from Bangalore to my home town in West Bengal, I didn’t put on my Flipkart T-shirt, otherwise people would have thought, that Flipkart has raised its standard and delivery boys are delivering by flights.
从班加罗尔回我家的小镇西孟加拉邦时我没有穿FlipkartT恤，否则人们还得以为Flipkart升级了，送货员都乘飞机送货了。
It was really very awkward. This is the first time I am sharing this story.
这件事真的很尴尬，我是第一次分享这个故事。
This happened to me when I was in 9th standard. I belong to a financially sound family but I think my dress sense was very poor.
这件事发生在我9年级时，我家境殷实，但我觉得自己衣品很差。
So, I with my family was on a pilgrimage. I was least interested to visit the holy place, so I just sat near the pond over there.
我跟家人去朝圣，我对圣地不太感兴趣，就坐在附近的池塘边上。
There was a little girl who along with her mother was giving 2rs to all the beggars and enjoying a lot. I saw her joy and was very happy so I smiled at her, she smiled back. Then the main part comes…
有一个小女孩和她妈妈正在给所有的乞丐发2卢比硬币，很开心的样子，我看见她快乐我也很高兴，就朝她笑了一下，她也对我笑了，这时重点来了……
Her mother asked her- didi ko paise die ya nhi? (Have you given her alms or not??)
她妈妈问她– didi ko paise die ya nhi?（你施舍给她了吗？）
It was so embarrassing for me that I couldn’t utter a word and accepted the alms.
我当时尴尬得说不出话，只能接受了施舍。
Even today I have those 2rs safe with me to remind me of the lesson that dress sense does matter.
甚至到现在我还保留着那2卢比来提醒自己衣品真的很重要。
