A HOME TO LAZE AROUND IN!

The minute we walk in VJ Deepak offers us juice. On that very hospitable note, we walked in to see a really loved home that the bubbly man had built with his wife and son.

How are you this energetic always?

The minute I heard that you guys are coming, all the energy I had inside shot up! (laughing)

We’ve come to see all the interesting things you have at your house...

Well, the most interesting thing in my house is my little son. Even more interesting is my wife, the conversationalist. But both of them have gone out, so you have no other options than talk to me (laughs).

Everybody has their own concepts and dreams while buying a house. How was your experience?

My father and I together pooled funds and bought a house in 2006. Back then, I was happy. I was the first to buy a house in my friends’ group; I thought, “Great, now we’ve bought a house and we’re settled.” But then I got married, we had to get a new house and the race began again from square one. It took me almost ten years after marriage to buy this house.

So let’s go around the house...

Well, the first thing I want to show you is the sofa in the hall. This is my couch; my wife gets angry over the time I spend on this. I’d sit here, pull up a pillow to balance my phone and use the phone for hours from this spot. It is my lazy spot. When she comes back home and knocks on the door, if I don’t leave the footrest down before opening the door, she’ll figure out that I’d been sitting idle for hours! The question that she asks will not be “were you sitting here”, it will be how long have you been sitting here?” (laughing).

There are several dolls in the showcases...

All that is my wife’s taste. She likes them. I’m scared that she would take me for a doll and hang me up somewhere if I stay still too long (laughs).