I am not an ordinary nari, I am what you can call, a na-hahahahhaha-ri. I laugh frequently and loud, and have often been told that my shrieking laughter resembles that of a hyena. Upon googling the words “hyena-laugh”, I found out that the comment was not in the least meant to flatter me.
While still young, I was asked by well-meaning relatives to laugh like a lady, gently.“Nothing more than a subtle chuckle, Divyani, and that too with the left hand covering your mouth.”
But obedience was never a strong virtue of mine. The audience still remains divided between, “You laugh like a witch,” and “Your laughter is kind of cute,” the latter comment made solely by friends acting on their biases.
And so, with that unsolicited three-para-personal information, I begin my note. From one stree-hehehehhehe, to another. A laughter guide, if you will. Each lesson comes with a real-life example, so that all you girls and women reading this can responsibly choose between a giggle and a guffaw.
By the end of this piece, dear reader, you will have learnt how to effectively laugh, in a way that doesn’t offend any man.