Paytaan

Paytaan

Paytaan is a slang word for footwear in regional language of Maharashtra state, Marathi, often found in abuses, indicating a very low status. Baji, is a fighter in his own small way. Asked by his mother to go to the city in place of father who is ill and see if he can sell pairs of chappals. Exploited and jeered at by the buyers and people around, throughout the day, his quality products shamelessly demanded at low prices. He reacts angrily to an oft repeated insult: ‘Hay, Emperor of Soles!’