In this short scene, we meet a young woman named Shmoop, who has just returned from a trip to India. She is a member of the upper class, and she lives in a house with her husband and two young daughters. She has a crush on one of the daughters's friends, a young man named Harish, whom she calls "shi." Harish asks her to help him make a salad for his friends, but Shmioop refuses, saying that he does not want to be seen by Harish in his "own way