Brain Twister

I was waiting in Thippasandra for a bus a couple of nights ago. A family joined me in waiting and as I looked at them, I guessed they were Bengalis. An elderly woman, a young woman and a young man carrying a baby. After a few minutes, the older woman spoke to the young one in very clean Kannada. I was surprised; a Bengali speaking in accentless Kannada! Just when I was re-assessing them, the young woman replied in Bengali and their conversation continued in that language. Now I didn't know what to think; may be what I heard first wasn't Kannada at all. My ears may have tricked me? I was all set to blame the noise of the traffic when it was the young woman's turn to converse in Kannada! They continued that way and left me thoroughly confused. It was as if they were mocking at my guessing game. It hasn't happened to me since a young man from Uttarakhand spoke to me in chaste Kannada and embarrassed my notions a decade ago.