Inestimable Boon - Father

 

I could only see  darkness for further sight where my eyes could reach. A row of  three wheelers and four wheelers but only few people to count. When I stepped out , the only few people started staring at me. I was searching for my cab. My phone started ringing. I picked up the call and It was my spouse on other side.

Me : Hello.

Spouse : Cant you wait for few hours at the airport and then leave to your office guest house in the early hours ?

Me :No. I don't want to wait here. I have to reach office early by 7 am and I cant manage with little time left.

Spouse : You are not getting my point. Its very dangerous to travel alone at this odd hour and that too in Delhi.

Me: Please don't worry. I will reach my destination safely. 

                                                                   Fortunately I got my cab and got inside. 

Me : I got my cab and am sharing route to you and my siblings too. You can be on call till I reach or else you can take a snap. 

Spouse: No. I would stay on call till you reach your place. 

Well It was on 10th July 2015 around 1:45 am when I came outside Delhi International Airport and booked my cab to reach Green Park area where I was staying for 6 months now. I have some important deliverable the other morning. My flight got delayed by four hours at Hyderabad due to which I arrived at Delhi at odd hours. I had little fear inside , was cautious and was observing the navigation the driver was taking. 

After quite some time the cab driver said. Mam ,Delhi mein ache log bhi rehte hain. Don't worry I will drop you safely. Well within 35-40 min I reached my destination and security guard was stunned to me at entrance of guest house.  He asked if I travelled alone or has someone accompanied me. I said I travelled alone. He said aapthoo sherni hoo. I laughed and went inside.

Well I was fortunate that It was all good around. But If something would have happened I would not have got this opportunity to trace out the courage my Father incepted into me. 

My School was very near around 500 meters from my house. I completed my 11th and 12th standard through the bus provided by College. Now it was in 2008 that I got my admission into GNITS which was around 25 Kms from my house and I had to travel alone which was too scary for me.

We have to board a bus to reach 20 Kms and then take autorickshaw or bus to travel remaining 5 Kms. 

We cant afford college bus as it was too expensive for us. Then fear started hindering me. 

First day , I boarded bus from front side and my dad boarded it from backside. I dint even  know how to take a ticket. He took the tickets and we reached 20 Kms. From there he accompanied me for remaining  5 Kms.

Second , same way we reached 20Kms and then my dad asked me to travel 5 Kms alone. Luckily I got few college students  and followed them.

Third Day, I boarded bus from front side , got inside and to my shock my dad dint board the bus. I was too afraid to travel , I shouted and got dropped in little distance.

I came running to the bus stop where my dad was still standing and I said , I cant travel alone. I will stop going to college. Now this was the moment when our great conversation started.

Dad: Do you have any assignments to submit or any important things to do at college ?

Me : No nothing. 

Dad: Lets move around city.

Me: What ? City ?

Dad : Common. I wont leave you till you say I will travel alone.

Me : No. I cant travel alone.

Dad: Board the bus there. It goes to secunderbad from here. He gave me some amount. 

Me :Ok.

Dad: Take a ticket to me and you.

Me: I said to conductor. please give two tickets. He asked me for coins. I dint had them.

My Dad gave him coins and took tickets.

After 40-45 min we reached secunderbad. I got down.

Dad: Did you get anything?

Me : You kept coins with you and gave notes to me. This is wrong.

Dad: Always remember. Board bus with proper coins and notes.

Me: I was like aww stuck.

This way we travelled around the whole city from morning 8 am to 2 pm. 

He took me to Secunderbad , Mehdipatnam, Kachiguda, LB Nagar, Yousufguda, JNTU and the again Secunderbad. 

Now finally at 2pm he said.

Dad: Whenever you are stuck anywhere in the city and at any time ,board a bus to secunderbad and you can reach home from here. You can find buses to every corner of city here. Similarly If you gonna move to some other city just go to central bus stop there. You will always be safe.

Me: Dad Can we go home am tired.

I was too angry with my father. I thought he was just irresponsible. He does not care about me.

I dint tell all this to my mother.

I next stay I got up and decided I will go to college alone and if something happens to me ,my dad will be responsible for that.

I reached college. I missed my English Lab the other day. So English Professor has asked all absentee to meet her.

I went to meet her in the afternoon.

Professor: This is your first year. You need to submit an assignment stating about yourself by next week. I don't want any last minute submissions. You can take your record and leave.

Me: Sorry Mam. I could have come to college yesterday but My dad dint help me so I was absent.

Professor: With lot of Interest and Smile, What ? You are grown up. You still take your parents help ?

Me: I narrated the whole story to Mam.

She was impressed and she admired my dad a lot.

I could not get why she admired him. I just left.

I dint speak with my father for few days. I just avoided seeing him or talking to him.

But Slowly after some days when I was travelling daily I could come across many incidents , could observe many people around , I built a good network of people travelling same route. 

After few days  I got a special bus which arrives at 7.45 am with vacant seats to take employees from HMT to Golconda. We got habituated to this bus. And within no time I completed four years of my graduation.

Days Passed , where I could realize , my dad made me independent to travel anywhere in the city,

to be cautious of surroundings. He made me map this travel journey to life's journey.

It took 1-2 years time for me to know his actual motive. 

Later I had a lot of travel journeys alone from Hyderabad to Bangalore, Mysore, Delhi, Rajasthan. Everytime I start a journey I get reminded of that day 29th Oct 2008 , when my dad gave me immense power and knowledge insights towards life's journey.

Else he would have left me timid and dependent I would not have the same Now I am.

But there was very keen point which I took years to understand. 

From my 11th standard to graduation he always noted down my exam dates. He used to wake up early , get ready , asked me to get ready  and  reached exam center atleast 3 hours before exam starts . He searched for safe place , asked me to sit and study. He always carried water , umbrella and winter wear in his bag. I studied  happily utilizing all the time and then go for exam. As soon as my exam completed , he never  gave me time for gossiping around . He used to drove me home as fast as possible. 

It took years for me to actually understand what he did. 

Though he could not afford my education he shaped my education dragging me away from all sorts of distractions. Incredible ! He never knew a,b,c of education. 

He had so much intuition and I was very young to understand. And when I started getting his thoughts and deeds I was very proud, and I bow him for his diplomatic and constructive creativity.

This is a well known truth that daughters are more close to their fathers than their mothers. 

I proudly call myself , Sony Maltumkar ,Daughter of Mahender Maltumkar , butcher by occupation but gave boons of graduation and post graduation to his children. 

My Journey Of Education

 

It was 8.15 am in the morning when I was packing snacks for my elder son who is seven years old, that I heard, "Mom, Please come here fast".

 I ran quickly as to see what has happened. To my surprise there was nothing much except his shoes were not fitting him anymore. 

He said "Mom ,I don't want this stupid shoes , get me new ones , else I wont go to school.

I got angry, but kept calm and said, Please go to school today , I will get you new ones when you are back from school. But he was not listening and was stubborn over new shoes. I tried convincing him but he was completely resistant.

Suddenly I saw four students crossing my house , one with chappals, one without shoes, one without bag catching books in the hand. These students pass through my house daily. I have been observing them from few days.

I showed them to my son and said look , you are very lucky ,atleast you have these shoes , see the sisters and brothers , they are going bare foot and without bag, they are walking so long around 2.8kms from here to reach their school. Now you decide what you want to do? 

Simply he wore the shoes , went down stairs and said "bye Mummy"!. He left for school. 

I was very happy as he could understand the importance of being lucky and education at very small age just like me and all the old thoughts came across my eyes. 

I never wanted to put this story on a paper. But now I wish some day when my kids read this they too must value education and how lucky  they were to get educated.

It was in the year September 2001 , when I was studying my 6th standard, I was getting ready for my school.

Dad Said to Mom, "Tell Sony not to go to School from today". I am going through very bad financial crisis and I cant afford educating three children.

 As a common answer my Mom said , Let her go we will plan something when her fee payment deadlines come. 

My dad replied " I don't want to put her in any confusion , she is going to stop schooling from now". Anyways in one-two years I will make her marriage and send her off, saying this he left. 

Now my mom started crying. 

I dint even know what was happening. I was excited as I thought No School, No Homework and I can play and watch movies in neighbors' house. This continued for around a week. Then I started feeling bored. Suddenly My mom said , from today you are going to tuition. 

Slowly In the evening my mom took me to one of my school senior who took tuitions around in our colony. She explained him the complete story and asked him to teach me the syllabus in tuition. 

For this he replied " Aunty , why don't you go and speak to Head Of The School once."

My mom said does that work. He replied , Please try it once.

I and my mom came home. Our School watchman used to live near my house with his family. My mother went there and got clarified if she can meet Dean Of School. For this he replied , yes you can certainly have a meeting with him.

I could not sleep the whole night. My mom said, I will try hard to get you educated atleast till 15th standard and that's my promise. She woke up very early in the morning , did her pooja and sharp at 9.30 am we were Infront of Our Dean. 

He was a very cool person with diplomatic ideas and was running school for around 2000 pupils in 2001. There were around 55 teachers and 10 housekeeping staff. He was very good with his memory and recognizes each and every student.

My mom narrated him all our situations and asked him to allow me to study atleast 6th and 7th standard. 7th standard as in we had board exams in old SSC model.

Now the Dean simple asked me " Can you tell me what were your annual scores from 1st standard to 5th standard?" Lol I was very happy as I remembered everything and said "Yes , yes Of Couse I do " with joy. I answered him my scores. 

He said "Jamuna Bai, Don't worry about her fee till she completes her tenth standard. You need not pay a single penny. Just get her books". 

I knew my Dean very well as from my KG standard every year I took a memento or prize from him either for extra co curriculars or for merit or atleast for attendance.  

We came back home very happily and till 2006 , he dint charge me a single penny and I could complete my education till tenth standard with good score and standing as a topper in my batch out of 120 students. 

It was May 2006 , when my father really wanted to support me but unfortunately he had other dependencies at family end,  so he could not help me this time too. 

Finally I thought , I was lucky atleast I could study till 10th standard. But there was something differently planned in my destiny. 

It was 10th May 2006,  two of my finest teachers visited my home with two  more persons.

They introduced me to them. To my surprise one was admission officer and the other was vice-principal of one of the famous juniors colleges in the city. 

My teacher explained them , She is the student , with 94% and we are referring her for free education for 11th standard for AIEEE batch. They agreed and gave me an admission copy where my dad paid 1000 rupees immediately. To my surprise the fee for AIEEE batch was 78k. I was shocked to look at that figure. 

Then the vice-principal said , We have a condition , If she does not score above 90% in her 11th standard , then they have to pay 60% fee of 11th standard and full fee of 12th standard. 

I became dumb and nervous. My teacher said we are good with your condition but if she scores above 90% the you have to provide free education for 12th standard too. They agreed for this condition also. When they left my teacher simply said "You can do it Sony" .

After attending the classes and giving weekend exams  I was loosing my confidence as to how I can fulfill their condition, But to my surprise I scored 98.3% and I topped 3rd in the State , stood as topper of college all over the state. I got relaxed as I can study my 12th with no worries. With all my mind filled of goals I could complete my 12th standard with 97%  , standing as a topper. 

I could not get a better rank in AIEEE but grabbed good rank in EAMCET. 

It was on June 1st 2008 , when I got to know that we have to pay a fee of 38500 at the time of counselling into B.Tech Engineering and this fee will be returned as scholarship at the end of the year. 

I decided to skip Engineering and go with B.Sc. Computers. Some how my dad got to know all these and this time he said don't worry I will pay your full fees at the time of admission. But I knew he cant afford that much. 

June 5th 2008 , it was around 10 am when I started reading EENADU newspaper , The CM had announced free education for students who are getting into graduation. OMG ! I need not pay fees , am I seeing right ? Did I read it correctly ? I put on the television and the news was scrolling. 

Finally I could complete my graduation B.Tech availing scholarship from government.

During my Graduation with the help of my College Dean I could apply for Sudha Murthy's Scholarship and availed an amount of 50000 in 2010 and 2011. 

I could help my siblings , one of my friend and two of my cousins in paying their tuition fees. I still love my desktop which I purchased with this amount.

To help ourselves for pocket money , transport and books , I and my brother started taking tuitions at home right from our 11th standard. We charged them very less and If someone could not afford paying fees we taught them for free. This way we helped around 10-15 students donating books and teaching them for free. To keep up our passion we joined an NGO where we taught communication skills for ZPHS school children.

By seeing the children watching bare foot and one without bag ,I could remember , My brother used a single bag from his 6th standard to 15th standard till he completed graduation. We never complained our parents for uniform or other accessories. Two pairs of School uniform , 3 pairs of socks and shoes and  2 pairs of bags for our whole journey from KG to Graduation. 

Today we are all settled with good jobs and good standard of living. But at all times  I feel I was really lucky to have got such people in my life who supported me , who guided me and motivated me to move forward what may ever come.

A Note Of Thanks for those beautiful hearts for making my journey wonderful from 6th to graduation.

Jananyaaha Prema- Mathru (period of new transition and realization)

 

It was around 1.45 am, an odd hour , I woke up. I started feeling very uncomfortable. I was getting severe backpain and felt as if I am going to leave my last breathe with this pain. Well I was in my 39th week just 2 days before my due date that night. Unfortunately everyone in the family were out for a family function and  dozed off little time before.

I could understand nothing , could not move , I shouted in pain.  This was my second pregnancy but my experience was new. My first one was quite complicated and I had a C-section. Obviously I was prepared and ready for that. Slowly my mother got up and said these might be the contraction and you are into labor. My feet got trembling , all the nervousness and anxiety filled my body and brain. My sibling and my spouse arranged a cab for the hospital. Well the hospital was little far and it was  raining , which added to my anxiousness. Slowly we reached hospital in  around 60-65 min. Gynae checked me , said I was into labor and I might have VBAC. I could not digest this. In my first pregnancy which was complicated and ruined my health normal delivery was impossible. My mom was very happy and I could clearly observe her happiness. With the support of midwives and doctors I had a safe , healthy and normal delivery with my 3.5 kgs little one out. I had a great experience and was happy back home. It took 4 months for me to recover after my first C-section and very little time after my second delivery. 

Today is mother's day and I have nothing more to dedicate this blog for her.

My mother played a very strong role in my nourishment , empowering me and making me stand for myself every time. She incepted the idea of independence in me. I was educated , I had good facilities , good food and I could spend on all my expenses on my own.  After being independent and having all sorts of facilities I still crave for more. 

As a child I observed my mother never had any desires to have delicious foods or stylish clothes. She sacrificed all her desires only for me and my siblings. I remember her sometimes laughing at me and saying , you crave for lot of food but I even suffered to get two meals a day under my mother-in-law. She was only 17 when I was born as her first child and at 21 she had my siblings too. I observed her suffering from domestic violence under a joint family with three kids and hell lot of work to do.

 Those were the days when our family was going through bad financial crisis  and my dad was completely hopeless where he brought a vendor to sell our house. 

I still remember my mother saying - " I would live with one saree for 10 years and one meal till my last breathe please ask him to get out of the house" . I was only 9 years when I over heard these words. 

Our School was near by and we walked home for lunch daily at 12.30pm . One day when I was in my second standard , me and my siblings came home for lunch. Our house was locked. We were hungry , we could do nothing so went back to school and came home at 3.30 pm  after school. 

My mother was cooking lunch then. I asked mom ! where have you been ? She said , have food will discuss later. My dad had no money so he could not see us hungry and he went to some temple. My mother walked around 15kms to her sister's house to borrow 50 rupees and came back 15 kms on her foot, as she could not see us hungry.   

My school bag was torn out and all my friends were teasing me . I shouted I don't want to go to school , she simply took an old blanket and stitched a bag which lasted for around 5 years , though I got teased for bag I carried , I never took them to heart .  She stitched buttons and hooks under a tailor for bluses and shirts , the whole year and saved money only to get me a new dress  and few chocolates for my classmates on my birthday. 

There are many sacrifices made by our mothers which we might not know. As we are mothers today we should never forgot our patience would indulge lot of positive attitude in our kids. I am really fortunate that I was elder child and I could observe all my mothers sacrifices. Today I am strong ,I can buy my desired clothes  , get n number of bags for my kids and feed them all kinds of food. But every time I purchase any of the things my mothers spontaneousness and her creativity to handle our desires comes into my mind. 

She might not be able to read  or understand this but I wanted to put her efforts on writings . There is nothing which can replace her Mathru Prema. 

While we become mothers and enjoy motherhood , We go through transition. 

But when we put our parents in our children's place we actually realize they are kids , after all they we looking after us , feeding us , cleaning our potty and making us strong everyday.

Nothing can replace her -"THE MOTHER" . Anyone can be good , bad, better, best or worst. 

But Mother is always a mother neither pre phrased with good or bad and her love for us is eternal. 

Dedicated to Second Sunday in May.....

It was half past 5 in the evening when I and Jhansi were in a queue to catch the next shuttle which  picks us from our work location ,which is at city out skirts and drops us at Madhapur.

Jhansi : The weather is wonderful and pleasant.
Me: Yes really! I am glad that am outside my cabin to enjoy it.
Suddenly one women employee came rushing  towards the reception asking, Did the shuttle leave?
Receptionist : Not yet. Please stand in the queue quickly else you have to go for next shuttle after 60 min.
We were staring at her as she started counting the members in the queue. She was completely drained in sweat and was in hurry.
To our surprise we were at the end of the queue counting to 35th and 36th person to board the shuttle ,as the shuttle was only 36 seated. We were happy that we would wait no more time on a Friday evening and can leave quickly.

The women came hesitating  towards me and said , Hi I am Hema. Could you please do me a favor.
Me: Yes . If possible . But what ?
Hema: Can you please allow me to travel in your place as you are the 36th ,last person to board the bus.
Me: No. I am Sorry . I have been waiting here for past 30-45 min only to leave early.
Hema: I understand. I have to pick my 13 months old kid from day care by 6.30 pm  and the center gets closed by 7 pm .
Me : I said Nooo! Even I have 25 months old kid and I should leave early for him.
Hema: Please don't mistake me, but where is your kid ? Is he at any day care ?
Me: No. My mom takes care of my kid. I never worry about my son.
Hema: You are lucky that you have someone to take care of your little one but I have no one in the city.
Me: What about your husband ?
Hema: My daughter is attached to me and only I take care of all her needs.

There was some sort of sympathy in my mind and I could see affection and worry in her eyes.
My thoughts were stuck and I could recollect my kid , his hug when I return back from office , his laugh , smiling face etc.
Me: Hema , Please go and pick up your kid. Will go by next shuttle.
She din't even thank me and just left with a relaxing walk.
Jhansi understood the scenario and she stayed back with me for next shuttle.

This was not the first incident but I observed many of my colleagues get up early, pack everything for their kids without missing any item, drop them at day care and reach office on time.

For the next few hours my thoughts were flying in air. I was feeling very proud that I am a great mother, managing office and home with a kid. I felt like I should be awarded with something great like oscar.
I narrated the whole story to my mom, my siblings , friends, and almost 4-5 times to my husband the same day.

Next day morning was Saturday and around 7.30 am , I could hear my apartment watchman's wife was shouting at her kids.I thought she is not a great mother shouting at her kids.

When I asked her why was she shouting at kids early in the morning , she said , I have to go for daily wages and I need to get ready these kids to drop at my sister's house as its vocation time, else I could have dropped them at school.

Now my thoughts got waving again. I am not  a great mother. In fact I realized all mother's are great.
I could recollect n number of mom stories around me , my mom, my grandmother, mother-in -law, my maid, teachers , lecturers, professors ,colleagues whom ever I could remember at that point of time.

We feel like mom is always back of us as she says, to do this, that , eat this ,complete the box etc etc go to sleep on me.
But you realize her value only when you could get a chance to be in her place.
She struggles her life long to nourish us.
People say they are struggling but we can see actual struggle of our mom.
She is the live moment of struggle going through our eyes unnoticed.

I certainly feel am fortunate that this incident happend to me right before the second Sunday in the month of May, which is mother's day and I could dedicate this post for all mothers.

Its been very long time since I have posted something on my blog  ,but feeling glad that I could start it back again with a mother's post though got delayed.

Happy living ..."Add life to days not days to life."

A New Life And A New Member!

It was Late in the evening around 10.30 pm on March 2nd 2016 , I was feeling breathless and shivering with cold in this hot summer,which came two months earlier.
I asked to to the person who was carrying me down stairs from operation theater, Sir ! Could you please allow me to take some oxygen in ? I am feeling breathless.
Ohh ! Do you suffer from any asthma or sinus ? he asked. I said , I have little sinus Sir and he started holding oxygen mask around my nose.
I could see no family member around me and was worrying a lot as to what had happened ? Is there any issue with the little one whom I just gave birth few minutes back?  Well I dint even know whether it's a girl child or a baby boy.

I asked Sir , Is my kid fine? Is everything all right ? Is the kid breathing well? He simply said dont worry madam , you have given birth to a healthy baby boy and he is completely fine.
Baby boy?????? Is it not a girl ? OMG , it was my response and he simply smiled.
I was feeling better after ten minutes  and he removed oxygen mask, slowly I could see all my family members with bright faces saying your kid is fine dont worry.

It was a moment of relaxation as we were completely afraid since my health got complicated from late afternoon and doctors were trying their best to save me and my kid.

 Well I dint know I used the word my kid without knowing to myself. This might be the actual motherhood , I was suffering from pain for past 10-12 hours and went through major surgery and I was feeling glad that my kid is well and healthy.

Just in few minutes all family members were busy in phone calls and then started judging as to whom does the kid look like. Well I was still thinking why I got a boy instead of girl? Later family consoled me saying whatever it is you have to  be happy. I then thought to myself, fine, lets hope he has good future. Lets enjoy being a parent.

Within in few minutes I could see the tiny boy with bright face, small eyes rolling here and there, lovely hands and legs moving as if he is riding a bi cycle. He knows no one but finally he has arrived. We were waiting for around 9 months to see this new life , thinking who would be the new member to the family , girl or boy ? how would they look like? etc etc.

Well I was in hospital for around 6 days and saw the  same story repeats with each case.People come with lot of pain ,they go through many injections,salines, feel tensed about baby , later when baby arrives, they forget all the pain and suffering they went through and they have to go through.Some feel very happy and dance having girl and some sit with sad faces.

What ever the family may think but the mother never explains her pain to anyone. She has to go through lot of changes, control her diet, take care of the baby without even knowing how to do it, she has to compromise with her physical appearance, her food and even her sleep for the sake of baby.

For homemakers it might be a lil bit relaxing but for women who have career and work have to think a lot and plan to get support from family.

I am just thinking what pain our mothers might have gone through with us? They could have done lot of house work not unlike us , how did our school teachers manage their kids and family? Now simple to say they are inspiration for me to go forward.

Take Care of your mom's!! Be happy , keep smiling!

New Hopes! Crazy Resolutions ...........

Time ! Time and Time!! Well 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and now 2016...........................


Its again a new year :) .......Has not it become usual for us? No never.................Its a New Year, filled with enjoyment,  new resolutions , hopes and what not. Time to come out of your tight and rough schedules and Welcome the year with near and dear , celebrating few moments without any deadline ...oops technical language has taken its owe on me , Not able to write without using the same routine words!!

Well , the last working day of the year :D , sitting in office of-course not in a mood to work,  observing all the new joiners, their excitement and recollecting the whole year , what had it left on me.


New Life- lol got married, new roles and responsibilities,  being a married women , managing office and home,  hmm --learnt a lot !! how to manage time, have to learn more. New location , Well Delhi has its own impact on me , though learnt a lot there technically useful for career,  but got ill. Three months of stay there has given me good friends forever and made me to be more independent and challenging.
Coming back to Hyderabad , I become more powerful this time :) its not exaggeration!!
There are a lot good and some bad things, but its all our perspective how we take them on us.


All I can say is , small things make lot of differences in life and career.
A 5-min lazy sleep spoils whole day , it can take its demand over work or family. A simple smile on face may change any mood and any negative effect of atmosphere on you. Small  help, little patience might help you and others in various ways. Its not philosophy which I want to say, its very simple what I meant.


Mummy, Daddy, Sreenu, Shiva, Sairam , ofcourse Ajay , thank you so much for taking lot of care , you people made my responsibilities simpler.


Mauli, Vidi, Dhiren, Sharath, Sridevi , and all there ,  Deepika , Gattu, Babitha , Jyothi, ,Arshad, Karteek, Dinesh , you people meant a lot for me. Thanks for your help and being with me.


Aparna Mam, Sai and Vinod thanks a lot for your roles and being a part of my journey this year.




I don't remember what special happened this year but I could remember only few things happened around. Loosing the "Missile Man", Tamilnadu floods , some good movies , water problem in Hyderabad, Hike in all foods its hike not rise :P. and the list continues.


Hoping this year might bring some good showers of happiness, a good rainfall , less traffic , and some small things which make lot of difference.


Welcome 2016......... Dare to Spend Time With Us :)


Its said that New Year's Day is Every Person's Birthday. So Wishing you  all a very happy and great year ahead. May it be the best yet!!

A memory - A flash back -- And a future :)

It was almost 365 days back that I have put my pen down and today its again time to review my time with 2014.Well to be loyal and frank its been similar to other years, but something which 2014 has seriously left on me is a flash back and a future ahead.

It started with some positive hope and peaceful sense and ending with the same thoughts again.
To review it is just to make myself recollect my deeds and go ahead with passion and courage.

..... Birthday party!! It started with celebrations :) 50 years surprise birthday party for dad and get together of all relatives and friends, fresh relations to come ahead. It was all going well, being only girl to parents and my bros , and of course favorite grand child of my granny. Family was going to loose their child to some other place. My brother, who is a reflection of me left to some other location for  his career. This was a big emotional trauma for me. It took almost 2-3 months to get to normal life.
Well there I got some ray of hope and again was active and on right track. Was full energetic, cheerful and moving ahead. As it is said , we cant expect what happens to us at what time in what way. The noon of May 4th came as a disaster to my family. We lost our grand maa.... an unexpected, well who can expect a lady sitting on chair and speaking to you with full energy will suddenly take her last breath.
That midday has taught me a many lessons. Life..professional or personal is going to leave nothing ..except your sweet words and good deeds!!

Well after this huge blow it took around 3 months to get back to routine. But there was something missing! A sort of dullness... No activeness ....But this time my parents took their step to make me cheerful.. Their surprise cake..gift and friends made my birthday ..the one last at home as single ...a wonderful and memorable......!!!
The best person I need to thank this year is my student...well don't get  surprised I have not yet stopped taking tuition. Though younger, She has been all the time with me making me smile and happy for silly things.

Time plays its own games.. The most awaited moments , excitement was back after the festival of lights, leaving colors in my life....... Hey I got engaged .........Soon to be bride :)

The tag line for the post.. 2014, a memory --leaving me sweet memories of dad bday, mom and dad anniversary celebrations, granny's excitement on all occasions, gifting a new mobile to broo... broo getting into graduation , all bday celebrations, engaging with good team, Sreenu , Shiva, Sairam..3 bros!! ,
Arshad, Ajay, Neelima, Manognya, Tamal daaa ,Chaitanya, Deepika, Shubhi, Muni  and my most awaited list, gayatri , gattu, raya, karthik :P:P ........Jan 26th celebrations with slum school students, their happiness, running as scribes , getting friends together for sponsoring low income school students with an year kit.. etc etc...

A flash back------- The worst part was I lost my granny...every time i  think of myself getting married, I curse myself saying  she is no more :( But I was lucky , How lucky  I am that while taking her last breath she gave her purse to me.........a flash back purse which managed all of her responsibilities very well and an amount of 400 as a gift to me for my marriage .......I miss her every day......

Mallika, Maithili and Manognya........I am missing all moments with you :) But hoping to meet you all soon ...

And a future--Ajay , soon to be bride for him!! Well this might be my last blog as single.....Hoping for  a better future ahead ......

Assam disaster, Peshawar attack, VNR college tragedy, School bus tragedy, Modi becoming PM, petrol price got reduced , Telangana, Andhra, etc etc .....PK is  a hit , while Aagadu a bakwaas........Time is same for every one. Sometimes its lucky and sometimes back!!

As a human, being stable and hoping for good ...Help others how ever you can, If you cant feed anyone, at least understand value of food!!

Wishing you all a very happy time .....2015........A great year a head :)

My routine continues...with a bday party to dad ... lol , I will never change...All the best all of you :)