dad and son at dinner table.....
unwilling (read as forceful commitment ) rare mishap for son amidst his busy per/profess life..
most awaited and excited festivity for dilapidated dad...
after exachanging the normal greetings and talking abt the next kit and kiln for few seconds.. there is a void for words amongst the two...... as if stangers from different parts of the world who have nothing common to share and just dropped under one roof by mere chance....
not wanting to waste the little time he gets to spend with son..dad breaks the ice....
pointing to the chicken curry on table
dad: bittu, which one came first....egg or hen??(as if there is nothing else to ask ... to hear his son's sweet voice )
son:.. hen(grrrrrrr...grumbling and fumbling..how dumb could dad get more than this??)
dad: where did the hen come from??
son: egg(god!!!...save me from this craziness......)
dad:where did that egg come from????(as if his ignorance is a bliss to his son)...
the so called conversation continues for 10 times dad asking the same question until son realizes that his head will blow up next second of anger.....
son: STOPPPPPPPP it Dad,...whats this nonsense....i am going thro hell answering ur stupid questions...dont u have a common sense to know this small thing at ur 60's....are u kidding me...and xyz...and xyz...and xyz.......until whole of dad's heart is pierced with sharp nails called words...until son got exhausted and contended with the fire that gobbled out of his mouth....
another voice came into his ears as a savior ...'sir visiting time over....u got to leave the ashram now' and when is just baout to esacape hell..
dad: u asked this question atleast 25 times a day lying on my lap when u were 5 years old!!!!!....
is getting old a curse??????
we pity the departed souls if they are young...poor fella....so unfortunate that he couldnt expereience the happiness of this world for some more time...
they give a smirk high up from sky....u duffer.....u will know that this boon in disguise when u get old......
as bubble is for reputation...so is youth for man's life!!!
unwilling (read as forceful commitment ) rare mishap for son amidst his busy per/profess life..
most awaited and excited festivity for dilapidated dad...
after exachanging the normal greetings and talking abt the next kit and kiln for few seconds.. there is a void for words amongst the two...... as if stangers from different parts of the world who have nothing common to share and just dropped under one roof by mere chance....
not wanting to waste the little time he gets to spend with son..dad breaks the ice....
pointing to the chicken curry on table
dad: bittu, which one came first....egg or hen??(as if there is nothing else to ask ... to hear his son's sweet voice )
son:.. hen(grrrrrrr...grumbling and fumbling..how dumb could dad get more than this??)
dad: where did the hen come from??
son: egg(god!!!...save me from this craziness......)
dad:where did that egg come from????(as if his ignorance is a bliss to his son)...
the so called conversation continues for 10 times dad asking the same question until son realizes that his head will blow up next second of anger.....
son: STOPPPPPPPP it Dad,...whats this nonsense....i am going thro hell answering ur stupid questions...dont u have a common sense to know this small thing at ur 60's....are u kidding me...and xyz...and xyz...and xyz.......until whole of dad's heart is pierced with sharp nails called words...until son got exhausted and contended with the fire that gobbled out of his mouth....
another voice came into his ears as a savior ...'sir visiting time over....u got to leave the ashram now' and when is just baout to esacape hell..
dad: u asked this question atleast 25 times a day lying on my lap when u were 5 years old!!!!!....
is getting old a curse??????
we pity the departed souls if they are young...poor fella....so unfortunate that he couldnt expereience the happiness of this world for some more time...
they give a smirk high up from sky....u duffer.....u will know that this boon in disguise when u get old......
as bubble is for reputation...so is youth for man's life!!!
2 comments:
the last para in the conversation between the dad and son is one of the best things i have read... touching, indeed !
i feel the essence of our +ve relationship with our elders esp parents lies in the innate trust n respect we have for what they have done... more so for simply what they are..
but would want to differ on - as bubble is for reputation...so is youth for man's life!!!
reputation rightly earned lasts for eternity.. youthfulness rightly understood encompasses a lifetime..
-Sriram
you may be right about reputation but about the latter you will agree with me after 10 yrs from now..he..hee
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