Sending Archu....

Its a part of our Indian culture...but its never easy to say bye to your daughter. Tuesday the 11th of august 2009...it was a dream come true scenario for my brother-in-law Giri and his family...as they were flying to USA for an year. Sending them off was difficult but we have to live in reality. We all went to international airport - Bengaluru...to see them off for the 8:30 pm flight. Giri's daughter and my little darling baby...Archu...came to the partition separating us once they checked in...put her tiny hands on the glass divider and smiled at us...not knowing that she would fly far from us for a year or more. Her face indicated the unexplainable feeling that she is going to miss us as we do. As they took the boarding pass and slowly vanished from our vision...we kept looking them until we had a last glimpse...a feeling in each of our hearts which we were not ready to show or share with each other. Seeing tears roll from the eyes of my parents in law...i realised that the toughest thing in the life is to send a daughter far away...but i too had sent 2 of my daughters...Madhurya-my sis in law...who is nothing less than a daughter to me and her daughter...Archu who is a darling of my heart.
To make things heavier...not 2 but 3 daughters i had sent off...2 actively as i mentioned above and the other in my absence...another Archu...my student and daughter...Archana Kashyap. She too was going home at Korba...Chattisghar...and would take more time than Giri and family to reach the destination. She had a night train from city station. I fed Archu with my own hands on the afternoon of the day on which they left for USA. But i couldnt do it with the elder one...but i felt i was even feeding her. I went to airport with my archu darling...but i felt i was with my angel at the railway station too...at the same time. When i saw archu smiling at me...i saw the elder archu too in her eyes. One Archu went out of country and one out of state. But both of them rule my heart.....
It feels hard when your daughter is away...but you feel happy when she is away and happy...because even your happiness is in hers....
Miss you and love you a lot Archu....& Archu....you too....