Sone pe suhaga as the hindi proverb goes..which means vermillon on the gold..in simple terms adding joy to happiness. If a father happens to celebrate his daughter's birthday immediately after his sons...that too if the sweetest moment come the following day..what better happiness would he ever have asked for...
Ya i am speaking about my daughter Archana Kashyap's birthday. She was my student at Koppa...Chickmagalur dist...now doing her internship at Bangalore. She is more than a daughter to me and i am lucky to get her in my life. If any girl gives you a feeling that if you would have had a daughter...she should have been like this...and if the girl too has a similar feeling and respect towards you as a father....then you are the luckiest and most blessed one in the world...Because getting a status of a father and gaining that respect from some one else's daughter is a pleasant feeling. Archana is one such girl who made me feel like that. She is an angel...whom every father would like to have her as a daughter.
Her birthday was on 14th september 2009, immediately following my son Abhi's birthday on 13th sept. She was one of the guests for my sons birthday party...but we celebrated her birthday too on the same day..as she is far away from home...and will be missing her parents. We took the responsibility to make her not miss her family. It was a fact that we could not have met on the day of her birthday and all of us will be indulged in our schedules and duties as it was a working day. Moreover we were all far away from each other...distance wise. So we had a 2 in 1 celebration. Hope she too is happy.
Happy Birthday Beta......Be happy always......
Monday, September 14, 2009
Appu's Birthday
13th sept 2009..yesterday...it was supposed to be one of the happiest day in my life...and so did it turn to be...and why not...it was my son Abhi's birthday. So soon he has grew up crossing 7 autumns of his life...as he stepped into his 8th year... For us as parents he is always a small kid doing some mischievous things, non senses and rubbishes in front of us. It is hard t
o believe that he has grown up into a 7 years old boy so quickly...or is it that we havent grown up? Probably it may be due to a fact that he does so kiddish things much below par of his age that we miss out that growth pattern in him or it may also be true that we do not want to accept that he is 
growing up or we always like to see him doing such things which doesnt give an impression of his growing up. Its not that he is too childish...there are some facts which makes us believe that he is a child of immense potentials...he is a creator and a genius by himself. He makes us look young and too tiny before him. We are proud parents today. Many who see him might think that he is a jovial child enjoying his life as he wants and not doing anything serious. We knowing his potentials have decided to allow him to grow by enjoying life as it comes and as he wants...not too much freedom...but the trust factor in him which makes me tell this. Dont think that i am too possessive or optimistic about my child. May be as per my sixth sense i might be linking this blog to another one of mine about abhi...substantiating the same fact when he grows up to be a different and unique successful individual in the society...may be 20 to 25 years later...when probably i ll be too grey but still full of pride and honour. This is a language of a confident father. If he plays before the day of exam without revising...and goes to the exam as if there is none and still can hold applause for topping in the school, if he tries to know everything by questioning and sub questioning, if he plays cool when he has to be stressed, if we shout at him for stupid acts...and makes us feel sorry for that...my vision of him being a genious might be in the cards when they turn in his favour. We have started noticing creativity in his stupid plays. Our support and blessings are always with him...and God's too. Happy Birthday Appu....
The Celebrations...............His birthday started on the previous day itself. He helped his
grandfather...sastry tata...to decorate home for the occassion. We missed his prabha ajji. Kanasri tata and Sharada ajji(my in law's) were missed too....as they couldnt come due to a compression injury to my father in law. We missed my brothers and brother in law's family. More over Rachu...my brother in law's son...we missed him so much as we always celebrated their birthdays jointly. Though we missed many...the other part of our family joined the party...to make it memorable. The first one to come was my daughter...Bindhiya(student). She filled some joyful environment with her presence...by nature she is no elder to my son. We jointly celebrated the birthday of my yet another daughter...my angel...Archana Kashyap(student)...whose birthday was 1 day later i.e on 14th sept. Other kids at the 
party were...my students...Archana M.S, Ranjita, Dinesh Sahu, Sowmya Bhat, Prathiba, Keshav and best friend..Bharath. But all of us missed my son....Rajesh(student)...seriously. Abhi's friends came in the evening.
We had a cake cut...Black Current...best one from Kaggi's Bakery...Uttarahalli, Bangalore. Every one relished the taste. Meals...another good cattering service from the famous Sastry's Bakery...K.R.Road, Bangalore. The menu had...delicious Bisi bele bath, Holige, Curd rice, Poori and sagu, chips....every one liked the taste amidst enjoyment and celebrations. It was a festive environment...thanks to all who responded my call amidst their busy schedules...of course it is the relationship that counts and matters at last. Some people come from nowhere and become a part of our life...we and abhi too is lucky for having been blessed with such relations in our life. Abhi had some wonderful gifts...apart love...which he ll surely relish for the rest of his life...
C U next year....same day...same time....same celebrations...probably with lots of nears and dears...whom we missed along this time and all those relations which will sum up in the coming days....
o believe that he has grown up into a 7 years old boy so quickly...or is it that we havent grown up? Probably it may be due to a fact that he does so kiddish things much below par of his age that we miss out that growth pattern in him or it may also be true that we do not want to accept that he is 
growing up or we always like to see him doing such things which doesnt give an impression of his growing up. Its not that he is too childish...there are some facts which makes us believe that he is a child of immense potentials...he is a creator and a genius by himself. He makes us look young and too tiny before him. We are proud parents today. Many who see him might think that he is a jovial child enjoying his life as he wants and not doing anything serious. We knowing his potentials have decided to allow him to grow by enjoying life as it comes and as he wants...not too much freedom...but the trust factor in him which makes me tell this. Dont think that i am too possessive or optimistic about my child. May be as per my sixth sense i might be linking this blog to another one of mine about abhi...substantiating the same fact when he grows up to be a different and unique successful individual in the society...may be 20 to 25 years later...when probably i ll be too grey but still full of pride and honour. This is a language of a confident father. If he plays before the day of exam without revising...and goes to the exam as if there is none and still can hold applause for topping in the school, if he tries to know everything by questioning and sub questioning, if he plays cool when he has to be stressed, if we shout at him for stupid acts...and makes us feel sorry for that...my vision of him being a genious might be in the cards when they turn in his favour. We have started noticing creativity in his stupid plays. Our support and blessings are always with him...and God's too. Happy Birthday Appu....The Celebrations...............His birthday started on the previous day itself. He helped his
grandfather...sastry tata...to decorate home for the occassion. We missed his prabha ajji. Kanasri tata and Sharada ajji(my in law's) were missed too....as they couldnt come due to a compression injury to my father in law. We missed my brothers and brother in law's family. More over Rachu...my brother in law's son...we missed him so much as we always celebrated their birthdays jointly. Though we missed many...the other part of our family joined the party...to make it memorable. The first one to come was my daughter...Bindhiya(student). She filled some joyful environment with her presence...by nature she is no elder to my son. We jointly celebrated the birthday of my yet another daughter...my angel...Archana Kashyap(student)...whose birthday was 1 day later i.e on 14th sept. Other kids at the 
party were...my students...Archana M.S, Ranjita, Dinesh Sahu, Sowmya Bhat, Prathiba, Keshav and best friend..Bharath. But all of us missed my son....Rajesh(student)...seriously. Abhi's friends came in the evening. We had a cake cut...Black Current...best one from Kaggi's Bakery...Uttarahalli, Bangalore. Every one relished the taste. Meals...another good cattering service from the famous Sastry's Bakery...K.R.Road, Bangalore. The menu had...delicious Bisi bele bath, Holige, Curd rice, Poori and sagu, chips....every one liked the taste amidst enjoyment and celebrations. It was a festive environment...thanks to all who responded my call amidst their busy schedules...of course it is the relationship that counts and matters at last. Some people come from nowhere and become a part of our life...we and abhi too is lucky for having been blessed with such relations in our life. Abhi had some wonderful gifts...apart love...which he ll surely relish for the rest of his life...
C U next year....same day...same time....same celebrations...probably with lots of nears and dears...whom we missed along this time and all those relations which will sum up in the coming days....
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Felt the responsibility of a daughters father...
It was an afternoon of a cloudy monday i.e 31st of august 2009...ya...day before yesterday...that i was keenly waiting for the arrival of my destined daughter...my student Archana...my lil angel...who was coming to Bangalore from her native after a 2 day travel...to complete her remaining part of housemanship of 6 months here...
It was planned that i would be collecting her from the railway station. She refused initially and said that she would come to my clinic or home if i would give her the address and guide her. But i did not agree. I told her that she was not a formality but a responsibility to me. She had given me the status and respect of a father to me and its my responsibility and duty to gaurd that relationship...and i had nothing to prove. She reached Majestic bus stand from railway station at around 5.30 pm. From there we left to my residence...her home at Uttarahalli. I was so happy by seeing her that i did not even ask her whether she had any food in the noon or at what time she had the food...how stupid of an ageing father...was it fading memory or the love which masked it?...i dont know...but though it was not intentional...i felt that i failed somewhere as a father...it would carry on in my heart...may be for improvising over such mistakes in future.... i mean to correct and not to repeat them. I messaged her appologizing for that...and she too gave a beautiful reply...in her own words... " No sir.. I took breakfast na.. I dnt hav hunger, nd aftr seeing u i got such a happiness, wat to tell nw.. I dnt want anything. Bit cold is der 4 me so nt mood.." .......so innocent, loving and frank reply. I felt no one could defend their parents mistakes and mask them as a daughter does.
We reached home and had food. My wife was a perfect mom in such a condition and knows how to treat kids and love them...and who would not like my angel? She enjoyed the food with us and her brother Abhi...ya....my son. We all had a nice time with each other...as one family. Her father gave a call and said that they were much relieved that their daughter has reached a secured destination...her home...and they shall not worry as long as we are there. Such a satisfaction it gives you when some one gives the responsibility of their daughter to you and trusts you so much...i felt proud and happy.
Next day i got her up early in the morning...around 5 am because she had to report to her duty by 9 am and she had to leave home early to travel a long distance till Shivajinagar. When i tuned the alarm the previous night...since it was a long time since i got up so early...my wife Manasa threw a joke on me which is so practical... She said...."Its not easy to be a daughter's father and since you have taken that responsibility you should enjoy it..." How true....Daughters are our pride, respect and responsibility. We feel thrilled and joyous when we fulfil our duties towards them and see a smile on their faces. I took her to the bus stand and bid her bye...with wishes for her future and lots of love. I missed her while sending off...probably every father of a girl feels...and keeps feeling.
I really felt the responsibility of a daughter's father and enjoyed every moment of it.... Luv u beta......
It was planned that i would be collecting her from the railway station. She refused initially and said that she would come to my clinic or home if i would give her the address and guide her. But i did not agree. I told her that she was not a formality but a responsibility to me. She had given me the status and respect of a father to me and its my responsibility and duty to gaurd that relationship...and i had nothing to prove. She reached Majestic bus stand from railway station at around 5.30 pm. From there we left to my residence...her home at Uttarahalli. I was so happy by seeing her that i did not even ask her whether she had any food in the noon or at what time she had the food...how stupid of an ageing father...was it fading memory or the love which masked it?...i dont know...but though it was not intentional...i felt that i failed somewhere as a father...it would carry on in my heart...may be for improvising over such mistakes in future.... i mean to correct and not to repeat them. I messaged her appologizing for that...and she too gave a beautiful reply...in her own words... " No sir.. I took breakfast na.. I dnt hav hunger, nd aftr seeing u i got such a happiness, wat to tell nw.. I dnt want anything. Bit cold is der 4 me so nt mood.." .......so innocent, loving and frank reply. I felt no one could defend their parents mistakes and mask them as a daughter does.
We reached home and had food. My wife was a perfect mom in such a condition and knows how to treat kids and love them...and who would not like my angel? She enjoyed the food with us and her brother Abhi...ya....my son. We all had a nice time with each other...as one family. Her father gave a call and said that they were much relieved that their daughter has reached a secured destination...her home...and they shall not worry as long as we are there. Such a satisfaction it gives you when some one gives the responsibility of their daughter to you and trusts you so much...i felt proud and happy.
Next day i got her up early in the morning...around 5 am because she had to report to her duty by 9 am and she had to leave home early to travel a long distance till Shivajinagar. When i tuned the alarm the previous night...since it was a long time since i got up so early...my wife Manasa threw a joke on me which is so practical... She said...."Its not easy to be a daughter's father and since you have taken that responsibility you should enjoy it..." How true....Daughters are our pride, respect and responsibility. We feel thrilled and joyous when we fulfil our duties towards them and see a smile on their faces. I took her to the bus stand and bid her bye...with wishes for her future and lots of love. I missed her while sending off...probably every father of a girl feels...and keeps feeling.
I really felt the responsibility of a daughter's father and enjoyed every moment of it.... Luv u beta......
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