Paa........

Love you paa…..
Thanks for being always there for me…..

Thanks for everything you did for me…..

Thanks for standing for me…

Thanks for truly loving me…..

Thanks for everything…..

For all the extra hours you put in at office so that we can have our share of fun….. for planning your investments so carefully that I need not worry….
Thanks dad…. mostly for you have given me so much that when I see a movie like paa….. I can't wait to hear your voice…. I can't wait to hug you and be engulfed in that warm cozy feeling….. that I want to run away just this moment towards you and maa….. that I want to give everything in my life for your happiness…..for that lovely smile of yours where you are teasing me….. for that loving pat on my head when I do something stupid…. That gentle hand on my forehead when I am resting in your lap…. That look in your eyes when u leave me at the station… believe me I could jump from that train if I could….. for that sheepish smile on your face when you know your daughter no longer needs your financial support …..For that look on your face when you bring home my favourite sweets ….. the tinkle in your voice when I make you proud…. The way in which you introduce me to your friends and relatives… That's the moment when I know I have made you proud…. The way you are little wary of accepting gifts from me…. Because you think they are too expensive …. The way you take me into discussions where our important decisions are concerned….. the way you still get upset over my little illness.. the way when you find every little reason to come and meet me… the way you plan all our time together according to my leaves and holidays…. The way you remind me about my bill payments and balances…. the way every single moment in the day you and maa are concerned about how your daughters are cutting their time ……. How you are still awake way past your time just to wish me happy birthday…. The content look on your face even if I serve you a mildly eatable dish…..
Thanks dad for caring about maa….. even though you have your fights…. Thanks dad for taking really good care of her… so that she can live peacefully and worry only about her daughters…. Thanks dad for securing us so that she can sleep soundly…..
Thanks dad…… for everything and everything and everything……..

Attitude....

I am sitting at the station waiting for my train to arrive; tuned to my favourite music. I notice a group of youngsters also nearby. All of them are of the college going age. Their Iron maiden t shirts, bracelets and ripped jeans. The girls are in latest fashionable clothes, laughing, smiling so content with their lives. And with an eager enthusiasm for the future!!! I am drawn to them, even though I do mean to eaves drop. I remember how I had fun with my friends the same way. I glance towards them once in a while so that they do not feel, I am an intruder. But, surprisingly, I do not hear a sound. I cannot understand a word. It’s as if they are talking in an altogether different language. And then I notice… the group belongs to special school… one which has children who are differently abled. (The government does not allow us to call them disabled.) Their mannerisms, their actions, their animated expressions suddenly dwell upon me. And I cannot help but a smile stretches across my face.. Its not that I feel pity on them, in fact I am amazed by the attitude they show. Their attitude, their behaviors is just about same as you and me… I keep staring and eaves dropping at them unabashedly. So wonderful, so lovely …. I keep watching them…. totally oblivious to my surroundings as they are with the world!!!!!