Dad and Mom have to return to Chennai after their first 3 month sojourn in Kuwait and outside of India. They were to return by Kuwait Airways flight which was the only direct flight to Chennai. We left from our home by 6.15 PM to the airport. As usual, we had exchanged tears of joy for the time spent together, sadness at the separation before we proceeded from our home. Vidya’s parents were there with us at that time. Balu and Kalpana also came to the Airport to send off our parents. I had arranged wheelchair and special service to drop our parents for checking in until they board the aircraft. Dad and Mom held Anirud in their arms kissing him goodbye with tears in their eyes and showering him with their love. It’s a special relationship between the grandparents and the grandchildren. When I experience it, perhaps I would be able to realize what our parents had felt at that time and write more eloquently.
Quite a long time to go…and I am not sure if we would have the same relationships, bonding another quarter century from now on. Everything changes with the passage of time and we need to move on. Whether it’s for the good, better or worse, it’s a perception that each one of us feels and express as individuals. Even today, there is no time for personal relationship as people become more mechanical in their expressions. Am I also a part of this syndrome? Perhaps partly yes and no…it’s just that I don’t know or can express it in words and feel more free when I sit in front of computer and my thoughts and emotions flow unperturbed, seamlessly and clearly the way I feel deep inside me. I would not judge myself or others ever, I am what I am and others are what they are because of their upbringing, social surroundings, family set up, emotional quotient which they have with their families and friends. It can go on and on without any end, arbitration and conclusion. All I want to say and keep saying is that we should be good human beings…and there are so many definitions of goodness. Let me leave it at that for the time being…
Beautiful Life 