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Monday, July 5, 2010

Grandparents' love

My grandparents are the indispensable part of my life, Their infinite love is what I cannot put up in words. I call my grandpa- dadaji, and grandma- maa!

I lost my dadaji at the age of 14 in an accident, and now I am left with maa, who cares like no one can, who tries to fill in the space we lost long back. I can make out, the pain she undergoes through, when past memories stuck up in her head. I was young and didn't know what I had lost then, but gradually, as I'm getting older , I miss him, I don't remember the days I spent with him, but what all I remember is, I called him- 'telephone waale dadaji', 'coz he was on phone most of the times, the permanent place he used to sit to have lunch as well as dinner, and also the talk show he used to see everyday at 9pm, and I loved to sit with him, to see his grey hair, to see him write, to see him putting on dhoti, He had an aura, that till date , I couldn't find in anybody else. 7th July, is the date he met with an accident, and since then, I curse this date. I let no one in my family travel out station, As I didn't attend his last rituals, I don't know how badly he was hurt. But deep inside, I wanted to see him, I feel that now. I was a kiddo then!

My granny, i.e. maa- is very sweet, humble, kind, and loving. Her place cannot be replaced by anyone else ever. She is the backbone of my family, and believe me, It is important to have a loving hand of elder people over us. And we need their blessings everyday. And from them ,we learn about the antiquity of our family, and their experience about their lives, the kind of life they lead, the kind of food they had.. Everything is changed now, and I know all that 'coz of maa. She is the most caring soul on the earth, in my life! 

Miss you dadaji, and love you maa.. :)

P.S.- Do respect and love your grandparents, they truly deserve the love, C'mon, they are your parents' parents. Treat them with high respect, Love them, Respect them. Please do. 

10 comments:

Karan said...

Very well written. So true.

HaRy!! said...

luvd yur sense of respect and love.... true there are so many who write abt grandparents... wonder how many really care and show the real love... am following yu.. sweet blog

Jack said...

Ritika,

Grandparents have their own place in relationship. Unfortunately today's youngsters have forgotton these values. I owe what I am today to my grandparents. I spent a lot of time with my parental grandparents. My Dadaji used to use all spare time in making my education foundation strong. He was a retired Headmaster in those days. Dadiji used to tell me stories when I was young and all of those had some lesson to be learnt. As soon as I could read, she coaxed me to read stories at me own thus inculcating habit of reading. God bless their souls. My Nanaji and Naniji too were very good to me. I was just 10 or 11 when my Nanaji had to go to bank to deposit some cash, he took me along asking me to hold the bag of cash. This made me feel so grown up and proud.

Take care

Unknown said...

beautiful.
first time on your blog..!

PhilO♥ said...

A really touching post. Loved it..

Sakhi. said...

truly touching...wonderful...

Unknown said...

very simple n beautifully written.....must say u reminded of my grandparents....lovely is the thought n the way in which it has been expressed:)

Raj said...

its a pity. as people get older, even their kids start ignoring them. but then lets not go tragic. we love our grannys and grandpas :)

Raj said...

btw, the template is serene and rather mellow but i am sure you can find better.

Mayank said...

written beautifully..it touched my soul..
I stay wid my grand parents, see them daily, laugh and chat wid them, but, this note of urs made me recall their selfless love n care for me..
I going to school holding hands of my grand-pa, grand mom feeding me wid her hands..narrating stories.........
this feeling is immortal..
gud work..!!! keep writing..wud luv to read more of you..