I was restless that night! my room was completely dark. We all would have had such a day in our lives, the utterly solitary moments. That day I felt " This is the worst day of my life" . Because, it was that terrible & I was going through a lot of pain, the pain of being alone. My tiny little brain raised millions of questions that night. “ Dear God! why are you even training me for this lock down ”, “ Should I even be doing this after all this pain? ”, “ What am I doing this for? ”, “Would someone even be interested in answering me back?”, “Does people have enough time to listen to my pain?” The moment when I was clueless on whom to ask these questions, I felt a sense of someone’s touch just hovering around me. You know what, during our moments of struggle and pain, the very first person you miss much are your parents. I guessed, "that feel of pampering should be my Mom". She was my one and only hope at that moment ... I wanted to cry hard and te...
"Am I audible" - She asked! before closing her eyes... Time for candies !!! I am not sure if kids these days enjoy the priceless candies of our times. Weekends are busy for two parties, kids in the community & road side flea vendors. Old man, holding a hand full of cotton candies in his left, employing his right to do the advertisement. Walking around the ground & tempting kids to cry for a purchase ? Yeah, that's what he is good at. I made a purchase that day... Waaaaaaah !!! Not more than a couple of decades ago, it was one such day for me, h olding half done cotton candy by one hand and a Gilli stick on the other, I was all set to start the game. When my friends were about to shout ' GO', darkening clouds & raindrops paused my action. It was an unexpected rain that played spoilsport. The so-called mango showers arrived to spoil our street games that evening. “Yeiiiii T...