Skip to main content

Happy Days

Its been an absolutely fantastic year so far. Its been mostly good, with certain downs and lows, but on the whole good. I spent 2009 and 2010 largely alone, in Delhi, Shimla and Dehradun, away from friends and family, except for the occasional visit to Goa and the long long vacation in December 2010.

2011 is not so, its like my loneliness has been done away with Mukta entering my life. And that too despite the fact that Mukta is in Bangalore and has been here at best a total of 20 days all of 2011. Hell, she hasn’t even been to the Chandigarh house yet, but I am not alone.

I have had the immense good fortune to have mom spend almost 4 months with me this year. This counting the time till September 22 that she intends to spend here. Nonetheless, it has been fun. I would really hate to see her go back to Goa. I am hoping Dad would join me here instead.

Its so wonderful to have your mother around, it can be slightly stressing at times, what with the number of controls one has to exert upon oneself, and the list of things one can’t do around the house or outside… But the upsides are more than worth it. I am eating home made food, Poor mom does most of the household work that would otherwise be held up till the weekends, leaving weekends free for both of us to gallivanting all over.

We have been on a weekend to Mussourrie, Shimla, last weekend was in Delhi where we were riding the metro up and down the entire city like small children. Believe it or not, we actually travelled from Gurgaon to Karkarduma and back, all of 90 minutes one way. but it was fun. I even managed to drag mom off to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 and Harry Potter 7B.

I bought my first car this year. The amazing Tata Nano. It is truly an engineering miracle. I still can’t believe how spacious that little car is. It may be little, but the car got me from Dehradun to Chandigarh, even climbed up the hills into Shimla. Added bonus being the fact that mom is no longer restricted to the house or dependent on public transport. She is comfortable driving the car into town and getting groceries. She even went into uncharted territory and kept a dentist’s appointment.

All in all, it has been a very good year so far. Very fortunate to have my mum close to me. Made me realise how lonely and dull I had become over the last 2 years. Here’s to you mum.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

14 months and 20 days...

The title is the amount of time that has roughly passed since the evening spent in Shimla, sipping coffee with my stuff all packed and thinking about the new job and the life I was going to begin in Dehradun. Sitting here in Chandigarh, I am trying to look back at all that has transpired in this time. Trying to make sense of it all. Moving to Dehradun was fun, I found new friends there and helpful colleagues. A landlord who treated me like family and a house with a view.  It was a good time in Dehradun, work wasn't exactly great, which is why given the choice I opted to relocate to Chandigarh. But that will come later. Around this time I found a lovely companion. Some one who really tests my self control yet with whom I can lose all control and be myself, no façade or masks.  A person pure of heart, witty, sticks to her guns like glue, shares my passion for reading, hates pink, and most of all likes me for who I am. I wouldn't have it any other way. In Dehradu...
1 comment
Read more

Stranger in my own home

About a month and a half ago. I returned from Harare. My stint was over and there was no chance of me going back to Harare. At least not with the same employer. It felt really wonderful to be back. Familiar sights, smells, roads, buildings etc. But a lot had changed. And I do not mean just the roads and buildings and the scenery, but myself. Since 2009, I have consistently been staying away from home. Delhi, Shimla, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Bangalore and finally Harare. Coming home after such a long time for an extended stay is a unsettling experience. As days went by I realised with great distraught that I had forgotten old haunts, shortcuts, roads, out of the way pubs and eateries. I was suddenly unaware of what to buy where and information did not come readily. It took a lot of prodding and head scratching to remember all of my accumulated knowledge of Goa. I had to travel many roads anew to rebuild the linkages in my head. Does this happen to everyone? I mean its so embarras...
Post a Comment
Read more

A holiday in Zimbabwe

Its been roughly seven months since I arrived here in Zimbabwe. Most of it has been spent working 15-18 hours a day giving rise to complaints and accusations of me ignoring my family, the wife etc. even leading to a time when my wife refused to communicate with me. While many a married man may find that a pleasant thought, I for one very much like my wife talking to me, because that makes sure I don't have to say anything, which is just as well since I usually don't have anything much to say or talk about these days except work. But it was all worth it. All the hard work, long hours and ignoring the family paid off finally when it came to cashing in my chips. The wife and me went on a holiday!! But planning and putting together the holiday was by itself a daunting task. You see, while I am in Harare, Zimbabwe, the wife is in Oxford, UK, also working also constrained by the fact the since she'd just joined in August 2013, there could be a problem getting leave. But al...
1 comment
Read more