"Srujith, why dont you get up early in the morning at 6? The scriptures and elders say it is good for health"
To hell with the GODDAMN scriptures! I want to lead my own life.I dont care a bit what the elders say.
"Srujith, brush your teeth."
My friends dont brush and have bath for days ma!!.10 minutes is not going to make my teeth rot
"Srujith, dont sit in front of that damn idiot box and start off drooling at those good-for-nothing ladies"
I have young and hot blood running in me now.If you dont allow me to see this, you will be responsible if I am tagged "The dirty old man"(Even though Lolitas wont come running to me, the vice versa is always possible .... :D)
"Srujith, maintain a limit on your diet.Watch out what you are eating"
Come on ma....a few pounds to the heavier side does not mean I am Adnan.(I cant be as hard on this as unlike the others)
"Srujith, start your studies"
DAMN!! I don't come home in holidays for my IAS coaching mum!!
"Srujith, when are you going to the office where you are doing your internship?It is past one week...U cant get experience sitting in the house all day beta".
Ohh...U are a pain-in-the-neck type Purist.Interns and classes are meant to be bunked.I'am not going to attend them religiously.NEVER!!!
Well, if you are wondering what this is all about, this is an infinitesimally small fraction of the argument that commences from 6 in the morning only to take a break at 11 in the night on my normal vacation day. Comning to think of it, is it really the crap and the cacophony that it seems to be at the first instant?Probably not. A truth which is as real as saying "The Sun rises in the East"...All the qualities which the society and my environment has praised me for, are those instilled in me by mommy dear and a few habits which I hate myself for are the ones I dint take care to cultivate when mum asked me to.
Even after 20 years of this relation going strong through a roller coaster ride,(Yes, I had my own serious fights with her which made matters difficult for us a few days) I still cannot get my self to hear keenly to her advices.She being an ultra successful woman in practically every sphere of life does not make matters any better.(She is a psychologist planning to do her PhD soon apart from managing a firm and working as a lecturer.She was out to write her M.Phil exam when I was writing this)But yes, She is a very close close pal. We share, we cry, we laugh, we joke together.The dialogues which I have recorded in the beginning of the post are a testimonial to this.Whenever I have the most remote problem, I know where to turn to.The last two years when I have been growing emotionally have been the years we have bonded the closest.The distance between us did not and does not matter.It is the love she shows towards me(I tried but it is not possible to reciprocate a mothers love.U can't compare an ant with Everest.Can you? ).The bond has been growing only stronger by the day and I can only hope that it grows even stronger.
After 20 years, I can't expect anything more out of that relationship and I have not given anything to that relationship.
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."--- Albert Schweitzer.My flame, my candle, my breath and my life ----MY MUM
