Today I was in Mangalore to leave my wife in her home town.It was raining heavily from Bangalore to Mangalore . A lot of memories were running around .So I decided that this is the best time to write something about my childhood.I think it was 1992, when my father was starting his second venture in Anantapur and we had called all our relatives to the inauguration.It was like a festival in our home.In the past 29 years, I always had my cousins as my best friends.So I never felt that I should make any friends outside the family.
OK,coming to my post .The day when my father's restaurant opened ,everyone was happy and I too was playing with my cousins.The next day everyone was leaving back to their home town. I still remember that I had cried like a child and my father had pulled me into the house, while I was still crying to go with them.I had never thought I have to go to school the next morning or that my home is in Anantapur.After two days I was back to normal.The kind of affection I had towards my cousins or aunts was tremondous.
The reason I am writing this post is because , recently we had function at my home where everyone came two days in advance and left the next day of the function.When they were leaving, I had the same kind of feeling that I had 20 years ago.The memory is still alive in my mind, when I cried and asked my cousins and aunts not to go.Now that I have grown up but the same emotions still exists in me.
I dont believe that this generation kids have that kind of emotions in them.But when my wife's nephew (sister's son) cries when he leaves us while he goes home , I feel, ya relationships still matter.When that kid calls me chichappa and my wife chichamma ,we both feel that the relations and emotions still exist in the next generation ,not bad you know.And also when the function got over last week, that kid left our house and with in an hour he started asking his mom where is chichamma :) (he actually can't spell 'ka'.Instead he tells 'cha').So my message to everyone is please do inject the relations in the kids which is very important for their future in a way to know their roots.
OK,coming to my post .The day when my father's restaurant opened ,everyone was happy and I too was playing with my cousins.The next day everyone was leaving back to their home town. I still remember that I had cried like a child and my father had pulled me into the house, while I was still crying to go with them.I had never thought I have to go to school the next morning or that my home is in Anantapur.After two days I was back to normal.The kind of affection I had towards my cousins or aunts was tremondous.
The reason I am writing this post is because , recently we had function at my home where everyone came two days in advance and left the next day of the function.When they were leaving, I had the same kind of feeling that I had 20 years ago.The memory is still alive in my mind, when I cried and asked my cousins and aunts not to go.Now that I have grown up but the same emotions still exists in me.
I dont believe that this generation kids have that kind of emotions in them.But when my wife's nephew (sister's son) cries when he leaves us while he goes home , I feel, ya relationships still matter.When that kid calls me chichappa and my wife chichamma ,we both feel that the relations and emotions still exist in the next generation ,not bad you know.And also when the function got over last week, that kid left our house and with in an hour he started asking his mom where is chichamma :) (he actually can't spell 'ka'.Instead he tells 'cha').So my message to everyone is please do inject the relations in the kids which is very important for their future in a way to know their roots.
