Nuances

Tata, a man who lead a highly disciplined life, a human with immeasurable patience, a leading example to all his family members, an earnest student whose quest for knowledge and information assimilation did not die down until his last minute. By this time, any reader would have understood that this great man is no more with us. Especially, my grandfather, is no more with us. It has taken me quite some time to come to terms with this fact and put down my fond memories into words. Where shall I start? From the early days of inculcating his discipline in me or the innumerable hours that he patiently spent with me during my childhood or all those times that we spent together watching sports on the tele? I am sure the list will be endless. I still vividly remember the routine he had set up for me as soon as I started going to school. The study table and two sharpened pencils used to welcome me as soon as I used to come home in the afternoon from school. These of course was in prepara...

Eulogy This is in fond memory of one of the two strongest women I have encountered in my life. I had to bid goodbye to one of them half a decade ago and now I am bidding farewell to the other. Bye bye Grandma! For me there is certainly a beginning to the relationship I had with her but by no means an end. She is a part of me and whatever I am today is mostly because of her. So she might have discarded her physical self from this material world but her presence will always be felt in my life. She was a loving wife albeit never showing her emotions to the outer world, a loving mother, a caring mother-in-law, the greatest grandmother and a sweet great-grandmother. She was the umbrella that kept the family safe for as long as she was independent. She was the marriage broker who passionately brought so many future couples together. She was the person who could fit a larger wardrobe into a smaller door with novel ideas that even an engineer may have not thought about. Her melodious ...