It was one of those rare occasions when I'm at home with my daughter alone. She is a good girl, and quite mature for her age except for those few occasions when she becomes me - as when I was a child - easygoing and carefree.
It was four in the evening and we had a cup of coffee together. It is a ritual for us - I make the Sunday afternoon coffee. Since Kejal, my wife, was off for a conference, I washed the cups at the sink. It was a momentous occasion, and it seemed my life presented me with those dejavu's that it sometimes does. I remembered the time when I was young, and stayed alone with my father when my mother was on one of her trips to my siblings' places out of town.
Time stood still, and I was my father, sharing his wisdom through quaint anecdotes from his field life as a Railwayman!
Now I'm the father, conversing with my daughter, sharing with her what life has taught me so far.
Such is life - it puts your feet in shoes of your demi-gods when you least expect, and then it is up to you to see that you are fit to wear those shoes!
It was four in the evening and we had a cup of coffee together. It is a ritual for us - I make the Sunday afternoon coffee. Since Kejal, my wife, was off for a conference, I washed the cups at the sink. It was a momentous occasion, and it seemed my life presented me with those dejavu's that it sometimes does. I remembered the time when I was young, and stayed alone with my father when my mother was on one of her trips to my siblings' places out of town.
Time stood still, and I was my father, sharing his wisdom through quaint anecdotes from his field life as a Railwayman!
Now I'm the father, conversing with my daughter, sharing with her what life has taught me so far.
Such is life - it puts your feet in shoes of your demi-gods when you least expect, and then it is up to you to see that you are fit to wear those shoes!
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