It's 11th of September
today. A day which each year evokes a strong sense of nostalgia.
Exactly 12 years
ago, this day marked the beginning of one of the most important phases of my
life.
There are a few moments in life which you will remember right till you are 85 years old, when you forget where you kept your dentures, or walking
stick…
But ask me then what
happened on 11th September 2001 and I will still tell, in a shaking voice, but
brightly lit eyes (remember the old lady in Titanic movie recalling her
journey??)
'So it was 11th Sept 2001, the day I left home,
for the first time, and forever.
There was my mom, standing below the street light,
around 7 pm… when it was almost dark… and also Neha's mom was there…
And me and Neha were walking towards C block of COEP
hostel, and on that narrow path, with trees on both sides while I was walking,
I was aware of my mom standing right behind bidding me goodbye…
but I did not turn around and look at her because I
knew at that moment that I would begin crying like a baby'
I have lived this
scene a 100 times before, and I can still remember it as if it happened only
yesterday :)
The other day, I
watched an episode in Modern Family (for those unaware of it - it’s a sitcom)
when Claire (the mom) drops off her daughter Hailey to her college.
And how Hailey, initially embarrassed about her mom and dad making a big fuss of her moving out of home, becomes super emotional once they have left and calls her mom who is crying on her way back home.
And how Hailey, initially embarrassed about her mom and dad making a big fuss of her moving out of home, becomes super emotional once they have left and calls her mom who is crying on her way back home.
And for the first
time, I saw the same 'mom-under-street-lamp' scene from my mom's angle…
How will it feel
when I drop off my baby to college? I know the day is far…
I could not help
feel a weird feeling - a feeling I had never experienced before - a feeling
which had immense amount of love, care, pride and concern in it… all at the
same time…
(For the baby who is
kicking me away to glory right now from inside) :|
Yes mom, now I know
what you meant by 'tumhi aai zalyavar kalel tumhala' :) :)
touchwood
touchwood
PS: A few super senti posts will be coming up on this blog for a while... pregnancy apparently does that to you. Please tolerate.
4 comments:
a) welcome back
b) Can totally relate to the Sept 11 part....in my case it was Sept 17 (which happens to be my bday as well :))
c)I looooooooooooove modern family
d)Your writing is superbly spontaneous. I like it for that tone.
And of all thing, Congragulations on the Good News!!
@Amit - Thank you...
I loooove modern family too!! it has been a constant companion in the past few months... and I have almost exhausted the 4th season too! :(
@writing - Thanks. getting back to it after a while. realised i had made a few typos... ought to be careful next time.
PS: welcome back you...!!! not to the blog but overall. you know what I mean :)
Such posts should come with a disclaimer! *Open at your own risk of suddenly becoming teary eyed in the middle of office on a Monday afternoon!*
Super well written! And yes, i have to agree, we can never forget that evening and that walk inside the hostel (wasn't it one of A or B blocks?? coz i rem those as being the designated girls hostel blocks before we were shifted to H Block. Aso!)
You rem me eating lotsa Hide & Seek biscuits as some sorta comforter element amidst all the homesickness and not-so-hygienic conditions & ragging threats!! Crazy times!
Your understanding of that feeling that your mom must have felt.. Well, what goes around, comes always back around! In this case, priceless! :-*
@neha - aww... and muuaahh :D
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