At all times….when things are just beyond
my control, troubles just surround me from all directions, an array of hope no
longer welcomes me….he has been my hero whose shadow never deserted me!
He drives me crazy at times…..I refer it as
‘interference’. He decides where I should go and where I should not go…I call
it as ‘dominance’. He doesn’t like some of my friends who are guys…I call it as
‘orthodox’. He hardly accompanied me to school after class KG….I call it as
‘lazy’. But still he is my IDOL!
We fight like hell….we just get pissed off
one another at times…our thoughts keep on clashing like thunders…but at the end
of the day, it feels like bhaar mein jaye duniya….we are made for
each other!
He is a good cook….and I am good in copying
his recipes and getting all the applauses. New Years and Urukas are great times to fill our tummies with his delicious
authentic cuisines, and that too food cooked in firewood. His food discoveries
are too good to give Sanjeev Kapoors and Tarla Dalals hefty competition. But
sometimes disasters are ought to occur amidst following TLC cookery shows!
At
times when my friends go out for adventurous trips to Europe and U.S….we end up
being couch potatoes with a bowl of sliced fried potatoes and watch Bear
Grylls’s survival strategies. I had no interest in cricket or football until he
made me watch them and enjoy them as well. Now we end up spelling black magic
to India’s opponents predicting the intensity and frequency of wickets per
fifteen minutes;p And as far as football is concerned we are no less than
Paul…the octopus, wishing evil against Germany, and Spain won 2010 World
Cup….but we are true Argentina supporters!
We are shopaholics….impulsive shoppers…..we
are choosy but don’t hesitate picking up anything and almost everything. He is
a miser….but never compromises on food and clothes. Terrible indeed!
We can sleep for hours. We avoid a lunch
party and always ready for a ‘yes’ to dinner invitations. Yup we are lazy….and
like father…like daughter. We are the bulls, someone commands us, we go crazy.
Extremely emotional, we understand the language of love. We are
stubborn….approach others for suggestions but end up deciding what our heart
says.
The best part about him is that he can make
me smile even after the most tragic moment of life. The way he sings TV jingles
to himself can make you think…..what’s
this now after the tragedy?
He loves cowboy movies…Good Bad Ugly is his favourite film, on the other hand I love super
Bollywood masala movies…..but the waka
waka factor is common between us:p Moreover we love watching all kinda Bruce Lee
and Jackie Chan movies……also not to forget decades old sensational Ghayal and
Karan Arjun:p
Atithi Devo Bhava is something he is best
at….from a sweeper to his entire doc fraternity is never allowed to leave home
without a cup of tea. He is not concerned whether there is sugar, milk or tea
at home and orders for tea, and it pisses my mom off:p
Bargaining is something he can’t go
without. He hardly visits malls because of its ‘Fixed Price’ tag, even if
prices are low, bargaining fascinates him. Plannings don’t fit in his
dictionary of life. Sometimes it gives us nightmares, but now we welcome it
with open eyes. He is the laziest doctor I have ever seen. At times when the
doctors of his age were planning their children’s future, deciding between
medical and engineering, we were not allowed by destiny to have such high
dreams. Being teenagers, we were annoyed, but now it’s like life is better if
it’s full of surprises. It’s difficult to find a doctor of his kind….who sleeps
half the day just because he ended up watching movies last night. But as it’s
said if you are good at something, nothing else matters. May be that’s why all
his patients keep on calling him even if they are abroad.
As he doesn’t take money from the poor,
sometimes on way back home from hospital or his chamber, Mom gets a shock
seeing local chickens, eggs, vegetables, home-made pickles and traditional
dishes in steel boxes:p And its not
because he is a specialist from a top medical institute, it’s just because he
keeps his profession human-oriented rather than money-oriented. And this will
make me proud of him even if we don’t lead a lavish life. Thoda hain par kaafi hain:p
Sometimes rather often he goes to hospital
an hour late, just because he is lazy,
but he has a record of working 10 to 12 hours at a stretch, his shift ends but
a patient’s agony doesn’t come with a doctor’s shift, he believes. Opportunities
keep on rolling and rocking infront of him, but this sleepy, foodie and lazy
doctor returns them whole heartedly:p
Another thing that makes him so very
striking is that over the years no matter how cruel life and circumstances have
been, he never lost his faith upon god……which people of my age often forget. If
we get things, god is good or else not. Sad but true.
Music is very close to him. He is a very
well tabla player and he was a drummer too in his college days. Loves
singing…..no matter what the lyrics are:p
His record players will definitely be a collector’s jackpot. He has got a collection of more than
300 long plays….more than enough to build a career as a DJ! These are his
priced possessions, and he loves boasting about them:p Food, sleep, music, movies are kinda
rockarolla of his life, but alas, he has to get up early for his duty…his
ultimate tragedy:p
Family always comes first in his priority
check. He gets provoked at the tiniest cause but at the same time he is always
ready to have some splendid time with his family forgetting all gile shikve:P….family doesn’t just count
his wife and children, it extends to the oldest kiths and kins of his second
cousins living in our ancestral home back at village. May be that’s why he is
contented in life….if you don’t have any regret or guilt about what you did,
you can have that ultra-ordinary peace of mind!
He is someone who never hurts me. I can
rely on him always. He forgives me for all stupid mistakes. He is my shopping
card at any time of the year. He is a true entertainer. He drives me crazy with
his all of a sudden decisions. His mood swings are immense.…I inherited it from him, I am quite sure
now:p Long live our dining table
fights over India Vs America. But like
every daughter, he too is the best man in my life…none can take his place. We
are indeed made for each other!
P.S.-
Today love for you is blooming at the highest tempo afterall any day can be a
Father’s Day……:p
