Better late than never! Belated Wishes for a happy Friendship’s day. Whatever I am today is because every friend contributed in his own small way to shape my thoughts and personality. I attribute a major part of my growth as an individual to my friends. But if the overwhelming feeling is that I have turned into a ridiculous, senseless, uninspiring personality, everyone knows whom to blame now :)
In any case, I love everyone of my dear friends who gave me company when growing up in school, who were kind enough to include me as a "kaccha limbu" in their team, ogling at girls in college (yeah I was a shy kid in school you see!), bunking classes to watch movies, competing with me in getting the least mark in college exams, studying very hard to keep off the “KT” (all the IT geeks: it is not Knowledge Transfer but a euphemism for failure in Mumbai Univ!) during Engineering, working very hard with me to become “Masters” of Business Administration!, working with me in contributing to the growth of the organization (pun not intended). I truly miss every one of them who is away.
Having celebrated Mother’s Day, Father’s day and now Friendship day, I feel we have missed out on one very important and may be most neglected day – "The Family Day". I don’t have any idea about how these “Days” originated but I feel they are centered around the concept of a nuclear family. Many of us would have missed out on the joy of being part of a joint family.
Very recently, I had visited a close friend of mine. During my stay with him he took me to his maternal Uncles’ house. That day, the sheer magnitude of people I met under one roof was amazing. It looked as if when populated by every single person in the family this place wouldn’t afford its inhabitants an inch to move. But yet there was so much space that two more could be accommodated! The house was bustling with energy, bursting into giggles with the young cousins, reverberating with the words of free advice my friend was getting from the uncles. Simply put the house was breathing. It is very much possible that members of this family would have had their differences and fights. But I suppose it is love and attachment for their family that keeps them together through the rough times.
Although the time spent with them was not much, it was enough to leave me with some very fond memories. It was a pleasure, it was a wonderful sight to see all the uncles, aunts and cousins sitting together, chatting, sharing a light banter, enjoying togetherness as one Great Indian Family. I am sure THIS HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA.
Whenever it is...I wish every one in advance - A Happy Family Day!
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wowwwwwww!! a very happy family day to u too :) well thts an awesome thot ...for ppl like us who live so far frm their loved ones and when meeting them feels like a dream this thot does give some soothing feeling..well we live in the age of advanced technology and mabbe video chat and talk with our family everyday but still we are saddened by the thot of not being near them..thus we unite with some ppl here who are away from their families as well, form a small family of our own and just pray to GOD that we have someone to look forward to...u know this weekend we had dinner at such a friend's place and i really felt as though it was my mom sitting next to me..tears started rolling down and my friend didnt even ask me why; coz i saw the same emotions in her eyes too!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Family day!!! to all such families tooo :)
Hmmm...In today's world, where everyone is talking/practicing/professing about nuclear family and households, it is really interesting to note that there are instances where we find such families too. But then, I was trying to think about it and was finding it hard to relate...! I am staying alone and long for occassions to go home and be with family, but then particularly thinking about Joint families makes me a cynic. My personal opinion is more towards the adage - Closeness breeds animosity.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a one-off meeting of all relatives is actually necessary, but an overdose of this might tend to be a negative. Not to oppose you, but wanted to have a look at the other side of the coin too :)
Keep writing!
Yes Mr. Varier quite true that difference of opinion in a joint family leads to conflict and maybe in quite a few cases Animosity..May be that is the reason we are seeing the trend towards nuclear family, which is not bad. Just that the togetherness made me feel great.
ReplyDeleteThe point I was trying to make is that we tend to forget the bigger family..may be take it for granted some times
Well bro, wish you a very happy family day too!! Well a joint family is always a good thought.. Some times we miss so many things in life.. Some times we have it yet dont realise it.. Some times .. List goes on..
ReplyDeleteI still keep listening all the stories from our own joint family that they had many years back.. I hardly remember anything though, may be we were just 3 or 4 yrs old.. I still keep asking them for all their experiences & some times feel that we missed out a lot of stuff! Having said that, I still remember how we have spent time as kids during all our vacations right from our childhood and all the quality time that we have had till date whenever we all see each other..
The kind of time we all spend together in any function be it a pooja or a wedding, we all have a blast! The way we all pull each others legs, the gossipping, the arguments.. Best part is teh group pic we try to take in all the functions.. Fight hard to get into a single frame... We are still a closely knit family minus staying under a single roof.. And that I feel is what a joint family is all about.. :)
Hey BTW, just noticed... Why is the title of your first blog misspelt? Is it a mistake that was overlooked or were you just being yourself? :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a mistake..
ReplyDeleteto be honest actually it was deliberate :P