Lifz Beautiful

Have innumerable memories from our times and ordeal together. Had promised myself, will jot down every single thing we went through but just cannot get myself to do it. They are still as fresh, still as painful and it seems very unlikely that they will mellow down any time soon. These are just some of the moments that we, my mother, and I shared during those taxing times. They have always remained hidden deep within, but if sharing can heal...so be it! Six years and sill the ache is just as intense and memories just as clear. Still haven’t found a life that can be lived without you. Every morning first waking thoughts are of you, every night the tired mind thinks only of you. In every moment of gratitude, you are bowed to and in every pain, you are looked up to. The final year spent around you was the most painful yet so precious… Your chemo sessions were a breeze, the chemo months horrendous! Never again were two days alike…at times you were chirpy and gay and at others, you...

We in India take pride in belonging to the biggest democracy! How cool is that!!! We’ve the power to choose the people who’ll ru(i)n our country, have the ‘ baap’ of all powers - freedom of speech to express ourselves without any inhibitions and all the other privileged powers that come with belonging and living in a ‘democratic’ set-up. We have a microscopic view of all the things that happen at macro level, we fight for injustice that happens at the National level (yes, we do that…thankfully!), always look at the bigger picture and debate over larger issues that may or may not affect us. No harm at all, in fact it only proves, we are sensitive, kind, caring, empathetic,compassionate, conscious, logical, brave, articulate, sensible citizens who have only good in the heart and well being in the mind for others. What then happens to the above attributes closer home? Our homes are the screens where we get to see the real life pictures. On one hand we have a microsc...