Dear Darsh,
We had gone to Lucknow for Diwali this year. You had a fun
time playing with Pogo this time. Strangely, you did not try to enter his cave
beneath the bed this time. You did bully him a lot and at one time we found him
hiding beneath a chair by covering himself with a bedsheet. The entire duration
you scolded him like he was your errant younger brother in need of a lot of
discipline. In retrospect I am glad you don’t have any siblings to take care of
at home.
You also had a great time with your friends Ansh, Vardaan,
Nivi and Chiku. They are the children of your father’s friends and it was
surprisingly nice to see all you children hanging out together and having so
much fun. You guys were play-acting in the roles of a princess, a king, a
senapati and a pageboy.
And then there was this family photoshoot we went for in the
Lohia park. It was so clean and well maintained and with just a few lovey-dovey
couples (the Lodhi garden in Delhi is infested with them) it made a beautiful
spot for the pictures. While you were as hyper as ever, you did give us some
amazing pictures which I am going to cherish forever.
You have discovered the joys of app shopping and like temple
run, you need your daily dose of big basket shopping where you are too kicked
to type the names of your fav foods and see their picture appear too.
While I went shopping for half a dozen kolhapuris in
Lucknow, you had gone to buy a tea set as you needed one for the tea party you
are going to throw for your friends in school. An all boy tea party this time.
Maybe your father’s get-together with his friends impressed you a lot this time
in Lucknow. Maybe you thought they had a series of tea parties for three nites.
One that went on till 6 am. You also bought a red hanumanji because of the
‘bajrangi bhaijan’ effect. After receiving lego avengers, you have become a bit
creative in your demands these days. Now you want a lego salman khan and a lego
munni. Last nite when I was ordering groceries on the hone you reminded me for
those again.
These days you love to snack on onions and peanuts and
bhujia and gummy bears. we recently discovered on our way to Lucknow that you
do not like Dhaba food. We also discovered that you can hold on to your shit
until told to exit it. We had to check out and reject a few public loos until
your father had a brainwave and we went to an expensive restaurant which did
have good bathroom but at the cost of a beer. He was happy to pay the price and
I helped too a bit J
You are drawing/doodling a smiling ten-headed ravan these
days. In Ramayana, you were puzzled on the lack of Bharat’s action scenes and
found ram and lakshman naughty that they would choose to fight. I have started
reading peter rabbit to you and I am happy to note I have finally discovered a
book that makes you sleep. Either that or you were too tired last night. Over
the last few days you have been listening to the avenger stories a bit more
attentively. So now you know the difference between a superhero and a super
villain. Now you know the difference between good and bad. So some days you
want to be a villain and do the opposite of what you are told to do. But it
seems you can’t even pretend to be ‘bad’ for too long and you always end up by
saying ‘I love you too much mama I am sorry.’ Your father is impressed that you
know the difference and can choose between the two. I, on the other hand, hope
again that is a phase only.
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