sarika

Its been close to two years that I have been stay at home mommy. So main work now is to nag my poor child and get his studies done. I have been taking studies in the past not only of my son(I guess being a mom this comes as default responsibility) but also to my nephew few years back. So studying is not that bad at least when exams are not at corner or may be tomorrow. (My son could have altogether different opinion about it but I really don't care ;)) So one such relaxed afternoon post lunch we decide to study. All right, so pollution is the subject and we are reading his textbook. Am at one particular picture explaining him how people bathe their cattle in river , kids swim etc etc and water gets polluted. and there you go...म्हणतात ना कुणाचं काय आणि कुणाचं काय .  suddenly चिरंजीव says ..mumma ती buffalo बघ ना कस तोंड करतेय she is actually enjoying her bath. Highly disappointed me... considering me explaining him something very important as pollution and he i...

I have seen it in my mother ..her friends .. My Maushi her friends..   My mother in law ...her friends.. One thing which is common in that generation.. The ease with which they connect with guest at home..that warmth which make the guest feel at home.   These ladies will always have something to offer.Their homes would always look neater and frankly speaking you will not even get time to look around as you are so zapped by their hospitality.By the time you settle she will offer you coffee. Something which I feel our generation should develop more. Happen to visit my friends house recently and experienced it again..not a planned visit and not at all at suitable time.I saw her at window and waived at her.She invited and I couldn't resist.Warm welcome which I received from her and her mother will definitely remember always.The way with which aunty hugged aryan and blessed him the way she would she does to her own granddaughter and quickly packed sw...

Sunday evening when I am busy doing veggie shopping for the week, father and son duo decides to finish snacks shopping.There they are with bag full of packs. >>what all things you have got? >>Got everything which he wants.. Discussion ends there. Scene 2:Day 2 : Evening snacks time.. I hand over cup of milk to him.. and there he goes.. >>"Mumma मला जवानी पॉप्स दे " My eyes almost popped out.. >>" काय देऊ तुला?" >>;अगं अस काय करतेस तू ? काल आणलंय ना मी  Me on my way to kitchen wondering ( loud self talk )what जवानी पॉप्स   look like 😃 >>; तुला माहिती नाही का ..शंतनू ला पण माहिती आहे मी त्याच्याच tiffin मध्ये खाल्लं  now my curiosity really builds up...I took out new snack pack and there you go  जवारी पफ AKA जवानी पॉप्स 😆😆 May be ह्या नावाने खप जास्त वाढेल 😆

He completed 9 years and 10 running now and as all of us wished  once he also wanted to grow up fast and started saying he is 10..(running is silent). That 2 digit age number makes him feel grown up :) Time is flying too fast and he is growing too fast I feel and somewhere wonder that innocence is vanishing but there I again get glimpse of it 8.30 pm dinner time is the only TV time Mumma has and no cartoon show is allowed that time.. He has understood that no tantrums would change mom's mind and watches whatever serial is on.Lying on sofa ..sometimes playing with cars...murmuring something ...sometimes complaining sometimes willingly he watches TV with me.Sometimes he is more into it than me I must say. commercial serial break is on and some promotion of other serial is going on. Simultaneously I am working on something and not actually bothering to look at T.V and there you go... चिरंजीव >>खरंच का ग मम्मा ! I looked up and see his eyes gleaming with exciteme...

नात्यांचा सर आपल्या चिमुकल्या बाळाला मध्ये घेऊन आई वडील पहिला सर बांधायला सुरवात करतात ! मग आजी आजोबा काका काकू मावशी आत्या असे बाकीचे मोती अगदी अलगद येऊन माळले जातात आपोआप ! बहीण भाऊ .. सक्खे चुलत आते मामे भावंडं ह्या सगळ्या मोत्यांनी रक्ताच्या नात्यांनी पहिला सर बघता बघता भरतो ! हळुहळू दिवस जातात तस बाळ आपला नवीन सर बांधायला घेतो .. त्याचे मित्र मैत्रिणी .. शाळेतले ,बस मधले ,van मधले ,ग्राउंड वरचे ह्या क्लास चे त्या क्लास चे , शाळेतले शिक्षक ,कॉलेज चे मित्र ... मित्रपरिवाराची कुटुंब ... शेजारी पाजारी ... जेव्हढे मोती गुंफत जाल तेवढा सर वाढत जातो. पहिला नात्यांचा सर आणि हा जोडलेल्या नात्याचा सर ..दोघातले मोती अधून मधून स्पर्श करत राहतात .. क्षितिज रुंदावते तसे सर वाढत जातात..  नोकरीचे सहचारी .. नवीन नोकरी..  नवीन सहचारी.. नवीन सर अशात कधी जीवनाचा सहचारी मिळतो आणि एका सोनेरी सरांची सुरुवात होते.  त्या सराच्या बांधणीला मात्र आधीचे सर्व मोती एकत्र येतात.  एकमेकांशी कधी स्पर्श झालेले नसले तरी त्या एका मोत्याच्या नवीन बांधणीला...

"Mumma तुझी ही pant(read salwar here) जरा different आहे ना ". He said "Yeh" I replied but that surely put smile on my face.. जुना joke  आठवला म्हणतात ना तस! 4 -5 वर्षांपूर्वी घडलेला.. Why some people have stories associated with everything? Don't know...not their fault राशीचा गुण असेल  In this case not one but two stories were attached.. That shiny jet black velvet salwar she was wearing. So much I had liked it.Surely I will buy this. I was discussing it with another female colleague of mine at cafeteria.She also managed to spot that girl with velvet salwar and wondering what is so special about it. Another colleague overheard our conversation and then subject diverted to why females look at other females for clothes ,jewellery ,lipstick shades and what not and how male species is so simple and straight forward and how then won't mind ten other men wearing same colour.. brand shirt in the same room.Subject got diverted then but it was hover...

संध्याकाळची पांच ची वेळ.   एकदम निवांतपणा ना मिटिंग्स  ना ऑफिस वर्क ना घरकाम  ना मागे मुलाचा लकड़ा  कसलीच घाई नाही हलक्या वाऱ्यावर विंड चाइम नाजूक आवाज करात नाचत आहे  हातात वाफाळत्या कॉफीचा मग घेऊन अलगद जो झुल्यावर बसाव  कोफीच्या अरोमा बरोबरच अजून एक मंद सुवास सर्वदूर पसरला आहे  चाफ्याच्या फुलांचा  एखादी नवी नवरी जशी नखशिखांत नटावी तसा चाफा फुलला आहे पण खरा वेडावू न  टाकतोय तो गुलमोहर  पूर्ण बहरून आलेला  बालकनीच्या कट्ट्यावर हनुवटी ठेऊन एकटक बघात होते अचानक खाली पाहिल तर कट्यावर पण गुलमोहोराचे प्रतिबिंब नीळ आकाश आणि बहरलेला लाल गुलमोहर  त्या एका क्षणाला पूर्णपणे वर्तमानामधे मन  पंचेन्द्रियाना मोहवणारा तो एक क्षण .  That blissful moment..