Just last week i paid a tribute to my nani thru the blog.And i cant believe, the time has come for a second tribute.This time to my maasi............
How does it happen, why did it happen,why her,why so soon are few of the ques troubling my mind.................
U know i had heard God takes away good human beings first and then the bad ones. That must be true in my maasi's case........
Kahaan se shuru karu.....
She was a lot like my nani. Common points for the both of them......
She loved travelling, going to various places, meeting people, making new friends, going to relatives houses, enjoying in groups. She's the most enthusiastic person i have ever met."Haushi" is a word in marathi which every1 calls her.It means "will to do and try everything in life".
Whenever i m not well, i hate to get up from my bed.She was not like that. Even when she was in so much pain, she would never miss a function/wedding.
She loved people and people loved her.She was a favourite among all.Jaan of all get-togethers.I have learnt how to enjoy from her.I have travelled a lot with her.I used to go to many of our relatives places with her.......
She loved to cook.She would try out various recipes and get it for us whenever she came to our place.Kaakdi-dhonus, rawa ladu,various kings of wadis and puran poli.
She loved to stitch.She stitched all her dresses, blouses. She would stitch dresses and frocks for us when we small.She has done lots of other things too- cloth painting, batic, embroidery and what not......
I have never ever visited a single doctor since i got chicken-pox in 5th standard.This was possible only bcoz she was a doctor.Any time anything happened to me, i would simply give her a call, tell her whats happening, she would tell me medicines and i would be fine. She was my family doctor sitting in alibag and without even looking at me, she would make me alrite.She was a doctor in RCF hospital in Alibag.
She was extremely adventurous-going trekking, climbing mountains.She used to take us on picnics whenever we went to alibag.
She was a champion of badminton.She loved swimming, tabletennis etc. She was also in NCC in college days.
She was very eager to learn new things.Various types of paintings and making creative things.
She was very religious as well-visiting temples wherever she went, having bhajan sessions at home.She was an expert at yoga.
She used to learn classical singing. Though she hated hindi film songs (new ones).Switch off the radio, she used to tell us in the car, while going anywhere.
She had a loud laugh. I can still hear it when i think of it.
She would never waste a single moment.Always doing something. Never ever lazing around.Never. Whether its cooking, stitching, if nothing else then going on a walk.
Over the years she has made so many friends, touched the life of so many people.There were so many people at her funeral. And a huge number of people who coludnt make it to alibag on that day.
And what ended this lively, enthusiastic, cheerful, fun-loving, ever-smiling, positive life on 28-02-08 was a deadly demon called cancer.How i hate this word!!!!
Your life is going normal,no problems at all and then suddenly everything stops. Your life becomes a life of visiting hospitals, taking treatments, medicines.Yet she took all this very positively.People who spoke to her on phone could not even make out, what pain she was going thru.She sounded so cheerful and normal.
Maasi - they call in hindi- maasi means maa jaisi.
I'll miss u shaila-pachi. But i'll always remember how to get the maximum out of the life that we have, which i have learnt from you.
I still cant believe she's gone.
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Hey, its tough to have lost a family member. its best not to feel sad n let the memories just bring a smile to our faces. thats wat they wud want too....
By the Way, Welcome to the world of Blogging !!
Hey i know. But its too shocking losing two close family members one after the other.But u r rite, thats y i have written abt the enthusiasism they had. I have a lot to learn from both of them.
And thanks for the warm welcome. i enjoy writing. i never thought i could write. But now i look forward to it.
Bye tc.
You managed to bring tears to my eyes. I had managed not to shed tears even during that fateful day. I was reminding myself of the dialogue from 'Chini Kum'.
But you know what....Mom used to fire a dialogue at us until a few years ago...."Me gelyaavarach majhi kimmat kalel tumhala" True...very true. But whats more surprising, rather grateful of herself was that she never uttered this dialogue after cancer was first detected in her in 2004.
I don't have enough words to describe the importance she carried in my, rather our lives in the past present & the future as well. It will be impossible to fill the void created by her absence.
Whats more disgusting is the feeling that: she fulfilled all her responsibilities of a mother, a breadwinner, a strong pillar for the family & a lot more........but she did not give us any opportunity to try & fulfill some of our duties as her sons. This is one regret I will carry with me forever.
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