I had been to Davangere a couple of days back to visit my grandparent's whom I hadn't seen for quite a long time. I purpose of my visit was genuine though - My grandfather had his knee operated after he had met with an accident and was now going through a recovery process. I truely enjoyed this trip for the affection and care my grandma showered on me. This affection, I conceived would definitely decrease (if not die) as we grew older (She was in her early seventies and I was nearing my 24th Birthday). But, I later realized that I was completely wrong.
I took a bus from Bangalore at 11PM on Thursday and reached my grandparent's house at around 5.30AM the next day. To my surprise, I was recieved by my grandma who had been awake and waiting for half an hour anticipating my arrival. She was overjoyed and a bit shocked as well after seeing me. Overjoyed, since she was seeing me after a long time and shocked seeing the drastic change in my physique. She after quickly inquiring about my happenings, asked me to take a nap since she thought that I wouldn't have slept in the bus. Little did she know that this grandson for her's wasn't awake even for a minute during the 6-hour long journey!!!
I woke up at 9 that morning. I was amused to have got a bed-coffee (Just can't remember the last time I got a bed-coffee!). She performed that act in which I believe all the nazar's put on me will be removed. She asked me take an oil massage bath later on. After taking bath, it was time for me to have a delicious breakfast. She would keep adding stuff to my plate even though I hesitated!
We had a chat for the rest of the afternoon. She said that I had reduced a lot of weight and that she just couldn't see me like that. She also warned me not to come to see her again till I put-on that much weight I had now lost! Now, that's what you can call Blackmailing even though her intentions were good.
She had cooked chicken for lunch that day even though she wasn't supposed eat it herself on that particular day of the week. This wasn't known to me until I was done with my lunch and I saw her having curd-rice. She had intentionally kept that a secret fearing that I wouldn't have let her cook chicken that day if I knew that fact.
It was then time for me to take a nap after having had a nice huge meal. I guess I would have consumed atleast half a kilo of chicken that day! After I woke up, it was time for another round of those nazar removal duties to be performed on me before I took my grand-parents out for shopping. I bought them clothes which meant that I had become poorer by 3k now. That 3k which I spent just can't be compared to the love and affection they showed on me for that is invaluable!
The second day of my stay there wasn't any different from the previous one. The only change was that the number of times the nazar removal duties were performed on me had slightly increased!
All in all, it was a great experience for me. I had never received so much love and affection from anyone (my mom included) till date. I must admit that I shouldn't have been given so much affection which looked very painstaking for someone of my grand-mom's age. Age just doesn't seem to affect the grandmom-grandchild relationship. Does it??
Regards,
Kishan Chandranna
