Yesterday I saw a really heart warming sight, at a restaurant the table next to me was taken by a family of four Mom, Dad, Daughter and Grandpa....Now this wouldn't have been an extraordinary sight but for the fact that it was a trendy Italian restaurant usually known for its chic crowd....Grandpa was visibly out of place but the grand-daughter made an effort to put him to ease.....
She was a 12 year old girl who explained in her own novice way everything on the menu which she liked and wanted to order.....Grandpa who was new to the whole Italian jing-bang didn't want to disappoint her, he ordered a beer and enjoined the rest of the evening with his family....
That just made me wonder are Indian values really depreciating or are we just repackaging our value systems to fit better into today's day and age.....
Its not that we have stoppped loving our elders our ways to express it has undergone a change...."Today its more lemme take you out for dinner grandpa" than lemme touch your feet for blessings.....
Couple of days back I saw a baby girl in clinging onto her father through the entire mass at the church.....Here Dad didnt look the very conventional types ......He wore a Nirvana T-shirt...sported a tattoo and had a couple of piercings......Nt tht I judge a person by their exterior but if he wasnt with his daughter I would have thought that the guy is a doper.....May b its bcoz I carry image of my Dad in mind...the conventional 80s and 90s Dad.........blue shirt, black pant......
Nice to know that cool Dudes can be Super cool Dads as well......
This just goes to show that we have externally adopted ourselves into a consumerist India but still deep down Indian value systems have been deeply woven into each of us......Values are not eroding they just getting remodeled to better suit a Global Indian...
On the way out wen the LimBizkit kind of Dad drew a holy water cross on his little girl's forehead I knew God was watching over us.....we are all in safe hands....and Dooms day is no where near!!
Amen.....
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A lovely heartwarming read!
ReplyDeleteVery nice read. I think its natural for us to see someone and think about the person in the context of age, dress, personality etc. Like you talked about the grandpa who looked out of place in the Italian restaurant and the unconventional dad in the Church. It's natural to be aware of these changes and maybe think about them and understand what it means to our society now. Changes have become so rapid that we lose thread of whats really happening now.
ReplyDeleteGood post, keep writing more regularly.
Good writing. Short, sweet and warm. If am not mistaken you are a born writer.
ReplyDeleteAll the best
...."Today its more lemme take you out for dinner grandpa" than lemme touch your feet for blessings.....
ReplyDeleteknow somethings? gand dads and grand moms love being taken out for dinner.
Nice to know that cool Dudes can be Super cool Dads as well......
This just goes to show that we have externally adopted ourselves into a consumerist India but still deep down Indian value systems have been deeply woven into each of us'
love for ones offspring and spending time with and for them are universal values, not Indian alone, dont you think?
very interesting observation.
ReplyDeletehere to more kochuvartanam! I came here from KPJ's
@Intrepid Dreamer Thnkss for being the first one to comment....nice to knw u liked it !!!
ReplyDelete@Swapna Raghu Sanand Thankss for the encouragement....I shall write more often...Hope u will visit again and gv more insights...
@Srikanth Thanks for the compliment...I m really flaterred !!!
@kochuthresiamma Unfortunately I couldnt take my grandparents out for dinner or do any such fun activites together....though we shared a warm relationship it was always very formal...Nt being able to knw my grandparents more personally is one of my biggest regrets....
@shy Thanks for visiting the blog...Do cum again...Lots more to tlk and chitchat !!!
Nice Post......Keep writing.....
ReplyDeletemissed this post...this one left me smiling!!:-)
ReplyDeleteSweet :).... I so wish that more folks would look beyond appearances like you have!
ReplyDeleteHoping to see many more posts on your blog soon..keep 'em coming!!!