Who is a Grand father?

Grand Fathers are the fathers of fathers.
They are the most knowledgeable person you know personally.
Sometimes, they are most encouraging than anyone else.
And sometimes they are most strict than anybody.

They know the right time to learn things.
And they know the right time to take you for a trip, be it to a lake or to a temple.
They are the ones who have learnt it the harder way,
and sometimes in a unique way.


Sometimes, you spend a lot more time with your grand father than your father.

And get pampered a lot.

The stories they have to share with you

Are the kinds you will not hear from anyone else

As you grow, they grow older too,

and "oldness" is exponentially related to "age",

spending time with them in the time you have

is good for you and valuable for them

A very crude set of lines on grand fathers... and what I am feeling right now.

Sometimes, the only way to a happy life is when you start giving up things...

Life is not fair...

One of the not so good things to happen to yourself is having a conflict within you and unable to resolve it.

7 Years...

It has been amazing 7 years in US. This country has made me like a spoiled kid, giving me so much comfort, so much fun, so much independence that I will always compare it to the life in India. 

The only thing I miss sometimes is family. I still remember, in the first 6 months, I cried every time I spoke to my family back in India. My first Diwali out of home was all spent in crying. I visited them in December that year, and the crying stopped. I started enjoying my life in the US. I do miss my family, but I speak to them quite often and then I wonder, if I lived in India, how often I would meet them if I was not living with them, twice or thrice - that too because of some occasions?

Last 7 years, I have learned new things, took up new hobbies, travelled a lot, ate a lot of different cuisines, made a lot of friends, lived a life in which I can make myself happy and also a lot of others.
There will be one day when I will return to India, sooner or later, but today I really like my life here. I enjoy every bit of it. What I really like is the independence I have, to be able to do everything on my own pace and make sure it gets done on time. I can easily go on a day trip all by myself. Being a woman, I feel safe  enough to go for a day trip. I love the easy access to nature and the number of different activities you can do in the outdoors. I like the fact that people are sincere towards their job whatever it might be. Very rarely I have had issues with people not doing their job and blocking me, may it be servicing the car or getting something fixed in my apartment.

To be frank, I am pretty sure I will have a tough time moving back to India. All the things that I like here and appreciate of having, I won't be getting them in India. But may be my life will become so busy  that I will not get any time to think about all this. A lot of people say that life is easy in India when you have kids, I don't agree with that too because I don't see anything wrong with "Day care" facilities.

I feel I am more American than Indian now, its not just the american comfort life, but also my attitude towards a lot of things. I feel the same for American soldiers that I feel for Indian and I also wish that Americans athletes/teams win in a sport that I am watching.

And I really appreciate the value given to a "Life" here, be it human or animal.

Disturbed... so much.

Life is funny... it seems like yours one day and someone else' other. And I have become selfish.