Ira is
growing up real fast. And with her, also mounting is my pile of stories – the silly
kinds, the funny ones, the touchy ones, the high energy ones, the milestones, the
anecdotes that I would like to look back fondly upon. Therefore I have decided
to document these little incidents as and when they happen, for posterity lest
my memory fails me.
Date:
October 30, 2013 – Wednesday, Pune
I had a
call scheduled for 9.00 pm. Having known this engagement well in advance I was
prepared with the works – such as print out of the document in question (lest I
am not able log on if Ira refuses to sleep and there was not a doubt in my mind
about not having the laptop near Ira because of the way she attempts to pull
out the keys from the keyboard) and my writing instruments. Well my planning paid
up as Ira indeed refused to sleep and was quite playful and active at the time
my call started.
I sincerely
logged in at 9, thanking my foresight and planning, with the confidence that I
would just have to listen in with no participation required from my side,
whatsoever. I was so bloody wrong – and at that minute I thought of Murphy and
his abused law!
Anyway, I
unmuted myself carefully – after being relieved to see little Ira (9 months)
playing peacefully by herself. I started participating and jotting down notes.
And then suddenly something was mentioned on the call l for which I couldn’t
find the supporting document. I looked frantically through my print outs. I
know I couldn’t have missed it. And then I see my little Ira – little little
tiny Ira waving at me with a half torn , quarter crumbled and another quarter
chewed paper and grinning ear to ear!!!
I laughed
to myself, grabbed the paper and blew her a kiss. In no time I finished the call and then it was
play time with Ira.
P.S: Come
to think of it – why didn’t I ask Vikram to watch her while I attended the
call, well this was the time when Vikram was away for two weeks to Mumbai
attending his induction for a new job.
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