We casually mention - 2 minutes - innumerable times in a day, but do we really know what it means? Let me throw some light on it....
I was getting ready for office one morning, Ishan was at home with my sister. Suddenly he came to me and said 'aami du minute tomaar kole boshbo' (wanna sit on your lap for 2 mins!). I had no time but still could not refuse his innocent plea...so I was sitting with him for 2 minutes.... it was only 2 minutes, trust me. By the time I came out of my building I saw that my bus which takes me to the station was gone. I could see it going....shit missed it by 2 minutes. Then it took me a while to get a rick. Somehow I reached the station to see I was on time for my local (train). But to reach to that platform I had to climb the stairs and by the time I reached the platform I could see the train moving away. Gosh, missed the train by fraction of seconds!! Local missed is horrible in Mumbai.Local missed means I will not get to see the familiar faces, who will somehow or the other make place for me to stand comfortably and get down araam se. Local missed means I will miss out on the gossips of the train friends (in Mumbai we have train friends too). Local missed means I will miss out on Siddhivinayak prasad, or Sai Baba prasad or ghar mein pooja tha wala prasad. It can also mean missing out on the compliments which you get for wearing even ordinary dresses, now these compliments are such mood boosters I tell you. Even if you wear a very very ordinary dress your train friends will definitely say - "yeh tere pe bahut achcha lag raha hai yaar". Now that works how insulin works for diabetics!
So I missed out on all those things that day. I got into the next train.....people were not ready to move and make place for me the way my train friends would have done. They were cursing me for carrying this huge a laptop bag and also a handbag. While getting down at Kurla, I almost had to fight my way out and my mood was spoilt for the day. Then I found my TLs and managers annoying, also my colleagues nosey and at home I found all possible faults with my husband.
Next day, my husband made sure my son does not ask me for my precious 2 minutes. He also made sure I got my bus. He called me and asked - You got your train today right.....great to know that..... now I was so busy garnering compliments for my simple cotton salwaar kameej that I did not give it a thought as to why would he feel great if I got the train!! ...am thinking now......
Bish says I'm happy if you are happy, must be the same logic with your husband. It is true that if the one who runs the house isn't happy, then others can't be happy either.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the 2 mins you spent with your son will remain in his memory for a lifetime. They were better spent than the whole of the day. Because we don't know how to stretch time. But you stretched those 2 mins to a lifetime.
ys Swagat - I treasure every single moment spent with him!!
ReplyDeleter u free for two min... remeber . when ever i call u :)
ReplyDeleteI will take just few seconds to say...SUPERB!
ReplyDeletehehe yehi zindagi ka sacchai hain ..good one :)
ReplyDeletewhen my son wakes up just when i am leaving for work, he normally makes me miss my bus too. but every time i missed my bus, something strange has happened - either it is a tuesday when the alternate route takes me via siddhivinayak temple, or the office bus i missed breaks down, or a scheduled meeting is cancelled. actually, it's best to take a half-day off rather than curse the two minutes lost. :-)
ReplyDeletehehehehe.....that's a good idea Bijesh....... I will take a half day from next time on.....
DeleteVery well written! What I especially like about your blogs is that they are nicely structured and you get the reader thinking! Interesting read for sure:).
ReplyDeleteBut tell me something-- those '2 precious minutes' with your son... would you give that up for anything in this world??? I doubt :).
hey Moitrayee....that's what....I teasure those 2 minutes...... I love every minute spent with him!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Just enjoyed reading it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sohini!
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