At the start of Olympics I told my son about it and he said yes yes I know and so am studying well. I became extremely happy and tears filled my eyes...my son has grown up so much that he is studying hard to get my permission for watching Olympics. Then the day Olympics started I dragged him to watch TV with me and said "let's watch the opening ceremony". He gave me a confused look and said - but there was nothing like it last time. My happiness knew no bounds thinking he remembers Beijing Olympics!! I kissed him and asked "you remember last Olympics?" With an even more confused look he said "Yes, I did not do good in English but my Science and Maths Olympiad scores were good last year." I did not speak for almost 2 minutes. Well, he confused Olympics and his Olympiad tests!! And that's why he was studying hard and that's also why he remembers what happened last time. I laughed hard and kissed him again and told him about the games thinking all the while why did I goof up like that?
Then from day 1 we have been watching Olympics together. After office and school hours we sit together and do homework in front of the TV. We watched how Indian archers went down, how India lost in Rowing, Judo. But we also watched how Gagan Narang won Bronze. How Saina Nehwal and P. Kashyap fared well and advanced. We cheer whenever Indians are in action shouting yay Saina yay, or Swarn Singh zaldi kar... or Jwala Gutta smash them!!
My main aim was to introduce this cricket crazy kid to a volley of other sports, to widen his horizon. Well, I know this is too much, but do not forget I am an Indian mother who wants the kid to be no less than a Superman! I might go around saying it does not matter what he becomes when he grows up, but in my heart I hope he excels in everything!!
So on the 6th day of the games, I have a kid who wants to row, play hockey, become a shuttler and also a great archer. He wants to get all the medals possible to India and make India a rich country!! Someone told him that Britishers took away all our Gold and Olympics is happening in London, so he thinks he can get them back!!
You can say I achieved what I wanted - a child who knows many games and is interested in all. But trouble was still there... I found him watching the India-Sri Lanka match with much more attention than ever. So to be sure if I succeeded I asked him, "Lovu, when you become an archer or a shuttler won't you miss cricket?" He replied without looking at me "Mamma, Olympics happen every four years, so rest of the time I will play cricket and will play all the other games once in every 4 years!!!" Surprisingly I was happy to hear this, I loved his passion for cricket. He is a true Indian after all!! Whatever happens to us, cricket is our religion!!
Then from day 1 we have been watching Olympics together. After office and school hours we sit together and do homework in front of the TV. We watched how Indian archers went down, how India lost in Rowing, Judo. But we also watched how Gagan Narang won Bronze. How Saina Nehwal and P. Kashyap fared well and advanced. We cheer whenever Indians are in action shouting yay Saina yay, or Swarn Singh zaldi kar... or Jwala Gutta smash them!!
My main aim was to introduce this cricket crazy kid to a volley of other sports, to widen his horizon. Well, I know this is too much, but do not forget I am an Indian mother who wants the kid to be no less than a Superman! I might go around saying it does not matter what he becomes when he grows up, but in my heart I hope he excels in everything!!
So on the 6th day of the games, I have a kid who wants to row, play hockey, become a shuttler and also a great archer. He wants to get all the medals possible to India and make India a rich country!! Someone told him that Britishers took away all our Gold and Olympics is happening in London, so he thinks he can get them back!!
You can say I achieved what I wanted - a child who knows many games and is interested in all. But trouble was still there... I found him watching the India-Sri Lanka match with much more attention than ever. So to be sure if I succeeded I asked him, "Lovu, when you become an archer or a shuttler won't you miss cricket?" He replied without looking at me "Mamma, Olympics happen every four years, so rest of the time I will play cricket and will play all the other games once in every 4 years!!!" Surprisingly I was happy to hear this, I loved his passion for cricket. He is a true Indian after all!! Whatever happens to us, cricket is our religion!!
