Thursday, May 04, 2006

My Mother

She is a working-wife. She is a house wife. She is a homeopathic doctor. She does most of the chores at home. She feeds us. She stimulates us. She binds us all together in a way that we are the strings of her guitar. Without her, we would almost fall apart. She keeps us fine tuned, and allows us to freely march into our own ambitions with little regard for anything else. Such little regard, that at times I feel I have disappointed her with my adamant harshness. She imbibes all our frustrations of school, work and play, and gives us the most amount of care. She doesn't abide with the Newton's 3rd law. She cares, and however we are with her, she will always continue to care. Every evening, when I come home tired and dead at 6:00 pm, my food is ready on the table. Every morning, she gets up at 5:40 am to make sure I get my school tiffin and my morning breakfast.

After all the hardwork at home, she has many achievements to be proud of. She is an ardent meditator who has done 3 Vipassana courses and has also travelled to Burma for her meditation. She has been in many news publications for her homeopathy, and on the 3rd of May, 2006 she was on the radio, on 99.3 Dubai FM. She is one of the most caring and supportive mothers ever, and I know that she will always be there for me, and for her entire family, like she always has.

It's just that I don't appreciate her efforts enough. So this is how I want to redeem myself.
"Dr.(Mrs) Deena Malpani, Mum, Wife - I salute you. We salute you." - Abha, Anish, Kishore.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

omg!! that is the SWEETEST blog ever!!ur mom must have had tears in her eyes after reading that!i think ALL moms are extremely special.. so selfless ALL THE TIME!well written!=D

Abha Malpani said...

Written from the heart. Mum apparently reads your blog religiously; I hope she doesn't miss this post.

Anonymous said...

That was a lovely, lovely blog! Motherhood is a self fulfilling role and doesn't seek out appreciation but when it does come it is a very very special & uplifting moment. As somebody elses mother I'd like to say to everyone, please do spare us a thought but do not turn us into saints...forgive us for our sins too!!

Tejas said...

nice post dude...seriously kudos man even tho ure sat is still going on...i know what u mean about the harshness...im a dog when it comes to things lke that...good post anish

Anonymous said...

heyy anish..really good post..deena aunty in definately all that..haha i shouldn't let my mom read that or she'll go mad cause i didn't write a similar post for her..hmm..good idea..lol thanks for the idea..;) best of luck for ur SATs..

Anonymous said...

Ello Anish! Being someone who doesn't really give his mum the best publicity, I commend you on another fine post! The one thing you've mentioned all through your post, which I believe is the most admirable quality of a parent, is the unconditional love and commitment to their child.I hope your mum is honored to read this.Who knows maybe you made hundreds of people burst into tears and call their parents up!
Cheerio!

Anonymous said...

I was talking to my mom just a few minutes before reading your blog. As i live a few miles away from home, i don't see as much of her as i am used to so yes harry i for one had tears rolling down my eyes! I think this blog is the perfect reminder to all those people living so close to home who take their moms for granted. It is also the best reminder for me because apart from all that is already mentioned in your blog my mom is and will always be my closest friend. That's what represents unconditional love more than anything else. I know she's always there for me "no strings attached" (no pun intended- honest!). Your mom sounds like an incredible person. I hope she reads this blog! btw- BEST OF LUCK for ur SATs!!!

Anonymous said...

omgg anish! that was soo touchy!!! all of us do take our mums for granted most of the tiem dont we? omg...ur mum sounds like...just amazing! anyway im gonna go give my mum a hug now =) xoxo

Anonymous said...

altho, if said mom pretends to do said things, no, pretends to care abt said things, in a whirl of gilmore girls-esque mother-daughter/son times, then is said mother worth verses of adoration?
however, u cld argue tht atleast mother pretends to care. why? social pressure? it goes with the whole 'career woman' thing her twistd mind wants 4 herself. if she lives in a fantasy where her life was not cut short by an arrangd marriage, shld u do anything? how abt feel disgustd at her 4 faking a life, for doing things only because she knws she shld, not because she wants to? leading others on, making them live 4 those few brief moments when the concept of 'family' is not totally alien, making them hate all inbetween. when ur indifferent to ur mom, bcoz she is 2 u, because she;s screwing around. anish, nice blog, really. sweet, disney worthy. but im sorry, didnt make me feel anything 4 mother dearest. as far as im concernd, and pretty sure im not the only one, 'mother', 'mom' is an illusion.

anish said...

anonymous - u are so very negative. well maybe you are right about some mothers, or maybe u are right about ur mother being as u have described 'a motehr', but i really dont see where u are coming from. dont insult 'mothers' in general...insult ur mother if you think that's what she deserves..or rather criticize ur mum..because u dont know how other mothers are.

In my post, i have always referred to my mother and not as 'mother''s on a whole. but other people could relate to the post because well their mothers were similar, and thats why the above comments.
Basically i feel u are judging mothers by taking ur mum as an example. what u say in ur comment might be true for ur mother, but its def not true for mine..so jsut be careful who u offend.

anish said...

anonymous - (i read it agn) 'social pressure'- how?! please re-think. appreciate ur contribution though.

Anonymous said...

i would have loved to have had someone just like you as my son... you make every mother proud, especially yours!
god bless you
gulshan aunty

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