Family

 “Mom”, I yelled.

 “I don’t want to clean! Why all this just for a day which simply passes by”.

Dad interrupted, “Ya if we didn't have Diwali some people would not even clean their houses”

Okay! I know it was a taunt for me

“I am cleaning dad, don’t add fuel on fire”

“Exactly! You today’s youngsters are of no use, you’ll only want to party, you’ll got no responsibilities, not bothered about traditions, cultures…” and I guess my mom continued till she realized that I was not listening.

I continued with my “mess-cleaning” removing old clothes, arranging books and my dad winked at me from behind the curtains.

‘That’s his hobby, why can’t mom realize dad’s having fun, why does she has to take everything seriously’, I murmured.

“Whatsapp?” my sweet little innocent brother obviously has amazing timings.

“Just go!”

“No, I am just asking ‘what’s up’?”

“I know what you are asking, go I said”

“Ya! You’ll only want phones all the time; I wonder with whom do you’ll chat so much? Even we don’t talk so much. It’s affecting your studies. See other students, they travel all over on scholarships, I am not saying you don’t study, all I am saying is you need to be focused, these computers and cell-phones will drag you down someday.”

And yes mind it- My mom never says anything, nobody’s mom actually does.

“Ya, Ya I know”

“Wait, let your friends come home today I’ll show them your cupboard. Let them also see how clean you are, I’ll even tell them you don’t brush or even take bath for days”

“Mom just two days I didn’t bathe, you are not telling my friends anything, whatever, even their cupboards are in the same condition”

“I am telling them, shouldn’t I?”

Out of everybody she asked dad, snap!

“Ya of course you should honey, let them also know how their friend is”

“Exactly” finally mom came down to one word replies.

“Mom just see they are laughing behind you”

Urgh! I got up and left disgusted, locked my room, sat up and reluctantly I smiled

‘Surely my family comes with a package of different opinions, but I love them, we all would be incomplete without each other and yes I am going to miss this once I leave this house’