“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’
