For the child in you.

Here I am, doing what I love to do the most, writing. :-)

Though I have been a bit busy, all along I kept thinking about things that I would want to write and share with my readers. My winter vacation in Chennai, the happiness and joy of clearing Common Proficiency Test (CPT), life at college, road trips, places that I have visited, people I have met, there is just so much to talk! And yes, the vacation part, I'll post a travelogue soon, everything about it, in detail. College too, had a lot to offer in the store. Arthashatra, Dept. of Commerce, St. Francis' fest came up, the first semester ended, and what more, a couple of months in the second semester and I'm done with the first year. :-D Then came the CPT result clearly stating that I passed the exam and the following month a set of 20 books knocked at my door, huge and fat ones, "Hi! Its the IPCC material buddy." It stood there, right on my doorstep, smirking. 20 books could just be a number to you, but it seems like climbing Mt. Everest to me, not impossible but kind of difficult. To all those who have successfully finished their Chartered Accountancy course, #respect. One of my teacher says that only those who are willing to dive deep inside the sea will find the treasure lying on the sea bed. True, no? 

Sometimes it feels nice, that life isn't that boring, and at times it tires me out, too much is too bad right. That amount of hardwork put in to cope up with anything and everything always falls short I think, even by the 0.00000001th percent. Right at that moment all I can ask for is relaxation. Writing is one of the best things I can do to be happy. Happy, from the inside. :-) Let me add one more point to my list of stress busters - being with kids. Last week, my family celebrated the event of house warming. The whole family was there, my uncles and aunts, cousins and friends, it is always amazing to  be together. Oh yes, the kids were also there, around 6 of them, and even more. Aged from 2 years to 5 years, these little ones made everyday a special day. Their innocence, conversations with them, playing with them, their facial expressions, totally take you to a different world. One night, I was trying to take a proper picture of mine with my beloved bava, my 5 year old bava. Problem is, these kids don't stand in one place even for a second. He made me run behind him, plead him, all for one good picture. Finally he somehow agreed and *click*, photo! :-D Pictures with kids are my most favourite ones, the smile, eyes, priceless. Then my bava's cousin walks up to us and shows off his T-shirt, a bright red one with Batman on it. 

"Batman! So awesome, I love him", I said. 

"Batman is the besht. He is masth", said the little Batman.

"I know right! Have you watched all the movies of Batman?", I asked him.

It was my bava's turn to interrupt, he got bored with our Batman-the-super-guy, I suppose. :-P "Soumya vadina, I have Superman's T-shirt also!", he too wanted to show off! "I love Superman too, Batman and Superman make the best of superheroes.", this made him happy. The other kid said, "I have Spiderman's T-shirt!". "Isn't he like the coolest superhero!". Oh, I have this huge thing for super humans and sci-fi comics. Poor thing, my bava couldn't think of another superhero. He was silent, listening to us talk endlessly about our heroes. I had to cheer him up, "Bava! You have the Chota Bheem T-shirt no?". That's it, his face started gleaming and after that, for 20 minutes or so, he refused to shut his mouth and went on and on and on about Chota Bheem. About how Chota Bheem finishes off all the laddoos at once, his gang of adventurous friends and their tales. Let alone the stories, he even sang the title song of that cartoon. Both the kids made me smile and laugh and told me 101 things their heroes can do with ease. Another bava of mine sang songs from the recent Telugu movies. My uncle hints the movie's name and there, he is all ready to sing a hit number. When he is bored he imagines himself to be Spiderman and sings "Spiderman! Spiderman! Spider spider spiderman!" For the background music effect you see. ;-) The last thing I'll ever feel when I'm with these kids is tension and sadness. Take out some time to talk to them if possible, they blabber things which are meaningless, even if there is some meaning to it, we elders choose to ignore it thinking they are just children. They do what they like and when they like. They smile for no reason and cry too. They dance and sing, learn a new thing, even teach us that the simplest is the happiest. Only the kids can get angry and be happy the next minute as if nothing happened. If only we can forgive and forget that easily. Like I told before, 'happy, from the inside', is possible when there are children surrounding you. This post is to refresh those memories when I was a kid of my bava's age. Naughty and talkative. Four more months, and I will be an adult forever. Still, there will be a child in the inside of me. Childhood, the best phase of life. 

A baby, 5 months old, grabbed my finger and held it tight with his tiny fist. He slowly went back to sleep and smiled, slightly. I forgot what being worried felt like. Happy again, from the inside. :-D

Soumya Inavilli