The blue sky

As the clock ticks away and the figurative year 2013 comes to an end, I have amazingly managed to catch up on writing and post a few articles here and there, which should have been a fairly regular affair. I always say that and end up not writing. Nevertheless, I would today like to jot down a few random things that gave me an insight into the people and my life in this soon to be over year 2013. In 2013, I realized that - there is nothing like a 'bad' mother. Every mother, who is newly born with her baby faces, does face challenges and devises her own ways to cope up with them. - Motherhood is not always blissful. It can be extremely tiring and mundane and exhausting sometimes. One need not feel great about it everyday. One can feel miserable about it sometimes! - Euros can buy you anything and everything under the sun, alas not your loved ones. - Euros can't always balance out the mental satisfaction one derives in working what one really really likes. - Ger...

As I mentioned in my earlier post about Atul's absence and Tanay's illness and the impending and boring atmosphere during the biggest festival of Europe, I was actually saved by my loved ones and how? Definitely with the help of technology to a great extent. Usually, I am of the opinion that the technology has enslaved the mankind, but in these 3 weeks, I was connected with my family and close friends through mobile phone, who gave me mental strength to be alone here, in this cold and hostile environment. My colleagues, Mrunal, Shweta, Gauri made it a point to check on me daily, either by their presence or through whtapps. They stayed with me in the first week and helped me to sail smoothly through the first week. But in the later weeks, they all had already made plans for trips and hence they couldn't be there thereafter. My sister-in-law's brother and his wife, Jignesh and Rita stayed with me the longest and supported and helped me through the major tough times of ...

December is my most favorite month of the year. In India it is the best time to go for picnics, outings, sit and chit chat with friends and yes, most of the weddings happen during this month, so it is a great time to catch up with relatives and friends. In Europe, in Germany, it is the beginning of Winter and the most important festival, Christmas falls in this month itself. The festivities begun right from the first week of Christmas here. The shops and streets are lit, there are discounts all over and people are as usual on a shopping spree and in holiday mood. This year unfortunately, it was the most boring month for me, here in Germany. Atul was away in India for a holiday. Tanay and myself stayed back, though I so very wanted to go to India. But somehow, I convinced myself that I would be able to manage this front alone. I was so very wrong!! Barely 1 week passed by well as we both were busy with my office and his creche. But then suddenly my little baby developed conjunctivi...