Bonds of love

For how many weeks will your parents stay with you? 2 weeks?

This is the question I often get asked from my German friends or colleagues and it's get hard for me to explain that Indian parents usually stay longer than two weeks. They come from far as they stay away in India and we don't meet them often like the German colleagues whose parents are close-by or in the same country, at least. 

Connecting with nature or self?

"आई थांब, तुझ्यासाठी काहीतरी बनवतो मी".

Mom, let me make you a cool summer drink.

After returning from school today, he chirpily offered to do something for me. These moments are rare and don't see the light of day often, so before his mood changed, I happily told him to go ahead. 

 

From mid-June on, the serious business of learning, studies, and exams is over, and now it's just some or other activities at school where kids can relax and enjoy the time waiting for summer vacations. As an Indian parent, I can never get comfortable with T's attitude towards school and learning in general, but I am also learning as a parent, and I try to accept the German school system and try to see something good in it. Side-effects of learning the Bhagwad Geeta.