Navneeth Neram......

There are many times when we stumble to answer the witty curiosity of our growing toddlers. Just thought would pen some of the cutest, sometimes embarrassing but still thought- provoking moments of my little one before it fades from my memory. May be when he grows up we can relish it together :) or I just leaf through these lovely growing years of his, when these spontaneous innocence fades into maturity.

Here goes few…

Navneeth: Thatha, what do you do as soon as you get up?

Grandpa : brush my teeth

Navneeth: But then you don’t have teeth…(With real serious face curious for an answer!)

In the music class,

Teacher: Why are you looking at her? look at me and sing!!

Navneeth: Because in my school “Aadit” was looking at “ Harini”

What a logic!

When I was trying to teach the concept of “maternal” and “paternal” relationships…

Mom: what do you call radha chithi(my sister)

Navneeth: Thinks….with help says maternal aunt

Mom: what do you call viji athai(dad’s sister)?

Navneeth: Again with help,,,says paternal aunt

Mom: rukku paat(My mom)?

Navneeth: maternal grandma

Mom: too very satisfied..says very good!!!!

 I was so pleased that he got it right, in the mindset to refresh it , asked him again , now can you tell me what you call radhai paati(dad’s mom)?

Answer: maternal mom!!

Mom: oh no!!!wrong!!

Navneeth: no, I am right..

Mom: Just now I told you navneeth,,,think and say,,,

Navneeth: you call dad’s mom as mom…..you have two moms…why do u say I am wrong?

Mom…ya, you are right!! L

Navneeth: say sorry then!!next time say it right..ok? “say ok…”

In the park, High on the ladder ready to slide,,,

Navneeth: mom, look how tall I am..

Mom: really tall dear..now can u slide..

Navneeth: Can I jump from here?

Mom: No..slide (annoyed)

Navneeth: y??

Mom; little agitated, slideeeeeeeeee,,,,,,,,,,

Navneeth: will I die if I jump from here?

(Loud enough for everyone to hear)

Mom: (embarrassed): pushing the leg to forcibly slide him down !!!!

In the school, when the teacher was discussing on the profession of parents…a small conversation between kids, which I would say gave me the satisfaction that defeated even the best appraisals of my career …

X to Navneeth: My mom is a teacher

Navneeth: without hesitation, my mom takes me from school to home!!

Thank God..Cows dont fly!

I was busy shifting my house and the magnitude of planning to vacate a house was just too much especially with my little one around getting attracted to all the items heaped in the trash. I was just wondering how few of them make it so easy. Whatever said, things had to move on and everything was getting delayed. The packers and movers were late by more than two hours after recursively calling them every half an hour and I was cursing as if I was handling the world’s toughest challenge and nothing was going my way.


Finally when they entered, it was three teenage guys and we immediately gave a piece of our mind the moment they stepped in. Calm and composed were two of them, assuring things will happen on time and one of them spoke out very politely-“Please talk to the owner. We are just part time workers not informed of any timings” and then started off with their work. I was taken aback for a moment and I bet if many of the highly placed professionals complaining of stress at work would have this attitude, life would definitely be better.

Though not great professionals at their work they went on with what little fun they could have for themselves without any frustrations. This made me wonder-oh my god, Here I am just sitting and getting restless and irritable, when someone else is packing my stuff doing with outmost care”.

After few hours of work, I came to know they were all final year engineering students doing this as part time job with their college reopening the next day. When asked, they told me they are paid 200 rupees per day for this tedious work. Had I been in this place, I am sure I would have felt the most unfortunate person struggling even for education. To add on, I would be cribbing on how to repay the loan for my studies earning this way?I could not stop relating the confidence and attitude of these guys compared to the demands of the children we are struggling to fulfill .

This made me relate to an article recently read wherein a person perfectly dressed for an interview got his dress spoiled by a crow that passed his head upon which he commented- Thank God, cows don’t fly”!

Well, I now feel it is more than a “just for laugh “column.

Back again!!

One thing on the priority list of all my backlogs is my blog. Like all the endless planning, which never gets implemented, keeping my blog active has also joined the list. Today, I somehow made time and decided to kick off this top item on the pending list.

Just thinking back, this blog had just started as a good companion to me and I enjoyed writing it .Now, I am looking for excuses why I have not been writing. Next in the pipleline of my mind is “why am I writing this?” Not because someone asked me to, nor that it is my exercise and of course not to impress anyone or win readers. It was to bottle up my silly thoughts and may be in future I read them and enjoy the reminiscences of incidents, my views and the state of my flickering mind just like how we browse our school photographs.

My thoughts had been flooding with various things to update on this blog, and the only lame excuse for not doing it was not taking time off for myself.

May be I was looking for an auspicious day to resume this work ?? :) and well in that case let that day be today !

So like all other things I assure to myself that I continue blogging and get my piece of satisfaction and contentment by jotting my thoughts and sharing it with all of you!!