Monday, September 2, 2013

Memories. .

It has been a long hiatus from the blogosphere. A series of personal and professional commitments came during the last three months and I am still not settled.
Above all my grandfather, who was an inspiration for me to start writing passed away one month back. He has published one novel and 3 short story collections. His stories were simple and gave out a message to the readers. He put across his ideals and principles of life through his stories. The stories are simple enough to emotionally connect with the reader. As he himself tells in the foreword, the stories had come to him while he visited various places across India. Stories of people.
He has read only my first story and he pointed out certain flaws in it but was happy about it. I was apprehensive of showing him my later stories and I did not show him anymore. Simply because he was an authority in English grammar and I was not very good at it. Also I thought my content and language might be offensive but what did I know.
 I was with him for quite sometime in the hospital and that had given me a new perspective of life. The days were basically spent talking to him as he was fully oriented and had an excellent memory till his end.
I also got the single copy of his first book which was published around 40 years back. Till then I had read only his recent books. Reading those stories I realized the violence streak I sometimes have in my stories might be hereditary because unlike his later stories those stories were violent and brutally emotional. Now I regret not showing him my stories and missed his valuable observations.
The most important lesson I learned from him is not to be in a hurry, fate will twist you, throw you and take its own sweet time. We just have to be prepared.
He left us all with a great deal of memories.

May his soul rest in peace.

14 comments:

  1. May his soul rest in peace :) good to see u back !

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    1. Thanx Nazneen. . Sure hope to make some time to keep blogging. .:)

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  2. I can only imagine what you are going thtough, I lost mine when I was 16 and it still feels like it happened yesterday

    May god give you and your family the strength to get through this time

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    1. Thanx Ria. .
      And I am sorry to hear about your loss. . When emotions are strong memories doesn't fade as it usually does. .

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  3. God bless. Let him and his legacy be your inspiration. Prove that the writing gene is heriditary.

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    1. Thanks doc. . Although I dont think I can step in his shoes, the feel to express myself will be there always.

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  4. Hope you continue and make him proud :) :) :)

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    1. Hopefully Shreya. . Thanks for dropping by. . :)

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  5. I'm sorry for your loss. Let his memories guide and inspire you. Make him proud. :-)

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  6. The next time you pen down something wonderful, send a bluetooth thumbs up to the Cosmos.
    Their fair, organized system will deliver it promptly to its recipient :)
    Keep up the good work. Peace

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    1. Lol!! Thanx man!! Will do that next time.. :)

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  7. At 16 I lost my grandfather. Me, sister and parents were on a trip to Bombay-Goa during New year festive period. On the way back to Delhi, father got a call my grandfather sustained a heart attack and ..
    After he was gone, a void, an empty space that was never refilled lingers in my memory. That does not distinctly gives pain, but yes, a gloomy feeling creeps up.

    He was a good person at heart. Time heals all.

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