Grandparents: What an amazing relationship this is!!
My dad always says: Sood hamesha asal se jyada pyaara hota hai (Interest is always loved more than the principal)
And this saying is so relevant in case of a grand parent and grand kid relationship
I grew up in an extended family, surrounded by my dadi, babaji, buas, chacha, chachi !! Now that I think about it, every day seemed like a party with so many folks in the house. But, that also gave a lot of help to my mom, who was raising 3 toddler kids.
My dadi, as I can remember, always dressed in her saree and glasses, sat outside in the verendah in her chair, making sure the house help was doing her work diligently, the presswala bhaiya did not miscount any of the clothes and reminding doodhwala every single day to not mix any water in the milk.
And my babaji, such a simple and down to earth man. My most distinct memory of him was making sweets. Yes, every Diwali, we had a huge sweets making routine. He would start by making "bura" out of sugar syrup in a gigantic kadhai. From there, the rest of delicacies making routine for the festival would continue. And then distributing them among the factory workers on the Diwali night.
Those days were so simple, yet so precious.
Both of my grandparents are no longer in this world. I hope they are spreading peace and happiness in their new abode.
My dad always says: Sood hamesha asal se jyada pyaara hota hai (Interest is always loved more than the principal)
And this saying is so relevant in case of a grand parent and grand kid relationship
I grew up in an extended family, surrounded by my dadi, babaji, buas, chacha, chachi !! Now that I think about it, every day seemed like a party with so many folks in the house. But, that also gave a lot of help to my mom, who was raising 3 toddler kids.
My dadi, as I can remember, always dressed in her saree and glasses, sat outside in the verendah in her chair, making sure the house help was doing her work diligently, the presswala bhaiya did not miscount any of the clothes and reminding doodhwala every single day to not mix any water in the milk.
And my babaji, such a simple and down to earth man. My most distinct memory of him was making sweets. Yes, every Diwali, we had a huge sweets making routine. He would start by making "bura" out of sugar syrup in a gigantic kadhai. From there, the rest of delicacies making routine for the festival would continue. And then distributing them among the factory workers on the Diwali night.
Those days were so simple, yet so precious.
Both of my grandparents are no longer in this world. I hope they are spreading peace and happiness in their new abode.
