Today i was reading "The Gift" by Nora Roberts and coincidentally yesterdays Ananda vikatan too carried an article on the same topic by S.Ramakrishnan.
Gift - dictionary meaning - v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Aana, innaikku it has lost its sheer meaning. We shower our children with abundance that they lose the real meaning of gift. Their joy in seeing new things are just in minutes only.
Still, i remember my first real gift. A magnetic chess board which i used to keep under lock and key. Those days there were no toys to play with. We would do with kottankuchi , old utensils and with all the 5 paise mittais. Girls having barbie dolls were looked upon with great admiration and jealousy. Having a cycle was luxury. Today, P has this toy car worth 3500 and it is just lying in a corner and his tri-cycle and bi-cycle adorn various corners of our hall. Only when company arrives those would be touched upon.
Elders though they say that "dont get anything and dont waste your money" actually look upon for the things. Its not the cost or the worth of the gift that matters to them but the act itself plays major role. Till i reached my 12th std i never knew the birthday of my paatti. All of a sudden gnanothayam happened and found from her. Still i remember , after attending tax class, i purchased just bar chocolates and ice-creams(she loves them) and made a call from PCO to home. I wished her and here she was all the more embarrassing and it was a lovely sight.
And so, i made it a point to get something or the other. Once, my aathukarar got her a exclusive music player and she just keeps and takes care of it like any other child and man you should say she is so possessive about that player. Never allows P to touch even...
Whenever aathukarar goes out-of-station and comes back, Ps standard dialogue would be 'Enakku enna vangindu vanthurukka'.
My first gift from my aathukarar was a silver chain and i gave him a wall hanging saying
" One heart-to-heart
You talk, i will listen"
Annaikku intha gift ah paarthu emaanthathuthaan , innaiya varaikkum atha nee follow pannathe illa nnu sollinde iruppar. To remind himself and yours truly, it adorns our bedroom.(To be precise it was given before 13yrs)
Gift - dictionary meaning - v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Aana, innaikku it has lost its sheer meaning. We shower our children with abundance that they lose the real meaning of gift. Their joy in seeing new things are just in minutes only.
Still, i remember my first real gift. A magnetic chess board which i used to keep under lock and key. Those days there were no toys to play with. We would do with kottankuchi , old utensils and with all the 5 paise mittais. Girls having barbie dolls were looked upon with great admiration and jealousy. Having a cycle was luxury. Today, P has this toy car worth 3500 and it is just lying in a corner and his tri-cycle and bi-cycle adorn various corners of our hall. Only when company arrives those would be touched upon.
Elders though they say that "dont get anything and dont waste your money" actually look upon for the things. Its not the cost or the worth of the gift that matters to them but the act itself plays major role. Till i reached my 12th std i never knew the birthday of my paatti. All of a sudden gnanothayam happened and found from her. Still i remember , after attending tax class, i purchased just bar chocolates and ice-creams(she loves them) and made a call from PCO to home. I wished her and here she was all the more embarrassing and it was a lovely sight.
And so, i made it a point to get something or the other. Once, my aathukarar got her a exclusive music player and she just keeps and takes care of it like any other child and man you should say she is so possessive about that player. Never allows P to touch even...
Whenever aathukarar goes out-of-station and comes back, Ps standard dialogue would be 'Enakku enna vangindu vanthurukka'.
My first gift from my aathukarar was a silver chain and i gave him a wall hanging saying
" One heart-to-heart
You talk, i will listen"
Annaikku intha gift ah paarthu emaanthathuthaan , innaiya varaikkum atha nee follow pannathe illa nnu sollinde iruppar. To remind himself and yours truly, it adorns our bedroom.(To be precise it was given before 13yrs)