Author: Tulika

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Old vs tall

How can someone short be old – that’s Naisha’s latest query. According to her as one gets older they just get taller. The idea that people stop growing taller at some point is alien.
I was telling them the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. When I came to the part where Snow White is ‘dead’ and the dwarfs are watching over her Naisha came up with an addition saying, “Woh log toh school bhi nahin jaa pate the.” Then I had to explain that they were old and didn’t go to school. Then followed a host of questions on how come they were old but were not tall (She’d seen pictures in her book).
Concepts which seem so simple are sometimes not so simple to explain.

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Dadu Dadima are here

Papa and mummy are here and no one could be happier than Hrit and Naisha. When Hrit woke up, the first thing he said was, “mama should I run and see if Dadu, dadima are still there.”
Naisha agreed to let mummy feed her.. a first. And she chats away non stop. She was telling her, “Dadi jab main kuchh sweet baat karti hoon toh mama kehti hai main dadima hoon.” Can’t deny she does chat like a dadima often.
While leaving for school she’s telling papa and mummy, “Apna dhyan rakhiyega.” Gawd!

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Can’t eat without Naisha

Yesterday we spent over half an hour trying to convince Hrit to eat a chocolate. Not that he didn’t want to eat it… it’s just that he wanted Naisha to eat her’s too with him. He just refused to eat it alone. Poor chap followed Naisha arround saying ‘Please khaiye na, Naisha.’ Unfortunately she didn’t want to eat her’s. No matter what we said to tell him it was okay to eat alone he just wasn’t convinced. And he went on and on begging Naisha. She got so irrtated that she whacked him and things just got out of control. We told him we’d get him another one to eat with Naisha.. no use. Then Papa (Sunil’s) said he’d give Hrit company… no use. Then we all begged Naisha to eat a little bit… no use again!! I thought I’d have to yell at both of them (unfair to Naisha, but too bad), to break the stalemate. But suddenly Hrit bhai decided that they’d both keep away ‘this’ chocolate and eat another one together. And they both agreed.
I have NO idea how that sorted the problem… why Naisha was ready to eat the second chocolate and why Hrit was okay with that or where that idea came from… but the crying ended with that thought.
And by the way… they didn’t eat even that ‘other’ sweet! Will someone try to fathom this out for me?

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Mama or Tulika?

Here’s a conversation I had with N:
Says she,” Mama when I grow up can I call you Tulika or will I have to still call you mama?”
“Well I am also growing up along with you. Even when you grow up I’ll be older than you so you’ll still have to call me mama,” I said. “But aap toh two times milk nahin drink karti hain toh aap kaise badi hongi? I will grow older than you,” comes her reply.
I’m now trying to get used to the idea of being on first name terms with my daughter… hmmmm.

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