Fatherless to Fatherhood

I’m writing this post after a long long time. Lots of water has flown down the Ganges since my last post. Two life changing events occurred in my life.

Being Fatherless…

In the month of February (14th Feb) I suddenly received a call from my Mother in Greater Noida that my Father was feeling unwell and is a bit wobbly. It was just two days back I had dropped my Father hale and hearty and Shoma spoke to him in the morning when he said he has little temperature probably from the viral that I had few days back.

I didn’t think it was that serious but rushed to Greater Noida with a clear cut thought of getting him back home with me to Gurgaon by night. When I reached Grt Noida found Baba to be unconscious and thus took him to the nearby hospital. The doctor’s initially said he suddenly has low sugar levels and need to be injected with insulin. He initially responded well but immediately had breathing problems.

From there on it became a long battle of Nine days when I stayed in the hospital with Baba under ventilation in the ICU. He finally breathed his last on 23rd February.

It was a long and painful process of mental turmoil that I went through for months which is very difficult to explain. Never thought it will have such an adverse affect on my psyche and it changed me completely as a person.

Fatherhood….

On 28th May I was blessed with a little angel whom Pia started calling ‘Dia’ from day 1. Again seeing the little one for the first time made me feel completely at awe with myself with the thought that now I have these two little kids for whom I’m now completely responsible for everything and it’s 100% a part of my entity for rest of my life.

This is a clear example how life teaches you various lessons by throwing you into different circumstances and situations.

This year will always be remembered by me as a year where I lost a part of my life and also added an entity to my life.