Troublesome Morning
"Pareshan karte he ye bachen-" A Punjabi lady on salwar kameez complained to me, a total stranger, about her grandchildren. I smiled at her.
It was obvious she was looking for someone to share her momentary frustration.But she was all in smile and overjoyed with affection towards the kids.
I think like me,they too were returning after a brisk shopping.I looked at the kids.
One was drinking a juice and one playing with some toy and running around the pavement, the other one examining the waste bin and looked trying to learn its mechanism.While trying to empty the can,the juice spilled to the boy's face.Without wiping it off he rushed to dispose it in the waste bin.
May be their parents were at work. And the grandmother took them out. When parents themselves could not manage one kid these days, how could an elderly take care of three naughty kids. They were doing all mischiefs just near the road.
And I realised her next Herculean task will be to cross the road with those little ones. Somehow I managed to stop a line of vehicles, making sure that all kids were safe at her hands,we all crossed the road.
To avoid huge expenditure in hiring housemaids, most of the expatriate community bring their old parents to take care of their kids as it gives them more security and less tension. They find it safe to leave their children with the grandparents than someone hired. But, isn't it a cruelty towards the elderly who needs rest?
When the lady said, "pareshaan karte hain ye bachen(these kids are troubling me)" she was referring to her unruly grandchildren. But isn't it her own son or daughter troubling her by making her do a nanny's work?
It was obvious she was looking for someone to share her momentary frustration.But she was all in smile and overjoyed with affection towards the kids.
I think like me,they too were returning after a brisk shopping.I looked at the kids.
One was drinking a juice and one playing with some toy and running around the pavement, the other one examining the waste bin and looked trying to learn its mechanism.While trying to empty the can,the juice spilled to the boy's face.Without wiping it off he rushed to dispose it in the waste bin.
May be their parents were at work. And the grandmother took them out. When parents themselves could not manage one kid these days, how could an elderly take care of three naughty kids. They were doing all mischiefs just near the road.
And I realised her next Herculean task will be to cross the road with those little ones. Somehow I managed to stop a line of vehicles, making sure that all kids were safe at her hands,we all crossed the road.
To avoid huge expenditure in hiring housemaids, most of the expatriate community bring their old parents to take care of their kids as it gives them more security and less tension. They find it safe to leave their children with the grandparents than someone hired. But, isn't it a cruelty towards the elderly who needs rest?
When the lady said, "pareshaan karte hain ye bachen(these kids are troubling me)" she was referring to her unruly grandchildren. But isn't it her own son or daughter troubling her by making her do a nanny's work?
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