Its monsoon in Janakpur.. But aside from a little down-pour every now and then the weather is mercilessly hot this time of year. Despite my moms constant nagging I did not have my dinner with the rest of my family because I was having this fierce debate with a random guy on internet that I thought I was winning. She agreed to serve me dinner after she was done with namaz. It was almost 11:30, mom had just finished making loads of dua for me and my sisters :D and I was still occupied with my heated debate - that random internet guy was a major douche-bag and very persistent at that. She quickly discerned my mood when she saw me banging on my keyboard. Without even asking me to go to the dining room for dinner. She brings dinner in my room and sits next to me with her dinner too. I pay no attention because Im still at it guys (trolling some random douche). I realize I need to wash my hands before Ive my dinner (not so immaculate as you might think) When Im about to get up, I see her plate. Looks like shes having left-over from last night. I ask her why, she smiles and says shes not so hungry. I quickly go to the washroom and come back since Im having that very important world-affair diplomatic talk with that random internet douche remember? I continue staring at the screen even when Im eating ..desperately looking for links to post to validate my arguments. She coughs and interrupts me. She says, Son you know, one should not chat while eating. I ask WHY?!? out of sheer surprise of course.. and also with a condescending grin on my face. She says she saw my dad read some article on internet that suggests using mobile phones while having meals can cause cancer. She quickly added that my sister has a nasty habit of putting her phone under her pillow when she goes to bed. I could sense her discomfort when she had to make that stuff up about cancer. But then I also realized that I was having dinner with my mother after a long long time. I also did not have a proper conversation with her since I cannot even remember when. She does however call me on my phone from time to time or talks to me when dad calls me on viber, but you know you those conversations dont last longer than 2-3 minutes. They usually begin with - How are you.. are you taking care of yourself properly.. What did you have for dinner.. dont stay up too late.. eat lots of fruit. And take care. Suddenly I felt very guilty because I thought I care more about other people than my mom. I mean I generally worry more about what to say when Im talking to people in my hostel. Im very careful about the words I use. So how could I have been so negligent towards my mom. Maybe I took her for granted. No matter what I did, she love me anyway. Right? With all these thoughts running around my head I threw my phone away, pretending to believe her cancer theory. I said, Shabnam should not sleep with a phone under her pillow. She does not realize the health risks. There was a glow on moms face. She started telling me about all of her weird conspiracy theories. I nodded in agreement every time because I really love her and I can not imagine my life without her.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:11:41 +0000
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