Adieu

To say or not to say. Two sides to the same coin and the coin means nothing. More and more comes this realisation that almost all that I have learnt, on my own or been forced to learn by virtue of whatever; is WRONG. What means what - we have got it all misplaced or at least I have. What you have been made to believe all your growing years, with passage of time you find it has less and less meaning.

More of sayers than of doers. Fun part is that, at that instance, all you can infer from is what you hear and what you see. What it really comes to be has only one JUDGE and that is TIME. Already I am anti social to a decent extent - I find very few takers or very few people who understand where I come from. Where this new leads to - well what is the point in guessing - because in the end it all is ZERO.

Karnail Singh Pannu aka Daddy was Sonia's grandfather. The tense being in past today, but so wasn't the case ten days back. He happened to witness ninety two summers/winters. How life evolved, how humanity descended, how crowded it became, how apparent busy people became - to name a few - he saw it all. He happened to see me for just four years; couple of times he was over at our place and many a times we were over theirs. He would sit amongst all of us, and once a while talk - reminiscing a memory, talking about his deceased wife or asking about general well being. He loved his wife and all through was committed to his family and their well being. Avid non-vegetarian right till his last days - his favourite dish was Mutton; in his world, chicken was Aaloo (potato).

Straight man, who did straight by others. He knew his time was up two days prior and stopped talking to one and all, stopped stressing on what is and what is not. Passed on effortlessly in his bed.

Adieu Daddy - if I can imbibe some in you..