Most Beautiful Lady ever that I have come across.

I do not buy the belief "khoon ka rishta hi asli rishta hota hai". 
This elegant and beautiful lady; her house not more than 10 steps far away from my home. We share the grandma and grand daughter relationship. No, we don't have the blood linkage relationship, yet we share the most beautiful and unconditional relationship. 
I never saw my paternal or maternal grandparents in real life, neither I have encountered an empty feeling of not having my grandparents beside me; precisely because this lady always showered me with her unconditional love and care. 
Ever since I can remember, she always took care of me. I have lost the count of her saying "Tunia! Niko sa tante maha, miitoh so aah? " Meaning: Tunia! u will not drink "Mikko tea" (Myanmar origin tea), I will prepare for you ok? ", she always mispronounced Mikko as Niko; which I always corrected her and then we both always laughed it off. 
After her better half passed away, I started to spend more time with her; moved all of my books to her house and started to sleep in her house to accompany her. I always went to sleep in her house till I crossed my matric. We even sometimes slept together when the cold winter showed its might; her body warm easily cleared my blocked nose and made me sleep. Till today, she still  laughingly reminds me of the little Tunia saying to her "Ane! Kiih ngiinyi hile tola imi sa", Meaning: "Grandma! Let's sleep together with a smile on face"(Actual meaning of Ane is mother, but back then I thought Ane means Grandma. In Apatani, 'Ayo' is the word for grandma), Now that I think, it would have looked awful and somehow scary. 

Today I went to her house and saw that she is still able to weave; I was amazed to see and started to ponder, how is it even possible to have that level of good eye sight in this age to be able to weave and that too with those thin threads.
Then I asked her, for whom you are weaving this traditional "gale" (A skirt like attire)?  She said: it's for your eldest sister, and after finishing making gale for her, then i will make gale for each one of your elder sisters too, I interrupted her by saying: then what about me? you will not make gale for me? she said: of course I will make for you too. Then I said, why  my eldest sister should be the first, instead, since I am the youngest, I should be the first one for whom you will be making gale. 
Then she laughed and said: ok I will make this for you first and then I will make another one for your eldest sister. Then i took photographs by jokingly saying: for proof I am clicking this photos. 
Honestly, I know she is already very old now, and 'when there is a meeting, there is always a departure too'. I do not know when the departure will come and I do not even want to know. All I know is, I do not want the departure to come soon and till then, I want to treasure her and I want all of her love and care, I want her to pamper me the most, atleast from among my siblings. I know it may sound greedy or childish but, Is that too much to ask for? I am the youngest and probably I have spent time with her the most and therefore, it is fair to ask, atleast that is what I believe and yes people, that is my childish, illogical yet logical excuse to get her love and care the most. 

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