One good thing out of this lockdown is the amount of time I get to spend with Junior. Luckily for us his aunt also got tied in our place when the lockdown was enforced. All of a sudden he has 2 more people to share his house with during day time has made him super excited. I could see in practice that when we talk more to the kids they pick up more words and sentences and as compared to how he used to communicate, his vocabulary has improved. Logically with more people to interact he gets into different conversation topics as well and that helps. Other than that, he is getting extremely naughty and at times it is scary to even think how he is going to adapt to school when things go back to what they were before. From directing us to speak our designated dialogues to casting us on different characters in his -plays, he is inventing newer games to play. Never did I realize that “Hide-and-seek” is a possible game in our 2 bhk house. I always think on straight lines and with junior, from dot to fractals everything is possible. He simply redefined the rules of the game and we all get to enjoy along with him. Even my mom participates in his version of this game!!! Never imagined the amount of fun one can have with just a simple balloon to tap around. With junior I literally had to rethink how things can be made more simple and how simple things can be used to derive maximum joy. All the while I was thinking puzzles and word games and number games to keep him occupied. All he needs was a color pen and all the walls have “murals” at his height level. I have already kissed the advance amount good bye unless I repaint the house. But it is worth every penny of it. He is fond of imitating me and proudly tells me whenever he wears a striped tee shirt that he is wearing a dress like me. Even while sleeping he would curl up in a way like I do and would tell everyone that he sleeps like me. To him doing things that I can do is like happy tasks. Having already byhearted every single species of dinosaur we are in search of newer animals to learn. Do suggest 😊
What makes a movie tick?? If anyone has a sureshot answer to this question every movie getting released would be a Superhit isnt it. To me whether a movie goes on to become a hit or not..if you are able to relate to it..that itself is a victory for that creator. Dasvidaniya is one such movie. It got released quite sometime back and sank without a trace for obvious reasons. Happened to watch it today and here is the review :) This movie maynot be everybody's cup of tea considering that it moves at a slow pace and doesnt have feet tapping melodies or any peppy songs. Nor does it have slap stick comedy scenes which might draw repeat audience. This is one movie best watched in DVD..at your own leisure..just soaking in its pace and relishing just the same. If its Nasseruddin shah with Vaswani 3 decades back..Vinay Pathak and Ranbir Shourie are no less a pair to match wits with them. Add in the ever dependable Rajat Kapoor you've a formidable cast. Throw in a decent script and lo..yo...
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The young man has wonderful imagination. Nice that you let him go with it. The traditional Indian way is to give a child with good imagination a whack and tell him to be "samaththu"
Next post, complete with photos - Gils sweeping the house. Gils doing pocha. Gils doing the utensils. Gils cutting veggies. See that dust in that corner ? Even the useless maid swept better :):):)