Ridhima left for Pune along with her mom and masi (aunt) yesterday. She wasn’t very excited to go there and wanted to go near a sea-beach instead. I somehow calmed her down and convinced her that she will have a lot of fun in Pune too as her mamaji (uncle) is coming to meet her all the way from America. Plus her brothers are there to hang around with. Rinku later phoned me saying that she didn’t create any fuss in the train; it was surprising as she gets cranky while traveling especially when she doesn’t see her papa around.
I called Rinku up last evening to know how she was doing and she confirmed that everything is under control. She is rather enjoying her stay at a comparatively spacious house. Children love open spaces. I wish metros like Mumbai were a bit kinder to kids. Living above the ground is fine when cities need to accommodate a lot of people. Adults gradually get used (compelled) to the new cramped place but it is the kids who suffer the most. However big your apartment may be, if it is above the ground it is always difficult for your child to dance, play and fall the way she wants. I wish I could afford more space for Ridhima too.
She appeared a bit jittery on the phone when Rinku called me in the morning, today. Ridhima was repeatedly saying ‘bring me back to Mumbai papa’. Perhaps she was scared of talking to her mamaji, Rinku informed that she had a conversation with him this morning and have been upset since. She along with her mom and masi will hopefully be back to Mumbai by Friday. I wish she calms down a little and have fun the way she wants to.
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