Its been a month since I joined Reliance and it has been a learning experience so far. The office is huge and the work seems to be cool too. The best part, it is 10 mins from where I live. You cannot expect more from your life living in Mumbai. Sparing yourself from the daily grind (road and rail commute) is the biggest blessing you can get if you want to be a part of this metropolis. Ridhima from our conversation knows that her Papa has changed office and since the day one had been pretty curious to go see how her pappa's office also one of the biggest corporate offices in India looks like.
Looking at the process orientation and an office culture that defines every movement to the core I was little hesitant asking permission to make my family take a tour. To my surprise, on a Saturday morning, we reached the main gate of RCP (Reliance Corporate Park), that's what they call it, asked permission from the security there and we were let in without any hassle. Thanks to the summer heat, we headed to the mall first to cool ourselves off, did some shopping, saw a couple of things and headed home. She was happy and I won.
27th April 2018 was Ridhima's last day in school before summer vacation starts and she had been counting that day from I don't know how many weeks. She doesn't understand the calendar much but kept on asking the date multiple times a day. I have joined Reliance recently and we have no plans for a holiday, unfortunately. I have been persuading Rinku to pay a visit to my parents but this plan well remains a plan so far. We are thinking to send her to the summer camp that is being organized by her school and make sure she learns something and doesn't get bored sitting at home. Something should be finalized by tomorrow.
Ridhima is a talkative child and a busy one. She wants to play all the time and matching her energy sometimes becomes a problem for us. I think that's where I miss my own parents who were here until February and were so much engaged with Ridhima that she didn't even need to miss her parents. It was a win-win for both my parents and my Ridima. My parents needed somebody to talk to and Ridhima needed the same for her never-ending stories. They made a very good company. The result is, still today, Ridhima is not happy with her grandma because she left her when she was sleeping. Ridhima still cries when she sees her on a video call.
Living with your old parents still makes a lot of sense. Nothing matches the unconditional love and affection you receive from them. Nothing matches camaraderie they can share with your child- their grandchild. I feel so lucky myself.
We should have schools where retired people/grandparents should work as the teachers. They match the vibe of the toddlers so well and it creates a perfect combination of a wholesome growth of kids. I am wondering why we have not started it yet.
