When life is all about the "Pots" - Little A

3rd March 2010 evening:

Little A goes to Potty chanting:
"Mamma main potty bhi bolti hoon,
loo bhi bolti hoon,
toilet bhi bolti hoon,
bathroom bhi bolti hoon,
washroom bhi bolti hoon!"

(Little A goes to Potty chanting:
Mamma, I say potty also,
loo also,
toilet also,
bath room also,
washroom also!)

Mean Mamma thinking:
Yeah yeah, now we know what your life is centred on!

Mean mamma, who detests nothing more than potty,
flushing the pot twice before little A is done.

Indignant Little A:
"Tumne 2 2 times kyon dhul diya?
Kya main smelly cat hoon?"
(Why did you wash me 2 2 timezzz?
Am I smelly cat?)..

Mean mamma suitably chastised: "Okay okay Little A, please continue, sorry now!"

Little A singing while still on the pot.

Mean mamma: "What are you singing?"

Little A: "Song"

Mean mamma: "What song?"

Little A: "Potty Song"

Mean mamma: "How does the potty song go?"
Mean mamma is thinking, now this one she can't answer, smirk smirk.

Little A: "Down"

Mean mamma turns her attention to other inanimate bathroom articles.

P.S.: The only time in life I enjoy being outsmarted, is by my daughter..... Does that say something?

Our festivals are not children friendly... our way of life is!

Yesterday was Holi,
the festival after which the term "holiday" was coined!
Okay, I'm kidding... ;-0


A little bit of background:
Holi is the spring festival in large parts of India,
a time for people to:

1. Play with colours,
   colouring friends & relatives with dry colurs initially, & gruesome wet colours later..
   (so that for one day, all Holi palying Indians, have an uniform skin shade..
   "Dark Purple..turned green & red!!!" I think this is where the united colours idea originated!)
2. eat sweets, (unlimited is the key word here.)
3. drink Thandaii (which comes in alcoholic & non-alcoholic flavours),
4. & generally make a merry riot!
   
   
   So little children like little A,
   little ones below 6 yrs old,
   get really frightened seeing normally sedate adults going all rowdy..
   
   At least my brave little A,
   cried every time someone put colour on me...
   Oh! Mamma...
   
   & I thought about it:
   Indian festivals: Holi & Diwali as currently celebrated are not children friendly!
   
   They are completely meant for adults,
   & adults with gumption at that..
   Adults who are letting their hair down...
   Enjoying, & not being paragon of virtues for a change....
   
   & the reason being,
   every other day of the average Indian way of life is completely child centred!
   
   Do we feel guilty to go dancing without our kids?
   Yes!
   Do we feel guilty to enjoy a movie without our kids?
   Yes!!
   But do we feel guilty to play with colours or burst crackers to an inch of our lives with our little kids?
   No way!!!
   
   East is east is east is east...... :-)