Today was one of the best days in my life!!
I literally had no one in the world except my wife, kid and in-laws.
No one with Indian roots...yes, I've two sisters, but they live far away one in US, another I don't know anymore. They must be busy with their lives to call or receive my calls.
Anyway, during Christmas every year...this thing pains...often a lot..
Today, we went to the British Council...some VIP was supposed to come it seemed..there were some posters about some London senate members, and one surname shocked Len!! I didn't even notice it....but I got curious and we waited silently in a corner...
And it was my cousin...that Banerjee is my cousin...my dad's elder brother's son..jethu ( possibly tau ji in hindi) passed away decade ago in UK, Jethi ma was British, she passed away lot earlier with cancer.
Jethu left India at a very young age, but used to visit Kolkata EVERY YEAR with Jethi ma.
They had a son and a daughter, we met every year...now this is that son, 3 years older to me, still single..done brilliantly in his professional life ( doctor turned political activist)..we both recognised each other within seconds ( after close to 2 decades)..
I felt so proud of him...finally someone from my Indian family, Len could meet.
We didn't have much chance to speak ( he thought I'm cheating on my ex wife with Len..he didn't even know I've left India for so many years) but we had a good cry ( so much to talk about, how a huge joint family just broke away with time...)...we plan to go out for dinner tonight and have a night out...
And finally I'm not going to cry secretly locked in the bathroom for no apparent reason this Christmas Eve.
Thank you God!! You rock!!!
I literally had no one in the world except my wife, kid and in-laws.
No one with Indian roots...yes, I've two sisters, but they live far away one in US, another I don't know anymore. They must be busy with their lives to call or receive my calls.
Anyway, during Christmas every year...this thing pains...often a lot..
Today, we went to the British Council...some VIP was supposed to come it seemed..there were some posters about some London senate members, and one surname shocked Len!! I didn't even notice it....but I got curious and we waited silently in a corner...
And it was my cousin...that Banerjee is my cousin...my dad's elder brother's son..jethu ( possibly tau ji in hindi) passed away decade ago in UK, Jethi ma was British, she passed away lot earlier with cancer.
Jethu left India at a very young age, but used to visit Kolkata EVERY YEAR with Jethi ma.
They had a son and a daughter, we met every year...now this is that son, 3 years older to me, still single..done brilliantly in his professional life ( doctor turned political activist)..we both recognised each other within seconds ( after close to 2 decades)..
I felt so proud of him...finally someone from my Indian family, Len could meet.
We didn't have much chance to speak ( he thought I'm cheating on my ex wife with Len..he didn't even know I've left India for so many years) but we had a good cry ( so much to talk about, how a huge joint family just broke away with time...)...we plan to go out for dinner tonight and have a night out...
And finally I'm not going to cry secretly locked in the bathroom for no apparent reason this Christmas Eve.
Thank you God!! You rock!!!
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