Neglected daughter

She was the cute 24 year old who has joined the group at office and Suman was supposed to work with her, she being the project leader.

From day one, he had problem with her, he found her to be illogical, rigid and impractical. She obviously reciprocated the dislike for she sent a nasty mail complaining about him to her seniors. Fortunately, the seniors knew her and decided to counsel her. But team work being the big thing in the corporate world, he had to make an effort to befriend her.

He knew it was not possible but couldn’t afford the world to know about her. She seemed to have a deep routed phycholical problem. He knew she was insecure and wished to camofledge it with her socalled drive and determination.

Soon, for a team building workshop they went Goa. Now all experienced, seasoned warriors of the corporate world knows that in such workshops, everyone play a game a predecide how much to open up without being seen as not being opening up. So as negatives, one would talk about things which in reality is actually a positive.

However, she looked very emotional and disoriented. She complained about him to the group.

Yet, he was concerned about her and wanted to help her. He was much older than her and felt she needed help. They decided to talk after dinner. There was cocktails galore and she was on bloody marry.

It was 11pm when they walked into his room to talk. She didn’t want to talk infront of everyone. Probably, he had some hope deep down in his mind that he would bed her.

It turned out more depressing that he had bargained for.

She was the eldest daughter in a typical north Indian household. Her father used to work at some distant place and would come hope once a month. She would wait for him to come and keep things ready to impress him. But the time during his visit would be the most depressing time in the month. Her mother wouldn’t allow her borther and her to make any noise in the house fearing that it would disturb her father. She wouldn’t be allowed to spend much time with him fearing that that would bore him.

She loved him dearly and wished to spend all her time with him. But she was never allowed to have a easy, nice time with him. He didn’t wish it to happen.

So she grew up with monthly cycle of hope and anticipation and assured disappointment.

She gets the job in Mumbai and happily goes hope to celebrate Dewali. Something happens and he asked her, ‘ who asked you to come to Patiala?’.

At 2am, she decided to leave him room in the resort. She trips on the staircase and rolls down several flights. He panicked and dreaded the scandal. Fortunately for him, she just had some visible bruishes and no one saw her coming out of his roon that night.

No one said parenting is easy and least we can do is take responsibility for the clildren we bring to this earth. Children are the signature of the parents and one with little bit of self worth, would stirive to make sure that the signature is pretty.

Obviously, this is not true.