A wish to speak to Badshah Khan
Granted with the Twitterverse coming together like never
before.
A desire to ruffle the handsome, young doctor’s hair
Fulfilled; with laughter all around.
A request for a better view,
Position of the bed changed.
Surrounded by her children,
Hopefully, painlessly, she breathed her last.
Friends, family mourned her passing,
Stories in their hearts, tears in their eyes, smiles on
their lips.
In her final years,
She taught everyone she interacted with
How to live—love, laugh and learn.
Her last act of mothering,
Maa put a magnifying glass
On the collateral
beauty around us.
Over the last two decades, Maa and I had started to believe that
everything happens for a reason; everything happens for the best and everything
happens only when we are ready for it. Maa passed away on 24 October 2017. Days
after Diwali, saving the festival for all those who loved her—her last act of
kindness towards her friends and family.
I think I was ready to begin the process of healing, when one
day I saw the thumbnail of the movie Collateral Beauty starring Will Smith on Amazon Prime Video. I proceeded to watch the movie. The
movie made sense to me on many levels. My first reaction of course was that I
should call Maa and tell her about it. I did the next best thing. I told Vivek
about it and he watched and liked the movie as well. And I hope that Akshat
will see this movie too, whenever he is ready.
The online reviews for the movie are not that flattering.
But for me, it came just at the right time with just the right message.
The fact that I read blogs of friends after years today and
the fact that I am writing again today, gives me hope that the process of
healing has begun.
I hope that I will be strong enough to do a yearly review
this year as well, knowing very well that Maa would not be the first to like it
and share it on her Facebook and Twitter timelines.
