I am still stupid, thank you very much :D

Everybody seems to be writing about the days when they were kids (well, actually, there are only two as far as I know) but anyways now I am joining that list. So I set out to search for a suitable story. The only thing that came to my mind was my first ever letter. Wrote it to my mum. It will sound really weird (meaning it will be kinda stupid, idiotic and innocent in a sweet kinda way). A bit of history/ explanation first before getting down to the letter. My dad thinks that giving money to beggars is a total waste (trust me; this explanation bears relevance to the letter). Mum, on the other hand, doesn’t think so. She hands out money to anyone with a hard luck story (I guess most mothers are like that). As a result, I, as their child, do my bit of charity with a bit of level headedness. But I parroted whatever she said when I was a kid; before I learned to think for myself.

Anyways this letter was written when I was 5 or 6 years old. I’ve written it in capitals cause that’s how I’d written the letter. So you’ve got to put up with the spelling mistakes and grammar. I think I wrote it before I learned punctuation but what the hell………… It will sound stupid and innocent (that stupid part of me stayed)………………

DEAR MUMMY

ARE YOU FINE. DON’T ASK ME I AM ALWAYS FINE. I AM LOVING THE WORLD. I AM LOVING YOU ALSO I AM LOVING POOR PEOPLE ALSO. I WILL ALWAYS BE LOVING YOU ALSO. WHEN I COME TO MADRAS I WILL GIVE MONEY TO THEM. BUT ONE THING DADDY IS NOT HELPING THE POOR AND HE IS NOT GIVING MONEY TO THEM. SEE AT THE BACK. I AM JOINT IN ONE THING IT IS A SONG I HAVE TO TELL IT IN THE STAGE SO DADDY IS THE CHIEF QUEST IN THE FUNCTION. DADDY DON’T WANT TO BE CHIEF QUEST IN THE FUNCTION. IF IT IS ME MEANS I WILL ALWAYS BE GIVING THEM MONEY.

FROM

GAYATHRI

AND FAMILY

Incidentally, dad was the chief guest and not the chief quest. The bit in the end about the money refers to the beggars. The “see at the back” part is my version of PTO. And yeah, from the time I was five till the time I was eleven, mum was at Chennai doing her PG and then recuperating from two surgeries. So grandma looked after me and my sis. That explains the reference to Chennai in the letter. Well, actually, that explains why I wrote the letter in the first place. I missed her. Though at the age of five I probably missed her giving money to beggars.