Mother's Day

“Amma mazhakkaarinu kan niranjoo… aa kanneeril njaan nananjoo…”

Ee adutha kaalathu enne ettavum adhikam vedhanippicha paattukalil onnaanu ithu. Kaaranam mattonnum alla, njaan ente jeevithathil aadyamai ente ammaye karayicppichatha enikku orma varaaru…

4 varshangalkku munpu…

Padikkaan njaan athra moshakkaaranaayirunnilla, ennittum enthokkeyo kaaranangalaal 10thu kazhinju ente academics graph thaazhekkayirunnu…thaaznnu thaaznnu engineering kazhinjappol percentage 70-sil ethy nilkkunna avastha… May be 10th kazhinju ente padithakaaryangalil ellaa theerumanaagalum entethu maathramaairunnathu kondaavam ithu sambhavichathu… ethayaalum oru white collar job kittaan ee percentage okke mathy… angane Aug 2005-il njaan engg passaayi… but without a campus placement…ente classmates palarum pala vamban companykalilum placedaayirikkunnu…

Angane kurachu maasangal kadannu poi… oduvil oru divasam enikkum kitty oru job!! Aarum kittaan kothikkunna Reliance industries-il!! enikku valya santhosham onnum thonneela… ente swapnangal muzhuvan IIM-s enna swapnalokathilekku parichu maattappettirunnu appozhekkum…

Oct 2005…
Oru divasam amma ente aduthu vannu…
Amma: mone ninakku joli kittiya vivaram nee entha njangalodu parayaathe? Ninakku joining letter vannu…
Njaan: kitty, pakshe…
Amma: enthu pakshe? Aatte enna nee bangalorekku pone?
Njaan: amma, njaan aa jolikku ponilla… enikkum placement kittum ennu prove cheyyaan maathramaanu njaan avide interview attend cheythathu… allaathe pokaan vendiyalla!!
Amma: eda, ividororuthar oru joli kittaan vendi kashtappedunnu, appozhaano ninte ee ahangaaram parachil? Nee kaaranam baaki ullavarkkum oru avasaram nashtapettille? Nee enthaayalum ithinu poikkonam!!
Njaan: Amma enthokke paranjaalum njaan ee jolikku pokilla, ente swapnam MBA seataanu… so I am writing CAT, this November…

Amma onnum mindeela, ente roomil ninnu purathekku nirakannukalode engotto poi… njaan mind cheythillla… anveshikkaanum poyilla...

CAT exam results 2006 Jan-il vannu… athu adichu kittiyappol njaan ente ammede vaakkukal orthu… ippo CATum illa , joliyum illa… santhosham aayi gopiyetta, santhoshamaayi...

Ammede vaakkukal sheriyaayirunnu ennu thonniyappoya nimishangal… veendum joliye kurichaayi chintha… ente bhaagyathinu NeST-il oru joli sheriyaayi. Avide kurachu naal ninnathinu shesham, infoparkil ACS ennoru companyilekku maari…

Varshangal kadannu poi... ithinidayil pala CATum, XATum okke ente kayyil ninnu vazhuthy poi…

Oduvil 2008 CATiloode enikku ASB-Coimabtoreil admission kitty… IIM-enna ente valya swapnam ASB-il othungi… othukki ennu paranjaal mathyallo!!

Ithrem naalinidayil njaan ethrayo lakshangal shambalamaayi vaangi… ennittum njaan ente ammakku oru mottusoochi polum vaangikoduthillallo eeshwara!!

Innitha CAT, MBA ennokke paranju njaan veendum joli kalayaan ponooo… adutha joli kittumbozhenkilum ammakku enthelum vaanganam…

(picture shown above was designed by me for smashing magazine; u can find it under the title 'Mothers Day' in the following link http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/30/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-may-2009/ )