Lights out Alice!
Tuesdays with Morrie was an inspirational book for me. Sir Paul was an inspirational teacher who moulded me into who I am by instilling in me the values and the ability to learn that showed me the way in life. I owe a lot to him and decided to pay him a visit in Kochi on my way back from Gurgaon after finishing my masters. The plan was to have a whirlwind trip wherein I would land on an afternoon, spend the evening and the next day and catch a flight back to Kolkata the next night. I planned on just having a conversation with him without putting any pressure of expectation on either side.
It was definitely a bit awkward as well, not just because of the fact that I am an introvert but also that after all these years we would not have a lot to talk about, or so I thought. Given the overthinker I am, I definitely thought of a multitude of scenarios and conversation starters in an effort to not run of out of content and also allow him to be able to relate and talk freely.
Evening walk around the oldage home
Making me feel at ease by carrying the bulk of the conversation
Dinner with family - son was awkward and everyone else other than sir was not able to comprehend WHY
Next morning, again, sir was pretty chill and hindsight does beg me to question whether it was just me creating that awkwardness in my head
Interaction with ma'am...ma'am being angry at sir - sir wanting me to skip touchy subjects through eye gestures - ma'am creche - hearing her out
Sir made tea, I had lunch - homely meal
He took me to a supermarket. I listened and enjoyed while he showed me around. I don't know whether he was just being a gracious host, but I was just happy to be in his midst and seeing him engaging himself in his retirement.
P.S: Pretty narcissitic of me to think that a conversation like this is charity on my end..not everything is done from my pov
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