Family is ...

Maa and Papa , who you can fight with , disagree with , live with , cannot live with at times ..cant understand sometimes and then all of a sudden understand ... but they are there when you really need them , irrespective of every other thing in the world ... It is really crazy but there have been times when I have felt like the whole world is conspiring against me to make me unhappy ..and the first thing that happens to me is a call , from Maa ... I mean i cant understand how she knows when i need her the most ..even if we talk about the most mundane things in life ... Imagine, she asks me every time I call , if i make breakfast for K2 i the morning as she knew I always used to sleep late and she knows he goes to work early , and she shud know if we stuck the balance right ...i mean the feminist in me would rebel sometimes , would she ever as k2 if he made breakfast for me if i was going to office early ..NO ...Family is papa , the one person who never sees a wrong in u, even if the whole world believes you are ... ethe one person who would take out money from his retirement fund to see u go where u want to ... in life ... ..Family is the bada bhai , which i believe every girl shud have , who wud fight for u , when u r fighting with him , just cause he knows life isnt about having a love affair when u r in the 8th standard .. even when he knows u wud hate him for that ...atleast till the time u r over that affair and on a new one;-) ... Family is how you can constantly disagree with objectives in life and still cry when ur brother holds u and asks u what do u want ... and says he is there ....Family is having a coolest guy in the universe as u r younger brother , with whom u can share the greys of life without being judged .. family is the same brother u are mad on when he doesnt call for days ...family is yet again the same person who wud be up all night on the train when he is travelling with u ..and checking every few minutes if the kambal is still on u , lest u feel cold in the cruel Delhi november .... Famliy is the sister ,you have fought with all ur life , on every single thing right from food to TV serials .. to getting married or not getting married at the time u think is right ... and when she does get married , feeling that sense of loss ...and the sense of achievement as well when she has had a baby ...you know ...becoming a Maasi .. thats like Mom for the uninformed without making much efforts ...Family is when u get to God and pray for them whereever they are ... and family is what scares u ..cause u cant see them unhappy and realise the world around is not perfect ....Family is the little sister u have , who can be a pest all u r life and still the one person in the world , u wud never doubt .... the one person who makes u feel like the bollywood hero , when she is hurt , cause u cant just wait to go out and trash the person who makes her unhappy ...in style ... family is when u can sit and talk and bitch about the entire world including family;-)) with her and still know u all are in it together .... Family is the friends u get by chance , who wud never send u a friendship day card and let u know they are there but never the less they are ... and thats abot it .as ..simple as that .... last but not the least ...family is that one guy you marry , in this whole big bad world , u can trust to be with u ..all ur life ...who u want to be with all ur life, who u can think of being with , when u leave u r family behind .....One person who can gets into any role , when u need , being a mother when u r sick ....being a brother when u r hurt ..being a sister ... when u need to just discuss the world around ... and being just himself ... for u ....In this day and age of ultra nuclear families , meaning just one kid motto ....i hate to feel what the kid wud miss one day ... having some real people ... Cant help getting sentimental today ...guess rakhi around the corner was a trigger ... guess i missed the extended family - in laws ;-)) but that would take the whole page by itself ..with the kind of reputation , they seem to have all over the world irrespective of cultures .... but i guess i need more time to comment on mine, for me ...... its been 3 days of sheer bliss with them as yet .. .think everyone shud grow up with a huge family , know it is not that great in the beginning when u r a kid and need to constantly share stuff u cud have on ur own ... i mean believe me there was a time when i used to be actually embarrassed about telling people we are a family of 7 ... it sounded huge .. but now it makes me thankful.. i mean it might sound weird but i have played games with my mind ...thinking of all the permutations and combinations , what if we were 4 ..or 3 or 2 ....rather than 5 ...who wud i have and who wud i leave ...( taking for granted i am not the one who wud be left;-)) and every single time, i have realized it takes all of us to make it whole , it just cudnt work any other way .... and i guess thats family ....