A man who did what was right!
I was in Delhi last weekend, on an urgently arranged
trip.
My sister's father-in-law had passed away. Having visited there, was a humbling experience for me and taught me a thing
or two about life and most importantly death.
I wanted to show up in person to
offer condolences, more so for my brother-in-law, than
for any thing else. The reason was simply that he is one person I believe closest to
who I want to be, in terms of temperament and finding happiness in life. And I truly believe that one of the biggest of
reason of who he is and how he is; is because of his upbringing, father being
large part of it.
For people who think, death
scares kids, I found my nephew and niece handling it far more in a far more
mature manner than many adults.
During our conversations over the weekend, my
brother-in-law talked about the happy times he had with his father, telling me,
albeit not directly, what does it take you to be a good father and most
importantly a great father.
If I have to put all of them in the fewest words, it
would be: spiritual, soft spoken, smiling, and the man who did what he believed
it was right for him and for his family!
