Chiku is now Bunchin!! Madras diaries 1

When and how Chiku came to be called Bunchin is not clearly chronicled in our family history book! Though Chiku he was much before he was born, after 9th september 2014, we came to call him anything which caught our fancy at that time. Recently I have been calling him Gaddu and Kannu and Dadiya   D has been calling him Bunchin . She somehow felt Bunchin sticks to him very well because, yes, he looks so bunchin!! So he will be officially referred to as Bunchin, till the next name change..By the way today D asks him Dadiya yaaru(who is dadiya) and he gives a wide grin and pats his chest!!

It has been ages since I posted. Almost 4 months. I have been very very busy with Bunchin all this time. It is not only the time that you are with him.Even when he is sleeping or with D, he totally fills your mind space that there is pretty little room for anything else. I keep telling my friends who ask me about being invisible and unheard for weeks on end ,that my mind is so full of Bunchin that everything else just ceases to exist. I remember a tamil film song " ulagam surungude, nam iruvaril adangude. I think it was  a surya, asin starrer film. ( World has shrunk and it has only the two of us).
It was a very very novel and beautiful experience for me. So totally absorbed by that tiny infant.

How is he now? Well, he is running around a lot, can come down all by himself if we prop him on a smallish slide in a park. When you let go of your hands, the thrill and excitement on his face is a treat.The face and evey single part of it bursts forth as though like a flower for those few seconds.It is pure bliss for him and for us who are privileged to catch those moments. I try best not to dwell on such moments, as the idea of 'kann' is very deeply ingrained in our Indian psyche.

He sits on the beach sands and is very happy allowing the sand to run through his fingers and more importantly throw it in the air and laugh aloud. Yes, lots of it comes back in the breeze and sits on his head and all over his body. I tried to sit against the breeze, so that the sand does not come back to us. But then before you realise, he has repositioned himself to have the sand directly come back at him!..


He is fascinated by the large number of dogs and crows that throng the besant nagar beach. Thankfully when we go there in the mornings, the dogs are all fast asleep. So he goes near every one of them and says 'ummm hmmm(it is bow wow if you are ignorant of baby talk) and tries to coax them to wake up and be up and about. But they lie there peacefully. I use the chance to sneak a point across. I tell him all dogs are sleeping. So bunchin also should sleep. He leaves the second part conveniently and slants his head and puts his palms near his ears and show  me as though he is sleeping. But then he wont shut his eyes, but I have to shut my eyes. How do you like the dual play?

He can climb the staircase in just a second, I kid you not. You would have just turned your head to hear something and you cant see him. He is at the top of the stairs and gives you a heart attack, what if he turns back and slides and falls down.The scenario is repeated  umpteen times everyday. Then you may ask, why do you turn your head for a second when he is around. Yes, It is a very good question. Mostly he climbs the stairs not for anything in particular that he wants to do in the first floor, but because, yes, it is there, and so tempting. See I can climb up so fast, so easily. The minute he is at the top of the stairs, he wants to come down. No yoga, no walk or exercise necessary. D calls him her gym instructor! Well said D , you have never mentioned a truer word!

Well there is lots more

Just catching my breath for my next post!