I can't believe it..
Nanu is no more.. Nanu.. Mamma's dad.. Nanu.. I didn't even know him that well..
It was going to be his birthday on 14th January.. only 18 days..
26th December.. I think by 5 pm.. He passed away. I was asleep when my parents called back home..
The sound of my mother and Masi crying woke me up. I didn't even know how to feel.. I couldn't believe it..
That Nanu died, that's not making me cry. It's seeing my mom and her family fall apart.. It's hearing them, not seeing them cry.. it's the pain in their voices.. it's been 3000 miles or so far away.
It's the fact that my mother did not even get to see her father for the last time.. and from what I now know, neither did my father. He couldn't be there on time when Dadi passed away..
A clear example that nothing good can come from living so far away.
I wish I knew him better. I wish I didn't live so far away. Now he'll only be a memory, just jokes and puzzles. He always asked me to read him the hindi newspaper, because my hindi was so much better than my sister's. He always asked us puzzles, just for fun.. jokes..
Just till day before.. it was okay, not good, but ok. Everyone thought, and hoped that Nanu had time. He was probably holding on.. till his last daughter could make it..
But he's free of the pain. All that pain he went through since last year.. we should be thankful about that at least..
No more pain Nanu..
Rest in Peace..
