Like all mothers, I was paranoid about how Vidur was going to react to the blade. But my paranoia was absolutely unnecessary, he was a brave little boy. He cried only when he realized that his father was holding onto his hands.
Children get so used to the fan or the air conditioner. I had taken Vidur to a village, Srirangam, in Trichy. Powercuts are common thing there. Every other house is either contemplating or purchasing inverters. Power failure lasts for 10 hours! The first night was quite an adventure. Vidur and I were sleeping in a small room. Sleep eluded me because of unfamiliar surroundings. Vidur slept peacefully till 3:30. Then, he got up and decided he wanted to play and say 'amma', 'appa' and 'thatha'. He had some milk and went to sleep by 4:00. Power supply was cut around 4:40 am. This is when the army of mosquitoes attacked. They were ruthless! I had to sit next to my son, using a hand fan to protect him from these merciless creatures. Regardless of this effort, his forehead and hands had several mosquito bites! The power returned by 6:00 am. The next power cut was from 2:00 pm to 6:00. Can you believe it? We had to live with it.... Vidur, on the other hand, was extremely cranky because of the heat. He is used to having at least the fan around to cool things down.
He was in the best of moods when we went out!
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