Wish I could think like a Girl!

Mom and Dad were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on 22nd May 2005. My cousin sisters came to Jodhpur that day in the morning. One of my sisters asked, “Mami, aap ne mehandi nahi lagai?” Mom just smiled and said “Dhayan he nahi aya! Beti na hone ha yeah hi faraq hota hai!” The feeling I got was that she wished she had a daughter. It would have been a really nice feeling for her, especially because she did not even put mehandi on her wedding. It never even stuck me that she could have got mehandi done for the anniversary. The simple reason being I don’t see things the way a girl sees them. I am a boy! But wish I could think like a girl. I wish I could know the things that bring smiles on a girl’s face. I wish I could know what a girl dreams for and craves for; be it getting her hands decorated with henna, shopping around, sharing jewellery or simply just being a girl. That way, pika would have been dear to his mom in ways he cannot be today!