The moving finger writes.............

Parenting is a rather difficult art at any time. From birth, to subsequent growth and development of a child, both physical and psychological, it is a process that is at the same time profoundly fascinating, exhausting but rewarding. And one of the most difficult challenges that one can face is being a long distance parent. I have been at it for several years. From the time I had to leave her back in Kolkata in 2011, in near –tears after two years of incredible closeness, it’s been an up and down journey, sometimes frustrating, sometimes rewarding, but always worth it. Because there is no greater reward than being able to connect to your child and hear those magical words,” Papalu’ (her nickname for me).There are days when she is garrulous, and days when she hardly wants to communicate, so it’s a rather trying journey. But always worth it. Because this is the very kid I held close to me as she slept, when she was born, on a bitterly cold night in 2010 at Delhi...