.......Doel Pakhi :the Humming Bird....!!!!

......this is dedicated to my daughter DOEL on her B'Day....1st Apr 2005 was a struggle for both  Ma & child,she struggling to get out frm her mother's womb...frm the wee hrs of 1st Apr till just past midnite into the 2nd she could breath the mundane....much to our relief....it heralded the advent of Laxmi as people put it...holding her head in my palm she was a world to me as my tired contour broke into a smile....Doel Pakhi(bird) as I fondly call her is a mute testimony of our Odyssey frm Homeland 1 to 2....the Maldivian sun & breeze in remoteness of her infancy stood by her in good stead....nd in her company we thrived.....!!!!....I still call her Panna+ Lall(Pannalal) nd 'Fonadhoo frnd' striking a spl.cord with her which is unique to our frndship....while walking on the desolate beaches of Laam Fonadhoo both father nd daughter were frnds chasing the hell out of crabs nd identifying various fish of different colors ,retracing the paths of thick columns of ants nd looking for bats....day in & day out the evenings were spent.....whn I felt tht her small self can't match her voracious appetite for the outdoor....I got a Mazda B323 sedan for her even in tht remote setting....tht opened a window of Island hopping as three Islands were linked together by Causeways across the sea....now she could access the Airport Island of Kadhdhoo utilising the park & the swing ....with Archana tasting some coffee, regularly, there, in the newly opened Elly Cafe chain....her regular trips to the Regional Hospital Island of GAN thru the dense coconut jungle of Mandhoo instilled in her the outdoors clung to her till date....!!!.....as usual I was distracted on the eve of her B'day,today, arranging the venue for her B'Day of 2nd Apr...changing & disliking menus of multiple venues...nd finally settling to the best of my abilities....rubbing it on to my pts.with whom I cracked too many jokes, I thought...the entire Evening Clinic as if on an arm chair.....!!!....but for a moment aft my return ,I thought Doel Pakhi is growing too fast....now tht she is a humming bird....singing numbers at random....!!!....GOD Bless her nd her family.....!!!!