How will you feel if you met your relatives after several years? Life has become so fast that no one has the time for social visits. We come across our cousins/other relatives only on special occassions. On fuctions we hardly speak to each other.We just exchange pleasantries. On such occassions we only say'hai's to each other.
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| M]y grand daughter and DIL |
My father had four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. None of them is alive now. Most of the children of all the brothers/ sisters live in NCR(National Capital Region) We never have any casual meetings. A few months ago I and my brother thought why not get in touch with our cousins. We formed a cousins group on whatsapp.We exchanged pleasantries with each other. Last week one of the cousins suggested why not meet at some common place. Every body liked the idea.The hall of CSOI, newly constructed building at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi was booked. All the cousins, except one or two families, attended. It was a great get together. The ambiance and the food served was appreciated by one and all. We played Tambola and other games.
Life today has become so hectic that everyone is busy. Nobody has time for social visits. The saying,''There is no time to stand and stare'', is very correct. We decided that we would have such get togethers once in six months. We must spare time to build a happy relationship and bond with our close relatives.
We must maintain a healthy relationships with our families. If we maintain good and healthy contacts with our near and close ones, it will strengthen our bond with them and will arouse a feeling of mutual love and trust with each other.
pics taken by my phone.
Its good for us to meet relatives..brings better health and happiness.
ReplyDeleteYes Renu, it is refrehing to meet relatives,occasionally
DeleteIt's wonderful to catch up with cousins and relatives. Looks like you all had a good time :)
ReplyDeleteYes Shilpa, we had a gala time.
DeleteHow awesome to host a cousins reunion! What a great idea Usha! I wish you many more of such wonderful encounters with relatives. :) <3
ReplyDeleteThanks you Elly for such sweet observations.
DeleteIt must be good to have cousins and relatives with whom you can enjoy reunions like this. My Dad and I shifted to Jaipur so we wouldn't have to be with them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Chicky. You can keep in touch with relatives through phone calls, whatapp, Skpye etc.
ReplyDeleteIt is a always good to have such get to gethers with friends and relatives, whom we rarely meet, despite staying in the same city. Traffic is one of the reasons for not having the time to go and meet people as often as one would want to meet. Now travelling takes so much time to the same places which just took some half an hour, a few years back.
ReplyDeleteYes some body has to make the effort of organising such get to gethers so that we all feel happy to be there.
Nice pictures. And congratulations on being nominated as the best story writer(blogs)!
And I am also very glad to hear, that you are well and fine after the mild heart attack.
Thanks a lot Rama. In spite of the traffic we managed to make the meet successful
ReplyDeleteThank you for everything. I am better now.