Naari – The Woman

The making of Diya-jiji

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As you must’ve learnt by now, I delivered my second little princess, Siya, on 10th Feb. This means my older one, Diya, has now been promoted to the status of “Jiji” (“Didi” or elder sister).

* When Diya first learned that we were expecting, she made it a point to talk to my tummy each night and kiss Chotu good night.

* Everyone in our locality, Diya’s school, her school-bus stop friends everyone knew that a little someone would come in our family long before the due date.

* She practiced things like collecting her stuff for bath, taking a bath, brushing etc. so she could teach the same to Siya.

* She is also giving up on some bad habits like not-washing-hands-after-playing, because she wants Siya to learn good habits. This is still work-in-progress.

* The first day Diya met Siya, she had just returned from school and then she came to visit us in the hospital. Boy, was she thrilled!!! Beyond words! An hour later when she went back she kept telling each person on her way that her little sister had come. The little one would call her, ’Diya-didi’ and the little one was so pink like a tomato and the little one was so tiny like a doll. From them on for the four days I remained hospitalized after c-section, she made it a point to come daily and talk to Siya. And yes, BTW, it was Diya who decided to name her “Siya”.

* Even now when Siya cries for anything, Diya is the first one to reach her. She’ll sit besides her and talk to her, sing rhymes etc trying to console her…

Looking at all this I am often wet-eyed (officially I am blaming it on postpartum-stress!) and I silently pray to Lord Krishna to make them love each other unconditionally like this forever. Amen.

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