Friday, December 13, 2019

The trauma of decision making

She was singing the national anthem in her sleep last night, complete with the ‘Jaya He’ with hands raised, and the Jai Hind salute to top it off. It was a tough night for her, with intermittent fever and coughing. I had just then decided that she should skip the Sports Day celebration at school this morning, when the national anthem happened. My heart stopped for a second. This little one had practiced hard for almost a month, learning to run in tracks, marching past left-right-left, and mugging the national anthem up, impeccably so. It was not fair to take D-day away from her, I tried reasoning with myself. And, then, the fever hit again.

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