Ashrathi

Aditya was busy with his blog but his daughter Ashrathi was too restless to see him too busy like this. She was curious to know what her dad was doing. He never brought work home but today he is so occupied with his computer. Ashrathi was just 10yrs old. She wondered may be her dad is not in a mood to play with her now. She tried to initiate a conversation with him every time but he would never get involved. She wondered what was so important to him than her. Ash was her dad’s girl. Always she wants to be with him, trouble him, and play with him except for the hours she spends in school. She always required his attention.But today seeing him so occupied with something she got too furious and went back to her room and sat in her bed. She didn’t want to do anything, she was angry on her dad as he didn’t even bother her or her talks.

Adi completed his blog and was smiling at it when he clicked the Post button. He got a kind of satisfaction after this blog. It was about his experience that day. He was too eager to blog it from the evening after he came back from office but dint get time as he had to go out for shopping with Sumi to get prepared for Ash’s birthday. He was contented now.
When he decided to leave the computer and go see if Ash slept Sumi told him that she is not fine and is angry about something. ‘She is not responding at all. I tried to put her to sleep she just dint want me to do it. Did you scold her for anything? What happened why is she so angry?’

Adi had no clue why Ash would be angry, he thought may be he didn’t get her what she wanted, but there was nothing like that. Ash is not a girl who is so adamant to get something but what is it suddenly. May be she asked him something and he dint respond at all and decided to go ask her what was it.
When he came in he saw her cute little lady seated in her bed, angry. The moment Adi came in her eyes rolled up to see if he was approaching her or now. Adi understood that it was some mistake of his for which Ash is angry. She was so beautiful in that pose, wearing a pink color night dress with floral designs on it. Her cute pony tail half loosened. And of course her favorite teddy bear in her hand.
Adi approached her and asked ‘Hey ash kutti unakku enna aachu en kovam. Appa kitta solla mattiya’. He tried asking her in many ways, every time he spoke she would turn her direction and sit. Adi had to play with her saying ‘Yaaro silenta vai orama sirikkara mathiri irukkae’ hearing that Ash started to smile, he tickled her and played a lot to make her smile.

Then he silently asked ‘Enna Kovam da kutti’ She said ‘ Nee than enna maranthutta la, computer la busy a iruntha enna kandukkavae illa’.
‘Acho sorry da appa kathai ezhuthitirunthen…..’ To that she asked ‘enakku kathai.
He picked her and went to his computer and showed her his blog. She asked if she can write stories like him. He was explaining her every thing and commented that when she grows up she would also be able to write like this. She was looking into the screen and the pictures in her Dad’s blog suddenly when scrolling down. She noticed her name. Pointing to it she asked ’En paeru yaaru ezhuthina’. That’s when Adi explained to her saying ’Aswini nu enaku oru friend irukka da Ash, ava naan ezhuthina kathaya pathi eppadi irukku nu comment panni irukka’, Ash replied saying ‘Oh aswini aunty en en paeru la ezhuthi irukka avanga paerum athana, naan ezhuthina enakku intha mathiri comment kuduppangala?’ Adi didn’t know how to explain her still he tried ‘Antha aunty un paerla than eppavumae ezhuthuvanga, nee yum nalla ezhuthinena avanga unakkum comment kuduppanga ok,’ Ash wasn’t contented with the answer she kept questioning him…Adi couldn’t answer everything so he had to change topic saying ‘seri time aachu nee poi thoonganum la vaa polam’. She hugged her dad when he picked her up and was asking ‘daily kathai ezhuthuviya…appo enakku daily antha kathai ellam sollriya’…. Adi had no answer other than ‘Hmmm’. Hearing her dad she felt very happy. Then in her room he put her on bed, patted her for a while till she went to sleep.