Handle With Care..(Part-II)

Navya never wanted to do things in secrecy but yes she definitely wanted some privateness. She was simply done with the everyday ‘KBC’ played at her place. Questions for literally everything were always ready and this was choking her because she considered this as an ‘over-concerned’ behavior. Navya used to see her besties roaming around with their boyfriends accompanied by their parents’ permission and this always puts her wondering with a question, “Is this really possible?” “Can’t her parents allow her to be close to someone?” Well, maybe it was wrong that’s why there was opposition. It was not that she desperately wanted a boy-friend. It was only that she wanted a whole-hearted permission to hang out with her female and male friends equally. Navya always thought that she knew her limits then why is it becoming difficult for her father to understand this. It was not that she thought that her parents were not broad-minded. It was only the fact that she couldn’t understand that why being a girl meant being under so many restrictions.

Fast-forwarding the thought process she remembered how her father used to say ‘no’ to everything and then eventually saying ‘yes’. She knew her father was always there to support her. He always agreed at the end but then why at the end, why not in the beginning itself. Why was it that among her friends only she was the one who had to convince her father a lot for a simple thing? Whenever there was a fight between her and her dad, it was always her dad who initiated the conversation first and she really appreciated it. What she never appreciated was the fact that her dad never understood that the fight had affected her as well and it was only Navya who kept on crying for hours and had spent several sleepless nights thinking about the argument. The relationship between them had observed a terrific change. Navya was so disturbed that once she wanted to end up her life when she heard her father calling her ‘characterless’. It gave her goose-bumps and she was nothing but stunned. What could be worse than a father pointing her daughter’s character? She knew that he was angry and he really didn’t mean what he said but words once spoken never return and especially such words by a father for her daughter hit directly the self-respect. She wanted to end it all but stopped, thinking that any such action taken in haste would definitely fill his father’s heart with guilt which would accompany him throughout his life.

Times change and so do the relations. People differ in every aspect. Sometimes we understand and sometimes we don’t even bother to. Navya came up to this realization that she should let the things be the way they are. She should only concentrate on what she was doing to please her father. Her love for gadgets and internet was not this important of course, that she should compromise with whatever her father had done for her. Maybe this was enough to set things right. Maybe this was what such a ‘handle with care’ relationship required.