Thursday, May 24, 2012

Mid 2012 Musings –Part I: Happiest moment in my life


Mid 2012 seems to be the most momentous period in my life. Nothing significant is taking place on the academic side but most compensatory variation in Hickshian sense is taking place on the domestic side. Of course this is the usual routine thing that a responsible father needs to do at a right time.  Kindly believe me, this routine inevitable event which will delink my treasure has made me more happy than ever before . It is not that I have not had many joyous moments to share and remember and of course savor all through my career.
What is that I am referring to ? Some of my student friends and of course Sakthi’s friends are already aware of the event  scheduled to take place around mid June. Yes! my youngest daughter, my treasure , my love , my friend , my savior and ambassador sent from heavens like a gentle breeze has been engaed now  and the marriage ceremony  is scheduled to take place on 14th June at Subba Lakshmi Hall, situated on the main Mahatma Gandhi Road at Muthyalpet. Thre reception is on the evening of 13 th June at the same venue.  
The question of finding out a right life partner – be it a  spontaneous love and chemistry leading to marriage or an arranged marriage, eventually blossoming into an all time full fledged love affair is as difficult as finding out the right equilibrium real exchange rate for an open economy like India .
Milton Friedman  was asked once “ What is the right equilibrium exchange rate  between U.S Dollar and Japanese Yen?”He merely replied with tremendous honesty, “I don’t Know!” Suppose you ask me, “which is the happiest moment in your life?”,in the same vein I can reply honestly , with a little bit dramatization as follows. “My academic distinctions at both under graduate and post graduate level intimidated me more than making happy. The prolonged journey towards my Ph.D destination under the benevolent goading of an young scholar from Hyderabad Central University, of course gave me peace which I deserved, given my chaotic life. Showering of financial fortune by Bank of Mathura and late entry into university after quarter century of service, stumbling upon Head ship and the much coveted Deanship towards the fag end of my career- all gave some semblance of joy and stability but the defining, happiest moment in my life came when the young ones were allowed to meet in the first floor in a non- A.C room in the hot summer month interact and to know each other. Subsequently when the green signal was given by both and family members on either side who had already expressed their consent. In  a typical Sangham literature Kurundhogai poem,every things evolved and the result was ,I spent a sleepless night with joy and happiness which I deserve to enjoy and I was  fresh the  next day morning.
Shall I pray to the supreme sleeping in heavens, with confidence and conviction that I have an optimistic heightened expectation that Sakthi’s marriage will provide more sakthi (power) and more stability to the families on both sides. Let God give them the wisdom to measure their steps and be in perpetual friendship and love while wading through the marital waters

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