Rigved

Today for the first time in his life, Rigved was alone at home. I had to go to the office for a couple of hours and Banda wasn’t at home. Rigved was just thrilled. He must have been alone for not more than 2 hours as Banda came home by then. We panicked a bit as we couldn’t reach our home number as he had not replaced the receiver properly. In his brief stint of being alone at home, he did one of his most fav activities – playing World of Warcraft. Currently he is a Dranei Shaman and today he reached level 59!

Also today he installed something for the first time – The Encarta. At the moment he is looking through its History pages learning about the wars in the 20th century.

Rigved is home as he had cold yesterday. He is fine now but preferred to rest at home than go to school.

Much has happened in the last few weeks. The sports day and the annual day were of primary importance as he had to practice every day for his role in the events. In the sports day he was part of a group that engaged in some formations on the ground. The act lasted about 10 minutes but he was trained for it for a whole month. It was at Andheri Sports Complex. We could see him from a distance and it feels *very* different to see someone you love at a great distance. More than the act itself, it was a totally unknown feeling to see him sitting with his friends, running around the ground for fetching water or just staring somewhere.

The second event, his annual school day where he was part of a drama was not the same as compared to the sports day as we could see him only in the act. He played the role of God. He was a bit conscious of the costume he was wearing as it exposed some parts of his back and he was totally not OK with it.

These days he is getting noticed by his teacher and the principal for his command over the English language. He makes these brilliant sentences which are serious and have deeper implications. His principal has already asked for his worksheets to give a special remark to probably tell us that we must build on this. He has joined a new workshop called Springs – Break Creative Barriers in school and in that too, his teacher has taken notice of this.

All in all he is growing up. His approach to things is not childish anymore though it doesnt lack any childlike values either.