Me & My Brother ..

Having lived on this planet earth for more than 3 decades, one day I realised that I have not spent time with my only brother …  my younger brother ...

We were born to a well to do family; Dad was an officer in the Army & then moved on to a government career in the State of Bihar, Mom a loving Indian mother.  We had lived together as children but grew up in different cities & different schools & now I realise that we have become two completely different creatures!

I moved cities & finally settled in Bangalore, where as he is in the Hindi heartland of UP. I have become more of a diplomatic, pseudo intelligent, IT city global buffoon where as he is more of a straightforward, rustic & more of an Indian guy. (Yes there are varieties of India in India!)

I have a blackberry equipped with FB , Twitter & crave for more. I spend time on twitter & Facebook, He is happy with his simple life & uses his phone only to talk or a rare SMS, he has the time for his family & and Kids.

As destiny would have it, he is to undergo an operation in CMC Vellore & I am at his service since the past 3 days & would continue to be with him for the next week or so…  Staying in the same room without any other relatives / family to interfere ….

I am getting to see his other side which I last saw 20 years back when as kids we shared a bed; It’s a good feeling to be with someone who’s somewhat like you. Your only closest relative god has given you apart from you own kids.  

I feel we all should spend some time once in a while with our siblings….. It feels good.

Praying to God that he recovers faster & I get to see more of him in life .. amen ..