I want to raise a toast
Amidst all the notifications and updates of engagements and marriages that fill up the Facebook page of mine and others of my age, this may come as a surprise to the readers. I want to raise a toast, not to someone’s success, engagement, marriage or an achievement. I want to raise a toast to someone that everyone (or almost everyone) of us have but very few cared on even fewer occasions to acknowledge their worth in our lives. I am talking about the most indispensable beings on this earth, the Parents. Yes our Moms and Dads. But why suddenly this post? Probably because it’s that time of the year when I want to say a thousand things to my parents but fall short of words, always. 28 th January and 20 th April, the birthdays of two most important persons in my life. In these two days of the year, I have always found myself introspecting as to how my life would have been had it not been for my parents and every time, invariably, ended up being more indebted to what they have done f...