Storizen Magazine August 2018 Issue | Chiranjiv Patel VI | Page 36

STORIZEN CONTRIBUTE
Moments of Mirth - An Ode To My
Siblings
F
amily , a single
word, has acquired
many different
meanings as I have
been moving up
life’s ladder. The
traditional family in
the 20th century
consisted of
grandparents,
parents, plenty of
children, cousins
and hordes of non-
paying guests but in
the 21st century,
with the DINK
generation( Double
Income No kids),
family could be a
group of friends,
pets and the
parents, connected
with the ubiquitous
Android phone.
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by Mamta Joshi
The important link
that might go
missing is that of
siblings.
Siblings are like
oxygen, vital for our
very existence. Our
relationship with
colleagues, mates
and friends might be
subject to change if
there is a clash of
interests: a lucrative
promotion, a coveted
transfer or even a
love interest but
siblings are beside
us in every crisis.
Thankfully, most of
us were lucky
enough to grow up
with our siblings and
cousins.
In the mid of the
20th century, for
most middle class
Indians, siblings
were synonymous
with cousins. They
served as tutors,
counselors,
psychiatrists, guides
and very often as
musclemen,
hammering sense
into youngsters like
me. My sisters,
cousin sisters and I,
all would be dressed
in similar print,
looking like objects
on an assembly line.
Growing up with
them meant pinching
or spitting on each
other with least
provocation,
AUGUST 2018