From other's point of view

Many a times we are reluctant to listen to our well-wishers when they choose to guide us through their own experiences and hardships. Here we are trying to portray this truth of life through a small conversation.

Our main characters Alina, the mother and Alisa, the daughter are just fighting like enemies. Alisa is totally disturbed with continuous taunting from her mother for something that she does not like. But Alina is always full of energy to show her right path and being a typical mother, she had chosen the path of comparing her with others and sarcasm. Let’s see how this path had helped Alina to convince Alisa with the beauty of life and importance of becoming jack of all trades, while sailing through the sea of life and using these life hacks as a source to communicate our feelings to our loved ones which is the ultimate thing that everyone wants to do.

Alisa: "Mumma, I don't like cooking. Why do you always ask me to learn cooking? Just because I am a girl! Why don't you ask Joseph (her brother) to learn cooking as well? He is always wandering in the streets. "

Alina: “Do you really think so!! And joseph cooks food very well. And it’s not because he is a boy. Cooking is not something that is related to gender. It’s a skill, a life-saving skill that everyone should know. "

Alisa: "But, I am studying, you are the mother of a topper from this prestigious institute. But still you define a perfect girl with cooking skills only. Don't you think it’s normal to be not perfect, to not know cooking and to be happy with what I like doing the most, of course it’s not kitchen, not utensils, not that boxes of spices or flour and blah blah but reading these books. I am a nerd why don't you accept it. Why do you always want to change me?”

Alina: "It’s not like that baby .I am mother of a topper but more importantly the mother of a daughter, why don't you understand this. I am your mother, your well-wisher. I will have to bring you to right path even if you don't want to”

Alisa: "Is it so? Then why aren't you happy with my achievements. Since my adulthood you are like Sofia (one of the girls living in neighborhood) cooks so well, Kiara (Alisa's cousin) knows all household works and so on. But you never said anything good about me. I was always a brilliant student in school and now in college as well. But you never admire me for that .Am I adopted? Tell me, say the truth"

Alina: "Just shut up. I had carried you in my womb for nine months. At least respect that. (Sighed heavily). You are!! There is no use for crying for the things that you don't have and more importantly there is no harm in admiring others. Even you should learn accepting others' as well and appreciate them too. The way you want appreciation from others, they want it as well. "

Alisa:" No, I'm not. It’s not going to work like this every time. You will have to tell me this time. I will be graduating this year and will become an independent woman. I will be able to earn good money, will be able to fulfill my dreams. I will be able to buy anything that I want. Everything mumma, everything"

Alina: “Is it! Dear, so, this self-dependent woman is going to eat raw food to keep her healthy, right?"

Alisa: “No, I can order food online, go and hang out with friends and can still fill my little empty stomach!!”

Alina: “And this will soon make your little empty stomach full of tiny ill microbes and end up lying you in a hospital bed. Listen dear, I am not your enemy. I am and will always be proud of your achievements but being your mother ,the only thing that I want is to make you self-dependent in true sense. I want you to be self-proficient to fulfill basic needs of life .Dear, you can't buy everything in this world. There are certain things in life which are priceless. They can only be bought by showing affection, love, empathy, care and such great human characteristics make us human."

Alisa: "Umm, Why are you behaving like a typical philosopher? You are just testing my patience. You are arguing for others not me”

Alina: “Dear, money can help you to fulfil basic needs of life but it’s not the only thing for survival. I hope you are getting what I am trying to convey you. Life is not about making money only. It’s more about making relationships, to find those relationships that will be there for you whether money will be with you or not. To find those immense sources of in-depth life that can nourish my girl's roots and help her grow with her utmost capacity. That will take you in right direction, will make you a good human”

Alisa: "Hmm, I can’t live without my friends.”

Alina:" Umm, only friends!”

Alisa: "I mean without you as well. (Finally, she gathered some courage to say so). May be you are right. I can’t be happy with money only. (After thinking for some-time) Well, I agree, but I thought you were saying so for sake of my marriage only :|"

Alina:” Well you are my own sweetheart, the love of my life. I, not only want you to be independent but a better human as well. Sometimes it’s good to be dependent. These are the little things that make us stronger. These are the tiny little moments that make our survival easier, bring smile to our faces. How pleasing it is when you have a person whom you can rely on for everything, whom you can scold for your own mistakes and so on. There are so many. May be someday you really want to impress your hubby with your cooking skills rather than your coding skills”

And this ended the room in laughter with start of much deeper conversations between the duos from swimming through the dark uncovered secrets of life to flying in the sky high that makes you feel above everything.