Life Flow

Written by Kalyani  Abhyanakar, Creative Empowerment Batch 3

I interviewed my Dad Prakash Abhyanakar, on 28th January, where I had an extensive conversation with him about his childhood, youth and outlook toward life. My dad was born in Indore, a small town in Madhya Pradesh. He completed his high school in Indore and cherishes it as the best time of his life when he would cycle with his friends to school carefree, get pampered by his mother and have lovely time with the family. The family was often engaged in Satsangs and rituals which got all children to get together and have a nice time with extended relatives. He particularly remembers how all occasions would join to celebrate small victories, further strengthening the bond and remaining tight.  My father emphasizes on the importance of family as a unit. He feels that because of family support, he could climb the ladder. Early twenties, dad shifted to Delhi in search of work and completed his education. He flowed with life and looked for opportunities and kept grabbing them as they came. He just flowed like a river and that made it easy for him to adjust to a new city where survival was not that easy. My mother stood like a pillar for him as he used to travel across the city for work. My dad says that me and my brother added colours to their life and he worked with honesty and integrity to give us the best education and life possible. and his recent move to Pune after spending 30 years in Delhi was again a life-changing event for him. But he still took life as it is. 

 Dad often says it's important to plan life and pray to God unceasingly. Life has been tough on him in various instances but he chose to laugh and thank God for each and everything.  He suffered in silence only to let us laugh in the present.