Nephews & Skies

My first first-cousin’s son was born twenty days ago. Buried in finals and paper submissions, it took me twenty one days to get my first real glimpse of Ayan. He is this tiny little thing with one of the strongest necks among 21-day olds all over the world. He spends the most amount of time sleeping, so interaction is minimum, but enough. Whenever he is awake, his father, his grandfather, his mother, his grandmother and especially his Austin aunt take and make great entertainment from this cute little boy. I just wonder what feedback Ayan gives to the Almighty up above…

God, I like Earth. I get everything I need but the funkiest aspect is definitely my cute little bini. My dad is super cool, but why does he keep calling me “gundabachha”? My Austin-aunt is a little crazy, I must say. She thinks I am some “golgappa” waiting to be devoured, and she keeps messing around with my stomach, yelling that atrocious “golgappa” like thing.. No one apart from my lovely Granny calls me by my real name, so I often forget what it really is. Apparently, it’s Ayan or something. Oh and my Mum keeps telling everyone to sanitize his/her hands before they touch me – I must indeed be holy. Sometimes my Dad holds me like he is clasping a magnum rifle! Don’t get me wrong folks, it’s rather comfortable. God, I need to ask you something, why do I sleep so much? What’s worse is that I make these weird groaning noises while I sleep which seems to confuddle the general public. Oooh, I have successfully learnt how to create spit bubbles – it’s fascinating. And why in the blooming world can’t I cry? God, it’s like you are taking away my strongest, most useful weapon from me. Please God, you need to sort these issues out for me. I need to be able to cry. But, on the other tiny hand, thanks for giving me a lot of hair on my head – I just hope it lasts forever. I love the glint in my eyes and my ears are huge – I can hear everything (hehe)! Oh, my parents are super techno-savvy. They have this special camera fixed on me while I am sleeping and can monitor me from anywhere in the house. It’s cool and all, but what about some privacy huh? Jeez! But, the bestest thing in the world is the 46-inch-television that is going to be coming into my house soon. I have no clue as to why it is the bestest thing in the world, but I can’t wait to find out. And oh, my youngest Austin-uncle is super-duper cool. Right now, that’s all I know about him. Okay, Mum’s coming to feed me – yum yum. See ya!

P.S. The skies of Austin are so very beautiful.