Workshop # 16  
Amma
by Bhaskar Kolluri

As soon as I saw this picture, only one thing popped in my head, my mom (Amma as I call my mom in a local Indian language). Mom is the only word which requires both lips to touch while pronouncing it (I mean the words which pertain to your relations) and that is the first word we say after we were born, even though we don’t know what we are really saying.

If I look back into my life, which are the persons had most impact on my way of thinking and what I am, every body comes into my mind but Mom sticks out. She had input in every part of my life, right from kindergarten. By far she has the most impact on my life, her determination and composure are something that I can only hope to have myself one day. She used to wake up at four in the morning and cook lunch for my Dad and then make breakfast for six people including my uncles and grand parents, prepare me to go to school (including checking my home works and partly helping me while she was working on other stuff) and then she used to volunteer in some charitable organization some times during the day and sometime during the evenings. She used to know how to manage her self as well as others. I never realized what she is, until I moved abroad living by myself doing chores once a week with all the modern equipment which most of the middle class families lack, still it takes up all my weekend leaving some things left behind.

When I was a child I was very naughty and a water freak and she never let me down, allowed me to go hang out with children of fisherman (I am a vegetarian) and even let me go collect shells, but the fact was to collect sea shells by scuba diving the only gear we had was a pair of goggles. That was lots of fun.

Back in days my reward for performing good in school would be a trip to the beach, which was couple of miles away from where I live, where I can play with water all I want and then eat bhel puri at the end, all this activity was mostly accompanied by mom sometimes even my Dad. Trip with my Dad was not so exciting as he is very scared of water and he never used to let me in.

In my view parents should be our priority, they are our living God, without them we are nothing, I always thank God and my parents for what I am. 

January 31, 2006

Workshop # 16  
Articles  
Amma by Bhaskar Kolluri 
Any Good News? by Shyamala Sathiaseelan 
Childhood Innocence by Arya Bhushan 
Knowledge: The Role of an Initiator by Mahesh Sharma 
Mother – An Object of Reverence by Naira Yaqoob  - Winner # 1
Mommy and Me by Rajameena 
My Flesh and Blood by Pavalamani Pragasam 
Perspectives by Manjula Waldron 
That Singular Moment by Dr. Vidur Jyoti 
The Embrace of the Sea Goddess by Michael Levy  - Winner # 2

Stories   
A Year Since the Tsunami by Kanchan Mahesh  
Only for You by Mehru Jaffer 

Poetry 
A Mother's Joy by Michael Levy
A Son... by Rina Basu 
A Timeless Tale by Mahesh Jambunathan
Agony Of a Lonely Son by Jyothi Lakshmi. B
Boy! by NS Murty 
By The Sea by Dr. Uma Asopa 
Come by Frances Schiavina
Come On Hug Honey! by T.A. Ramesh 
Each Day is a Lifeline by Shane Taylor 
Eternity's Moments by Sudipta Chatterjee  
From Me to You by Ramendra Kumar 
How I Wish I Had My Childhood Back! by NS Murty 
Into the Arms of Mother Nature by Kanchan Mahesh 
Joy Meets Its Maker by Sugandha Indulkar 
Let's Run Together by Miryam Masih Nahar
Little Bird by Prashant Bhushan 
Mind's Window by Seema Banerjee-Ray 
Missing You by Kerry Lowe 
Mother by Anisa Chaudhary
Mother and Sea by AJ Rao  
Mother Calling by Rajeshwari Hemmadi 
Mother Embrace Child by Jayati Gupta 
Mother to her Child by Gaurang Bhatt, MD
My Child by Dr. Sirisha Dabiru
My Refuge by Vasanta Athilat 
My Sonny Boy by Ramendra Kumar 
Now and Then by Dr. Amitabh Mitra 
Ocean of Love by Shernaz Wadia  - Winner # 3
Sea of Love by Bibhudatta Dash  
Silent Expression! by Bollimuntha Venkata Ramana Rao
Someone by Naira Yaqoob 
Soul's Canvas by Seema Banerjee-Ray 
The Arrival by Sudipta Chatterjee 
The Child Within by Charlene Howard
The Gift of Bliss... by Joy A Burki-Watson 
The Sea is Calling by Smita Agrawal
The Theft by Saptarshi Das 
The Way You Make Me Feel... by Neha Girotra 
To Strangers! by Seema Banerjee-Ray
Tsunami by Frances Schiavina
Unconditional Love by Christine Redman-Waldeyer 
Untitled by Maneesha 
Water Polo by Seema Banerjee-Ray 
Where All Duality Ends ... by Sugandha Indulkar 
With Open Arms, I Welcome The Future by Sugandha Indulkar
Your Open Wide Arms by Rajender Krishan
 

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