Aai.
Day 1: AAI. My aai has been anything but conventional. Born in a small village, she lost her mother at the age of 6. Living with a large extended family, slowly but surely, chartered her way through and moved to Nagpur. Ambitious and determined, from an early age, she learnt to navigate her way and ultimately realised her dream of becoming a Doctor. In those days, when females married early and bore children, Aai took her own sweet time and married at the age of 26 ( I got married at 24 :P)! Two years post marriage, she completed her Post Graduation in Pediatrics with a toddler in tow. Focused, dedicated, sincere, kind, loving, forthright and short tempered is how I would define her :) When all my friends mothers were telling them to participate more actively in the kitchen , she would push me out of it.When mothers would pamper daughters and overfeed them post delivery, Aai would scold me for eating senseless