Meet The Ganeshan In My Name.
Meet the Ganeshan in my name!!!
I was always told I look like my dad like it was a bad thing. If not for my dad's "karuppu dhaan da azhagu" (black is what beauty is), I don't know if I would've ever believed otherwise.
My dad was always my ally. We'd make fun of mom for how fair-skinned she is. We have the same God complex that comes from absolutely no qualification. My storytelling ability comes from him - if he started, we'd sit for hours and gawk at him as he narrated. We have a matching temper too; I'm really the only one who can match his yelling, and on days we reach a stalemate, my brother would serve as the diplomat.
He's the kinda dad who would never say I told you so, only we'll sort it out don't worry; he's the kinda dad who would say come let's go get drenched in the rain because it's all figure-out-able and it's more important to be here now; he's the kinda dad who would say "good morning chellakutty!!!" to us every single morning even if we never really say it back; he's the kinda dad who pours us our drink because he'd rather have us drink with him than behind his back; he's the kinda dad who would give us as many hugs as he can; he's the kinda dad who never slicked back his hair after 9-year-old me said I like it parted to the side; he's the kinda dad who's never forced anything on us, be it religion or life-altering decisions.
He's the kinda dad who would take our word over the teacher's anyday; he's the kinda dad who would respect our privacy like we're older than him; he's the kinda dad who has had a crazy opinion arc just because we said so; and most importantly, he's the kinda dad who, no matter what the world, including my mom, says, makes sure we don't forget to believe in ourselves.
My dad's always been the friend he wanted in his father. And I've never given him the credit he deserves. But the older I get and the more I realise that he did everything with none of what I have today, the more I see him as a little boy, living his life for the first time too, and I can't put into words how much I want to buy the whole world for him.
