{"id":91,"date":"2009-09-13T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T16:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harishkrishnan.wordpress.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2009-09-13T21:55:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T16:25:30","slug":"shantivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harishkrishnan.me\/blog\/2009\/09\/13\/shantivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Shantivan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Four years ago, God took away my beloved Grandpa. One<br \/>\nquestion that has always bothered me after that is why does God take<br \/>\naway the good persons from this earth. As I had written in my earlier<br \/>\npost. He was the best grandpa anyone could have asked for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I know you are watching me from above. Every single day I wish that<br \/>\nyou come back to see what all has changed in my life for good. Every<br \/>\nhappy moment I wish you were there Grandpa!<\/p>\n<p>You have always taught me that serve people and bring a smile into<br \/>\neveryone&#8217;s face. I try to do that every time. That makes me ponder. Why<br \/>\ndoes new age generation forget the sacrifices which their parents have<br \/>\nmade for them? Why do they shy away from taking care of them when they<br \/>\nneed the most? Why can&#8217;t they keep their parents smiling???? All<br \/>\nthese questions bother me when I visit Shantivan every time.<\/p>\n<p>There are around 40 persons who stay at Shantivan. Vidya Tai is the<br \/>\nprincipal for all of them. Every single person at Shantivan has a<br \/>\nstory to tell! They have the questions in their eyes as what they have<br \/>\ndone wrong to stay away from their family? There is a lady who still<br \/>\nhas a Cadbury chocolate kept in her shelf which she wishes to give her<br \/>\ngrand-daughter when she comes to meet her. Its been three years now<br \/>\nand the chocolate is still there \ud83d\ude41 .<\/p>\n<p>I go to Shantivan whenever I get time as I want to bring a smile onto<br \/>\ntheir face At least for a day! I try to become their child and mingle<br \/>\nwith them by talking to them and playing with them. Vidya Tai calls me<br \/>\nher son born after 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>There is this couple who are soooooo talented! Keshav kaka is an<br \/>\namazing artist and smriti tai weaves some amazing dresses. How can<br \/>\ntheir child miss out on having such a talented parents? How can they<br \/>\nallow their child to miss out on the talents of the grandparents? They<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t realize what they are losing out on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92  \" title=\"Keshav Kaka\" src=\"http:\/\/harishkrishnan.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/29072009289.jpg\" alt=\"Keshav Kaka with his paintings\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keshav Kaka with his painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I see my Grandpa in all of them. When they laugh, I feel my Grandpa is<br \/>\nlaughing . Today Nirmal Kaka (one of the new entrants told me) that it<br \/>\nhas been over 50 years that he has tasted such an authentic south<br \/>\nIndian Sambhar! The joy in is face and stomach is what I want and what<br \/>\nI wish. I will continue to serve them no matter what happens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, God took away my beloved Grandpa. One question that has always bothered me after that is why does God take away the good persons from this earth. As I had written in my earlier post. 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