No No .... i am not the one saying it. This was said by the tamil director Gautam menon whose film 'varanam ayiram' was inspired from his real life. the movie was more about father-son relationship and how a father is an inspiring figure for his son in each each stage of his son's life. May be it is true in real life also. Many son's look forward to their father's for some form of inspiration or heroism.
My father was never like that... not a drop of heroism. He was always on the slower side be it riding a scooter or doing things. He is always slow but careful. He is very punctual in fact infectiously punctual such that he could reach the required destination hours before the actual time. He always rides scooter at 20 km/hr and advises me to do so but i could ride it at 60 when he is not watching that is a different case. so in fact he was just an ordinary man with not much heroism.But..... what i admire about him is his decision making sense. He is the most intellectual person i have seen, because his thoughts and ideas are just fantastic. I remember when i was studying in 8th std we all had to choose one 2nd language, either malayalam or hindi. Most of my friends were taking malayalam and i also wanted to choose it. when i discussed it with my dad he said "no you should take hindi". I insisted that all my friends were taking malayalam but he was adamant that i should take hindi.
Years later me and dad had to go to bangalore and we had to communicate with vendors and auto drivers to get the proper route of the city. what i saw was really moving. i could communicate easily with them in hindi and my dad was struggling to communicate with them. Then i realised why he was adamant about me taking hindi as the 2nd language. He couldn't get quality education when he was a child. so he wanted me to do what he couldn't do. He may not be a heroic figure but he is the person i adore for the intellect he has.
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