THE FATHER'S DAY IS NOT OVER, YET...
Pic.: Geeta Kulkarni L ast night, there was this message in my FB inbox. It was from Sushil Shankar, a dear old student and friend of mine. He wrote: “Hi Gerry sir, I read your post on Father’s Day. It inspired me to write on my father, too. Please read and evaluate.” T oday my daughter wished me “HAPPY FATHER’S DAY”. It made me go back in my past… I lost my father to diabetes 32 years ago. He had just crossed 50 years. He was a Diabetes-Mellitus patient, with foot ulcers. Later on, he developed kidney failures and died during dialysis procedure. His body couldn’t bear the dialysis, which already was suffering the after-effects of medication and diabetes. When my dad was alive, I don’t remember celebrating a Father’s Day or any such days which are in vogue now. Only my and my brothers’ birthdays were what we celebrated. We never celebrated our dad’s birthday. I have one sibling left, and he doesn’t even know our father’s date of birth! My fathe...