The Great Socialiser!!!

It was a commendable effort by Holly that he started this blog so we could all express ourselves over the untimely death of a person dear to us all, but the ultimate credit should go to Uncle Kulwant himself: even in death, he remains the great socialiser!!! He is the glue joining us: we who are scattered all over the globe;we who have not seen and met each other in years.

I mentioned sometime ago that I would post reflections of my husband Davinder who only got to meet Uncle in the month before his death. Sure they had met, being related, not just through me, but through Masi, but had not done so in a family setting, and not socially as a nephew-in-law!!! Since then, Davinder has remarked no less than a dozen times that he had not met anyone of Uncle’s generation who had such a zest for life, who really enjoyed meeting people, and who absolutely loved to offer a drink! And we both made mental notes that when Uncle and Masi make it to Australia, (and we were so sure they would! Together!), we were taking them to all the good wineries around, knowing how well Uncle enjoyed a tipple!

Even in the days that followed the news of Uncle’s hemorrhage, we hoped, we prayed, and not knowing the extent of brain damage, still expected Uncle to get better! Just so among the many things he still had left to do, there would be the trip here. God knows I had been telling Masi and Uncle to come here even before Gulzar was born, around the time they had that horrible accident!!! I know now that I should have absolutely insisted! Somehow my collection of regrets seems to grow bigger over the years. And each regret is more painful than the ones before.