Hi Anita,

Thank you. Yes, that can be a possibility and it did occur to me too but I never know, my dad never fails to surprise me.

I still remember when I was in 10th standard, I was at my friend’s place and wanted to stay back for the night and do my first girls’ night-in with my best friend, my father did not approve even after a lot of crying. He came to pick me up and sat in our friend’s place for a while and he chit-chatted with her family and went back home. He told me after coming back home – next time, I could stay back and that he got a good feeling about my friend and her family. When I told my dad that I did not feel engineering was for me and was going through a tough time, he was the one who observed that I was starting to feel depressed, he was the one who took me on a trip and introduced me to travel. We used to travel together often, he encouraged me to see the world and be happy. He sent me to a yoga certification course outside my state for a month, he always encouraged me to go out often. It was only through traveling I found myself again and started to learn to be happy by myself. He is a regular yoga practitioner and his fitness journey is so inspiring – as I grew, I have seen my dad as well evolving spiritually and his journey was what even introduced me to spirituality. I think it was in 2005 that my family faced a terrible road accident and my father was bedridden for almost a year – doctors said he could not walk fully again but today he is the fittest and fastest walker of the family. Though he did not approve of my choice of choosing my passion in the beginning, he has come to terms now and he tries to encourage and support me positively. Even with my mom, over the years their relationship evolved in a positive way – my dad apologized to her and started treating her better. So I really don’t know and can’t say for sure!