Congratulations to Ila and her writer father. My daughter Anjali, just turned thirty, told me teary-eyed when she was around four years old and I was on deadline for something or another and couldn't pay her the attention she wanted at that moment: "I don't want to have a writer mommy. I want a regaleer mommy like everyone else!" (She pronouced "regular" at that age in a way it rhymed with "cavalier".) Sounds like Ila is more than making the best of being a writer's daughter.
Cliche that it is--I cannot believe your daughter has now graduated from college. I have her byhearted in time as a darling toodler that let me play with the bounciung ball in her playroom. A happy memory for me and now Congrtualtions to her as she moves forth in our world.
Your post reminds me of Mary McCarthy's The Group which I had read in the course of my PhD on her novels. It tells the story of a group of woman friends who had studied in The Vassar College. The novel elaborates on the changes that take place in their life over the years after marriage, children etc.
Mary McCarthy was herself an alumni of Vassar, which was meant only for girls in those days. Now, I think, it has co-ed.
Amitava, I kinda hate you temporarily for writing this extremely good essay.
Also I love you permanently for writing these extremely good essays.
🙏🏽❤️
Congratulations to Ila and her writer father. My daughter Anjali, just turned thirty, told me teary-eyed when she was around four years old and I was on deadline for something or another and couldn't pay her the attention she wanted at that moment: "I don't want to have a writer mommy. I want a regaleer mommy like everyone else!" (She pronouced "regular" at that age in a way it rhymed with "cavalier".) Sounds like Ila is more than making the best of being a writer's daughter.
Cliche that it is--I cannot believe your daughter has now graduated from college. I have her byhearted in time as a darling toodler that let me play with the bounciung ball in her playroom. A happy memory for me and now Congrtualtions to her as she moves forth in our world.
Love this, love you. Congratulations, Dad. The splendor of it all ...
I love everything about this. Congratulations to Ila, and thanks for sharing some of her work with us.
Many congratulations to my namesake! And always a pleasure to read your posts ❤️
🙏🏽❤️
Your post reminds me of Mary McCarthy's The Group which I had read in the course of my PhD on her novels. It tells the story of a group of woman friends who had studied in The Vassar College. The novel elaborates on the changes that take place in their life over the years after marriage, children etc.
Mary McCarthy was herself an alumni of Vassar, which was meant only for girls in those days. Now, I think, it has co-ed.