Detroit DTW to Dallas DFW

Detroit DTW to Dallas DFW

A page from my dairy

05/29/18





Today was quiet an unusual work day, especially after Memorial Day weekend.
I missed my flight to Dallas this morning, so had to reschedule to next flight (DL5996) as I gear up to meet the Disney team this week.
I had an aisle seat 11C on this flight and I arrived in my row first. A few minutes later, a young lady said, excuse me, and I got up to let her into the window seat. She looks tired, bit upset and melancholic. I helped her fix her bag on the cabin above.
As she sat, in a fraction of second introduced herself as Madhavi Chowdary from Hyderabad. I reciprocated and told I am Eeshwar Janaki. Citizen of USA, moved here 27 years ago as a student and now working as a senior media consultant at CISCO.I went on to share my story to her, which is quiet surprising on my part. As I spoke to her, I attentively observed to first guess her age, she looks around 30, her wedding ring tells about the relationship status.
I told her, I am 54 and had earlier unhappy marriage for 16 long years. She deeply sighed as if, why am I telling this to her.
I told about my Ex. wife Malathi who was also from Hyderabad and it literally took 16 years for both of us to realise that we are not meant to live together, in spite of being a high profile arranged marriage, both earning hands full and of all no children. She was Type A and same as me, so we always had arguments for every single conversation we had, and home was just a hell. I went on to tell her how I met Chanya in Bath, UK during my one year of work there. I remember the sweet love in her small deep eyes, when she came and told me that she wanted to live her rest of life with me. Looking at Madhavi affirmatively, told her that I was already divorced before I met Chanya.
Madhavi gave a smile through her brown wide lips.  I didn’t ask her about her marriage, not sure whether it is a happy one unlike the majority. Yesterday my daughter “Maya” turned one and shared her pics of the celebration. Madhavi told this is amazing! I told her, how my mum always, believed one day _ I will have a child, always quoting reference of M. Karunanidhi  of having his youngest child at age of 54.
Even doctors were surprised when myself and Chanya responded positively for the fertility treatment in spite of our age factor. Chanya at 43 and many odds circumstances, she gave me my beautiful angel.  Listening to this she replied to me “miracles happen”.  Yes! every day is a miracle we tend to run away or least acknowledge them from beautiful blessings life gives us.
Went on to show her pics of our holiday last November Chanya's village where the elephant festival is quiet a big tourist attraction in Thailand. I was feeling very contented as I shared my story to this young lady, who is just a co-passenger couple of minutes ago.  I shared her about my Buddhism inclination since last ten years, my meditation experience in Dallas centre. Vipassana meditation, taught me to see and accept things as they are instead of how I wanted them to be. My experience in toast master club, which helped me in public speaking. Which have totally reviewed my life and has given a better meaning.
I shared my recent experience of ketogenic  diet and how my 79 year old mum in India is also following. How I turned back my life twenty years back, wearing the same size trouser. Gave away clothes to The Salvation Army and purchased new for my wardrobe
Why I want to live long.... keeping myself fit as I have responsibility for my wife and loving daughter.
We continued to share about the books, I read recently, about my friends in US and back in Hyderabad. I was just amazed to share my story to Madhavi.
At last told her, this is Karma and we had a deep connection of past life and God gave me this time, to tell my story. She sighed as if was in a dream and needs to retrospect life. I found she appreciated my new-found love through my wife and blessing of my daughter arrival. These may mean different to her at age of 30, I am pretty sure _ she will start thinking of her career, if it is not gratifying; If her marriage is not passionate as it supposed to be; If puzzled as she seems, she will take up vipassana meditation in days to come. Of all she doesn’t seem to be decisive as Donald Trump but arguably a stronger lady of her age.
Not sure, whether I will speak to her again or ever meet her as we didn’t exchange our contacts.

Glad I met her today! 2hour 40min flight, I almost told her everything.