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She was holding the mobile phone in her hand. She could not sleep. It was one hour into the new day. She has never been awake for so long. She was anxious and seemingly disturbed. She was clearly waiting for an important call. She sent a text message again. There was neither a reply nor a call

A couple of months back, Sitamma got a surprise gift from her son. A mobile phone. Nokia 1100. Indeed, it was phone for India. Sitamma never was a great fan of phones .She still believed that nothing can be as effective as hand written letters. Mobile phones were totally out of her comfort zone. She would never have imagined that one day, she would be texting! The Son gifted Sitamma a mobile phone, with a purpose though. He was travelling abroad to work and earn. Something more than written letters was needed for the mother and the son to stay in touch in this ‘fast and furious’ world. And it was the mother who took that extra pain to learn to handle mobile phones. It was a phenomenal gesture from the 50 year old Sitamma. She had to learn from scratch. From picking and making calls to texting messages. She had 2 weeks to learn that. And she did learn to handle mobile phone .Clearly, every mother steps up like Sitamma did when it comes to caring the kids.

The Phone finally beeped at 1:53 AM. She was so excited and relieved. The first thing she checked with her son was if he had received her text message. The conversation continued and ended on a happy note. Sitamma sunk into the bed peacefully, Thanking Mr.Nokia from heart for keeping her connected with her son.