Unsung Hero

Sacrifices that a mother makes in giving birth and raising a child is something unparalleled and is also something about which a lot has been sung and written. But, when it comes to Dads that doesn't happen to be the case and neither did I ever realise about this backbone of mine until I became one. Someone, who always works in the shadows and never ever expects any credit for anything he has done. Heck, he doesn't even realise the sacrifices he's made, leave alone expect us to recognise it. I remember the time when my dad was posted to a rural branch of his bank for a couple of years. Me and my brother used to live with my mom in Chennai whereas he used to visit us every weekend. I can't imagine the pain and suffering he would have gone through those days living all by himself (those were the days prior to mobile or internet when we didn't even have a landline phone at home) with the only thought of waiting for the weekend to arrive to see his family. During summer...