“Jarul has two nicknames in the house. One is, ‘Savdhani Hati, Durghatna Ghati’ (Caution was exercised to reduce this tragedy) and the second one is, “Chulbul Pandey”.

I remember, she started talking at an early age. She was around 10 months when she said her first words to her brother, ‘Aaja, Josh’. (Come, Josh). There was a time when her father was having his tea and she saw the phone next to him. She went, picked up the phone, dipped it in the tea and said, ‘I did nothing!’. That’s how naughty she was. Another time, I came back home to all my plants glistening in the sun. I went closer to see what was shining only to find that Jarul had used paper pins to poke all the leaves so that the monkeys can’t fiddle with them now. My Chulbul Pandey’s mind worked in mysterious ways. That I can tell you! Once, when her brother would ask for money before he went for his jamming sessions, she would look at him, and tell him, ‘Why are you asking? The wallet is there, just quietly take the money and go’.
It was in 2nd grade when I got a hint that she was set apart from the rest of the kids at school. Her photographic memory was weak and she wouldn’t remember sentences which she read just a minute back. Her ‘b’ was written as ‘d’ and mixing up of other alphabets and spelling was very common with her. Her teachers and fellow students at school started to bully her because she always scored below average in academics and threatened to take away her sports captain badge as well. It was in 4th grade when I noticed my happy, naughty child come back everyday from school, unhappy. So, I sat her down and asked her what happened. That’s all it took before she broke down in front of me. It was heart wrenching to see her in that state. I confronted the principal and told them that if I don’t have a problem with her marks then so shouldn’t they. It was then that I took the decision to change her schools and the principal in the new school also noticed that she had a learning disability and suggested to get some tests. We eventually found out that Jarul is Dyslexic. Her new school has been exceptionally supportive of her and today, she is 15 years old and her confidence has reached a new high.

She is now a great sportsman who loves playing football and volleyball, a musician, an artist, has competed at National level Karate Championship and is all things creative and wonderful. She keeps herself busy by constantly learning new art forms. My Jarul is the naughtiest and the wittiest and we love her to bits.”

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