My father is a great person. A great business and pure marwari. The best quality about him is his controlled over his temper. He never beaten us (me and my siblings) except for once.
Jabalpur is always known for its festivals and beautiful jhankis of Lord Ganesha is a feast to watch even today. It was the last day of watching such jhankis and papa had not arrived from shop. I was 4 or 5 years old and my brother 1 yr older than me. I was getting impatience and want to see all the jhankis around my dwelling place as soon as possible. As it was already 8 in the evening, so we (my brother and me) decided to get out of home and see all the jhankis. We have not taken the permission from anyone because we know that no one would allow us. This was the first time (I think so) that we went out our street alone.
After spending some fruitful half an hour watching some fabulous jhankis, suddenly papa came on his Luna and asked both of us to sit on Luna immediately. It was the most terrifying moment of my life. I was trying to stop tears from my eyes. We arrived at home and papa was shouting at both of us. I was not able to make contact to my father's eyes. My head was leaning. Suddenly a large sound of slap was reverberated. It felt as if my heart was stop beating and when I put my hand on chest I found my heart was beating too fast.
After few seconds the powerful hand of my father made a carbon on my cheeks and I almost fallen down. The thrust was so powerful that it made my pant wet. It embarrassed me because at that time I already started using toilet.
I never did anything in my life which would force my father to use his hands. Today I never take papa's permission for anywhere but I make sure that he feels relax by conveying only one thing that I am alright.
You cannot live ur life alone. You need someone who can protect u from this brutal world. It can be ur parents, ur brother or ur friends. You become lonely when no one is around you. Your well-wisher sometimes become harsh on you just life my father because they care for you. You dont have to do anything accept making ur well-wishers realize that u r safe and alright.