GUNDI
In local parlance, Gundi is a girl who is a bully and a
tomboy who has scant respect for authority. ‘A’ is growing into a real Gundi.
She is very particular about the genre of music she listens to, the toys she
plays with, the food she is given and the company she keeps. She wants to dress
up and go out every evening with one of her progenitors. She yells at her
parents when she is bored, when she is hungry, when she is sleepy or when she
feels like changing her attire. She cranes her neck to see what her parents are
up to and coughs discreetly but
insistently if they are engrossed with each other and ignore her for long (i.e.
for more than a minute); and starts bawling if they still ignore her. She, however, has enough sense to be at her best behaviour
when there are visitors; or when the family is visiting some friends or is out
shopping. She also smiles sweetly whenever a camera is aimed in her direction,
but seldom otherwise. But let us give her some more time, she may mellow with
age. Ahana is just 5 months young.
