Maaaaa
Every hindi film buff will know these lines from Deewar
(Amitabh Bachchan and Shahi Kapoor) :-
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Vijay (AB):
Aaj mere paas bangla hai, gadi hai, paisa hai.......tumhare paas kya hai?
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Ravi (SK) :
Mere paas Maa hai!
(Tacky interpretation in English :-
Vijay:Today I have a bungalow,
car, lots of money.. what do you have?
Ravi: I have my mother!(and even
after having everything you have lost her))
Why am I quoting this dialogue?
Because Vira now tries out a few variations of Ma now .
1. Mamamamammmm
2. Maaaaaaa
3. Mehhhh mehh (like a goat)
4. MAMMMMaAAAA
Yes, this is the first word she
has spoken . I cannot tell you the immense sense of pride I feel . Incidentally,
my elder daughter Reet started off with ‘DaDA da da da ‘ which clearly was an attempt at ‘Dad’ . I
remember how thrilled Vikram (her pop) was !! These days I cannot help smiling
grinning at the sounds that seem to be Vira’s version of ‘mother’ . J
PS :- The most interesting
variant is the mehhh which is so much like a goat bleating that we can’t stop
laughing when she starts off .