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पूनम माटिया 12.18am22 May2019

Kanwal Kohli 10.01.2013

 
Hello Poonam (Matia) JI: Aap ki life-cycle kay baaray mein padh kar bahut acchaa lagaa. Aur badhie baat to yeh hai, ki jin saadhaaran stithiyon say aap bachcpan mein guzreen hain, woh bhi aap bilkul nahien bhuulien!!!

Iss kay ilaawaa aapki shuru ki shikshaa kay baaray mein bhi detail mein padhaa aur phir bahut achaa lagaa, ki shuru say hi aap awal darjay par aatie rahien, jiski wajeh say aapko apni adhyapikaaon kaa bhi sadaiv puraa sneh miltaa rahaa. In fact, there’s a great resemblance betweeen u n my mother’s education n tough journey of life. Even she was simply class 8 pass when she got married; meanwhile the partition took place and my parents came to India in 1947. And, besides other commitments to joint family (me just about a yr old at that time), her husband & the society, she again took courage and simultaneously started teaching as well studying herself…..even while in the teaching job she continued her self studies….. reached M.A., B.Ed and is now leading a retd life at 80+……

Education is of three kinds – parental, schooling and environment and I feel that in your case also it has just been like that. Moreover, as I see from day-1, u got into the reading habit, which has really given u a lot of impetus n exposure in life. And then when u started appearing on the school stage, that added to ur confidence. Moreover, the T.V. too accelerated your growth, in every sense.

Coming to college life, even being a Science student, literature remained your first love.!!! Moreover, it’s highly creditable that you were as much at home with the English literature as the Hindi Literature….The plus point in ur case was that u remained a very devoted student, throughout ur life. It’s also heartening to know that even when u became financially sound, highly educated and flourished in life, ur feet always remained on the ground, which is highly commendable.

I know u hv remained a great thinker and have always believed in dreaming big for urself!!! Yea, life mein goals to honay hi chaaheeyaen. Hv also enjoyed reading ur transition period, where-in you became a family person, having ur own lovely family and enjoying all this, while giving full credit to all those who helped u, in some way or the other, to achieve excellence in ur life. Well, u hv made ur home happy and so u hv been happy to live in it!!!

Thus u blossomed from a petal into a full grown lovely flower, having attained higher maturity levels too all along the life’s journey. And the best thing is that u hv always tried to put ur life’s experiences (including the city n the village life) into ur writings too.

Indeed u hv always remained a restless soul, as u hv never been satisfied with ur achievements, which is why u even tried ur hands in the field of Arts n Crafts plus tried to venture into some kind of business activities. I can also understand that besides ur own growth, u hv left no stones unturned, to ensure that both your daughters (dear Tanya n Tarang) get groomed very well in their own spheres of life, and I feel that both of them have really made u proud through their success n achievements in their respective fields…..

You have undoubtedly even been a very good organizer in life. Indeed u hv handled several stage programmes very successfully. I’m very impressed to know that u hv always given due credit to all those, who hv helped u climb the success-ladder, whether it be ur dear husband, Naresh ji or ur
respected in-laws.

Later on u started getting fascinated towards the computer n the internet and gradually stepped into the gr8 world of the FB, where I also hv had the privilege of being accepted by u as one amongst ur 5,000 odd friends, coming from different sections of the society. I’m proud to know how some of ur FBFs have encouraged u not only to write more n more but hv even helped u to get your articles published in different magazines n so on……until ur own written book “Swapn Shringar” also appeared on the scene. Poonam ji, u hv really made all of us very proud n please accept my congratulations (to u, ur dear family n all ur loved ones) for the same.

Indeed u hv already become an FB Celebrity long since and friends like me are proud to hv come into ur fold. Your life’s journey, ur confidence and ur great success story will certainly give a lot of encouragement to all those, who are just in the prime of their life, like u were once……

Pray that u soar high above in the sky – I mean sky may be the limit for u – and u achieve all that in life, which you aspire. In other words, May God fulfil ur heart’s wishes n choicest desires in the years ahead and may u always be very happy with ur kith n kin.

May God bless u with all the happiness in the world.
Your well-wisher
KK