Ravikiran Rao

The Delivery

 
The Contemplative Indian

The Contemplative Indian

At 9:28 PM, September 29, 2008, we  took delivery of this as-yet unnamed package at Fernandez Hospital, Abids, Hyderabad. He weighed 2.8kg at birth and took 30 hours to push his way out of his mother Soumya’s womb. He came a few days early, partly in response to his father’s threat to name him “Mohandas” if he dared arrive on October 2. His other major accomplishment in the past week has been to learn to feed himself. In the coming weeks, his parents hope that he will learn to distinguish between night and day, and stay awake during the latter rather than the former.

12 Responses to “The Delivery”

  1. Chetanon 05 Oct 2008 at 5:20 pm

    Heartiest Congratulations!

    Best of luck with your new responsibilities. I am certain you will be a wonderful parent.

    Are you going to start a Daddy blog about him named the contemplative Indian? Now, that would be awesome.

  2. Malteshon 05 Oct 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Congrats Ravi! This is indeed good news. I hope the mother and child are both keeping fine health. I do keep popping into your blog once a while but tend to keep out of the heady concotion of debates, views and counter views :)

  3. Goyalon 05 Oct 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Congratulations!!

    Day and night - not so soon…

  4. Sandeepon 05 Oct 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Ravi,

    Congratz! Your long absence is forgiven.

  5. adon 06 Oct 2008 at 12:10 am

    Congratulations..he looks utterly cute! (Mohandas…Hyuk hyuk)

  6. Gauravon 06 Oct 2008 at 10:27 am

    Youngest member of cartel? Congratulations BTW.

  7. Nikhil Narayananon 06 Oct 2008 at 12:01 pm

    Ravi,
    Congratulations and best wishes to the new kid on the block.
    -Nikhil

  8. Prabhuon 06 Oct 2008 at 3:49 pm

    Congratulations Ravi.

  9. Lazybugon 06 Oct 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Congratulations!

  10. HiAgainon 09 Oct 2008 at 9:57 am

    Congrats Ravi!

  11. Nandanon 09 Oct 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Congrats on the new arrival, Ravi!

  12. Just Mohiton 17 Oct 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Congrats. Btw, apropos your last line, “In the coming weeks, his parents hope that he will learn to distinguish between night and day, and stay awake during the latter rather than the former”, all i can say is “good luck but wishful thinking.” :)

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