I was surprised to see someone comment on my writing this late after I had actually posted it here, but I must say that these were the most insightful replies that I have recieved so far.

Parbatya, I am flattered that someone would ask you to read one of my writings. I am only an amateur writer and the fact that you appreciated this story means a lot to me. I understand when you say that you feel for your grandmother. I think about my gradparents a lot too, and I was thinking of my grandmother and her stories when I wrote this. Thank you.

Sum_off, I had never thought that you would reply to my writing but the length of your post had me surprised when I first saw it. To be completely truthful to you, I sit down and write something at one go, hence I am not analyzing if my writings are literary as they should be. About the first sentence that you commented on, it might as well sound like you said it did. I have no idea.. I take writing as a hobby, hence I have no idea of the literary rules that a responsible writer should be aware of.

I would like to explain to you why I sounded like a CNN commentator though when I wrote about the uncompetative nannies. I wanted to express how she would have suffered in the hands of numerous day care services that exist, rather than being able to stay at home. Compared to her loving grandmother, the nannies would seem incompetative. Maybe I should have added one more paragraph about them, but I was not trying to show my intense distaste for nannies. hence, I thought it was not appropriate for the plot. My inability to make you understand the "uncompetative" word would be my inability to express myself as a writer... and I would keep that in mind when/if I write something else in the future.

Lastly, being the wonderful writer that you are, I am honored by your suggestions and interest in my scramblings. I am nowhere near a literary writer though, hence my ignorance might be the reason of my shortcomings. BTW, I absolutely loved The Kite Runner and The Namesake. Wonderful works!:)

Dalli Resham, thanks for reading and appreciating. :)