Just felt like sharing a quick update with you. This has got nothing to do with Technology per se. This incident relates to my son, who brings so much joy into my life. This post is titled ‘Defeat and Victory’ because I want to share 2 incidents with you.
Defeat: Of late, I have been teaching my 8-year old son(Dodo – one among his many pet names-he has a soft corner for the extinct bird) to play chess. After ensuring that he understood the rules well, we started playing some friendly matches. I ‘defeated’ him many times and he would take the results sportingly, initially and later on with a lot of disappointment. Yesterday, I deliberately lost a match to him. As I started making one ‘silly mistake’ after another, I could see his face brightening up and finally when my king was cornered, he yelled-out “Check-Mate”. He was ecstatic and punching in the air and I was so Happy to see him. Savoured that moment of Defeat every bit 
Victory: We have been celebrating his every small achievements at school or extra-curricular activities. Today, back from school, he called me up(I was in my office) as soon as he reached home to inform me that he won a prize for being neatly dressed at school. We are going to celebrate this small Victory as well. I asked him what he wanted. He asked me to get his favourite comic book. Tonight I am going to read out a story to him, by the bedside.
We have many such stories of defeat and victories. Why don’t you share yours in the comment section below.
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You are absolutely right Devendra. I remember the days when you were of the age of dodo and how I used to get defeated in games like chess, ludo and carom, just to make you happy and in turn I used to be happier than you.
Keep the good work going.
Vatsala Bhaskar
Thanks Sister…yes those were wonderful days…..winning all the time and blissfully not realising how I used to win most of the time