LOGINLittle Dream is story of a 12 year old girl Dream who is a Child Prodigy. She had to face harsh reality of college life at a very tender age. Does she emerges victorious or gets lost in the sea of people know this by reading the short story?
View MoreOnly son of the owner of Kaling group of industries, Mr. Satish Chandra, Gaurav Chandra is hard working and no nonsense kind of person. In his 28 years of life and 5 years of work experience after completing his MBA from a prestigious university, he has expanded the business of Kaling industries to many new lines which have become profitable quickly. His new thought process was initially resented then grudgingly accepted by many faithful employees of his father.
After proving himself to everyone, today he is ready to present to everyone his Dream project.
“Asha Aunty, breakfast please” shouted Gaurav as soon as he rushed out of the bathroom. Today he had to reach office early .
When Gaurav reached the breakfast table, he found his mom, Mrs. Deepali Chandra was already present at the table.
“Mom, do you need to reach somewhere?” asked surprised Gaurav.
“No, my child, I need to talk to you about something” replied Deepali.
“I need to reach office really early today. I have a very important presentation. Can this wait till the evening?” exclaimed Gaurav.
“ I’ll just take your 5 minutes” replied Deepali patiently.
“Ok Mom, but, please only 5 minutes. If it takes more than that then can we please talk in the evening?” replied Gaurav.
Deepali smiled and said “I just want to tell you that daughter of my childhood friend Kiran will be staying with us for few months. She has got admission in Fine Arts in the prestigious Fine Arts college in the city. She is a very talented artist.”
“Ok Mom but why are you telling me about it?I hope you don’t expect me to babysit her. I don’t have time.” Exclaimed Gaurav.
“ I want you to receive her on the airport at 7 pm” replied Deepali.
“ But why? Can not driver or somebody else do it if you are busy?”
“ no it has to be a family member. We don’t want her to feel unwelcome and this is final. I will not hear any arguments.”
“ Ok Mom. I will receive her.” replied Gaurav in a resigned tone. He knew if his Mom has decided anything then you cannot say no to her. Business was run by his father but their life was firmly in hands of his Mom and she was perfect balance of indulgent and strict.
“ Excellent, I will message her Flight details and photo to you. Please don’t be late”
“ Sure, Mom”.
Six months have passed and Dream is flying to Paris after two days. Maa and I have decided to go with her to settle her there. Maa has decided that she needs a break and hence, she is going to stay at our Paris flat with Dream for a few months.Kiran Aunty tried to convince Maa that this unnecessary. She even said that she will pay for our journey but Maa has told her firmly that Dream is her daughter and Kiran Aunty should not come between mother and daughter. I could see the relief in the eyes of Kiran Aunty. She was really worried about Dream.Dream is jumping all over in the house. I cannot believe this is same child who told me that she is not a child anymore with serious face. My brave little sister. She is not even worried about her packing.Maa and Kiran Aunty have turned the house upside down and deemed everything under the as necessary to pack. I have told them that we are not doing this and only Dream’s clothes and painting set will go. Re
“We have a plan and you will just need to follow it”I explained everything to Dream and like a naïve child she is, she agreed to everything without questioning or fear.Children are so pure in their trust. They just do not doubt one bit about their own safety if they trust you and I am determined to not break the trust of my precious child.Finally after all the preparation, convincing and taking principal, teacher and class representative into confidence and going through each step with everyone multiple times, we are as ready as we can be.Today we are going to teach Dream how to fight back and to that bully that it is not ok to bully others.“Hello, I have got some chips and coke for you. You must be feeling tired after bullying other people, right. Please have it so that you can do better job at bullying. And I have got chips and drinks for everyone in the class as well because you all must
I am finding it difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that we are asking Dream to go against a big man. She is so tiny. She hardly reaches above my waist.But Mom is right we need to enable her to tackle such people. She will be alone in Paris. PI pep talk to myself and steel my heart with determination that if that knucklehead touched even a hair of my Dream all bets are off. I am going to make him suffer for even thinking about bullying.Suddenly I become cautious, when did Dream become so important and when did I turn into protective big brother. It is a good feeling. I sometimes even think of her as my daughter.“Dream, we need to talk to child” said Mom“What happened Deepali Aunty?”asked Dream.“We know that you are being bullyed at college and this is the reason you don’t want to attend college anymore” said Mom“ How did you know? Did college principal comp
A plan is forming in my mind slowly. But I am still not sure if my little Dream will be able to have enough courage to execute it. But her future life depends on this event and handling of it. Whether she will always be a victim or fighter, this plan will decide and I know she is a fighter.I need to discuss it with Gaurav and Ram as well in the evening.“Hi Mom, are you still thinking about that bully? I am still convinced that we should speak to the principal and teachers. If Dream needs backup or help, they will be the first people present” Gaurav said.“ I agree with you son but just talking to them will not teach Dream about handling this situation. She also needs to learn.”“I agree Maa but I am not able to think of a way where a 12 year old can take on a 19-20 year old and still be safe and I will never agree to any plan which puts Dream in danger” said Gaurav.“I agree to this and I have a pla





