Babu

We all have words in our conciousness that trigger off powerful emotions. A favourite word from our childhood, something our parents or grandparents might have used as a term of endearment, perhaps a word that we use over and over again to describe feelings of happiness, sadness or love. A word that can make us burst out in laughter, or sob tears uncontrollably; sometimes both, if we're lucky.

Its just a word, after all, that does this. How powerful it is language can be!

For me, for reasons to whom who knows, the word is not just a word, its a name, babu.