MA --Why suddenly in my early morning dream?-Chapter 7

She had two plaits with red ribbons tied to a flowery knot at the long end.

Ani remembered how she had seen her with one and two plaits as she waited downstairs ,on the footpath ,near the front gate of her double storey building ,waiting for the school bus .

They both were usually absorbed in a conversation , from Monday to Friday that was same in content 

"Don't you forget to eat the banana. It's good for health. The hard toast has grated cheese and black pepper powder sprinkled on top. Black paper is necessary for the body.The boiled potatoes are sliced and tomatoes and beans are added to it. You must eat everything in the break time then only go to play.Is that ok ?"Ani almost knew by heart these regular statements that she heard from Nursery to the Fifth Class.

Gradually school timings changed. Ani was also getting into her teens. Her father ,too had to be taken care of .Kanai , her father ,worked in a Chamber of Commerce and he too left home by nine in the morning.

Ani's mother, Nita preferred now to deliver instruction from the first floor balcony ,between getting breakfast ready for her husband and arranging his shirt, pant, tie, handkerchief .

The school bus arrives with a lot of sound of the children exchanging good mornings in an over enthusiastic manner and the break making a screeching sound.

Ani called out loudly to her mother. It became a habit by then .

" Ma ,bye." Nita rushed to the balcony and waved out .

It was half past five when her eyes opened. It was hazy outside. Ani pulled up the thick bedsheet to her shoulder. It not yet warm. February is enjoyable. Has Nita come to Ani's dreams to remind her that she is young and happy in the next world?

Ani tried to recall every bit of her dream. She saw her mother in a white sari with red and green border. The  red 'bindi' strikingly bright like a red dot  between her well trimmed eye brows. Her eyes as bright donned up in black 'kajal', a type of home made eye  liner. Her plaits revealed the thickness of her wavy and long hair.

Ani never thought of her mother .She never missed her .She had distanced herself from her mother ,some five years before her death.Why then such a pleasant appearance of Nita ,in Ani's dream this morning ?