The Joy of Inheritance ..!! | 2013 |

It was around 6 in the evening. The boy innocently with curious eyes, asked his grandad. 

"Do u have any hobbies" , asked the grandson smiling. The boy was rewarded with a smile as a reply.

Of course, the small kid knows that his grandad makes himself too occupied all the time. But how come. He took a moment to find out if there was anything that can make him really this bitsy. The boy felt that he gets bored inspite of all his school, assignments, piano class and of course a very little time devoted to studies. 

His grandad, a very interesting person and composed in nature but very principled and commands respect. He prefers to explore the most remote places on this earth. 

His collections included a compass, that he used during world war II. A finely crafted vintage compass made out of tortoise shell, roman collection dated 55 years back. 

One day the boy spotted his grandad gazing with his magnifying glass. He peeped out of the window to know what his grandad was really excited about. The boy noticed a briefcase beside him while he was dusting it. 

He placed that briefcase right on his table. He sneezed as he opened it gently. The boy peeped as much as his foot could carry him. 

"What is there inside", the boy whispered. 

He took some albums and old beer tins out of that briefcase. The boy was able to hear some coins rolling inside those tins. He contemplated it as used bullets, as he remembers his grandad mentioning the same. 

55 years old Czechoslovakia stamp

He gently arranged everything that was staked in that briefcase for years. 

He ambled to reach the nearest so as to not test his grandad's patience. He was unable to spot anything as the door was closed later by his grandad. But he remembered some albums having mutilated corners. "Is it that old"., he asked himself.

He went back to his room and found his dad busy vetting the will documents. His mom enjoyed her own part in this process of succession. But his grand parents were really proud about this inheritance. To suffice this, their  son was kind enough to give them comfort post inheritance.




Next day, the boy heard someone calling him impatiently. He stretched himself reluctantly to that impatient voice. He could see his grandad sitting alone in the garden.

"Come here, I have something, really interesting for u"., said his grandad in a tuff tone. 

52 years old - Rome olympics 1960

"I have collected around 600 rare stamps. I have spent almost half my life in searching and collecting them. Each and every stamp has a story before it got placed in this album. My only ground rule was not to collect stamps for money and by money. The important catalyst is the interest. Not every one can do this as it needs enormous patience  while collecting and tremendous time to maintain it. And there is no better person on this earth to value it the way I do"., grandad expressed. 

The boy's grandma was observing silently and enjoyed the way things were turning out. 

"That's because, I want my grandson to inherit my unconditional love"., he said turning to his wife. 

"Then he should also own that, the stamp that was released on the mark of Prince Charles royal wedding with Diana"., the wife said.

29th July 1981 - The Royal Wedding

"I gifted you on our 25th anniversary, the most precious stamp of all my collection. A 30 year old stamp that marked the unconditional love and bondage of love and being loved"., he said brimming with pride.

From that day, the boy sauntered with the briefcase and fixed beneath his bed, before he crashed to bed.