Like most mothers, my mom also faced trouble feeding her son. She found that only when a TV ad came on, he would freeze and keep watching the advertisement. In that moment, whatever my mom put in his mouth, he would just eat.
As my mom suggested, my dad asked his boss, who has a VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) at home, to record some TV programs on a video cassette. Our house has a VCP (Video Cassette Player), so we couldn't record anything ourselves. Dad's boss was like a family friend; he used to come with his family to our home during Eid. He recorded some beautiful TV commercials on a video cassette. My mom used to play that to feed her son.
When Sifat grows up, this TV-watching habit continues. He used to eat rice by himself in front of a TV. He mostly watches movies. His favourite one was a Hindi movie "Desh Premee" from a video cassette. The leading actors were Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Thakur, and Hema Malini.
He watches this movie so many times in a day that not only he, but we also remember every single dialogue and shot of ithis movie. Sometimes, he even acts out parts of the movie.
My mom was happy, at least her son is eating rice.
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