INDIA IN A DREAM.....
The alarm cried out that it was 5.30 in the morning and thus time to wake up. Few minutes later,fading moon and early birds saw HER in Yoga, inhaling fresh dawn air, on her terrace. Steaming tea was already kept near the bed where her husband and two kids were dozing off. The same was done in the adjacent rooms where her paralyzed father, and 70yrs old mother in law (mamma) were sleeping.
30 minutes later exotic smells of dosa, chutney and curries filled the house. She finished her cooking and tidied up her old father in no time but with atmost care. By the time she got ready, the tiffin boxes were already packed by her mamma. It was her husband who got the kids ready for school. Being a doctor himself he was very strict in health. He too got ready within a few minutes,they ate together and went to out their works and studies.
On the way one of the kids,by mistake,dropped a chocolate wrapper on the road. To their surprise she made her pappa to stop the car,got out and picked it up and dropped it in the nearby waste bin.The parents felt proud of their daughter.
It was week before the city was declared THE CLEANEST CITY IN INDIA.
While in the highway they could see vehicles stopping before the zebra line each time
a pedestrian stepped on it. Seconds passed by when they heard a loud cracking voice .It was from the other side of the road where a car was accidently hit by a truck and the passengers seemed to be seriously injured.Unlike the early times when people used to runaway or hesitate to help someone,the lorrydriver got out,checked the car and with the help of some people rushed them to hospital.
Her husband too helped them.The kids watched the whole scene and learnt a great lesson from her father'd deed.
The injured passengers were admitted in the nearby hospital where her husband served.
Knowing about the patients' financial condition from their relatives and how the huge hospiatal bill would become a blow to them,he reduced the bill amount considerably on his own account.Even the consulting fee was avoided.
It was 7.30 pm when after the day's busy schedule he reached home.The cup of coffee, mamma made for him,tasted much sweeter when the news was out from th telephone that one of his friends(from a lower caste society)secured Post Doctoral Fellowship from Jawaharlal Nehru University,India.Without a second thought he rang up the friend and congragulated him.
The clock announced 8.30 pm but she wasn't home yet.But the family didn't worry that it was India ,the land of values.Meanwhile she had already missed her usual and last bus and was walking alone on the road.Her cool attitude turned to a slight tension when she was to pass by a group of boys .But they,seeing a woman walking alone in the night gently stopped her,inquired and then took effort to drop her at her home.They felt contented that their 'sister' was safe.
She reached home and the famliy ate together .It was thursday and so it was her 'turn' to clean the dishes and pack up the kitchen.The last couple of hours witnessed the family praying together,chatting with the sick father and together watching television.
They felt a sense of proud when the T.V announced the happy news that 'INDIA was declared,by the UNO,as the first country to attain professional qualifications for ALL her political leaders.With this happiness they went to bed.The moon looked to earth to see that every family in the world,especially in India, was sleeping with the same happiness.
Suddenly a cup of water splashed on her face accompanied by cracking sound of morning advise ''Wake up you idiot...Its already 4.30 ...You're a girl and have to be in rules..''
SHE woke up to the boring,unsecured girl life,still in the remnants of the dream.........
''WILL SUCH AN INDIA BE JUST A DREAM ALWAYS...WILL IT COME TRUE???''
Questions started echoing within her.She got up brushed,swept the courtyard,washed the clothes and thus dissolved into 'a girl's duties' while her brothers went out for school.
SANDRA BABU
II BCOM TAX(A)
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good...creative..congrats
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