18-04-2020, 12:02 AM
Mausa Ji was in total control of the situation. He was doing relatively better in my family, having a home in Patel Nagar in Delhi, having a shop in the same market and maintaining two cars etc. We rarely met him and his family. He was blessed with a daughter of marriagable age, who was doing her CA, considered to be the perfect girl as per my mother. She was 7 years elder to me and the memories about her was not very many except that she was beautiful. We had barely spent any large amount of time in company of each other.
By next afternoon, the picture was clear, that both need to be operated and rods need to be placed in the limbs. Mothers situation was precarious because of punctured lung, though she was in senses. Father was in coma.
Mausa Ji decided that I need to go back and concentrate on my studies. He also summoned his daughter from Delhi, who arrived with one suitcase and one bag, as she would have been instructed, Mausi was anyways there.
Then it was explained to me that his daughter Sakshi was also to accompany me and to make sure that my impending exams are not to be taken lightly. Mausa Ji and one of my uncles would remain there in Rohtak, for they did not know how long the two patients remain in hospital. Buas would go back as their children were also scheduled to take respective exams.
And reluctantly and somewhat lost, I boarded the bus back to the government colony with Sakshi. Saskshi was very much in control from the word go. I don't remember what she was wearing or anything else, she paid the fare in the bus and we reached back to my place by 3PM in the afternoon. Whole journey of almost two hours, she was immersed in a book, while I was drifting in and out of sleep.
She prodded me to take a bath, and whilst I was taking bath, people started pouring in. Neighbors concerned about the health of my parents. Sakshi was at home from the word go. She explained to everyone and also arranged some milk from the neighbor to serve tea to others and me. And then she bade everyone good bye saying that I need rest and my exams are approaching, so I should be minimally disturbed. All news would be known in due course to everyone.
By next afternoon, the picture was clear, that both need to be operated and rods need to be placed in the limbs. Mothers situation was precarious because of punctured lung, though she was in senses. Father was in coma.
Mausa Ji decided that I need to go back and concentrate on my studies. He also summoned his daughter from Delhi, who arrived with one suitcase and one bag, as she would have been instructed, Mausi was anyways there.
Then it was explained to me that his daughter Sakshi was also to accompany me and to make sure that my impending exams are not to be taken lightly. Mausa Ji and one of my uncles would remain there in Rohtak, for they did not know how long the two patients remain in hospital. Buas would go back as their children were also scheduled to take respective exams.
And reluctantly and somewhat lost, I boarded the bus back to the government colony with Sakshi. Saskshi was very much in control from the word go. I don't remember what she was wearing or anything else, she paid the fare in the bus and we reached back to my place by 3PM in the afternoon. Whole journey of almost two hours, she was immersed in a book, while I was drifting in and out of sleep.
She prodded me to take a bath, and whilst I was taking bath, people started pouring in. Neighbors concerned about the health of my parents. Sakshi was at home from the word go. She explained to everyone and also arranged some milk from the neighbor to serve tea to others and me. And then she bade everyone good bye saying that I need rest and my exams are approaching, so I should be minimally disturbed. All news would be known in due course to everyone.