25-08-2021, 12:10 PM
The phone rang at midnight. She cried on the phone, “Adi please help.” That single
sentence hurled me into a tempest of wrong thoughts. She cried on the phone, “Adi dad
is not responding. Please help.”
I sank on hearing that. However, I had to be strong so I kept calm, “Don’t worry, I am on
my way.”
I called an ambulance and raced to her home. Aurnavo and Aunt were surprised to see
me there. I found her dad was lying unconscious. Aunt was crying and by taking his head
on her lap. I checked that his pulse was running faint. I tried to wake him up by
sprinkling water on his face. I asked how did that happened. Aurnavo answered that his
dad had pain on his chest. He fell on the ground and fainted. I pacified them that he
would be all right. I myself was not sure as what was the nature of the attack.
He was immediately rushed to hospital. Auntie was very much perturbed as well as Titli.
I asked Arunavo to accompany with aunt in the ambulance. I took Titli on my bike to the
hospital. Although I tried to persuade her but she kept on sobbing all the way. I had no
time to ask the reason of his heart attack then.
Titli’s father was taken to the emergency. We waited anxiously outside. Aunt and Titli
sat clutching their hand, anxiously waiting for some the news. I was pacing up and down
looking for some answers from the doctors. After few anxious hours, doctors declared
that he was out of danger since the attack was a mild one. There was not much damage
to the head either. He could return in a day or two.
Aunt was relieved to know that uncle was out of danger. She looked at Titli and shook
her head angrily. She gave her a pleading look with tearful eyes.
sentence hurled me into a tempest of wrong thoughts. She cried on the phone, “Adi dad
is not responding. Please help.”
I sank on hearing that. However, I had to be strong so I kept calm, “Don’t worry, I am on
my way.”
I called an ambulance and raced to her home. Aurnavo and Aunt were surprised to see
me there. I found her dad was lying unconscious. Aunt was crying and by taking his head
on her lap. I checked that his pulse was running faint. I tried to wake him up by
sprinkling water on his face. I asked how did that happened. Aurnavo answered that his
dad had pain on his chest. He fell on the ground and fainted. I pacified them that he
would be all right. I myself was not sure as what was the nature of the attack.
He was immediately rushed to hospital. Auntie was very much perturbed as well as Titli.
I asked Arunavo to accompany with aunt in the ambulance. I took Titli on my bike to the
hospital. Although I tried to persuade her but she kept on sobbing all the way. I had no
time to ask the reason of his heart attack then.
Titli’s father was taken to the emergency. We waited anxiously outside. Aunt and Titli
sat clutching their hand, anxiously waiting for some the news. I was pacing up and down
looking for some answers from the doctors. After few anxious hours, doctors declared
that he was out of danger since the attack was a mild one. There was not much damage
to the head either. He could return in a day or two.
Aunt was relieved to know that uncle was out of danger. She looked at Titli and shook
her head angrily. She gave her a pleading look with tearful eyes.