There she stood ,all alone and left,her eyes fixed on the entrance of the building. I am talking about Mrs.Abani Ghosh,the 75 years widow who stays in old age home "Welcome House" of north kolkata.
Getting a chance to spend a day with her actually opened my eyes and made many things crystal clear.
Never had the enthusiatic and beautiful Abani Roy from St.Xavier's college realised that the girl who is always surrounded by appreciators and friends will be left alone in the journey of life. She was a
bright student,exceptionally good in accounts. She had plannings to join bank .Girls were jealous for her as she was the perfect combination of beauty and brains.It was during these days that she met Suresh
Agarwal,son of the famous industrialist Mr.J.J.Agarwal of Agarwal and sons. And within no time ,both came close to each other.
It was a rainy evening when Abani met Suresh in the sen's park,the place so famous with the youngsters.It was almost dark and a cool breeze was blowing.It had been raining for days.The sky was full of black
clouds.Suresh told Abani that he is going to the States for pursuing a master degree in management ,so that he can come back and look after their family business. It was there that Abani told him that she
was bearing their child,the symbol of their love within her. How desperately she tried to stop Suresh. How rudely he left her,how helpless she was. He left her. She broke down,the rain washed away all her tears.
It was not more than a month later that there was a big celebration in the Roy family. Abani was getting married to Dr.Subeer Ghosh. She had told about the child to her best friend Anita who suggested for an
abortion but she refused. She had truly loved Suresh and she refused to kill the symbol of her love. Nobody in her family knew about this apart from her unmarried aunt,who loved her dearly,who arranged for the
marriage so soon. Abani had spoken to Subeer before the marriage about the child. He accepted to marry her provided she would allow him to continue his relationship with his american girl friend whom his parents
refused to accept as a bride. It was a deal and Abani silently agreed all ,just for the love of that unborn child.
Abani had been married for fifteen years now. Her son mahesh had grown up. Dr.Ghosh was busy with his career and otherwise also.Abani never had any kind of relation with him. Abani took care of all the household
responsibilities without a complain. She was living for the sole person she loved,Mahesh.
Abani is seventy five years old now. Her son Mahesh is a big executive a big company ,but he doesnt have time or money to spare for his old mother,who actually sacrificed her life for him. Dr.Ghosh have passed
away leaving all his property for his american bride. The only favour Mahesh has done to her was to put her in "Welcome House" before he left for the States. So ,here she stands,old,weak,all broken up just trying
to figure out what life has given her.
She left me all in tears and I cleared many confusions I had about life. Live life for yourself not for someone else,because someday everyone will leave you and go.
N.B: This was a picture based story writing competition called "Spin a yarn" held in my organization. I managed to get the first prize :) Though I could not find the exact image provided, tried putting something similar.
Getting a chance to spend a day with her actually opened my eyes and made many things crystal clear.
Never had the enthusiatic and beautiful Abani Roy from St.Xavier's college realised that the girl who is always surrounded by appreciators and friends will be left alone in the journey of life. She was a
bright student,exceptionally good in accounts. She had plannings to join bank .Girls were jealous for her as she was the perfect combination of beauty and brains.It was during these days that she met Suresh
Agarwal,son of the famous industrialist Mr.J.J.Agarwal of Agarwal and sons. And within no time ,both came close to each other.
It was a rainy evening when Abani met Suresh in the sen's park,the place so famous with the youngsters.It was almost dark and a cool breeze was blowing.It had been raining for days.The sky was full of black
clouds.Suresh told Abani that he is going to the States for pursuing a master degree in management ,so that he can come back and look after their family business. It was there that Abani told him that she
was bearing their child,the symbol of their love within her. How desperately she tried to stop Suresh. How rudely he left her,how helpless she was. He left her. She broke down,the rain washed away all her tears.
It was not more than a month later that there was a big celebration in the Roy family. Abani was getting married to Dr.Subeer Ghosh. She had told about the child to her best friend Anita who suggested for an
abortion but she refused. She had truly loved Suresh and she refused to kill the symbol of her love. Nobody in her family knew about this apart from her unmarried aunt,who loved her dearly,who arranged for the
marriage so soon. Abani had spoken to Subeer before the marriage about the child. He accepted to marry her provided she would allow him to continue his relationship with his american girl friend whom his parents
refused to accept as a bride. It was a deal and Abani silently agreed all ,just for the love of that unborn child.
Abani had been married for fifteen years now. Her son mahesh had grown up. Dr.Ghosh was busy with his career and otherwise also.Abani never had any kind of relation with him. Abani took care of all the household
responsibilities without a complain. She was living for the sole person she loved,Mahesh.
Abani is seventy five years old now. Her son Mahesh is a big executive a big company ,but he doesnt have time or money to spare for his old mother,who actually sacrificed her life for him. Dr.Ghosh have passed
away leaving all his property for his american bride. The only favour Mahesh has done to her was to put her in "Welcome House" before he left for the States. So ,here she stands,old,weak,all broken up just trying
to figure out what life has given her.
She left me all in tears and I cleared many confusions I had about life. Live life for yourself not for someone else,because someday everyone will leave you and go.
N.B: This was a picture based story writing competition called "Spin a yarn" held in my organization. I managed to get the first prize :) Though I could not find the exact image provided, tried putting something similar.
