Love 2016

Rahul's body was lying in the middle of the house. All relatives and neighbors had gathered to take his body to the crematorium. 

Seema was updating her marital status ' Single' in her facebook account, least bothered about the mourners around.

Her four year old Ayan came curiously to know why Papa was sleeping in open and so many people had gathered to take Papa somewhere.

Without lifting her eyes off her phone, Seema replied,"Papa would come in a new get-up in a few days, you go and play."  

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Two days back, Rahul had come in the evening to say goodbye to us. Today he came back as a body. It was preventable, had somebody could understand his heart!

When everything seems futile, nobody around bothers and life seems so insignificant in existing circle, that aiming for anything seems like - WHAT FOR?

For last couple of months, he was staying in a paid accommodation provided by his employer. A pampered son of doting parents, youngest brother of three caring sisters, he was ambitious, soft spoken but never bothered to check if his means to get what he wanted were just or unjust.

He was given all comforts and freedom of life, which ensured that he done nothing worthwhile with his life.

Why on Earth, parents have so much obsession for having a son, even if it is more worthless than a stone in the street. Not to discipline a son is more harmful to himself and the society than not having a child at all!

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A charming boy, he lost his heart to his childhood friend, Seema.  He visited us with her and I found her bold and confident. She was a plump, brown girl with curly short hair and used to teach autistic children and was pretty good at that.

It is a universal puzzle how confident girls get hooked in the love trap of oh-so-?-boys? May be, opposites attract!

Seema's parents declined his marriage proposal. He was heart broken but family pressure made him accept family's choice and he agreed to marry just anybody.

On his wedding day, Seema called him to marry her. He declined that it was impossible. It would be injustice to the girl, he was about to marry. Seema insisted either she would marry Rahul or none else.

Everybody in his family was furious. How could that girl decline the proposal when we approached and see now when the wedding had to take place with some other girl, she spoiled everything!

While all this drama was happening around the house, Rahul and Seema eloped to marry in a temple.

Life is beautiful with closed eyes and rainbow dreams of love. Very few people open their eyes to practicality and take the courage to handle the challenges ahead.

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They were married. But, was that enough!

Frustration creeped in as the months passed. Fended for themselves for years. There was no permanent place where they could stay. 

Meanwhile they had two kids. Now, Seema and Rahul started living with her parents. One evening, he was thrown out of his in-laws' house as he was not earning good for a long time.

Overindulgence of parents can ruin any love story of a happy couple. The differences which they could sort together got grinded amidst the threats of Seema's parents and Rahul's family indifference towards him.

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Rahul loved Seema and his kids dearly. When he was telling me all this, I asked," Why don't you call her, meet her to solve these issues."

He got his eyes moist and said, "Her parents have threatened me with dowry and harassment charges. They wouldn't allow her to talk to me and then Seema also doesn't talk any different than her parents. Why should I talk to her?" Saying this, he was filled with bitterness.

Seeing all my persuasion fail, I tried to convince him to meet her at least once by saying, "God forbid, if you receive any news of her accident or death, would you still not go to her?"

He looked at me, shocked and said," I can't bear this, I would die."

I tried to convince him further, "You would die without her, then why can't you approach her to live together?"

He started staring at the corner of the floor, as if thinking that dying is easier than living together.

...and here he was. Dead in front of her beloved and she posting her status 'single' because life goes on...

Body dies...not the soul...

All of us are part of a Supreme Soul.

a new body will become Somebody sooner or later.