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Nirmal went to hospital for his treatment and his mother Parvati Devi stayed in the shop as usual. Both of them were upset and worried about Amita and Usha. Going and coming by bus was too tiring . Crowded bus and long stoppages on each red light was very annoying. But there was no other way for a common man those days. Less income and more expenses was the big question mark in front of Nirmal like other common people. He decided to talk to Somesh Gaur uncle on phone from STD booth was nearby and he can call him on the neighbouring shop. He came back and it was evening now. He saw his mother’s face was full of worries. He said , “ I should call Somesh Uncle , her eyes also sparkled . She thought this is the best way to call him and ask him to go there and see Amita and Usha . It was Somesh Gaur who suggested to them to marry  Amita and Isha to Brajesh Shukla’s sons. He took some money from shop’s cash box and went to call Somesh Uncle. It was good that Somesh Uncle was on that shop at that time and so Nirmal could talk to him . Nirmal described everything about Anita’s call . Somesh Uncle also shocked to hear that. He said , I will go tomorrow morning and see the matter and I will let you know in the afternoon. Nirmal felt relaxed. He came back to shop conveyed this to Parvati Devi and she then went home . Both couldn’t sleep that night. ——— Continued———-

Dharm & Darshan: A heart touching story !! ( Marathi)

 पुण्यातील एका मोठ्या स्मशानभूमीत दुपारचे ३ वाजले होते. 'रोहन' (वय ३५), जो अमेरिकेत एका मोठ्या सॉफ्टवेअर कंपनीत व्हाईस प्रेसिडेंट होता, नुकताच फ्लाईटवरून उतरून थेट स्मशानभूमीत आला होता.

त्याचे वडील, 'सदाशिवराव' (वय ७५), काल रात्री वारले होते.

रोहनच्या हातात एक महागडा लॅपटॉप बॅग होता आणि डोळ्यावर रेबॅनचा चष्मा होता. त्याला घाम फुटला होता आणि तो सारखा घड्याळ बघत होता.

तिथे 'मोक्ष इव्हेंट मॅनेजमेंट' (अंत्यसंस्कार करणारी एजन्सी) चा माणूस, 'सुमित', उभा होता.

सुमितने सगळी तयारी करून ठेवली होती. लाकडं रचली होती, भटजी बोलावले होते, आणि सदाशिवरावांचा मृतदेह स्वच्छ अंघोळ घालून तयार ठेवला होता.

रोहन आला. त्याने वडिलांच्या चेहऱ्याकडे एक नजर टाकली. डोळ्यातून एक-दोन थेंब पाणी आलं.

त्याने सुमितला विचारलं:

"मिस्टर सुमित, सगळं रेडी आहे ना? मला ६ वाजताची रिटर्न फ्लाईट पकडायची आहे. उद्या माझी महत्त्वाची मीटिंग आहे. प्लीज लवकर उरका."

सुमितला आश्चर्य वाटलं. ज्या बापाने या मुलाला लहानाचा मोठा केला, त्या बापाच्या चितेजवळ थांबायला या मुलाकडे ३ तास सुद्धा नव्हते?

सुमितने शांतपणे मान डोलावली.

विधी पार पडले. रोहनने भडाग्नी दिला.

धुराचे लोट आकाशात गेले.

रोहनने सुमितला बाजूला घेतलं आणि चेकबुक काढलं.

"सुमित, थँक्यू. तुम्ही चांगली व्यवस्था केलीत.

तुमचं बिल किती झालं? ५० हजार? १ लाख? अमाऊंट सांगा, मी आताच चेक देतो. मला परत येता येणार नाही, अस्थिविसर्जन तुम्हीच करून टाका."

सुमितने रोहनकडे बघितलं. त्याच्या चेहऱ्यावर एक विचित्र हसू होतं.

सुमितने खिशातून एक 'जुनी फाईल' काढली आणि रोहनच्या हातात दिली.

"साहेब, बिल द्यायची गरज नाही. तुमचं बिल 'पेड' (Paid) आहे."

रोहन गोंधळला. "पेड? कोणी भरले पैसे? माझ्या काकांनी?"

सुमित म्हणाला:

"नाही साहेब.

५ वर्षांपूर्वी सदाशिवराव (तुमचे वडील) आमच्या ऑफिसमध्ये आले होते.

ते खूप आजारी होते. त्यांना चालता येत नव्हतं.

त्यांनी मला विचारलं होतं - 'तुमचं पॅकेज काय आहे? मुलाला त्रास नको म्हणून सगळं करून देणार का?'

आम्ही त्यांना पॅकेज सांगितलं.

त्यांनी त्याच दिवशी ५०,००० रुपये ॲडव्हान्स जमा केला होता.

आणि ही 'चिट्ठी' त्यांनी मला दिली होती. त्यांनी सांगितलं होतं की, 'माझा मुलगा आला की त्याला ही चिट्ठी दे. आणि जर तो आलाच नाही, तर तुम्हीच माझं काम करा.'"

सुमितने ती चिट्ठी रोहनला दिली.

रोहनने थरथरत्या हाताने ती चिट्ठी उघडली.

त्यात सदाशिवरावांच्या कापऱ्या अक्षरात लिहिलं होतं:

*"प्रिय रोहन,

बाळा, मला माहित आहे तू खूप बिझी आहेस. अमेरिकेत तुला श्वास घ्यायला वेळ नसतो.

मला माहित आहे की, माझ्या मरणाची बातमी ऐकून तुला टेन्शन येईल.

'सुट्टी मिळेल का? तिकीट मिळेल का? मीटिंगचं काय होईल?' हे प्रश्न तुला पडतील.

बाळा, तुझा वेळ आणि तुझं करिअर खूप महत्त्वाचं आहे.

मी तुला वाढवलं ते यासाठीच की तू जग जिंकावंस.

एका म्हाताऱ्याच्या प्रेतासाठी तू तुझं नुकसान करून घेऊ नकोस.

म्हणून मी माझ्या मरणाची सोय आधीच करून ठेवली आहे.

एजन्सीला पैसे दिलेत. ते सगळं करतील.

तू आलास तर बरंच आहे, नाही आलास तरी मला राग नाही.

फक्त एकच विनंती...

लहानपणी तुला शाळेत सोडायला जाताना मी तुझा हात कधीच सोडला नव्हता.

आज जाताना, अग्नी देताना तुझा हात थरथरू देऊ नकोस.

लवकर परत जा. तुझी बायको वाट बघत असेल.

तुझाच,

बाबा."*

चिट्ठी वाचून रोहनच्या हातातला चेकबुक खाली चिखलात पडलं.

त्या स्मशानभूमीत, जिथे लाकडं जळण्याचा आवाज येत होता... तिथे आता रोहनचा 'अहंकार' आणि 'करिअरचा गर्व' जळून खाक झाला होता.

तो गुडघ्यावर बसला.

तो ओरडला, "बाबा...!! माफ करा बाबा!"

रोहनने सुमितचे पाय धरले.

"सुमित, मला नाही जायचं अमेरिकेला! मला माझ्या बाबांसोबत राहायचंय!

मी करोड रुपये कमवले, पण मी भिकारी निघालो!

माझ्या बापाने मरताना सुद्धा माझ्या 'मीटिंग'चा विचार केला... आणि मी त्यांच्या शेवटच्या दर्शनाचा 'भाव' करत होतो?"

त्या दिवशी रोहन फ्लाईट पकडू शकला नाही.

तो तिथेच, त्या जळत्या चितेसमोर रात्रभर बसून राहिला.

कारण त्याला समजलं होतं की, 'प्री-पेड' फक्त सिमकार्ड असू शकतं, बापाचं प्रेम नाही. बापाचं प्रेम हे 'अनलिमिटेड' असतं आणि त्याची परतफेड जगातली कोणतीच करन्सी करू शकत नाही.

तुम्ही जगात कितीही मोठे व्हा, कितीही पैसे कमवा... पण ज्या आई-वडिलांनी तुमची लंगोट बदलली, त्यांच्या शेवटच्या प्रवासात 'डायपर' बदलायची वेळ आली की नाक मुरडू नका. एजन्सी अंत्यसंस्कार करू शकते, पण 'अश्रू' एजन्सीचे नसतात, ते रक्ताचेच लागतात.

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Next afternoon when Nirmal was in hurry to go to the hospital and waiting for Parvati Devi the shopkeeper in front of his shop called him said “ You have call from Jalandhar “ He went there to receive the call , his sister Amita was on the other side crying , Nirmal said , “ What happened ? Why are you crying ? She said , “All day long we both sisters work , cleaning, cooking and washing clothes but no one is happy. Mother in law off and on slaps us, pulls hair and point out mistakes in each work. We are not allowed to watch television in fact we don’t have time.” And what about Jitendra and Devendra ( Amita and Usha’s husbands ) he asked , She said,” both of them can’t even move a pin willingly, they are just puppets of their Parents” “ How are you calling? Isn’t anyone watching? No all of them have gone to a wedding reception “Oh ! Put the receiver down now and don’t call me back. I will do something “ He also put the receiver down and turned back to cross the road towards his shop. He saw his mother is getting down from the auto” he was looking worried so Parvati Devi asked “ What happened? He described everything whatever told by Amita” Both mother and son were silently thinking about the solution of this unexpected problem.——Continued——-

Today’s Tip !! Love yourself !!

This Valentine’s Day a different angle of life came to me through a post on Facebook. And that is love yourself, generally I have seen 99 % of people loving themselves even if they are celebrating Valentine’s Day , buying gifts for their boyfriends or girlfriends or their life partners but the basic thought behind all this is to get joy happiness and enjoying the special day.The youngsters who never are serious about relationships, break ups and hook ups are very normal words in their lives , my ex and your ex type of things were not exist previously. Those people who don’t belong to this generation mostly spent their lives for others, they obeyed their parents and whatever career is imposed by their parents they accept, whichever life partner is selected by their parents they accept, and exceptional of these also who broke the limit line drawn by parents also sacrificed everything except their lives or sometimes they committed suicide because of no way back, but those who lived their own selected lives also sacrificed most of the things I am talking about specially girls ,women. But if we see commonly about male female both of the previous generation they always gave priority to their parents, in laws , children, they never remember their life is for them also. They worked they earned,they bought comforts they spent money for children’s education, children’s marriages , helping them in bringing up their grandchildren, where are they ? Where are they themselves? What did they do for themselves? The message shook me it says “ When you respect your journey, forgive your mistakes,celebrate your growth and take care of your own happiness “It reminded me “ Oh ! I am also there a live thing and I need to take care of myself and my own self !! 

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Parvati Devi while returning back met Nirmal and conveyed all the things told by Sunita Devi . He felt depressed , because he was already in stress about his own health which was not improving. Today he had to go AIIMS for injection . So Parvati Devi had taken charge of the shop and Nirmal went to the hospital. He met Dr. Kartik first because it’s because of him he was getting special place and without any written appointment he was getting properly treated. He was looking sad so Dr. Kartik asked , “ What happened “ Nirmal told him the whole story about Neelima. “ Dr. Kartik said , “ This was the important thing I wanted to tell you today. All the Doctors team studied your X-ray report and saw part of your lungs affected so you must not get married because breathing in germs could be shared and the partner also gets affected . Nirmal was feeling low, suddenly Nikita’s face flashed into his mind. He sighed, he used that poor girl and he made her fool , he used her by making false promises but GOD watches every thing and in his justice there is no fault . He shook his head and went to take injection. When he returned back it was dark. He told Parvati Devi that he can never get married now so forget about it. He stopped an auto for her and Parvati Devi went back home .

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Sanjay Sharma  lot of money and he was not concerned on his business so it was going down in loss . They had maintained a high society life style which was quite costly. Now he needs to work hard and pull up the business. Still there were lots of expenses which couldn’t be avoided.Meanwhile Parvati Devi came to see Sujay and felt sorry about his condition. She also described about Nirmal’s regular treatment. She thanked Sunita Sharma that it is because of them Nirmal wax getting attention of Dr. Kartik, but there is no improvement yet. He was taking medicine and injections according to the Doctors . She spoke in slow voice “ What we should do about Neelima Dubey? Sunita Devi immediately replied “ We can’t betray them I will talk to Mr. Dubey tomorrow and describe everything. We will say Yes whatever would be the reply. “ After some time Parvati Devi went home and Sunita Devi immediately called Mr. Dubey and described about Nirmal’s Tuberculosis. Mr. Dubey already knew that because Girl’s father always keeps a keen eye on the boy he has selected for his daughter. He said “ No we can’t move ahead for this relation . “ He also asked about Sujay , means he knew everything about him too. Mrs. Sunita described all in slow voice.——— Continued———-

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 Next morning Sanjay and Sunita Sharma got ready early and Deenu was also ready. All of them went to AIIMS by car. Dr. Kartik was waiting for them. All the papers regarding treatment were ready and he handed them over to Sanjay asked him to save them because they will be needed during further treatment. Two ward boys brought Sujay holding his hands. He was coming normally, he was now taken to the Ambulance, Deenu also shifted to the ambulance and they moved together. When they reached home, both the ward boys and Deenu took him to his room. He didn’t have any recognition about parents places. He could eat if someone is feeding him and drinks water if someone is helping him to drink.Giving medicine was a difficult job but it was to be done tactfully. Deenu could handle it as he was in practice of handling such patients. After properly finishing their work both the ward boys went. Sanjay Sharma gave them some cash.After their going Sanjay and Sunita Sharma went to their son’s room. They were looking at him, their handsome son’s face was with signs of wounds. He was bald head and the long stich sign was visible. ——- Continued———