THAT OLD WOMAN..

Ever felt angry on your parents? Mata rani will get angry if you say no(vaise bhi navratre chal rahi hai). Of course, we all get irritated by our parents. Me too. Whether it's their constant crippling about 'khaana khaa le' or 'come back on time' or 'moong ki dal banai hai'.... IT'S QUITE HUMAN. 

Let me give you a few situations. You guys think and analyse that what would be your reaction in the following cases-:

1) you had an exhaustive day. You finally lay down on your bed and go to sleep. You're probably dreaming about you winning the oscars..  And then, suddenly someone wakes you up with a creaky voice.

2 ) you wish to have some 'me' time. But, you have to take care of someone, say your younger sibling..

3) You not only have to cook dinner for yourself, but for someone else as well. And that too, every single day!!

4) Being a good samaritan, you even made food for that person. But, he/she being a ****, showed tantrums and refused to eat the food you made!

Gussa aaya na? Itna gussa that maybe you would have simply said no to all these responsibilities. Now, once again read all those points from your parents' perspective. They literally do all of this, and we guys are the real assholes!! Just imagine, what would have happened if our parents also started getting irritated from us, and said, "It's quite human"!

Well, today's post is also about such asshole children who can't even take care of their aged parents. 

I volunteer at a non-profit organisation called ROBIN HOOD ARMY(you can google it to know more details). Last year at Christmas, we went to an old age home for celebrating Christmas with them. Believe me, I had the greatest time of my life! It took us hours to get the decorations done at first! After that, aunties and uncles danced with us on old kishore kumar hits! 

After a while, I met an aunty. Almost the age of grandmother... she asked about me, what am I doing, where do I live etc.. You won't believe it, but she spoke English way better than me, which obviously showed that she's highly educated. 

I later asked her about her children. She said that her son has a huge, magnificent bungalow in Delhi. And, the irony is that it was built with the sweat and blood of his parents only. She further told that until her husband was alive, her children at least took care of their basic needs. But, after passing away of her husband, her son left her at that old age home. It's been 2 years since she had been there, but his son had not visited even once. At the end, she did not even blame her son for it. She said "maybe I've done his upbringing wrong". I somewhat agree. Agar unn aunty ne bachpan mein 2 thappad maar diye hote na apne bate ko, then she wouldn't have been at an old age home. 

However, she said something that I won't forget for the rest of my life. She said, "I pay the expenses of this place from my own pension. I feel relieved that at least I don't have to take a favour from my children. Kabhi bhi unka ehsaan nahi lungi."

Even in these difficult times, she didn't lose her dignity. I really respect her for that.

Funny thing is, that I don't even know her name, nor did I ever visit her again. But, sometimes, even a 10 minute conversation can have a huge impact on you, right?

I even clicked a selfie with her.

There are innumerable pains behind that smile. But still she chose to smile. There are days when I wonder where would 'that old woman' be... I hope wherever she is, she is safe and still has this wide smile. 

 I know that there are not many readers of this blog. But, whosoever is reading, ek baar apne mumma papa pyaar se baat karke dekhna. Haan, pehle ek-do taunts aa sakti hain like 'aaj suraj kahan se nikla hai'😅, but believe me, they'll feel on top of the world! 

jiske hone se main khud ko mukammal maanti hun, rabb se pehle, main apne maa-baap ko jaanti hun.

Take care everyone.

Until then, bye bye hoomans!