After the signing in the new job I took two days leave due to my cousin’s marriage at my father’s place. Bride is my father’s younger brother’s daughter and she is my sister also. After three hours train journey I arrived at Venice of the east. Most of my relatives are waiting for me in bride’s house because my presence will like a celebration for them. The next day is the marriage, so I have to join with my other cousins to set the marriage function and I took some responsibilities also. Till night 2 PM I was in the rush of coordination. In all eyes I saw the happiness of my presence. At 2 PM I arrived at the bride’s house and the house was full, no space for sleep. I found a chair to sit and automatically my eyes are closed.
The morning 6 AM, the sound of a huge rain served as an alarm for me. I started the bike for arranging necessary things for morning (Arrange a vehicle for beautician, charge the cook crew to make breakfast as fast, call the vehicle group etc..) In this rush I forgot to have breakfast. At 11 AM, In auditorium, I witnessed a big crowd above our expectation and the heavy rain made some inconvenience for the arrival of the bridegroom. Bridegroom arrived at 1.30 PM, the time between 11 AM & 1.30 PM it was a best time for me. That two and half hours I understood how important was my father to a village, a society and a family.
My childhood hero was one man, still my hero is one man, my knowledge, my best vision, and my best experience is him, MY FATHER. I met more than 100 people in that two half hour, some people smiled, some cried, some kissed me and some planned about my marriage with my father.
Why they are loving me? Why they are smiling to me? Why they caring me?
The answer is simple. I am the son of him. He was too important to them. I am his son, so they respecting me. In this time minutes by minutes I looked my father’s face continuously. I said only one line in my mind. “These because of you Bappi…because of you”.
One of my cousins asked me. “Do you know these all people? But they know you.” yes I know some people because I saw and met them in these kind of functions but that is only 5%.
They are caring me like a prince because he cared them at once sincerely. My father’s elder brother was a big guy in that village. He helped all people and taught them the importance of help through his attitude. My father has 5 brothers but only my father followed elder brother’s path in a different way. If any crisis in the village my father or elder brother will be there. My father’s family is not a millionaire’s one. They are ordinary people in an ordinary society. So they know the pulse of people. There service and concern to the people is not a new thing for them, they followed the thing what their father did.
After his marriage he went to Middle East for job and wife & kid has settled in wife’s place. In his holidays he visited his village and spent time with them more than his family. After 27 years now his kid is a young man. But his father is still young for a group of people.
After the marriage I checked about the seat confirmation of return train and I got it. Train time is midnight 12.30. I packed my bag at 10.00 PM after a long bath. I said bye for my sisters, cousins, uncles and I saw some drops in my sisters eyes because of my express leaving. I got a taxi to go to railway station and I arrived 10.30 PM. Time started to wait for the machine snake and it arrived at 1.30 AM. It was late by 1 hour. I entered in the train and I was shocked. I saw the huge rush in it. People were sleeping on the floor. I started the struggle to find my seat with calm foots and I got it after half an hour. I was too tired but I can’t sleep. All windows are closed and only fans are working. All leaves of fans working properly but they can’t cool me. My mind was at my father’s land. At 4.30 AM I arrived my place and I started my bike to arrive home. In the ride I was craving for my bed for a good sleep. Within half an hour I saw my bed and without the dress change I got a long good sleep. After the sleep I woke up at noon at started to set my mind to go to my work place for serving a good job day. Those two days are over, but still my mind is at there.
“Our relations are important than our selfish emotions”
NORWAYMIST 