मायका मतलब सेवा, सुख, स्मृति और सीख ।।
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Maayka (Parent’s home after marriage) means service,
happiness, memory, and learning
In my previous
article, I said that for a few days, I am going to take pleasure in my Mom’s
home. That is why there will be less time to write articles. Now that I have
come back to my own house so I thought I should write something for my mother
and father too.
It is said that
there is no disease greater than poverty, but when I look at my mother, and
then it seems that there is no greater poverty than a disease. The poor can be
poor only with money, but the sick person is poor from health, time, desires,
efforts, expectations. No matter how poor the poor maybe, he still thinks and
tries for his bread and butter but on the other hand, the disease is a kind of root
which sucks the life of a person and it is also like termites, which destroy
the body slowly and slowly.
Papa usually says
that he has seen poverty very closely and is afraid that time may never come once
again. It seems that perhaps he would remember his childhood and youth when he
lived in the village with a joint family and he had to struggle a lot for a living. We have never felt in our childhood that we are poor because all our
sisters were born in a city like Faridabad and even while living in the city, we
used to get food, play, and study a fair amount. Society used to have
small houses but the neighborhood used to look like a big house. Ever since I
have seen Papa driving a scooter. I am probably six-seven years old when I
used to go to the crossroads near the house at five o'clock in the evening so
that I can sit on the scooter. This was the time when a scooter and a bicycle
also gave a royal ride experience and at that time I used to stand back on the
scooter with full grace and return home. We are now experiencing the kind of
hard work that our parents used to do at that time for our amenities.
Just like any
mother, my mother has never allowed us to realize any lack of royalties and we
have also never paid attention to the kind of amenities. Father's upbringing
and family were our environment in which we used to find happiness within
limited resources.
My mom did every task efficiently and made the same work
interesting for us which was a kind of new learning and a new opportunity for
us. Those days are also remembered when every year there was an occasion when
we used to be in new zeal and enthusiasm that was to pass the annual
examination and admitted to the new class. Even now, that scene comes in front
of my eyes when my mother made a rough copy at home. She used to take out the
remaining pages of old copies and make a
new homework copy for us and I used to
look at their skills properly. That rough copy was no less than any other new
copy. Bookbinding was also a very big mission, which the mother herself did at
home. They pierced the corners of the books and then sewed the whole book with
a thick thread from the sue and used cardboard from outside to make the book
very well which was stronger than the market’s bookbinding. Mother did all these
things herself but by sitting with us. Now whenever my daughter comes to me
with her new book and copies, I always remember my mother's skill.
We used to be very
happy wearing a frock with my mother's hand, 'Didi's frock-like skirting' in
that frock was just enough for me. I remember that once in Diwali, Mother had
sued a similar lehenga for me and my sister with her beautiful saree. That
lehenga was in magenta color with full embellishment and it looked very expensive.
On that Diwali, Didi and I both were feeling like a queen. Yes! Yet it is a
matter of fact that Didi's lehenga was even more beautiful because her skirt
was more beautiful than my skirt and she also had a scarf which I wanted to
wear but Didi never gave me. When I was a little older than only I got the opportunity to wear my
elder sister’s lehenga.
Really, now it seems
that only single earning from a family and running the whole household in the city is very challenging! How difficult it must have been for the parent to take
care of the whole family where many things were going on around the same time,
such as education of the children, to take care of the responsibility of
marriage, sometimes serving the sick relatives who came from the village, sometimes
to find the job of our friends or relatives in the city, and sometimes the arrival
of relatives and well-wishers and many more. Our house was never so empty, it
used to be full of humans, Everyone was together. According to today's time,
to do all these things efficiently is a crooked task for me.
When I grew up a
little, even during my schooling or college life, I never noticed that we are
living in poverty or dint notice any kind of shortage. We never felt that there
was something missing. We always be together and be with everyone.
By the way, my
elder brother (cousin) is living all nearby house, but everyone is busy with
his family, so whenever I come to my parents I find my mother alone. We are the
only brother of four sisters who is the youngest and usually goes out to work
and Dad goes to the office to keep himself busy even at the age of 77 but my mother
is too nervous to get out of the house due to poor health. Because my mother
is suffering from weaker lungs, the
amount of oxygen is slowly decreasing, nowadays it is necessary to support
oxygen from an external sources for 16 to 18 hours. That is why whenever I go to the mom’s home, it is known by the sound
of bubbles of the oxygen machine that the mother is still resting. The mother,
who is busy with her work throughout the day, now appears to be struggling with
her cough and breath. Sometimes it seems that my house has now become like a
'small hospital' where all kinds of tonics, medicines, breathing pumps, meters,
machines, and equipment are available at home.
Dad wakes up in the
morning and checks the oxygen level with an oximeter, after that check mom’s
blood pressure then given to the pre-meal medicine and then the post-meal
medicine to my mother. Sometimes the level of diabetes also has to be measured.
Father sarcastically says that "there is a basket of fruits on people's
dining tables and medicines in our place" and then with that, both of them
laugh. She uses to take oxygen periodically and continue with her work. Slowly
but still mother does housework. There is a helping hand also but all the work
is done under the supervision of mom. Now, I feel that my mom is a little tired
from her disease because at this age the disease resistance of the body is
decreasing and strength too. It seems that the mom is indeed poor in health.
Then for the second moment, I think that my mother is tired but not lost her
strength because even today when we come home, the same glow and happiness are
seen on her face even today. Mother is really very courageous, only then she
has overcome a terrible disease like cancer, she underwent so many
surgeries, chemo and radiotherapy too but still she came up with new life and
lived her life again which is a very big thing.
Even today, Dad gets up at 5 am and goes to his office in a
two-wheeler after doing his yoga, bathing, meditation. Even at this age, they
do their own work. Mother and father now take care of each other. It is said
that at one time the house never looked empty and now the house looks very alone.
As long as I am with my mom home, all are so happy and cheerful but what to do,
after a few days we will have to leave. But still, there is some satisfaction
that my sisters are close to my parents who always stands by their service.
Now I think that my
Dad’s concept of poverty would be based on the disease because it is such a problem
that sometimes wealthier people can also become like a beggar and my parents are wrestling
with kind of diseases for many years. Perhaps there is no shortage of any kind
in the house, that's why Dad is still active today.
I believe that a healthy body is the greatest wealth, where there is disease there is a fault. The disease is the burden of the body and the bundle of diseases is laden on my
mom’s head. Poverty can be a curse, but the disease is definitely a curse that
makes people poor both from wealth and health. I think that with the money, a
little poverty will be gone, but with disease, life will not be able to run smoothly.
Like every time, this
time too gave me a lot of happiness and also the opportunity to serve as well,
because, on this 3rd of February, Mom's birthday was also celebrated by all of
us together. The children also enjoyed Nanihal and my childhood memories also
cherished. But this time, after coming to the Maayka, some lessons have also
been learned. That is why it is the wish of God that God! Even if you give less
money but do not lose health.
Eak Naari
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Padte padte aakho mai aanso aa gaye. Very very emotional
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