Party for getting
rid of an old man
BY
P.R.Ramachander
(Not truth but based on some slightly different incident in face book, It could happen !)
One railway porter
saw an old man sitting on the bench.
In the morning and
later again after two hours,
He thought that
may be the old man has missed his train,
And when he asked him
that old man told
that he had not
Another six hours later
the same porter saw the same
old man,
Sitting on the bench
and he went and asked him , whether he can help,
And the old man said, “My son brought me here today morning ,
And he told me, he has some work
and asked me to sit here.”
“And I am waiting
for him since then and now I am little
worried.
Whether any thing
has happened to my son, Can you help me”
The porter
escorted the old man to the “May I help you desk?”
And the weeping old man told them what has
happened to him.
They asked him the
name of his son and where he works ,
He told him his name but said he did
not know his office name,
They asked him his address , he said he did not know,
Because only last
week they had shifted but he told that
locality
When May I help
you was about to contact
the police ,
One person in the crowd
said he knew that this old man,
Shifted to his street
one week before and knew his house,
And they reported to police and they
took the old man there.
The old man was only worried about
his son and not himself,
And when they
knocked the house of his son, they could,
See some celebration was going on and some one opened the door,
And he told that they were having party, for getting rid
of the old man of the house.
1 comment:
This is awful! My heart goes to the elderly man. I hope he is not a destitute like my grandmother is.
Paatti got married at the age of 11, widowed while she was in her 30s as a mother of 11 children. She did not know the world much except to hail an auto rickshaw to the frequently visited temples within a couple of miles radius from her house, which she stopped about 20 years ago. She continues to live with us and is cared for but I must tell you that she makes it hell for my mother who "chooses" to take care of her very well everyday despite the negativity and it takes a toll on everyone of us honestly. My grandmother who is now 90 has had a tough life and her daughter-in-law (my mother who herself has had a life full of extraordinary challenges) wants to make sure she leads a well-cared-for life until her last day. My mother has exponentially aged in the last few years just from my grandma's ways and at this rate, I'm concerned that grandma will outlive my mother :(. A few elders are so negative, bitter and graceless, isn't it much easier to be easy going and happy?
I personally think present-day/empowered elders are better off in the company of fellow elders like their own brothers, sisters, cousins and friends rather than be entirely dependent on the younger generation. I do not understand why people do not choose to maintain their own dwelling and plan for physically and financially independent life post retirement. I feel there is dignity, respect, space and scope to maintain better relationships with all parties including younger generation.
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