Arun Gode

Drama Crime

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Arun Gode

Drama Crime

Break Up

Break Up

7 mins
172



 There was joint family who master was shifted from his native village to the nearest town. He was doing job in a private bank. He had four sons and two daughters. He was qualified man in those day when India wasn’t free. He paid his full attention in welfare of his family by educating all his kids. The kids also paid equal attention to their education. All of them were graduate. But, out of his six kids four of them were employed in different organizations in free India. One of his male kids wasn’t employed anywhere, though he was a commerce graduate. Since master had fairly good amount of farming land at his native village. He decided to send him for farming. The master and other brothers would help him financially in the beginning. He was couch potato. Hence, he couldn’t make his financial position sound. All of them get married having their own family’s responsibilities. Unfortunately, they couldn’t help their brother as in the past. Farmer brother had a fairly big family. He had two sons and two daughters. He couldn’t manage his family from the earnings from land due to frequent flood, wet-drought and occasionally drought. He and his family had a very high expectations from his brothers and sisters. If you feed a fish to man, you will feed him a day. If you teach to fish him, man will be feed for life time. But master of family was of the opinion that he couldn’t make himself financially sound until his brothers would help him. You can lead horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. His son wouldn’t stand on his own legs till he would get financial help from his brothers. He indirectly asked his sons to stop helping him as the he had done with him. So, brothers and sisters stopped him helping in accordance with opinion of the father. There were some clashes in the family due to above said reason. Their farmer brother and his family broke the relations among them. There was some sort of evil impact on his children from their childhood about his relatives. Their parent sowed some unfertile seeds in their mind. Falls seven times, stand up eight. Anyhow that family later started struggling for their bread and butter. Meanwhile there were some clashes with villagers towards disputed land.


There were big quarrels between them which lasted for several months. On one day, the quarrel turned out be fatal for farmer brother in which he lost his eye sight completely. All medical measures were tried on him but he couldn’t restore his eye sight again. He became the handicap in the family. Their condition was just like a fish out of water. They managed the situation smoothly with time by doing some additional business like supplying of lunch to needy customer. Whole family served as his care taker. Thereafter, the master of house throughout his life was unproductive member of the family. His both sons started earning by doing some job. His elder son built up his own business of photography and videography. He was very skilled worker as well as famous photographer in that town. He made himself skilled worker by doing some additional training courses in the field. He had an opportunity in television serial business. He was earning lot. His younger brother also got employed in state police services. Since he had a photography background. he had a posting in crime branch for photography and videos as per requirement of departmental cases. He was also established himself in department. All the kids of farmer brother get married. All family members as well as relatives were invited in all marriage functions in the family. They all were present. But, unfortunately grandfather wasn’t alive to see all these events. Their father’s opinion was actually turned into reality. if his brothers had continued help to him, he wouldn’t have captured this status in the life. So, master’s whole family was happy. They realized that their father’s formula of making his son to stand on his own feet was as right as rain.


Younger son of farmer brother was fallen in love with a girl before his marriage. He was quite angry boy by birth. His 

behavior wasn’t normal with relatives as well as with known people as his parent sowed the seeds of hatred, intolerance and jealousy from the childhood to hide their incompetency. But he managed the love affair with that girl in which she might have ignored his odd behavior due blind love with him. They get married. His marriage was memorable to participants in the function. He made huge expenditure in procession and marriage ceremony. Participants enjoyed the delicious food items. He made video film of his marriage by using drone camera which was the very memorable event for viewers. Every -things went good in the beginning in their newly married life. It was the love marriage. hence bridegroom’s expectations were very high from her husband. In real life he wasn’t enable to fulfill her emotions as usual in the past before marriage. So, she would get hurt due to his rude, rough behavior. On many occasions, she would go back to her mother’s home when she went bananas. She wouldn’t return to her home for longer period. Whenever elders interfered in the matter, she would come back. But there wasn’t any change in the behavior her husband. She would remain always sad. It was of no use crying over the split milk. Anyhow, they had a beautiful baby. Elders thought that affection and love towards baby would bring normalcy in their relation. But she went back with her daughter to her mother’s home. She didn’t come back for longer time on that occasion. Anyhow when baby was two-year-old, both the families celebrated her birthday in which many relatives and their friends were present. 

          

  They were staying together with their daughter and grand-father and grand-mother. She would take care of her daughter and blind father-in-law. But there was deeply rooted sorrow in her heart due to her husband as he wasn’t be as per her expectations. She wanted that her husband shouldn’t get out of her hand. He should see her eye to eye. Since he was very angry boy, he couldn’t understand her emotions. She thought that she committed blunder while choosing him as life partner. She was expecting too much from him as she loved him lot. This frustration went on mounting in her mind. But she didn’t open her feeling with anybody. On contrary, she used to serve her blind, handicapped and overaged father-in-law. She kept her attention on needs of father-in-law. She would serve him medicine in time and food. Her father-in-law was blind due past incident. So, she would help him in all respect. Everything was going right in the family as seen externally.   

          

    On a occasion her mother-in-law went for long stay to her daughter at Pune. She thought her bride-groom would serve her husband. She was quite sure about her. On the father day, she celebrated Father’s Day with her father-in-law giving him new dress. She took photographs of Father’s Day celebration in presence of her husband and granddaughter in the morning. She made some special item on that occasion for the whole family. She also served it to her husband in the break-fast before going to office. While he was eating the dish, she just inquired about the preparation of special item. He responded very negatively killing her emotions. She made oral complaint on his reaction that he wouldn’t like anything which she did. While replying he said that you should learn walk before you run. firstly, she should learn the preparation skill like his mother, thereafter he would praise her. She got angry and cold feet. He took it with a pinch of salt and left for office as usual. Later she asked her father-in-law for lunch. After lunch he went for sleep as usual. She driven out her daughter in next room for playing. She closed the door. When maid servant came and knocked door for opening. She wasn’t responding to her call. When she tried from another window, she found that she was hanged to the ceiling fan. She committed suicide. 

            

 Her husband was informed about the matter. He was shocked by the news. Coincidently he was with his boss for whole time in some crime case. Since he was in the office from the morning on the day. An incident occurred in his absence. But members of affected family from her mother side made an allegation that he made her to attempt suicide. Case was handed over to medical for postmortem report. Her family members compelled the authorities to register an “FIR “ in the police station. They were asking to register the case of murder under section 302 of Indian penal code. 

       

   They became so violent that her husband had to take shelter in the police station. They didn’t allow him to attend her funeral and religious act to be fulfilled by her husband. His cousin brother completed all customs and tradition of funeral as per provision of the religion. Expectations from love too much how it would be harmful in married life. It was the living example. 





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