DUTY OF A SON

I AM A 50 YEARS OLD

 DOCTOR DOING PRIVATE

 PRACTICE.I HAVE MY

 OWN HOSPITAL AND

 DOING PRACTICE

 FOR LAST 20 YEARS.

WORKLOAD OF A HOSPITAL

 IS SO MUCH THAT

WHENEVER I AM

 ALONE, I THINK OF

 RETIRING FROM THIS

 HECTIC AND MONOTONOUS

 LIFE AND LEAD A LIFE WHERE

 I HAVE TIME FOR MYSELF

 AND TO NURTURE MY HOBBIES.

A FEW DAYS BACK IN

OUR OLD CLASSMATE

 WHATSAPP GROUP I

WAS READING A POST

 FROM ONE OF MY

 CLASSMATE THAT

 HE IS GOING TO GET

 A LEAVE FROM HIS

 ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL

 LIFE AND GOING TO LEAD

 A SEMIRETIRED TYPE LIFE.

HE WAS A VERY BRIGHT

 STUDENT DURING COLLEGE

 DAYS AND HAD GONE TO

 U.S. A. FOR HIGHER STUDIES

AND GOT SETTLED THERE.FOR

LAST 20 YEARS HE WAS DOING

VERY GOOD AND MADE A VERY

 GOOD FORTUNE THERE.

AFTER READING HIS POST

 I THOUGHT WHY CAN NOT

 I DO THE SAME. HE ALSO

 POSTED SOME PICTURES

OF BIRDS HE HAS CAPTURED

 IN HIS CAMERA AND WAS

 LOOKING VERY HAPPY.

 PHOTOGRAPHY LOOKED

TO BE HIS NEWLY FOUND

 HOBBY.

THE DECISION HE HAD

 TAKEN WAS VERY BOLD

 AND INSPIRED FROM IT

I ALSO DECIDED TO

 FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS.

A FEW DAYS LATER

HE POSTED SOME MORE

 PICTURES, THIS TIME

WITH HIS OLD PARENTS.

HE HAD COME TO INDIA

 FOR FEW DAYS JUST TO

SPEND SOME QUALITY

 TIME WITH HIS PARENTS.

HE HAD TAKEN HIS PARENTS

 TO FEW RELIGIOUS PLACES

 AND ALSO PICTURES OF

 THEIR STAY IN THE FIVE

STAR HOTEL. HE ALSO GAVE

 A TOUCHING CAPTION

BELOW ''PAMPERING MY

 PARENTS AS THEY USED

TO PAMPER ME WHEN

 I WAS A CHILD''.BOTH PARENTS

 WERE VERY HAPPY AND

SMILE ON MY FRIEND'S FACE

WAS ALSO TELLING SOMETHING.

 HE WAS GIVING HAPPINESS

TO HIS PARENTS BUT

MORE TO HIMSELF.

NEXT DAY HE POSTED

 SOME PICTURES IN A

 BIRD SANCTUARY WHERE

 HE WAS CLICKING PHOTOS

 OF BIRDS AND HIS PARENTS

 WATCHING HIM HAPPY.

A FEW DAYS LATER WE

 HAD A BATCH MEET. I

ASKED HIM IN A JOLLY

 MOOD ''SO YOU ARE

 PAYING OFF THE PARENTS

 DEBT''.HE REPLIED ME

SMILINGLY ''WHO ON EARTH

CAN PAY OFF HIS MATERNAL

OR PATERNAL DEBT. I AM

 JUST TRYING TO DO MY

 DUTY.(MAA BAAP KA KARJ

TO KABHI NAHIN UTAR SAKTA

 MAIN TO APNA FARZ NIBHA

 RAHA HOON).

WE HAD A VERY LONG TALK.

 HE SAID THAT AT THIS STAGE

 OF LIFE WHEN WE ARE ALL

 WELL TO DO,WE HAVE TO DO

SOMETHING FOR OUR PARENTS

 WHICH WE WERE NOT ABLE

 TO DO DURING OUR BUSY DAYS.

INSPIRED FROM HIM SECOND

 TIME NOW I AM GOING TO ACT

UPON HIS ADVISE AND MAKE MY

 PARENTS HAPPY OR RATHER

MYSELF HAPPY.