Mirage

Sometimes something seems impossible, but after time passes, it turns out that what was not possible turned out to be very good.

There is a mirage that gives the illusion of being good from a distance but if you go closer then nothing happens, the same happened with Ramesh.

Ramesh was a well-known writer of Hindi literature.

Who had written many Hindi literary stories, articles and poems? He also used the Hindi language extensively through his writings to create awareness among people about the Hindi language.

Its stories were always very juicy and kept people engaged from beginning to end.

That writer was always looking for a quiet place to write.

This time he chose Chamba among the calm valleys.

As usual, he came there alone.

He was married against his will to another girl, not his childhood love.

He was not able to give her the status of wife in his heart.

His wife was very good at heart.

She tried to help him in every way, but he always remained frustrated with her.

And he goes everywhere alone and does not take her with him.

Today when he reached Chamba, he remembered his childhood friend and girlfriend Usha.

How beautiful she looked,

how much I loved her, how beautiful she always was.

Yes, she was a little fussy.

But she looked so beautiful and so sweet, I liked everything about her.

If I had married him, my life would have been as beautiful as heaven today.

I wish I could see him once.

I wish I could meet him once.

Let me know how she is. Then my mind will become happy. Talk to her lovingly once and see her with all my heart.

And let me tell him that you are my inspiration for writing.

And he starts searching for the subject of his novel.

But he doesn't feel like doing any work.

Then he feels that he sees a writer in the neighbouring room too. Looks like he has just come to stay.

I will come back after talking to him.

He goes to his brother in the next room. Introduces himself to her: Hello, I am Ramesh, a writer.

I have come here to write novels peacefully.

You tell me how you came.

You have come alone and not with your family.

He says I have come here alone in search of peace.

He did not come even after informing his family.

My wife doesn't know where I am.

I will get peace in these 10-15 days and then I will leave from here and start laughing a sad laugh.

If my wife finds out that I have come here, she will come here too.

And starts laughing a sad laugh.

He says, if you are a writer then write something on my subject today.

Why some wives harass their husbands and why they don't let them live peacefully would be a good topic. Hearing this, Ramesh starts laughing even louder.

What are you also saying, Ajay, it is not like this with me, there is peace in my house?

My wife is also ready to help me all the time.

But my heart is not on it, that is why I go out in search of solitude to write every few days

so that my heart remains focused. Both talk about happiness and sorrow.

He says that till we are here, we will have an evening meal and morning lunch together, and will also have breakfast together so that we will have company.

Ajay says I don't promise you.

I don't know when my wife will come and as long as I am alone, I will have breakfast and food with you.

And after some time Ramesh comes back to his room.

And he starts wondering how his wife is from whom he is running away.

What a time this has come, what kind of world this is.

I run away from my wife because she is not to my liking and he is running away because she does not let me live in peace. Starts thinking about himself. But today he didn't feel like writing at all, so he just sat and watched the natural beauty.

It was time for dinner in the evening, he thought, I will call my friend and bring him here.

When he went to her room, he heard loud shouting. And his wife was abusing him a lot.

And she was telling him a lot and he was standing there silently listening, and the wife was saying a lot of abusive words. And she was shouting a lot and he thought he had heard this voice.

Looking through the window, a fat woman wearing a gown with her hair in a bun was very dishevelled and was shouting. He thought this was not Usha.

Then I thought I would go inside, this would bring some peace.

Instead of calling Ajay, he rings the bell. As soon as the bell rings, Usha comes to open the door. She speaks.

Hey, what are you doing here, are you also as idle as my husband and start talking a lot?

He says I have come to invite you all for dinner.

Let's have dinner together.

She starts fighting with him too and says you go, I am leaving with my husband.

Now I see how he runs away, he doesn't say anything to me.

Goes to his room.

After some time, her neighbour Ajay comes to her room on some pretext, very sad

and tells that he was trapped in its beauty.

People have also told them about his nature

that he is very picky and quarrelsome.

But I was so crazy about her beauty that I ignored her other shortcomings and agreed to marry her.

What did his parents even want? He quickly tied his necklace around my neck.

Now I am regretting a lot. You live your life peacefully.

There is no peace written in my life.

By then his wife comes from behind catches him and takes him away, it is getting late.

Ramesh gets shocked

and gets immersed in thoughts and prays to God with folded hands.

Oh God, you saved me. Otherwise, my life would have become hell.

No one has been able to give her due rights to my simple,

sweet and loving wife who is always ready and laughing whenever I see her.

What a bad person I am. The deer kept running after beauty like a mirage and today I saw the ugly form of beauty.

I just don't want to stay here anymore, I have to reach my wife as soon as possible and he leaves for his home and as soon as his wife opens the door, he hugs her lovingly.

She is surprised to see the changed face of her husband, he apologizes to her again and again and she says, I have never seen you commit any mistake, so whose forgiveness are you asking for?

Ramesh says you will not understand, now I will keep you very carefully and lovingly and will give you all the happiness of life.

When he wakes up, it's morning and he hugs her. He came to know the importance of his wife and how he was running after beauty and wasting precious years of his life. He was feeling very guilty but after hearing this from his wife, his mind became lighter.

He started praying to God for his good life.

Self-written story