One day in the court of Emadharma

   I opened my eyes and felt that I was in a new place. I was standing in an interrogation cell. Why am I here?...... Before I could think, I heard a voice saying, "Chitragupta, what is the account of this old lady ? Tell me." I looked in the direction I heard. In front of me was the blackish Emarajar on the throne; a buffalo cow next to him; female giants were blowing chamara on both sides. The one sitting with a table, a chair, and a computer looked like Chitragupta. He immediately replied, "Emaraja, this lady's life expectancy is 90 years. But Kinkaran and Sinkaran brought her here when she was 70 years old. That is the investigation. " "Kingi, Sinki both of you come here." Emadharma shouted and both of them came and stood in front of Emadharma. "You are not doing your work properly. Why did you bring this old lady to Emalaoka in advance?"

" The confusion caused by this lady is the reason for everything, Your Honor "

"What! At this age, this lady is confusing?... I understand.. I heard that in India, it is the elderly who are confusing everyone. What is the confusion? Tell me clearly."

Both of them said in unison, "This lady has written and posted an application letter to Iswaran."

"Oh, for that Pitthan ... the application! Oh... it's definitely confusing. Why did you apply, mother?" Emaraja asked me. I clearly said, "Your Honor, I didn't ask for anything wrong. I applied to arrange for an address proof for me."

"There's no need of confusion in this issue, Chitragupta!" Emaraja asked her assistant for details, and he said, "That's where the confusion started, Your Honor." He began to explain. "This lady was born in 1953.At the time of her birth, there was no hospital, doctor, or birth certificate. Her only ID proof was her horoscope. It did not contain any address. In 1960, her family card, that is, ration card, was her address proof. This family card was the only one circulating all over India. But, Your Honor, you know...nowadays, there are many cards in circulation in India, such as voter card, PAN card, Aadhaar card, debit card, credit card. Since this lady is a woman, according to the custom of that time, after her marriage, her parents and brothers sent her to the house where her in-laws lived. Therefore, her address changed after marriage.

Emadharma interrupted, "Did this lady come here like Satyavan Savitri to ask for some boon for his mother-in-law and father-in-law?"

I immediately shook my head and hands quickly and said, "Your Honor, I did not come to ask you anything like that and disturb you. My father-in-law lived a very healthy life until he was 90 years old and then died. I took care of my mother-in-law until her last breath. They both did not have to fight for the address."

Emadharma asked, "Then why being their daughter-in-law has to be in this condition ? Why did you apply for the address proof with Iswaran?" He asked angrily. When I saw him getting angry, I started crying in fear. Tears started flowing from my eyes onto my cheeks. Immediately, Emathamar said, "Chitragupta, is this lady shedding crocodile tears? Immediately arrange for a commission of inquiry." Immediately, Chitragupta and I shouted in unison, "Your Honor,please...no enquirycommission...."

Emadharma said, "Why are you shouting like this when you hear the word commission of inquiry ? Is that such a serious matter ?"

Chitragupta quietly got up from his chair, stood near me, that is, near the interrogation cage, and started explaining to Emadharma, "This woman's husband died 6 months ago. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law had arranged her 'Thanikudithanam' after the birth of her first child. Since then, she had been living in a rented house with her husband and children. Since her husband was the head of the family, he had arranged for everything, including ration card, Aadhar card, and voter card, at the rented house address where he lives. Both of them have changed their rented houses 15 times in their 50 years of married life after their separation from in-laws. Due to this, they have been tired of changing their addresses for everything, including gas connection, ration card, voter card, Aadhar card, and bank passbook. It was only after her husband's death that this woman had to live as a woman without an address. Therefore, this woman, who was born and raised in Sivakasi, has applied for an address proof to God Shiva. This is the story that happened, Your Honor."

Immediately, Emathamar, "I understand everything now. Chitragupta, right now in India, arrange to bring a law like "One Nation-One Ration Card", "One Nation-One Election", "One Nation-One Address". This is my command; this is my charter." I was fainted hearing this. 

When I woke up, I was lying on the bed at my daughter's house in Chennai. It was 5 pm. My daughter was standing next to me with coffee in her hand and my granddaughter was standing next to her. The granddaughter said, "Did you dream... Grandma? You were screaming in fear! How many times have we told you not to watch the movie Sri. "

Sri....waste movie...can I get scared when I saw that movie! Who would understand the problems I had as I'm Sri? I started drinking my coffee quietly, thinking that this moment was permanent.

         Subam