Those Difficult Days

The Scene at Cemetery

Now, finally, we reached our destination where according to the Hindu religion, all the funeral was to be done with the body and this place was named as Shamshan Ghat

Just now a few minutes ago, my brother and I knew that Dad no longer remains part of this world. Everything was changed as if the life was raised by pushing one direction and pushing it in the other direction, the direction of which both of us didn't even know. 

Well, we brought the dead body to the cremation ground. We kept the dead body at its fixed location

Pandit Ji started his work and started chanting the mantra for verbal activities. Now all the people were formed in groups at different places and they had only one subject to talk about, how did all this happen and why did it happen? And what not 

Now I and my brother were sitting around. I could not understand what to say and whatnot, the brain stopped working, my eyes were not taking up the name stopping the falling tears. Brother was sitting beside me and said

"Son, Don't do this, you are very sensible"

But I was not able to understand the words spoken by my brother like it was not in my hands to stop the falling tears.

After a short time, the chanting of the people who were sitting there standing up my attention. And by listening to those words as if I have been exposed to the harsh truths of the world that these people in the world of disloyalty are all manifestations of deceit. 

No one is yours you will have to live yourself.

On the other hand, Pandit Ji had dealt with all his work, according to the law, he told me and my brother to fire the dead body. We gave the fire to the body and sat down again.

Now the words of the people were just echoing in my ears, and none of them even tried to console me.

Their words were like

"Now I do not know what will happen to these people"

"The eldest son may have to leave his studies"

"How will they manage their lives?"

"Nowadays no one else does."

By hearing all this I thought that the real world is this, till yesterday I did not even know that a moment would come and will change everything. Now one by one people came to me and brother and said

"How much time is left in completion of your studies "

"How you people will handle everything now"

The brother was giving some answers to them, but my mind was now bad for such people. It was the day when the first time I was trying to grow up 

Now there were a lot of questions in my mind and heart, such a society, and people who were troubling me in.

I did not even realize that this is just the beginning. There is still much more to come ....

Let's meet in Part 2