CHAPTER 7- A CELEBRATION
Birthday lights are glowing everywhere all present are enjoying themselves. Arundhati, wearing white cotton sarees with golden checks on them and matching accessories stood on the window and mesmerizing the night sky and just memorizing the events that happened throughout her life. Today is the get-together party of their parents, today is the tenth wedding anniversary of Arundhati and Suresh Kumar, also it is the birthday of her twin children.
Pranav and Sharika her children were entering their teenage, they completed thirteen years, Arundhati is celebrating her ten years of togetherness, she is in her in-laws' house, when she was newly wed she was just 22 years old, she entered this house with so many dreams.
Her dreams got shattered when she encountered humiliation as she enter the house. She has to sleep alone on the first night, because of the stupid superstition saying that the newlywed girl has to sleep alone on the first night otherwise she cannot bear a child and it will cause bad to the family and the marriage relationships.
Well, even the technology and Science advanced, we still find some stupid superstition beliefs exist in the world, this is also a reason we do not love and busy ourselves in the profession. These beliefs are just to ruin mankind. Some beliefs make women slaves.
Some beliefs are related to Science. We have to follow scientifically related beliefs. For example one of the belief is if a black cat crosses us while going anywhere then it is a bad omen, this belief is stupid it sounds as if the cat knows you are going somewhere and it purposefully came in your path.
Some beliefs are scientifically related like chanting slokas in the morning and evening, we have to chant religious slokas and do pooja in the morning and evening because in the morning the oxygen level is at peak level, and if we do pooja the carbon dioxide is absorbed by the diya or the mud lamp and it increases Oxygen in the body.
During the evening the plants and animals sleep and the Oxygen comes out and we human beings can intake the maximum number of fresh air inside. Chanting slokas will sharpen the immune system of our body and growing children become stronger and sharper, and elders, get the positive flow of energy inside the body.
As the days went by the humiliation continued and she tolerated everything. Her in-laws always underestimated her, still, she continued to impress, them but the result was always negative. They never understand her. Even with all this, she continued to achieve her dream of becoming a journalist.
If a woman is strong then she will win the universe, our elders do know that, so they put all the restrictions on them like you will not praying or going out during their mensuration period because that time she is impure, and god will curse her for it, but our elders forget that this is the special gift bestowed by god to us because this mensuration only leads to the birth of the child. That time she is the goddess of the family because the generation will go ahead. Hey friends, don't you think this kind of superstition is stupid? It feels as if God came down to Earth and told this to humans. How do you feel about this? Write your views in the comments.
This rule is implemented for the safety of women during the cycle, some women feel unhealthy and weak, and so many pains happen during this time, like leg pain, joint pain, etc. In the olden time, medical facilities are not available, and not many hospitals.
If any serious thing happens you have to walk long distances which may cause serious pregnancy issues, hence our ancestors put the rule that women cannot go out, during the seven days of mensuration. But today the world is changed, and Science is developed a lot, so there are no issues with going out and doing what you want. It will not make god angry.
Arundhati worked hard and earned enough money to complete the journalism course and her parents and Suresh always help her in one way or another. He is also upset by seeing the doing of in-laws, but he cannot do anything, he only has to make Arundhati understand things.
This thing continued until she gave birth to her children. Even her womanhood is questioned, but still, the in-laws changed a bit, they started looking after their children with love and affection.
The humiliation towards her is continued, but both the in-laws take good care of both the children. After these long years, If she thinks of her past she still cries today. But the past is passed we always have to think of the present and plan for the future.
As the years passed, she still has a lot of beautiful memories of her ten years of togetherness. She has beautiful children, a good husband, and also some good side of her in-laws. As she is thinking, Suresh called her and saw tears in her eyes.
He asked her," Why you are crying, and wiped her tears, lovingly. She said nothing and accompanied him to the party. The party is very nice, also all of them came together after a long time.
When we reach to certain time we forget ourselves and are busy with our own life, it is difficult for a common man to go along equally with his profession and family. If we think of our childhood days, we feel ashamed of ourselves. Our parents always get time to spend with family, they make profession and family equally. We say that they don't have the stress which we professionals face. But the fact is, we are not seeing anything other than work. We are just focusing on work only.
Our dad and mom also have stressed there are many professionals in their generation, but they know how to manage things. They are not taught anything by anybody, but they still focus on their happiness also their loved ones.
I just want to say that, people want to achieve dreams, but they should not be achieved by hurting others. It should be achieved by giving and taking love, respect, and happiness. Now you all have a question, what we should do if the people surrounding us obstruct the paths and some people do not deserve the mentioned qualities, what should be done?
Yes, we indeed encounter people who do not deserve kindness, then I will say, just focus on your goals, and achieve them alone, you will get persons who are supporting you from their heart, and they will come towards you naturally.
Some people are like bears, and ants, they automatically attract to seeing sweet nature and leave you after they finished you. But some people attract you like Butterflies and Honey bees, who always come towards you by your qualities and convert them into honey which makes you more tasty and sweet.
So always wait patiently for someone, who makes you sweet and loveable. As the night is dark, the party lights brighten the atmospheare, in the Bangalore streets. Due to tiredness, children slept with their paternal grandparents, which happens after a long time.
Arundhati is tired but still awake, Suresh came to the room, sees Arundhati awake, and asked her why you are still awake. She said," Nothing dear, can we have a walk on the terrace, Suresh was shocked, and told you still have the stamina to walk upstairs.
She said yes, and after a request, Suresh have to bow before her, because she is the only woman in his life who can make him do all these silly things. They went to the terrace. It is very spacious, there. There is one spot where both of them sit for a long time gazing at the moons and stars that appear clearly, and it is the place where both of them spend the majority of their beautiful days.
They sit there for some time and memorized their past young days. It is the spot where a lot of loveable moments are spent. They sat there for some time holding their hands and leaning on each other's shoulders. After that, they talked about their old days and discuss the development of their research and next plan.
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Hello, to all my followers, due to my busy schedule and health issues, I cannot able to put the chapters, hope you are all liking my story. The thing I mentioned about superstition, is not to break your beliefs, I just mentioned them because beliefs are good, but blindly believing in things is not good.
The Arundhati in my story is one of my friend she is always bullied like this, but she overcome all this and I admire her very much, this is not completely her real story but the character is related. I just want to remove the mask from the eyes of people who blindly believe in unwanted things. So don't take it personally read and enjoy the story, I will try to give updates, soon. Don't forget to Comment and like.