BEYOND BORDERS NOV 17
BEYOND BORDERS, International Online Magazine, edited and published by Sujil Chandra Bose for and on behalf of CCCI World Council. Editorial Board comprises of Sowmya Ramkumar, Vaishali Thaker, Asok Thiruvengidam, Shezeen Anwer and Pallavi Manoj. The Magazine is currently read by over 28,000 people from 23 countries.
BEYOND BORDERS, International Online Magazine, edited and published by Sujil Chandra Bose for and on behalf of CCCI World Council. Editorial Board comprises of Sowmya Ramkumar, Vaishali Thaker, Asok Thiruvengidam, Shezeen Anwer and Pallavi Manoj. The Magazine is currently read by over 28,000 people from 23 countries.
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UNANSWERED<br />
PHILOSOPHY | EXPERIENCES<br />
QUESTIONS<br />
By KRISS VENUGOPAL, Dubai<br />
Some people become a part of your life and remain close to your heart as family forever.<br />
When I write these lines, he would be somewhere in heaven looking and mockingly smiling<br />
as usual.<br />
At an inexpressible difficult juncture in life, I met a person who mocked at me saying:<br />
"You are big people; you won’t even remember people like us..."<br />
Little did we know then, that we would be integral part of each other's lives, more than<br />
friends - a brother, or something more than that? Years of closeness as a family, he was<br />
there with us, day in and day out. He was a big brother and it so ended up being a lovable<br />
relationship. We celebrated festivities and fights together. We happily shared what we had<br />
and time seemed to melt away.<br />
October of 2016, Big brother had not been keeping well on and off as there were pressure<br />
variations, till that afternoon when I got a call.<br />
"Big Bro just collapsed at the work site and is taken to NMC Hospital”<br />
I rushed to the hospital, where before slipping into a comatose stage, he expressed his fear<br />
of death. 43 years was never an age to die and we tried to give him the best medical<br />
attention possible. Those ten days, he did not speak to us, but we did, knowing he could<br />
hear us.<br />
On October 19,2016 his pulse dropped, the ICU alerts were sounded, The medical staff<br />
were running, emergency lights blinking and there was nothing more anyone could do. He<br />
breathed his last leaving a void in our hearts. Tears could never stop flowing from our<br />
hearts till date.<br />
It was when we took his mortal remains to India, we realized, he had been estranged from<br />
his family for over 9 years. Three sweet children were deprived of their father for reasons<br />
unknown. That was his family, which he stayed away from. Till date I could never<br />
understand whose mistake it was, as we knew only a big brother who knew only to love and<br />
care even at worse situations. What makes us realize less of the value of a family? I know I<br />
will never get anymore answers from him. But....<br />
How I wish there were more Bawarchis, like the protagonist of the erstwhile Hrishikesh<br />
Mukherjee movie, in this world. Would I be ever able to do something like that to<br />
someone... someday....? Unanswered questions... Leaves me numb and silent...
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