Doctor ,what are you doing inside! Come outside soon! She
cried. This was her daily routine, when doctor used to went in dining room for
dinner. Doctor was the only son, who was living with her, eldest of all his 4
brothers.
He was a bright student from childhood. He used to top all
his classes. He was the first boy of that village , who came first devision in
all his board exams. He had two shiney big eyes on a small face and had a
wheatish complexion. His younger brothers used to tease him , but he always
smiled at them with lot of compassion in his eyes. It was his passion for
helping others that he became assistant of the doctor of his village’s small 1
room government hospital ,on a very less salary. From then, he became popular
as doctor saab. Wherever he went in his village on his bicycle, people used to
stop him, and start describing their pains.
My daughter is not eating anything from last 2 days, please
doctor check her. A women said with tears in her eyes. He listened patiently
and ask the small girl to show her tongue. Then from his small bag, he fetched
some medicines. Take this, give her 1 tablet 3 times a day, she will be fine .
He told the mother and left for his other patients. He reached home at around
9’O clock.
Amma, please don’t
become angry, he told his frowning mother.
You have a young bride now ,you should come early. Your
brothers are playing whole day, please help them to complete their homework at
least. She told in anger.
Please keep your cool, otherwise you will be sick again Amma,
he said. It happened everyday.
His wife Uma was the simplest woman. She used to wake up
very early in the morning , after cleaning the house and completing her
prayers, she used to cook food for all family alone. Her mother in law was a
strict women and always guarding her like a father. Uma loved her husband very
much. She loved to watch her husband eating food silently. But she eventually
came to know that her husband is more shy than her, as he did not even looks
her directly in front of any other member of his family. They used to talk very
less. In night they got some time to talk but mostly they slept due to
tiredness of whole day’s work.
After two years of their marriage, they came to know that
Uma cannot become a mother her all life. She became more silent than ever. She
wept silently in nights in her husband’s arms but strongly beared comments of
her mother in law and other women of village in daytime. Doctor then got a
permanent job in a government school. He spent all his income in his brothers
education, then marriage and to fulfill all their wishes. They got settled in
different cities with good position in society. They all used to come to
village in festivals and functions and sometimes just to meet Doctor ,Uma and
their Mother. All brothers and their family shared great love with Doctor and
Uma .All kids used to visit village’s market and chukles, Doctor papa ,Please
buy me this candy, papa please buy me that ball, and Doctor brought everything
they requests with a broad smile on his face and his usual warmth.
Doctor used to lent money to the needy people of village
without any interest and time limit. Doctor ,please give me 100 Rs, there is no
flour in my house today, said Dinu. Doctor took his hand and put 200 Rs., take
this and get the flour. God Bless Doctor, said Dinu’s mother when Dinu reached
home with food. This operation will require almost 5000 rs, how can we arrange
this much amount , Ram Singh said to his son. Don’t worry father, I have saved
around 2500 Rs., rest we will take from Doctor babuji, and will pay him
afterward. Not only human being ,but animals of the village were in love with
doctor. He used to serve them chapatis and leftover food. In all these deeds
Uma was always with her. She never stopped him for any thing.
Then oneday he
retired from his job. Along with his colleagues, many students of his school
came to drop him home that day. They were young enough ,that he could see his
children in them, but they all were his friends. From then he started to take
care of his crop fields with more dedication.
One evening , after returning from market, he handed a bag
full of vegetables to Uma and said, please make onlu two chapaties for me
today. I am going to temple and will return soon. There was only four houses
between temple and his home. He performed his daily prayer in temple before the
deity of Lord Krishna, and then went to the priest. The priest blessed him when
he touched his feet, and given him some sweets. While returning home, he met
Dinu and asked him if every thing was alright. Dinu toched his feet and said
that every thing is good.After reaching home, he said,
Uma, I don’t feel like eating something , give me a glass of
milk only.
Eat one chapati at least, Uma said.
I will tell you
later, if I want to, he replied.
In the midnight ,he shaked Uma and said,I am feeling like
fire inside me, please call Dinu. Uma did as she told. Bhaiya you will be fine
soon ,Dinu said to him while helping him to drink water.Bhabhi please give me
the car keys, we will reach hospital in twenty minutes, then everything will be
alright. He was consoling himself more than anyone there. In hospital, they
took Doctor saab in emergency ward. And after 15 minutes they declared him
dead.
Next day, before the body arrived at home, whole village was
gathered there. There was tears in everyone’s eye. Doctor was a rich man with
great personality and talents ,but everybody was talking only about the stories
of his kindness. How he had helped someone to send his son to big city for education, how he made the
marriage of the daughter of a handicapped possible, how he solved the issue
between two brothers and made them realize their love. In that crowd, there were
people of each age group and they all had been touched by Doctor’s love
someway.
He left enough property for Uma, to live rest of her life
without anyone’s help. Along with this, he left something for all the human
beings, whom he met directly or indirectly in this world, and that was the virtue
of ‘Being Kind’, ‘Being Human’. These are the simple words, who made a simple
person like Doctor ‘Immortal’.
Two days after all the rituals, his youngest brother handed
Uma a list of people, whom doctor had lent money. He told,
Bhabhi, I have created this list with the help of Dinu, as
he was close with Bhaiya .This will help you a lot, please take this.
Uma took the paper in her hands. Two drops of tear rolled
over her cheeks. She became silent. After five minutes , she tored the paper
into pieces and said, ‘when my husband never kept such record, how could I’.
This story ends here , but we could start being human now :)
Good one.
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