I tip-toed inside, holding her birthday
gift and looked for her in the tiny room. She was leaning against the window, curiously
tracing some passerby on the road far below. Quite painfully, I handed her the small
packet but she cried in joy, just how an eight year old would do. When I saw
her trying the wig excitedly in front of the small bathroom mirror, it made my
heart thump. My child jumped around like a happy kitten and then breathless, bumped
into her bed. I couldn't utter a word and quickly rushed out of the Juvenile
Cancer Ward.
As
he changed sides with much difficulty, it took me no time in sensing that his
pain was acute and dissolved a part of him every moment. He opened his flaccid
eyes and stared at me- a helpless being with disheveled hair, sitting near his
bed. With bewildered expressions, I glanced at the window where grey-black clouds
began teaming up, conspiring a storm. I shifted my glance at him and found him
in a comatose sleep. After a few moments of peace, he got up with a jerk and blood
drops fell from his swollen nose. He looked at me apologetically making tears
gush out of my sleepless eyes. The decade long evening was stuck; it choked our
breaths and suffocated us in an undesired moment. He closed his eyes and
shivering like a helpless leaf in a wild storm, curled up some more.
I
went to the bathroom and stared at the red threads of my eyes that bound me
with his suffering, providing a testimony to the turmoil rising slowly inside
my blank mind. I sat on the wet floor and cried like a child abandoned in a
swarm of cold and unknown faces and then, rushed straight towards the last
drawer. Two drops sufficed in a cup of milk. Slowly, he drank a part and after
some uneasy coughing and twisting, wagged his tail before closing his sunken old
eyes. With a pounding heart, I heaped on him and clutched his limp body tightly.
Despite noticing a certain comfort on his face after a long time, I could not
help cursing myself.
Some
situations are crossroads where tough choices become inevitable; the grey gap
between white and back merges and wrong becomes right and poison becomes the panacea...
What
is life without the wish list that keeps swelling every month! Life has two
aspects. First, it is short and second, it is unpredictable. What may come
next, none is able to fathom. In such unsure circumstances an easy solution can
be a simple and effective life insurance like IDBI
Federal that makes you ‘befikar’ for the rest of your life in the real
sense. I have a looonnggg wish list. However,
if I were to choose top five things that I would love to do if I too were insured
and hence ‘befikar’ for the rest of my ‘umar’, they would be as
follows-
1.Going
for white water rafting- This is one thing
that allures me like anything! The tempestuous waters, greenish and bluish, are
a delight to my eyes and the very idea of the rafting makes me feel alive! So, when
there is a guarantee of good times and a ballast of insurance, I would make
this dream come alive.
2.Opening
a Charitable Veterinary Hospital- I have a
weakness for animals esp dogs and thus it is my dream to open a charitable
hospital for stray animals who often rot on streets all alone. I often notice
cows with bleeding horns or dogs with deep cut marks, withering in pain and
this pinches me deeply somewhere inside. So, a charitable vet hospital is what
I would get constructed before I leave this world.
3.Going
on a Trip to Seychelles- This is one place
that is awesome than heaven! The green forests, waterfalls and beautiful
natural sceneries, Seychelles is a visitors’ delight. However, it takes a lot
of moolah to visit and enjoy the time there, with my friends or family of
course, for there is no fun in visiting a superb place like that all alone.
When you have a good insurance, you can manage the trip as well!
4.Buying
an Audi- This German car company had me hooked
to its models! I have heard so much about this car that it has become my dream
to own one and by that I do not mean only the starting models, but good ones in
middle price range. White Audi looks stunning and the black one looks classy
like anything!
5.Paying
for an Orphan’s education- I would like to bear
the expenses of an orphan child’s entire education and living and I think if everyone
of us who has had the good fortune of getting education takes this step, we can
help the society in a larger way. However, with school and living costs
sky-rocketing like anything, it has become far difficult to harbor such dreams
but a dream is a dream and can be fulfilled by a bit of careful planning by
experts like IDBI
Federal Life Insurance Co Ltd.
So,
these are five dreams of mine out of my bucket list that I wish to fulfill in
this life. Life is beautiful; it just requires a careful handling of monetary
resources and some calculated planning. The feeling of a wish fulfillment is
unmatched and can make us look forward to more!
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