"Papa!! Papa !! I don't want to go to school"
"But, beta u used to love going to school"
"Yes Papa, but that was my old school. I don't like this new school. All my friends are there only".
"Its just a matter of time beta. U will make new friends."
"No papa, I don't want to go to new school. I don't want to go. We shifted home as well. All my friends are in Patiala only. I want to go back.", the tears rolled down Megha's cheeks as she spoke.
"We can't go back to Patiala."
"But why Papa?"
"I told you na we can't go means we can't go. Now go inside and get ready for school", shouted her father.
"Then what about Mama and Bhaiya?", said Megha and went to her room with tears falling down on the floor on her way inside as her father continued reading the newspaper. He leaned forward to reach the cup of tea but came back without it.
2 months back, how happy they were. He never shouted on her before. But what happened since then changed their life totally. They were thrown out of their own house. Their business was sabotaged. And all this happened because of their religion.
What was our fault? What did we do? Why do these people want a separate nation? And If they want Khalistan, can't we be a part of that? These questions usually pop up in his mind but the more exploding was What are we gonna do now?
They lost their shelter, their bread. They lost everything. Megha was too young to understand all this but still she was forced to move to a govt school from one of the best private schools. She even didn't know what her religion is but she was already a victim of the religious riots. She lost her mother and her loving elder brother in the riots. She even didn't know what death is. Her father told her that her mother and brother will come after few days and so she knew.
But he knew that he has lost everything. Everything but Megha. She is the only thing left in his life. But what will he do. He is not educated enough to get a good job and setting up a new business demands a fair amount of money. With all the savings he has, they can survive no more than 3-4 months.
He lived whole his life in Patiala, invested every penny there and the irony was that he lost every penny there only. He had been acting strong since the day he lost his world but seeing tears in his little princess's eyes today broke him up. He wanted to go back and change everything but he couldn't.
He didn't shed a tear after that day but today he was crying and crying loud. He had lost all his faith. He wanted to die. He wanted to end all his sufferings but Megha, how can he do that to Megha!!!
He had to live with all this and he did. He had to struggle a lot but still he managed. And he has got a business again but he couldn't get back his wife and son and he never will.
Note: Well, its too sad to be true but it is. When I met this person, I was shocked. I just wanted to share all this with you.
