chapter 6

Life is so strange, at times!When Sugandha was part of my life, I always felt she was the one who was stopping me from achieving my share of happiness and freedom but when she left me then I realised my mistake that I am worthless without her. I wanted her to take care of me. I loved her sweet voice and shy nature. When she was close to me, I could smell her hair which always smelled like rose flower as she loved roses.She was my rose flower and my mistake was like a thorn in her life. Yes, it was my mistake that I took the love of my angel for granted!I tried to look for her but always got disappointed in the end. I started working again but I became an introvert and aloof who loved dwelling in his own world.After sometime, I started my own vocational school for the children and imparted free life skills and free education to all those children who suffered from any form of learning disability. I remembered how I used to stutter as a young boy and everyone made fun of my stuttering. One day, I said to my friend,"Do you want my boot." As my friend forgot to bring his book that day!He kicked me and I fell down as he said to me, "If you will give me boot then I will kick you very hard!"I started crying as I felt embarrassed due to wrong utterance of word and I used to stutter  more in fear, I said to him, "N...no.....I...I...s....said...booot not boot!"Whole class said to me, "Keep your boot with you, we don't need it!"I showed book to my friend and told him, "I said this b....b...ot!"  He understood finally and said sorry to me.I used to think faster than I could speak and I ended up tongue twisted or eating some of the words or ended up mispronouncing them.I practised speaking in front of a mirror and tried to think slowly before I could speak clearly!I wanted to give an open environment to all the children where they could feel free to understand themselves and nobody would even think to make fun of their unique habits and personalities.Many years passed and I finally found some solace in the smiling faces of my students. I didn't want to live anymore but I had only one dream that one day, Sugandha will forgive me and will accept me as an inseparable part of her life, once again!After ten years, I asked Taara Mam to be my chief guest as we wanted to celebrate the ten years of the achievements of my children. I asked her to invite her favourite student so that my students can learn from his or her achievements!She happily agreed and I waited impatiently for the Day of Revelation!