Something but everything!!

Richa is a 14 year old girl.She is a girl who belongs a very rich family.She can buy anything she wants.She can have some priety good clothes to wear,delicious food to eat ,fabulous friends with whome she can hang out and very caring father to care of her.But inspite of having everything she is not glad at all.She always miss something in her life and this ‘something’ mean everything for her .And this everything is the most beautiful creature on earth called ‘Mother’.Richa is one of those childs who lost this fragnance in her life at the age of 3.She lost her mother in a car accident.Whenever she sees her friends’s mother her mind always get chocked up with anxiety.She always ask to God with heavy mind “Why dd you do this to me?” ,but get failed to recieve any reply from him.Her father Anil make a lot of efforts to fill up her wounds and try to behave with child like mother and father too.But inspite of his all efforts the condition of his daughter always remain the same.

After doing each and every worthless efforts, Anil finally decides to keep a female servant as a caretaker of her daughter Richa.He wants to appoint some sophisticated lady who can take care of her like a mother.After few days her father give this job to a lady named,Avantika.Avantika is a very poor women who live lonely and work as a garland seller outside the Shidhivinayak temple in order to keep her body working.

Richa use to call Avantika as ‘Maasi’ because she feel the essence of a mother inside her.After getting Avantika in her life Richa starts to fly on cloud nine.She use to depend on her like a mother.Everyday, coming back to home from school , she use to share each and every thing with Avantika an avantika also get engaged in her childish activities like child.Both of them have discovered a unbreakable bond.

Few years past away.Today is the day of Richa’s marraige.Everyone is filling the hands of bride with mehandi.The whole atmosphere of house is full of joy.No one is seen sitting idle.Everyone is roaming from here and there.Some where dancing on music beats.Some where enjoying the whole environment.But after few hours a silence come in between this fabulous environment.Richa’s uncle

,Rajeshstarts shouting on avantika and,bring her in front of everyone by pulling her from inside.

Anil asks “what’s the matter brother?’

Rajesh:- “Your servant ,Avantika is a thief.I have seen her steeling jwellery from the almirah of Richa.Call up the police now.”

Richa get shocked after listing this.She said “No uncle you are having some misunderstanding.She can’t do this.She is my maasi.”

Rajesh:- “No beta.You can’t understand these low class people.They are all same.Just see her hand .you can see the jwellery box.It proove thattshe get inside your room to steel your jwellery.”

Without listening to any more words.Rajesh immediately make her arrested.Avantika begged a lot but no one was there to listen her.Richa couldn’t tolerate all this she run inside her room and cry alot and after few hours she get into dreams.On next morning when she opens her almirah she saw the same jwellery box.she just open it and saw a chunri stiched up with torned but sparkling human made laces.she just picks it up and find small piece of paper lying behind it.she opened the folded paper and starts reading it.

To ,

Richa,

From many days i have been waiting for same day to come.I want to give this to you but I don’t want to make you feel embrassing to gift you such a pity thing,so decided to pack this and hide inside your almirah.With you I found the answer of “why Yashoda is called the mother of krishna’.And for me you my krishna my child.God bless you.

Yours Maasi.

PS:This fiction was written on mother’s day,10 may.

PS:Sorry for posting it too late.

PS:Bhopal is getting hotter day by day.

PS:Missing Rain .

PS:Song of the day:Lag ja gale by Lata Mageshkar.

PS: I know, I know its too old but can’t help..her voice rocks in this song.

PS:Gotto go byee

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