An old banyan tree and the story of a brother and sister reunion
1. An old banyan tree is saying aboutthat bungalow stands in frontof it frompast
many years to which a man in suit & black hat is watching with curious eyes as
Want to ask for someone.Its genuine courtyard with strong boundaries
conveying its deep security & patches which are not painted on its all facets
reveals its true age, vacant & empty spaces inside it.
Mr. Ruchir & his wife was the owner & as it is told by his companions
staying behind it. A nice couple lived here for many years & though they didn’t
have any relative but in spite of it they owned a large company every time until
they left it.
2. Its main iron gait depicting strong decision making power ,mental stability of
owner which is opened in a long ventilated gallery with many primitive artistic
structures & paintings on walls giving to it a royallook as it was owned by any
king & his queen. As that stranger while watching it entered in drawing room, well
Managed with furnitureof great antique style leave prints on his mind of a palace
Hall. Why he come ,suddenly his inner spiritualvoice from his heart questioned?
Is to maintain its existence which is now on its ageing peaks or to appreciate that
old aged couple who decorated their life with full enthusiasm as young one even
on being so old ?
He is still not answerable& touching flowers arranged in a flower
vaseon center table still spreading blossomfragranceas kepthere just now but
scratches on vase telling that these would be double , triple fragrantwhen would
kept here. Photos in a golden frame of newly married couple now are changed by
ages of around fifties.& those newly married couple photographs now shifted to
bedroomwalls justnear the right corner of hall. He entered in bedroomwith
large windows covered with silk curtains . Cushions on bed filled with soft
material make feel mostcomfortable & relaxed. Whole roomis a like a story of
this couple’s life in the formof photographs of each & every year changing looks,
personality, dresses & decorations of rooms with strong bond & day by day
growing & being mature love of them.
Age was going in ascending order with increasing quantity of satisfaction on faces
of both husband & wife. The last photo taken before they left bungalow is
amazing & a letter in the name of that stranger was stuck to it. Just near the
photo ,a paper bundle well wrapped in a foil was placed on the table . He went
near it to clean & took out fromwall to properly read in light coming fromdoor
ventilator. What he saw, a surprising giftfor him from his loving sister whose
husband wroteit for the stranger.
‘’To,
3. My loving brother in law,
We always remember since you shifted after this bungalow ‘s construction but
can’t approached you due to our distance of miles though you were always in
our hearts retaining our love bond. Here on this table your sister putting some
papers of ownership of this beautiful bungalow in your name as it is proving you
both real siblings. Within moment he ran with moist eyes to take those papers in
which a legal authority note of bungalow he saw fromhis sister for him.
On the left corner, their childhood photographs with chocolates, teddy ,parents
& comic characters werestaple & his age by seeing it goes down up to five & his
sister’s seven. Within seconds, samecaring & sharing hands werearound him &
blessing for happy life in all the ways.
These all wereabout property but still he is searching something special which his
sister would haveto leave here ,yes ,he saw suddenly after reading papers &
letter, an air ticket to her presentdestination where images will come true. Years
gap between these real siblings will be overcome by deep sentimental eye
movements of a brother to his sister. Voices coming fromall sides & calling him to
his sister’s new home whereall papers are seen very smallin frontof experiences
of day by day becoming grey hairs, daily appearing wrinkles on faces but still both
legs stand on door to welcome smell of real relation of two siblings.
Everywhereageing is seen but bond of love between a brother & a sister is still
alive with full spiritto see each other after a long period of getting separate as it
was when they were small kids & of twenties & forties when a sister used to knit
sweaters & gloves for her brother but now these knitting is replaced by
readymadesweaters & gloves with touches of real feelings of relation of real
siblings.
In a moment, he collected air ticket & other papers of property were in hundred
pieces in front of his sister’s photo .Again he passed exam of his real relation &
now remember his sister as his best teacher appeared with stick to punish him on
4. his single mistake& they proved themselves as proud of their parents like
childhood. He laughed & immediately after closing & locked the main gate
for same real siblings like them as next owner of this bungalow. Within few
minutes, he was on air port for departurefrom old memories to a new young
& childish feeling & caring ,protective company of their lost relation which is
needed by all of them to give a new essence to retain its basic & mostimportant
characteristics which will give it its individual identity as long life relation.
He was crossing mile waiting each second to create again same innocent affection
like kids ………
Both brother who was miles distant on posting & sister got married to a
handsome, caring boy & even after it their company of childhood still alive in their
Sharing & loving behavior as such as in that days .
Neelam Gaur
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