Reluctant
to make a start for a trip to Gangtok, I was thinking about the bumpy road of
Rorathang and Rangpo an en-route to Gangtok. The heavy downpour of monsoon had
worsened the road with puddles and landslides at every intervals of a kilometer.
For a new traveler, the road condition would not appear worse than a roller
coaster.
My
thoughts suddenly left me when my wife got a bit cranky "tapailai aasti Ko hapta nai bhaneko hoina?
Didn't I inform you last week??? She had already sensed my slogging gestures
which meant that I was not interested to go. "Ki mo gari magayera jum? Or should I take a hired taxi??? Her
hitherto amiable demeanor was now ebbing with anger and I had completely
forgotten that we were supposed to make a visit to my in-laws that day. My two
and a half old baby girls added in her quacks voice "Buwa ta k saro birseko houu" my father has really become forgetful;
a tone though innocent yet matured enough to make me feel more embarrassed. She
too was desperate to see her grandmother and her Aunt (wife's youngest sister)
who had recently come from Dubai for a very short vacation.
A
two hour journey took almost 5 hours due to frequent jam. A narrow road wherein
the tires of a big sized Truck could barely be accommodated was now jammed with
long convoy of company buses and Army Vehicle moving from either end. Over the
last decade private companies in this area have mushroomed more randomly than a
cancer cell.
No
sooner, had we reached the house, my wife was hugging her mother and her sister
so tight that they never wanted to let themselves depart any more. It had been
almost a year since they had met each other. Watching them embracing in such
bond of compassion made my steaming ego evaporate against the warmth of their
love.
Making
a visit to in-laws would generally manifest boredom for many arrogant husbands
such as myself. However, if we can keep aside our masculine ego and feel with a
compassionate heart, our wife too deserves her share of family happiness. To
value her feeling and become the most reliable support system should be the
foremost priority of a husband. Above all a husband can be naughty but not
WICKED
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