HEART VS BRAIN

HEART VS BRAIN

A crashing sound at one of the rooms brought every one of us out of our room. With confused face our eyes darted at every rooms to inspect the sound which has disturbed the tranquility of our house. Oh! Christ it’s our aaja (grandfather) screamed my mother, perplexed at the sight that was something which her eyes could not believe. Panicked by her shrilling scream, ever one of us started rushing toward the room. To our bewilderment, the first thing we could see was fresh blood spilling all over the floor. Amidst the floor laid our moaning grandfather, with blood gushing out from his nostril and ears. His cream shirt was already soaked with blood. It did not take us long to comprehend that he had tripped and banged his head on the concrete floor, we hurried him to the closely parked vehicle. The vehicle leaped away in a spurt of gravel leaving behind a dense cloud of smoke.

Now, as he staggers around the room, he shivers in fatigue, as such, he has to be supported, at least form either sides. It has been one week since he had been discharged from the hospital after spending one month in ICU. The MRI reports showed that almost half of his brain cells had been damaged due to excessive clotting of blood. He has survived a severe hemorrhage remarks a neurologist, as he flips over the report. He adds with a deep sigh “thank god he was not paralyzed.” Since then, there has been a great change in his behavior. The incident has made him realize the trauma and forget everything about himself. Despite his unnatural behavior and blemished trauma, there is one thing about him that surprises me... every time I go near him, he holds my hand gently and calls my name softly. “Timelay khana khayou?” Did you have your food? is his first statement to start a conversation with me.

Today, as the world has reached the zenith of technological advancement, there is hardly anything left unveiled beyond the perception of human intelligence. However, there is another dimension of human being called spirituality which is yet to be explored by science. A brain, that succumbs rigorously damaged of its neurons, hardly remembers anything of its own but never fail to recognize a face which is highly adored by the heart. Furthermore, the distorted brain miraculously resonates adoration to the face it loves.