Low cost life
Wao ! Look !Mithoo ! Kaka! ,see Baba has brought fruits , Hey wow ! Mom, look, today there are tomatoes in the vegetables too ..... In a short while, Mithoo, Kaka and Munna have also come ..... The aroma of the meat dish defeated the aroma of onion and bean curry of lentils attached to the house. Mum's blood pressure was also normal. After so long she was looking at baba in a romantic and shy mood... The sweetness melted in mum's voice ... There was no sugar water in the sweety’s feeder but milk. After a long time, instead of used clothes, we wore new ones . When the mother sent dessert to the neighbour, she sniffed and said ... Hey ... you guys don't even share anything on Eid, Shab Barat, so, what new came out today. we were so happy, we smiled instead of annoying.
There was no mourning when the bill came and there was no fight when Mithoo, Kaka and muna's fee watcher came. Munny did not hesitate to go to the neighbourhood to see the Tik Tik doll, but now ,she loved to play with her own doll ..... everyone was happy but father was getting a little weak ..... then slowly there was the same bitterness in mother's voice ..... fruits in the house disappeared from ... meal was again without tomatoes ... The same old aroma of lentils came back ..... Mother's blood pressure started rising more than before ..... Sounds started coming again from half empty stomach ..... Sugar water came in the Sweety feeder again ..... The colour of fabric and faces start fading..... My principal put my name on the list of incompetents ..... As soon as the bill came,mum laid a sheet of mourning ..... With the sound of crying, the neighbours gathered that Someone might have died, ... the mini doll was silent ... cells were exhausted …
Suddenly Dad's health deteriorated ... the doctors said ... There is only one kidney in the body and is not working properly ,almost damaged ...no hope to survive ... only one kidney … mum fainted as she heard this and I thought ,what cheap wishes cost an expensive life!
(written by Azra Faiz)