Clock strikes 4 in the evening and Meera goes to the kitchen to make coffee for her father and herself. She reminds that her paternal aunt family has arrived from Calcutta and they are sleeping in the other room after a long tiring journey. In fact, she is tired too because she has just come back from the funeral of her mother Suhasini. Yes, she is dead. She remembers the memories of her past and her soul aches. Although, she wanted to sleep, but she knows the moment she will close her eyes, will see her mother and it will be more difficult for her to accept that she has become a part of her dreams now. This thought makes her cry again and she wipes her tears and prepares to make coffee. When she begins to mix milk with coffee suddenly remembers how her mother made coffee and she stood by her side and used to ask Mumma, do you like coffee as much as dad likes? And her reply was always same, ‘I love your dad’ so I like coffee too because when we are in love, we start accepting the likes and dislikes of our beloved. Meera puts back the coffee jar and asks her maid Rani to bring tea pack from the market.
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Black Rose - 1
Black Rose-1Clock strikes 4 in the evening and Meera goes to the kitchen to make coffee for her father herself. She reminds that her paternal aunt family has arrived from Calcutta and they are sleeping in the other room after a long tiring journey. In fact, she is tired too because she has just come back from the funeral of her mother Suhasini. Yes, she is dead. She remembers the memories of her past and her soul aches. Although, she wanted to sleep, but she knows the moment she will close her eyes, will see her mother and it ...Read More
Black Rose - 2
Chapter 2 She thinks that her father doesn’t even give an inch of importance to the things her mother for him till she died. She calls Raghav but his phone is busy, looks at stars and her mother face appears to her between the clouds, her black colour, small brown eyes, thin lips and a colourful Bindi on her forehand. She was not a beautiful woman, but her beauty lies in her motherhood and companionship. I miss you mummy and she cries. A few people attend Chautha ceremony including Raghav’s family, her father friends & relatives. Because her mother ...Read More
Black Rose - 3
Chapter-3 Meera gets shocked to see this. She returns to her room and his father calls her, ’Meeru come I want you to meet aunt Supriya’. I am busy dad some other time she replies in a choked voice and looks at her mother’s smiling photo hanging in the drawing room. Yes, she always smiled it was her nature. After half an hour Supriya leaves their house. After few minutes Rani serves dinner and they both begin to eat and he notices Meera not eating. Her hunger is gone. She eagerly waits for her father to finish his dinner ...Read More
Black Rose - 4
Chapter-4 Next morning when Jitender leaves for office, Meeru searches for her doctor number. She wants every inch of of her mother illness. She finds some medical files but no paper related to her mother’s illness. She finds the name of Dr. Renu Gulati who prescribed medicines to her mother. She takes an appointment to visit her. After a wait of two hours Renu Gulati calls her inside. You look like Suhasni, she smiles. Meera smiles back and asks,’ how the treatment of my mother was going’? Was she really in some sort of depression? Why did she take ...Read More
Black Rose - 5 (The Final)
Chapter-5 After two weeks, she stands in front of thousands and sees her dad and Raghav sitting in the She says, I am here to glorify our Indian culture and values. Look at our scriptures like Ramayana when Sita arbitrarily crosses the line was abducted by Ravana. In Mahabharat Draupadi said few words to Duryodhana and she had to sacrifice her dignity. What have we learnt from these episodes? If women do not follow the rules, then teach her a lesson. Why do we ignore Bharat’s sacrifice or Karan’s kindness? Although we live in a male dominated society. I ...Read More