1. Mother’s mirror
In the spacious lawns of elder brother’s big house, the condolence ceremony in memory of mother was going on. On the chair was mother’s picture with a garland. More than mother’s passing away, Lalit was sad that he did not get a chance to take care of his mother in those last moments. He had asked his mother many a times to come and stay with him.
“You take care of your family”, saying this mother would always avoid coming to his house. Even if she came, she would go back to the elder brother’s house in a day. He used to think “Mother doesn’t like to stay with me, once a vagabond and now her weaker son. She likes to stay with elder brothers who are richer than me. She likes them more than me.”
Mother always carried a bag with her which contained some items that she needed the most. Those were some money, a comb, a small bottle of oil, a packet of bindi, spectacles and a small round flip mirror” Mother would always look into that mirror. Even before she slept, she would look into the mirror. Everyone would make fun of her for this habit.
After the condolence ceremony, mother’s belongings were opened in front of the entire family. Some jewellery and sarees were found in a box that was closed for a long time. In the end, it was the turn of her bag. Everyone began talking of her love for the mirror. Everyone was surprised when they saw two mirrors instead of one. Both were identical to each other. Even in this time of sadness, people were smiling at her love for mirrors. Lalit opened both the mirrors out of curiosity and tears started rolling out from his eyes. One was a real mirror while the other one had Lalit’s photo in it.
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2. Crowd mentality
“Varun, why are you not coming to take tuitions?”, asked Praveen to his friend Varun as soon as they came out of the school.
“I am preparing for the exam in the house.”
“That’s ok. But if you don’t take tuitions, you will not get good marks in the Practicals. You know how important each mark is fore securing seats for higher studies.”
Varun requested his parents for sending him for tutions. After getting the permission from his parents, Varun reached chemistry professor Anjani’s house where there were lots of students seated in the hall.
All of then turned and saw him when he walked in. Seeing him, the professor asked “Varun, what are you doing here?”
“Sir, I have to come to enrol for the tuitions.”
“So, will you sit here with these donkeys?”
All the students lowered their heads. The professor said “All these students are wasting their time and their family’s money. Your time is precious. If you don’t understand something, ask me in the school or in the house. Do not get ever driven with a crowd’s mentality again.”
