I searched my memory, 'Yes, I do. You came here long ago, many times when I was an additional secretary in the secretariat. You were in finance. It's been a while since I saw you. Your attire has also changed. A pure white jubba and mundu. The well-trimmed beard, which has a lot of gray in it, looks beautiful. The rudraksha around your neck can also be seen through the jubba. He has a dignified presence. I asked about his well-being. He suddenly looked sad. The reply came: "I am well. I retired last year. My wife also passed away six months ago. She was fifty when she died." (In my lexicon, that age for a woman is still youth). "Now I can guess he might be 57. He certainly doesn't look that age! What was the illness?" to my question, he answered very freely... "There was no illness. Other than a uterus removal operation she had at the age of forty, in our 28 years of married life, neither of us had to take any allopathic medicine. If we got a fever or cold, we would just drink dry ginger coffee, that's all!"
"Suddenly one day, while she was in the bathroom, she felt very weak. I heard her call me to come, and when I ran to check, I saw her holding onto the bathroom wall and collapsing. We immediately took her to a super specialty hospital near the Pangode military camp. They put her in the ICU. The next day, after examining the blood, stool, urine, and scans, the doctor said, 'The engine, gearbox, clutch, everything is gone!' 'But don't worry,' he said, 'we will fix everything now. Just pay the required money at the counter and get the receipt.' He was an old finance guy, so he did the required calculations in an instant. He immediately discharged the patient from the ICU and took her to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College and admitted her there... There are 'devourers' there too... But even if they devour, it won't be like a private hospital, so that was some relief. All the tests there were done without fail, and the next day, the results came. 'There is nothing to fear. The illness is this simple: 'Her kidneys have shrunk.'... 'She needs to have a few dialyses, that's all.'
"After about ten dialyses, her discomfort subsided, and she felt relieved and returned home. She continued the remaining dialyses. There were ten patients with her at that time who were also on dialysis - only two of them are still alive. There were people in that group who had done up to 400 dialyses. His wife passed away after only 40 dialyses. 'She was a support for me. For 28 years, she cooked for me, washed my clothes, and carried and raised my children... The Almighty must have given me the opportunity to take care of her during her last year.' While saying this, the man's voice was trembling.
"She was a support for me. For 28 years, she cooked for me, washed my clothes, and carried and raised my children... The Almighty must have given me the opportunity to take care of her during her last year. To honor that memory, every week I go to the medical college and provide whatever help I can to other patients with the same illness. (We still see people today who have had breast cancer, undergone chemo multiple times, had both breasts cut off and thrown away, yet they live with complete arrogance and insolence, with the same old greed for money and no love for their fellow beings).
"At this time, I was remembering my wife and children and their goodness. Where is the need for the person writing this to be sad? Look, my friend! Life is like this. You have to overcome those extremely difficult situations... Suddenly, suppose there is the loss - yes, death - of one of the family members whom we love, worship, and respect the most. Won't we overcome it? When such a thing happens, nature itself will find a way out and provide it. There will be extreme sorrow for a few days, you might sit alone and cry out loud. You might visit places of worship, and then, slowly, that person will fade from your memory... Just don't remember them... Nature itself will give a person the ability to do that. May everyone have all the good things. Wishing all the best."
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