Facing up to the Truth

I often wonder what would have happened if this incident would not have taken place before. I

always used to believe fortune will always favor one those who are brave, but this morbid truth just

scattered me into millions of tiny pieces which is sole enough to poke me, not only in my nightmares but

also in the entire life that I will be going through.

Everything was going absolutely great. I had a very small family which consisted of my parents and

me only. We never got the hint to predict that such a beautiful family, which was once a source of all my

strengths would turn out to be the epicenter of all my grieves.

I was doing my job in one of the most well illustrated firms of the country and used to get a

handsome amount from which all the desires of my family used to get fulfilled easily.

It was during the month of March, when the whole mankind witnessed the lethal weapon that was

at the verge of diminishing the entire human continent. It was regarded as the most deadly virus of all

time, which is labeled as Covid 19.

The entire country was declared to be under strict lockdown where no firms or any sort of working

places must not be kept open to prevent accumulation of mass people which might result in least chance

of spreading the disease.

At the first of this lockdown I was loving it as I thought it was a lovely small vacation as it gave all of

us a splendid amount of time to stay and give time to our families, but who thought that this enjoy would

be such a nightmarish one.

One day, after several months, suddenly my boss called me up as said, “Hello Varan, how are you?”

With a strange confusing voice I replied “Yes sir, I am doing great, hope you are also doing good?”, then in
reply my boss replied at a very heavy voice “As you know the condition of covid is deteriorating day by day

instead of improving and also our company`s income range has dropped drastically so I am very sorry to

say you that you among the peoples who are being fired from the company in order to maintain

company`s income range.” It left me stunned as soon as I have heard this but I could not tell it to my

parents as they would have worried a lot, and also all my savings were at the verge of ending, so in an

ambiguous state of mind I started to find jobs.

That day while I was in a complete tensed situation suddenly my mom called me hurriedly and said

“Your dad is feeling sick, it is becoming difficult for him to breathe.” Then I rushed him to take him to the

hospital and admitted him, and later on the doctors diagnosed him and said that my dad had covid and th

situation deteriorated so much that he immediately requires a dozen of injection which costs around 8

laks. I requested them to start giving my dad the injections and I am trying to manage the money, but the

cruel hearted hospital authority did not bother a little bit. I rushed to all my uncles and aunts so that if

they were able to help me, but when they heard that I did not had my previous job, they instantly refused

to help me.

My whole legs were shattering and then suddenly the doctor came and said “I am very sorry for you

as we could not save your father.” As soon as I have heard that I lost my sense immediately, and when my

sense was back I saw my dad was being wrapped in a big white cloth. I could not see him for the last time.

I was not able to hug him and say dad “I Love You Very Much” for the very last time.

That day I witnessed the cruel truth that in this world money is the only thing which has values not

the moral deeds so let along the responsibility that one person has to others.