In mid 90’s , the war was so severe between two countries….Full of dead bodies, blood pool, screams of pain was the only thing that was constantly hearing like a song in broken record. The people who thought as his friends as friends are lieing lifeless in a pool of blood. And the soldiers tried themselves and others.
          Mahir Sehgal , a fierce person when he graduated he wanted to prove himself worth the living, so enrolled himself in Indian army. He always thought being soldier is something very brave. He wanted that bravery in his life, that gave him happiness too. He always tried to be the best of himself both as a soldier and a family guy. His thought was he can die happily ,if he dies in the battle ground. Its been 20 days, he’s trying to get help but he was not successful and 12 days he ate….his leg it was badly injured he was shot right below the left knee, he crawled and took a bush as his temporary place to stay safe. He crawled into fetus position to bear the pain and the pain was something he couldn’t even describe. The food supplies he had was over long before.  The drowsy state, his eyes were not closed nor opened. His leg turned bluer , the flesh of his leg started to rotten giving a pungent smell, he knew  it was so bad that he want to throw up but couldn’t because his stomach was empty, he did have few drops of water and a little he saved for later. He opened his eyes to find a plane flying….new hope his eyes shined in happiness…the hope to see HER , his wife Bela..he crawled with all the energy left and shouted his lungs out. Fortunately, they saw him when tried to lift him ,the pain was too much for him to handle…making him scream causing chills in the other persons there.
                 After his eyes opened , he could feel he was in hospital ….just as jolt of pain hit him making him scream…the only thing his mind registered is the pain…the nurses in the hospital always handled him with smile, even though he was he was rude to them. Days passed when he found he was stable he was ashamed of his act, they saved him on right time by removing his leg. It was time for his medicine the nurse came with a beautiful smile on her face, he got to know her name was Julie…she came and checked him and was about to go he stopped her and folded his hands and apologized to her
“please don’t it’s responsibility and this hands saved many..so don’t fold them in front of me take rest” and smiled at him
The world doesn’t run by wars , but it runs by smiles and love..this thought made him happier and safer. Again his thought loitered around Bela.  They married two years before and now it was months he saw her angelic smiling face..mere thought of her face bought smile on his face. Days passed , people from war welfare community came to see him, they were basically group of women whose husbands died in war. His heart clenched to see the young women smiling but he knew how they feel. They all smiled talked with him wished for his future …the smiles they gave him was genuine but he could see the pain behind it. What if his wife faced the same situation, the thought made him shiver to core.
                                  There was another young woman , Shalini, she lost her husband week ago, but she was not dishearten by the fact but came to hospital to help the patients in writing letters assisting them. Rather than mourning she decided to help others and would tell that “haan of course I would miss him …but I’m proud that he saved the other soldiers life in battlefield and never gave up” she said that smiling to a person…later that noon she approached Mahir with pen and paper…but in other hand he felt awkward to write a letter to his wife , through a girl who recently lost her love. She sat beside him as he dictated

Hey Bela,
              You know I’m fine , I hope you’ve already got a telegram stating I was missing but no I’m still alive  just you annoy you now be a good girl and take care of yourself and when I’m back I want to eat kheer specially made by you. Just I want you to know that I’m fine with two eyes, two ears , two arms and one & half legs. Please don’t worry I’m safe and I’ll be back soon.
                                                                              Love Mahir.
He completed with smile and tears. Shalini too smiled at him and left the place. He always thinks about this letters how come a piece of paper brings a change in emotions within a human. Bela the only reason that kept him alive , they were engaged in 17 it was love at first sight for him but later they developed a strong bond. She was the only one who supported him for joining the army. She was the shadow she always was with him no matter what. Even at the camp he never shared about her to any of his friends except her name he never even kept a photo of her with him….if he saw her then he couldn’t be alone. He would smile imagining her face in his mind, something he can’t forget  at least in this birth. He would spend time listening to radio and people ….some even requested him to bring Bela here but he rejected straight away, his eyes wandered the place some lost leg, arms and some even eyes. He knew she can’t handle the ambience . she was even scared of insects how come she could see all this or even see him at his current situation.  She was very possessive for him, whenever they go out she will hold him tight glaring the girls eyeing on him. After they came home she would make him sit and take some salt and dry chilies telling that she ‘s taking  all the evil eye
“you don’t know Mahir those girls were eyeing you like you’re the last man on the earth ..they haven’t seen a handsome man like you” saying this she would kiss his nose…he was smiling thinking about this incident and slept with smile. The next day he received a letter from his father in law  complaining about how she is neglecting her health  and she asked him about the wounds in the letter. He felt really bad for her father..being in old age he must be playing with grand kids but he’s taking care of his daughter and seeing her suffer. Maybe if they had a child it would distract her a bit.  He wrote a letter as his hands were better
Hey baby,
              I’m good , what you’re father is complaining about you. I said right I want you healthy so you better eat good and take care of health and don’t  worry I’ll be back very soon and you have feed me every day. After I get discharged we’ll have life time and only us  and remember I love you take Care baby
                                                             Love Mahir.
After the letter the doctor came with Julie as usual they were all smiles. He desperately asked him
“Doctor can I go back” they both smiled at him
“why , young man remembering your wife”he smiled sheepishly. Julie smiled at him and said
“Not so soon, you’re just recovering and you’re wounds are still healing, after that we have fit a prosthetic leg  and help and train you walk so when you go back you can happily hug your wife” he sighed it’s been more than two weeks and if this is going to happen it may take at least two months…and he want to hear her voice.
    One day he was hearing radio and they were announcing the names of people who died at the battlefield but was to his shocking they said his name too, but he chose to ignore it and two days later, they woke him up it was mid night and gave him a telegram he was shocked to see that it stated that Bela committed suicide as she heard his name and left just taking her unborn child with her, it also stated that she was 5 months pregnant and wanted to tell him in person but she left the world as his letter got late she was dead by the time the letter reached her.
Tears were flowing as he read it. It was hospital he could even cry out loud his tears flowed as his eyes were focused on the ceiling.
Present
He sat with a girl on the cemetery taking to her grave
“Bela see our daughter is still angry on me and you are not calling me to you” as he complained to the girl
After her death he adopted a girl named her Ayana and she was the reason he was alive till now.
“dad then what about me” “…you’re going to get married in three hours so after that I’ll be all alone right” he said
She cried looking him….days later he got heart attack and died in the sleep. She was crying but she knew they would be together now and now it’s forever not even death will separate them…..





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