Artisan/ an embroider:
I was trying to meet the expenses of my school and college with the help of embroidery work; I used to take the orders for the embroidery work on sarees. Along with that I learned to put “henna” – “mahendi” and I was taking orders for the “henna” for the brides for the marriage and for other festivals. I was having opportunity to put Henna to all my neighborhood and childhood friends during their marriages. Most of them got married immediate after completion of their graduation.
Well I was not aware where my life was going and that that was not my future. But what was important that these all efforts have given me some or other kind of learning or skills.
Cyclist:
The current results and admissions etc. process always reminds me of my days. Parent hardly knows anything. I very much remember I and my brother was on bicycle to fill up the forms from one college to other college. Since I was having good percentage we have pursued for the two best colleges of the Ahmadabad, and have not filled up the forms in any other college at all. I could get the admission in one of those two colleges only- (I was fortunate). I used to go to college on my bicycle only. Many times the school friends used to make joke on my bicycle ride to one of the best college. But who cares? And more importantly there was no options.
At that time it may have been the record break cycling in school and college both. I used to go to college for my sports practice on the college ground, then come back, take my sister and drop her to the school which was about 8 k.m from home and from there I used to go to college, another 6-7 k.m., some time used to come back and again go for practice, some time we used to go with the sports cloth so we directly go to the ground after the college and at 5.30 by any how I have to be at the school of my sister to pick her up. So in whatever world I am, I have to reach to pick up her at 5.30. However later on we have enrolled my sister in to the nearest school, she was put up in the school for handicapped but than we have decided that she will also study in near by school. (Again fortunate, reduced my cycling) From second year onwards we have formed good group in the college so I found a friend who used to come and pick me up on her Luna- a two wheeler. (Again fortunate).
Biggest Loss of my life!
During graduation, when I was in second year of the college, I lost my Nani, it was great loss. I have heavy influence of my Nani on me, and even today I can’t forget her, I still used to see her in dreams. I was having that feeling that she should be with me and us forever.
I was doing small job when completed my graduation at the place where I have realized that I was not required at all.
I was doing my Master study that time. We hardly could come out from the shock of death of my Nani again another big attack by nature. I have lost my father. It was totally unexpected and all of sudden, you have never thought of such situation. How would you live without “papa”? It is very hard to accept such hard truth. Papa never used to share if he was having any health problems and he used to do all that traditional methods of cure to overcome any problem.
I was not having any idea that time what will happen to us, and how we will survive. No support system, my father was the only earning member. I and my brother were just graduated. My father was running the business but he was not aggressive and ambitious person. There was debt, that time for us it was little bigger amount, but still it was not big, some savings of father, (very little).
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