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A woman's war happens at every turn. Sometimes outside and sometimes inside.

By Arjun KarmaPublished 4 months ago 5 min read
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this story is true

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A woman's war happens at every turn.

Sometimes outside and sometimes inside.

When my son was studying in tenth class, we had a maid named Sheela. She used to sweep, mop, wash utensils and clothes at our place. His son was 2 years older than my son. He had not studied much but on the advice of his mother, we got him a job in an ad agency in front of us.

He got the job of going there at night to paint and put up advertisement banners. Due to working at night, his habits started deteriorating. We interrupted him a couple of times but there was no difference.

He insisted his mother to get him a motorcycle. The price of motorcycles then ranged from Rs 35 to Rs 40,000. Sheela's husband was a night watchman at a place. When Sheela told us, we explained it to her.

He threatened his mother with his life. When Sheela told me, I told her that no one would sacrifice his life for a motorcycle. You tell him that if you want to sacrifice your life then do so but I will not give the money for the motorcycle. But mother had a strong heart, she got scared and she took a loan from the bank and got him a motorcycle.

Then what happened was that the boy gradually became addicted to alcohol. Here mother was earning money by working hard. And here the boy was wasting it. Due to his drinking habit, he lost his job at an ad agency.

Now the boy insisted, I have to go to Mumbai to work. When his mother told him no, he again threatened to kill her. He started staying out of the house for two days to scare his mother.

Again his mother relented and allowed him to go to Mumbai.

There he associated with even worse boys. Far from getting work, his mother had to send him money to Mumbai. This time his mother listened to us and stopped sending money. Ultimately he had to return the boy to his mother.

Because of his father, he also got a job as a watchman at one place. Then he liked a girl. He again insisted to his mother that he had to marry this girl. And his mother went to the girl's house and, with all her might, got the girl married to her son.

Sheela's daughter-in-law also worked with her in a couple of houses. She was a good girl. But his son still did not improve. He also took money from his wife and started drinking alcohol. Because of this he lost his job as a watchman again.

Meanwhile they also had a son. His wife was working poorly, but due to the arrival of a child in the house, she could not give money to her husband for liquor. Her husband started raising his hand on her. At last the girl left him and went to her maternal home.

Now Sheela's son was left with only his parents to ask for money. By the way, Sheela's husband also had the habit of drinking alcohol. But he did not drink much because of his job.

Anyway, Sheela's husband was very angry at his son because he had lost his job.

One day there was a huge fight between the two fathers and sons. I don't know what the son told his father that he ended his life by tying a rope around his neck in the afternoon. Sheela had come to work at that time and when she got the call, she ran into the house.

Perhaps if she gave some money to the police, her husband's case would be settled anyway. There was no improvement in his son. Shobha started cooking. Due to this his income was also increasing. Neither the husband nor the son were drug addicts.

Son's wife demanded divorce. Sheela placed a condition that she wanted a son. He had assigned the task of cooking at my place also. I scolded her that your husband used to drink alcohol, your son also remains drunk the whole day, and in such a situation why would you want your son's son. Heart is heart, it doesn't celebrate.

In such a bad environment you will spoil your grandson also.

It is better for the son to stay with his mother. But his grandson's love blinded him. Eventually the divorce took place and he also got a grandson. Meanwhile, Sheela's mother came to help her. He took charge of the house.

Now he was not worried about his grandson. But his son was leaving his hand. Due to excessive drug addiction, his son suffered from liver disease. Everyone where she worked was tired of helping her. Because she was hitting her feet every time. He spent a lot of money on his son's treatment.

Even today, she is raising her son and her son by working from 8 am to 8 pm. She is now 55 years old. The grandson is not very smart in studies. Don't know, that too he never earned enough to support his grandmother.

Looking at his life, sometimes we feel that we keep complaining like this. We leave the field crying.

While this lone woman is fighting her destiny and fulfilling her duty tirelessly and without stopping, a woman does not give up easily. She does not stop fighting for her life till her last breath. There are lakhs of such type of women in this country who do not become a burden on anyone but also bear the burden of others. From my side, I salute every such woman.

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About the Creator

Arjun Karma

I'm a writer, I find solace in the power of words to connect worlds and cultures. Imbued with curiosity, I explore the interplay of light and shadow, crafting stories that illuminate the complexities of the human experience.

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