love story

oh how i wish i would die like this!!!!

this is a story of mr and mrs kapasi. he was 75 and she was 71. so much in love that they never stayed away from each other. they had been married for some 51 years but never tired of each other. whereever they would go they'd be together.

this happened some 5 years back. he wasn't keeping well. nothing serious, just old age. his wife was absolutely well and used to take care of him. day and night she would look after him. never leaving his side. at nights she would stay awake just to see if he was all right. she never allowed her children to stay awake late for him. she said she was capable of looking after him and as long as she could she would help him herself. so the days passed by.

then one day he fell very ill. he had to be hospitalised. 15 days he was in the hospital. she knew it was useless now. he wasn't going to get back home. since she was so old her children did not allow her to stay in the hospital at nights. at home she would stay awake all night worrying about him.

on the 15th day she was sent home as usual. her eldest son was staying in the hospital. she was so tired and exhausted and depressed that she didn't know when she fell asleep.

she never woke up!!!

she had given up hope and had died in her sleep. her husband was never told about this because her children knew that he too would lose hope if he knew. amazingly he got well in 2 days time and he was sent home. he had to be kept in bed but he was better. now he kept asking for his wife and his children had to make n number of reasons to pacify him. no one was allowed to wear white and go in front of him. everyone had to hide their tears so that he didn't know.

some 14 days passed this way. as it is in the hindu culture after 14 days of death everyone is called home for lunch. so all relatives were invited. he was kept in a separate room so that he didn't know.

but how long could he be kept in the dark? he heard voices in the house and knew something fishy was going on. he demanded to know what it was and he had to be told. he was devastated.

from that day on he never spoke to anyone in the house. he missed her so much that he would keep on looking at her picture and cry. he did not even eat well and lost all happiness in life.

exactly one month after his wife's death he too left this world!!! maybe to be with her, maybe not.

he was my nanaji and she was my nani

oh how i wish i would die like this!!!