Jailer

Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia
Publisher: Harshadray Private Limited

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anyone. Everyone is engrossed in the drama being enacted on the show. We become happy when the actors are happy and sad when they are sad. It is as if they are our kith and kin. Now there is not even a possibility of everyone sitting around together as each one has a T.V. in their room. If one thinks with an unfettered, free mind, from many points of view, one will realize that too much money is not a blessing, it is a curse. When one has excessive riches, each family member possesses his own independent and separate set of things. There is no need to either get together or to expect anything from anyone. Then how can there be affection between members?
There is one more thing I will miss at meal times when I return home", said the son.
"What is it, son?"
"Father, it is love. At our home, we eat food which is prepared by the cook, then put in the refrigerator, heated in the micro-wave oven and finally served by the servants. Here, it is the lady of the house who cooks the food and serves everyone hot meals with a lot of love. The food served with such warmth tastes delicious and special. (One young man went abroad to earn some money. He lived there a long time, worked strenuously to make a living but his luck did not favour him. He had to return without earning a penny but his mother yet accorded him a hearty, warm welcome, since her son was returning after a long time. She could not afford to buy either mangoes or bananas at the market, so she bought a cucumber. She sliced the cucumber and fed it to her son lovingly. The son ate the cucumber happily and with as much enthusiasm.
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