The woman in train

I travel most of the time by train. Often we meet many people in our lives but not everyone is able to leave a mark on us. But last year I met a lady in the train....she was in her mid 30s yet had a slim and beautiful personality. There was something remarkable in her story that left a long lasting impact on my life , that's why I am sharing her story with you all.

She was sitting next to me that day in the train I was as usual busy in reading novel she interrupted me "Are you a working women?". I said "yes" and began to read novel again as I don't like much to talk to a stranger. But she was probably looking for a stranger to talk to . Sometimes we can share our lives much better and easily to strangers whom we are not going to meet ever than to our well known people.

She began again "I too used to work . But now I left my job". I said "okay" and started reading my novel again thinking she is just trying to kill her time. She spoke again "I was a teacher. I left my job because my husband doesn't liked the job and since ever I left my job he's more than happier. Sometimes I miss my job but I am happy that he is happy". This time I questioned her "why was he not happy with your job after all these days most of the men want working women?".  Her sad eyes arouse towards me. She started with her story " there were just too many problems with my job. My husband belongs to marketing field he often have tours and comes home late at night , I have to wake up from my sleep ..give him tea ,keep his belongings and then go to sleep late night just to get up early in the morning next day while he still sleeps till late in the morning. I have to do all household works with utmost care so that his sleep doesn't get disturbed and if  by mistake any sound of utensils comes to his ears he will not say anything but his facial expression could tell his unpleasant feeling u know". I nodded to say yes I understand.

She began again whenever any relative visit us he will say " today do come home earlier" and what could I say to him sometimes it's not just possible to come home earlier sometimes the other teacher can be on leave or on a hlaf day leave in such case taking half leave is also very difficult. But he never understood he will call me again and again and ask me "are you coming home earlier?" And I just don't know  what to say I used to have half day leave application in one hand and phone on another wondering what to do. You know what we are not allowed to pick phones in our school it's only during lunch time we could use them but I used to manage it ...to answer his calls. She looked at me just to know whether I am understanding the way she used to feel. I agreed to her "yes you are right not always we can manage escaping earlier from office sometimes we have to attend our office whole day and sometimes even after our office hours." She felt very happy after hearing my response indeed she was relieved by thought that I completely understood her problem which her husband never did.

She continued if I doesn't reply to his phone calls twice he used to call on my school landline, which was picked up by school peon.he used to give me the phone if principal was not there in other case he refuse to him by saying call after sometimes. He used to shout on me over his reaction "who the hell he is to stop me from talking to my wife". She paused a deep sadness appeared in her eyes.

She again began with her story  he gets LTA whenever he gets frustrated from his job he used to plan holiday without even asking me whether I have leave or not ...and I was left with no other choice than accompanying him and managing to get leave sanctioned.....she paused again for a while and continued again that's why I left my job. I could feel the remorse in her voice. Now he is very happy since ever I left my job even I am happy she said emphasisingly as if she wanted to reassure herself that she was happy. 

Life now has changed now I don't have much to talk to him as I don't go anywhere I don't meet anybody. I get irritated over small issues like absentism of milkman. I get up in the morning comparatively late finish household chores in one gown then take bath and wear  another gown as I have to go no where. I even skip my punctuality of dying my hairs and going to parlour as there is no one to look at me .....but I am happy as he is happy there is no more tension in our life....and her station arrived she left me waving bye with sign of relief  she got from sharing her feeling.


After her departure I wondered about the kind of Indian husbands are he took her life her reasons of happiness and smile and he is happy now.

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