RUMA

Life some time losses it's essence ,most of the cases we can't rise above the situation and foll in to pits , always tries to forget such happenings but Time has its own way to rule.
Time does not spare any one, we are bound to pay prices for our sin sooner or letter.
some time we comes out of it , times we can't............................
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RUMA
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Ruma no 3 amongst their 4 sisters
their father died in an accident when they were too young ,the last one was 3 years old and the gap between sisters
15 months to 2 years.
Since Her father was a railway employee her mother could manage to get a job with in her capacity,these 4 girls
learned to manage themselves from their childhood.
Tapu was the elder one but she was too simple ,other three were just opposite,these three used to run the hole show.
I am also from the same locality,that time Birati was too small a place,population was very less compared to days
crowd hence we knew each other some extent.
I came to Madras for livelihood, during one of my trip to Calcutta liked Tapu, proposed , after two years married.
I had a rented house at Mackies garden near thousand lights, i made it a point to stay on my
own to have my own arrangements specially food.
After marriage Tapu stepped in the same house,it was a small, one bedroom hall with attach bathroom.
It was OK for a couple of our strength.
After one and half year of my marriage my daughter came,she was born in Calcutta under my mother in lows
care.
As the company where I was working became seek,those days had huge financial crisis hence shortage of man power.
could not be present during delivery time,went to Calcutta to bring them when Guni was 6 months old.
It was very difficult for Tapu to manage three of us as from her childhood she was some what easy going type,
she was away from domestic responsibility's.

That's when Ruma came in picture.
She is a very head working girl and through about domestic affairs,with in no time she became the manager
of my family,she used to handle everything and Tapu was like a happy free bird.
Her first two trip was short,there after Madras was her home,some times she used to go to Calcutta to see her
mother and sisters.


Every one was worried that no alliance was coming forward for Ruma.
Ruma became Tapu's responsibility,she kept trying for a suitable alliance and did everything possible . finally one of her friend Gouri
came to her rescue and introduced her cousin brother who was working in an engineering farm at Hyderabad
but actually from Calcutta[ kharda].
After few meeting marriage got fixed and they were married in Birati and hole marriage expenses was borned
by Tapu,it was a big amount she spent as the arrangement was lavish.
Once marriage got fixed she turned out to be my enemy,honestly I never in my distant
dream thought of having any relationship with her after marriage, basically I am a very choosy person, that is what I am.
i preferred to stay away from her as much as possible.
Don't know why she always had a tendency to defeat us,her mission is some how to pull
us down and go on top of us in all aspect,she copy every inch of our life style
and try's to archive whatever we have .
Some times i fill this is one kind of disease,
other wise the amount of support she got from tapu,no one would have imagined to harm us but that is the life all about.
after few months of her marriage Debabrato got transferred to Delhi,because of tapu's
insistence
I visited them once during my trip to ITC Delhi,so happened Shibu also accompanied me as
he was posted there.
Ruma had her son when they were in delhi,though delivery took place at calcutta.
Debabrato got transferred to calcutta,after coming calcutta they flourished and on the other hand my down fall started.
ITC closed export division unexpectedly , after 6 months from the closer
I could manage to get a job at Bangalore but Tapu had to stay back at Madras for Guni's education,to maintain
two establishments we went virtually out of gear ,lot of curtails and sacrifices we had to under go.
we used to meet in a month once, either i used to go or they used to come.
Ruma's son has some eye problem from birth,I was told by tapu that ruma came with her family to show her son
at sankar netralaya [eye hospital],at that point of time topu could not offer any financial assistance to her because of our unstable situation as ourselves were at stake.
Ruma was very upset with Tapu,she expected her to take care her son's medical expenses,possible they also were
weak financially but tapu was more concerned about our uncertain future and what ever saving she had preferred
to preserve for rainy days.
Even now also Ruma refers that incident when ever finds an opportunity.
There is no point of degrading or criticize any one but bottom of my heart I knew Ruma always had has a
garage on tapu,always she is jealous about her.
It is me who always stood for tapu having known that she is always right.
when ever we goes to calcutta always I am forced to go her house as decency demands but every time experienced
some how she projects her well being and financial strength.

At that point of time I Joined a company in Karur.
Tapu and Guni had to stay at Bangalore because of guni's collage ,i used to go
monthly once to give money which was not sufficient,Tapu had to take up tuition's to cover short falls.
during that crisis period
Ruma came with her husband as he developed some complication with his vocal cord.
Tapu had to take them to Vellore hospital and diagnosed as Cancer.
I must say Tapu is out of the world,her heart is so big that she can die for others.during our stay at madras
many people came and stayed in my house for their treatment in Madras,Always her door was open for needy's.

Tapu used to run virtually every day to Vellor hospital with Debabrata and Ruma for communication
with doctors as they were not fluent in English, even other wise,
this process was on more than a month.
Tapu is a great devotee of SIRIDI SAI BABA,in btm lay out there is a beautiful temple of baba, tapu offers
service there,she used to take them for prayer and all devotees were asked to prey for Debabrata.
PRAY worked. Debabrata got cured ,it is a miracle, blessings of baba.

People forget things very easily,they also forgotten this temple, these people who prayed for them,now a
days they goes to Siridi to offer prayers and for medical check up to mumbai.

We went last to Calcutta during Soma's marriage [she is the youngest sister of tapu],the marriage was organized
at Madhyamgram where Ruma and Ratna stays,for their own convenient.
I was not too keen to go, for the simple reason being i have to stay at Ruma's house, for duty sake
had to go and most of the time of two marriage days had to stay at Ruma's house though the actual function took place
in a marriage hall.
The way Ruma treated us is memorable,hole life myself and Guni will remember ,cant say about Tapu
as her paision and tolerance is exceptional.
In life'' never'' is a word not to be utter.
We had ask for a lone to Ruma during guni's trip to America.
Till date we could not return the amount.
Is this call destiny!!!!!!!!!!!!