Friday 30 December 2011

A POSITIVE EFFECT

Radha was taking off the red ribbon from her saree when she looked into the mirror to travel back in time…. Sitting on the damp bed struggling to carefully remove the ribbon from her saree Radha was riveted by the shadow of a photo of her husband kept on the bedstand. One look at his cheerful innocent face weakened her heart and filled her eyes with tears.
Her flail fingers ran through the pages of her marriage album. Tantalized by the togetherness and harmony portrayed in the picture. Within seconds her mind was in clusters- piles of abstract memories disjointed the neurotransmitters and suppressed numbness all over again. Passage of a few weeks and then, it is was his 3rd death anniversary and ironically their 8th anniversary of marital bliss.
Amit and Radha had been together since childhood and life was smooth sailing for  both of them. Never had they ever expected that something as tiny as a needle would tear apart their lives rendering them unrepairable forever. Running into the 2nd year of their marriage Amit met a near to death accident while back from work. Two months to recovery and joy had once again bounced back into their lives. They were expecting their 1st child but soon their happiness was curtailed with the discovery that both of them were HIV positive and the unborn child too bore the chances positively.
The couple almost 5 months into the family way was heartbroken to hear the news and asked their parents and extended family for taking the responsibility of the unborn child after their demise. But to their dismay, nobody accepted their plea .Burdened with grief, after living a life of isolation and disgrace for 2 years Amit resorted to committing suicide by jumping from their 7th floor apartment along with their 5 month old son.
Brought up in a society where families teach their children virtues of unconditional love, Radha always considered living in isolation and killing oneself as a cowardly phenomenon. But living with this disease made her realize that surprisingly and strangely in such cases, the cowardice was not on part of the victims but on the part of their families and society they lived in. The victims of this virus once were brave, but like the virus even their own family sucks out all the traces of bravery in them.
The only cure to this social evil is to try and direct ourselves and those around us to fight against this disease and not against the victims of it and work towards giving them a more meaningful, purpose filled and respect filled life.


Like a child who was almost suffocated to death by his mom’s umbilical cord still grows up loving his mother, in the same way a virus in the blood stream of our loved one cannot overpower the relationship we share with them .We just need to see the whole issue in a positive light rather than falling in  vicious pool of rumors the disease is surrounded with.

 This work of mine has been published in THE GAYLAXY MAGAZINE ' an online magazine ...to view the story , click here :) :) http://www.gaylaxymag.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/a-positive-effect-3/


13 comments:

  1. //Like a child who was almost suffocated to death by his mom’s umbilical cord still grows up loving his mother, in the same way a virus //

    Beautiful narration!!!

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  2. Message rightly conveyed! We just need to positively look into the issue. And matters like these badly need the support of loved ones. Aptly written!

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  3. @Rajkumar:-Thanks for the appreciation!!!
    @Harsha:- im glad you liked it. There is always a ray of positively amidst all the negatively, we just need to adjust our eyes to see it.

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  4. So true Sonam! Virus-infected are NOT bad people..lot r just heart-achingly unfortunate ones, AT WORST, silly !
    Well deserved publication and an important social message!
    This is just d beginning, sweets...wish the blogspot spreads like viral!! :)

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  5. Nice post Sonam....we need to educate people and fight against the Virus not against the affected victims.

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  6. thank u Sonam for sharing this...a very good message for us...for society...for human being!It can happen to anybody...no one knows...we should fight against the disease, not against the victims of it!

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  7. Sonam, U have the ability to touch the heart of the reader with ur pen which truly reflects a born talent.. So keep writing...A much wider world of literature is waiting for you...take care.

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  8. Powerful writing Sonam and good to know that your work is published. Keep up the good work and make your fellow bloggers proud:)

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  9. Very touching post which highlights the unawareness of the disease. Wondering what happened to Radha? Hats off to you and congratulations for getting published in online magazine. Hope to see you soon published in paper-magazine.

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  10. A very nice post! with a touching message! Keep writing dear!

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  11. Excellent article very insightful...

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  12. wow! blown away by the choice of words and completely touched by the story....excellence is reflected in every word! This post certainly tops my favorite posts of the week!

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  13. My life is beautiful thanks to you, Mein Helfer. Lord Jesus in my life as a candle light in the darkness. You showed me the meaning of faith with your words. I know that even when I cried all day thinking about how to recover, you were not sleeping, you were dear to me. I contacted the herbal center Dr Itua, who lived in West Africa. A friend of mine here in Hamburg is also from Africa. She told me about African herbs but I was nervous. I am very afraid when it comes to Africa because I heard many terrible things about them because of my Christianity. god for direction, take a bold step and get in touch with him in the email and then move to WhatsApp, he asked me if I can come for treatment or I want a delivery, I told him I wanted to know him I buy ticket in 2 ways to Africa To meet Dr. Itua, I went there and I was speechless from the people I saw there. Patent, sick people. Itua is a god sent to the world, I told my pastor about what I am doing, Pastor Bill Scheer. We have a real battle beautifully with Spirit and Flesh. Adoration that same night. He prayed for me and asked me to lead. I spent 2 weeks and 2 days in Africa at Dr Itua Herbal Home. After the treatment, he asked me to meet his nurse for the HIV test when I did it. It was negative, I asked my friend to take me to another nearby hospital when I arrived, it was negative. I was overwhite with the result, but happy inside of me. We went with Dr. Itua, I thank him but I explain that I do not have enough to show him my appreciation, that he understands my situation, but I promise that he will testify about his good work. Thank God for my dear friend, Emma, I know I could be reading this now, I want to thank you. And many thanks to Dr. Itua Herbal Center. He gave me his calendar that I put on my wall in my house. Dr. Itua can also cure the following diseases ... Cancer, HIV, Herpes, Hepatitis B, Inflammatory Liver, Diabetis, Fribroid,Parkinson's disease,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Fibromyalgia, recover your ex. You can contact him by email or whatsapp, @ .. drituaherbalcenter@gmail.com, phone number .. + 2348149277967 .. He is a good doctor, talk to him kindly. I'm sure he will also listen to you.

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