Dear Readers,
Some couples are indeed inseparable. They lead a life which truly defines companionship and complimentariness. When I was a child, an incident left an indelible mark on my pyche, an incident which highlights the axiom, "till death do us part". Me and my family used to observe a pigeon-couple in and around our house in the post-monsoon months of September-October when the cool evening breeze would blow over watered soil and one would be compelled to presume that the dreadful summers are gone forever, never to return. The two love-birds spent hours in each others company sitting perched on telephone lines, flying across the main road to the green parks and eating their meals together. It was a very interesting sight to watch them.
One day it so happened that a stealthy, hungry cat attacked the birds while they were busy frolicking and grabbed hold of one of the lovers. In no time was the poor pigeon killed leaving behind a ghastly sight- its feathers blown scattered into the air, its twisted neck lying in the cats jaw with blood oozing out and its wings completely damaged. Its partner went into a state of shock. After leaping into the air to fly away to safety, it returned to the sight of the killing and kept hovering above it in frantic search of the other bird. A few minutes later, it collided into a wall head-on and full speed in a suicidal frenzy ( as it appeared to me!) and ended its life too.
What revived the memories of this incident was a recent loss in my neighborhood. An old couple used to stay in a claustrophobic 20'*10' rectangular shop in the colony's market area. They had no choice but to live in this window-less shuttered room. The old man had been a respectable clerk in a factory and had built a comfortable house for himself in the years of his full vigor but unfortunately, he was thrown out of his home by his own son on account of some forgery. Refusing to budge down and plead, he decided to shift to this humble dwelling with his wife and also started a cycle repair job from the same room. It was a very interesting sight to watch the couple spend time together happily despite the odds.
I got to know that the old man died a year ago and was followed by his dear beautiful wife a couple of months later!
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