Chandradeep had come this afternoon on his routine visit. He seemed to be a worried man as his elder brother, Ramjit's son has not been keeping well thanks to a bad case of varicose veins. Ramjit and Chandradeep used to man the hair cutting saloon of my ship that I used to command. What was discernible was the closeness of the two brothers and the way they would compliment each other through thick and thin!
Ramjit's son requires urgent medical attention and so, he has called for his brother's presence during the hospitalisation of the young man in the nearest city, which is around two hours by road from their village. Perhaps, a corrective surgery may also be required and the elder brother doesn't have the stomach to go it alone as he's extremely worried! Chandradeep wanted to board the earliest train - a biweekly from here to Gorakhpur - but his difficulty was to get a confirmed berth at short notice.
I could sort out his problem, without much ado, thanks to a few deft phone calls and Chandradeep was pleased as 'Punch' and was grinning from ear to ear. His genuine thrill at having achieved the impossible(?) gave one the impression that one'd put an entire train at his disposal!
Tailpiece.
Chandradeep gave me a thorough head massage with a small mechanical contraption that reduced his effort to a great extent. And as he was leaving, I could hear him hum a song from an old Hindi movie. I'd definitely made his day and it made me happy too.
And he'd be out of town for about three weeks, if the hospitalisation and surgery of the youngster go off without a hitch!
Ramjit's son requires urgent medical attention and so, he has called for his brother's presence during the hospitalisation of the young man in the nearest city, which is around two hours by road from their village. Perhaps, a corrective surgery may also be required and the elder brother doesn't have the stomach to go it alone as he's extremely worried! Chandradeep wanted to board the earliest train - a biweekly from here to Gorakhpur - but his difficulty was to get a confirmed berth at short notice.
I could sort out his problem, without much ado, thanks to a few deft phone calls and Chandradeep was pleased as 'Punch' and was grinning from ear to ear. His genuine thrill at having achieved the impossible(?) gave one the impression that one'd put an entire train at his disposal!
Tailpiece.
Chandradeep gave me a thorough head massage with a small mechanical contraption that reduced his effort to a great extent. And as he was leaving, I could hear him hum a song from an old Hindi movie. I'd definitely made his day and it made me happy too.
And he'd be out of town for about three weeks, if the hospitalisation and surgery of the youngster go off without a hitch!
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