I'm gonna tell a story that's sad yet true. And yes, the protagonists are quite closely related to me making me wonder as to how cruel people can be.
The story is about three siblings - two sisters and a brother, the latter being the second among the three. All of them are married and have their own families. The sisters are settled abroad, one in the US and the other in Dubai by virtue of their spouses' professional pursuits. The guy at Dubai is a successful businessman and even has a flat to himself in the famed 'Bhurj Khalifa'. But who cares and does it really matter when a fellow sibling is suffering and he doesn't even exhibit the basic courtesy of extending a helping hand? If one were to ask me, I'd put the blame squarely on the two sisters who should have egged on their respective spouses to bring up the brother to their levels of prosperity - or at least a level lower! Strange are these days when people have become so selfish, that they loathe their relations attaining parity(?) in status with them - by getting him suitably employed in their spheres of influence!
Each of the sisters have two daughters and the four children are doing well in their studies. The brother, by contrast, has not been as lucky with his business of interior designing. He, along with his mom, wife, a son and a daughter stay at Kochi and has been through real hard times. His children are doing well in academics, the son is in class X and the daughter, in class III.
What rattles me further is that their father, who'd passed away more than a decade back, had incurred a huge debt while overseeing his daughters' marriages and a substantial portion of that debt was inherited by the son. The young man has never recovered from the messy inheritance, in the real sense and his present discomfort is consequent to that burden with a cascading effect. And the sisters, fully aware of their brothers' plight, prefer to look away as though they've no part to play in retrieving the situation!
What, then, is the use of maintaining a relationship with such mean siblings? I'd have dumped them long before and strictly kept them out of my way but I guess the youngster is more evolved and a decent guy.
For him I've this to say, "Do not fret or despair, your time shall come".
Tailpiece.
The onam was special in that we'd my aunt, her son and his family to partake the special lunch prepared by Lekha for the occasion. Their decision to join us was taken this morning, on the spur of the moment!
The story is about three siblings - two sisters and a brother, the latter being the second among the three. All of them are married and have their own families. The sisters are settled abroad, one in the US and the other in Dubai by virtue of their spouses' professional pursuits. The guy at Dubai is a successful businessman and even has a flat to himself in the famed 'Bhurj Khalifa'. But who cares and does it really matter when a fellow sibling is suffering and he doesn't even exhibit the basic courtesy of extending a helping hand? If one were to ask me, I'd put the blame squarely on the two sisters who should have egged on their respective spouses to bring up the brother to their levels of prosperity - or at least a level lower! Strange are these days when people have become so selfish, that they loathe their relations attaining parity(?) in status with them - by getting him suitably employed in their spheres of influence!
Each of the sisters have two daughters and the four children are doing well in their studies. The brother, by contrast, has not been as lucky with his business of interior designing. He, along with his mom, wife, a son and a daughter stay at Kochi and has been through real hard times. His children are doing well in academics, the son is in class X and the daughter, in class III.
What rattles me further is that their father, who'd passed away more than a decade back, had incurred a huge debt while overseeing his daughters' marriages and a substantial portion of that debt was inherited by the son. The young man has never recovered from the messy inheritance, in the real sense and his present discomfort is consequent to that burden with a cascading effect. And the sisters, fully aware of their brothers' plight, prefer to look away as though they've no part to play in retrieving the situation!
What, then, is the use of maintaining a relationship with such mean siblings? I'd have dumped them long before and strictly kept them out of my way but I guess the youngster is more evolved and a decent guy.
For him I've this to say, "Do not fret or despair, your time shall come".
Tailpiece.
The onam was special in that we'd my aunt, her son and his family to partake the special lunch prepared by Lekha for the occasion. Their decision to join us was taken this morning, on the spur of the moment!
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