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We still long to go back...... |
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I want to share the
experience we had in our colony on the day when all Muslims came out on
the road and started crying for Azadi. It was sudden outburst of
something underlying since a longtime, but we were certainly unfortunate
not to have taken any cognizance of it before hand, otherwise, we would
have not been taken aback. The horrible experience on that night still
passes shudders in my body. We were certainly out of wits to decide what
to do and what no to do on witnessing a mammoth crowd out on the roads.
One of our neighbors came to us with his wits off to have a interaction
what is happening and what could we do. We had a few young boys in our
colony and we immediately decided to collect the ladies/girls of our
colony at one place and gave them some money so that if something
untoward happens at least they would be equipped to tackle the problem
of running away in what ever transport available. All the gents gathered
to see what they had to face next, but it was pre-decided that we would
not see our mothers/sisters/wives being dishonored with our eyes.
We had very little to save ourselves, except to alter our lives for our the sake of our families. The conditions seemed to be like a person where he finds himself deserted amid a huge populace, but we had hardly anything to do about it. we were left with no alternative, but to reconcile with the situations presented to us. With the blessing of that Almighty, nothing happened to us except for a huge amount of tension which we reeled for that full night. We had a sigh of relief on finding ourselves with our families again. The amount of exhilaration can not be described in words, this one can only feel and I do not find any words to explain the moments which rejoined us with our families. There and then everybody of us felt that we are unsafe here, hence the resultant was an exodus from our birth place. I am forced to put on record that when we left our houses, we all had a last glance of it and thereafter till date , things are amply clear to everyone of us. We still long to go back, but how and when is a question which haunts all of us. Satish Raina |
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