"Sir... he is in ICCU... his face is bleeding... broken glasses pierced his face... cut everywhere...", I could hear grief, worry, nervousness everything in Mrs. Sharma's voice. Why not, her only son Swagat was fighting with death at that moment inside that AC cooled sophisticated ICCU at a gorgeous nursing home in Dibrugarh.
"Who drove the car ?" , I asked.
"... the boy studies in Bangalore. They were on the Tinsukia - Digboi highway." She answered with a sodden voice.
I did not ask anything more than just asking for her son's speedy recovery.
Another dreadful road accident. Swagat's friend told me, he along with his friends were drunk at that time along with his other three friends, who did not receive much of the damage!
At class 12... isn't it too early for a boy.. may be girl, like them to own a high cc bike or four wheeler driving license ? Or, .. have the wine glass or a cigarette in their hand. This is the age when they become eager to experiment with their physical changes as well! Police ?? Oh... they create problems rather than solving them. One of my students told me that getting fake birth certificate to obtain the driving license is much easier in the town.
Somebody would say.. "mothers should be careful". Why spare the 'father' ? It is rightly said, "Dad is the first super hero of a boy and first love of a girl child".
Now being the father of a male child, I am literally worried to see the nature of the "current generation." (can anyone define it ?)
Through out the ages the so called "current generation" is misled, hoodwinked, confused, baffled a bit. They are in search of something, which they themselves are unaware of. They want themselves to be seen as 'someone' special... and with this intention in mind they do not hesitate to push themselves too far... ! They put themselves in the face of danger, shame, embarrassment and humiliation to fulfill their untold desires.
HEY, MY DEAR CHILDREN, please do not waste and destroy your youthfulness; the energy, vigour, liveliness of teenage. Rather, you use it as the ladder to make smooth transition to your adulthood. You will face a more vicious, competitive, repulsive world ahead... it is sure. So go forward with a strong mind and body. Be happy and make everyone around you even happier.
And for me.. Yes, I am worried... for you, for your parents, for the nation and at last for my little son.
(Based on true incident. Name of person's have been changed. The boy had accident yesterday. By now he is out of danger.)
(Based on true incident. Name of person's have been changed. The boy had accident yesterday. By now he is out of danger.)
