Vijay was very happy to receive his parents at the airport, After all, they were first time visitors to the great country of USA! The land of hope and fulfilment. They were happy to see the tall towers and big sprawling malls on the journey home. Everything was huge about this country. The clean concrete roads also added to their amazement. They finally reached home and were glad to see their son's progress in life. The gadgets and the modernity available were too good to be true. Back home, their native town used to face crippling power cuts for hours together. A fan used to whir noisily to give them solace from the oppressive heat. Really, the luxuries in one country were necessities in another one. A big socio-economic divide was glaring at them. They had a difficult time, adjusting their body clocks, but soon were active and ready to explore the great American adventure.
They roamed all over the country with their son and his family. They saw the space centres and the amusement parks. All in all, they had a nice time in this foreign country.Vijay always wanted to give them the comfort and spared no effort in their hospitality.Soon, the time to go back home dawned, last minute shopping was squeezed in the already overfull bags.
On the day of their departure, Vijay grimly thought about his life full of materialistic pleasures and luxuries, but he had no long term parental support over here in this foreign country. He, like all other sons in this country required their divine presence over him. Maybe, they would just sit idly in and around his home, but that would be also comforting and secure. A child requires his parents to be around him all the time. An adult grown-up man also requires their presence. A trivial enquiry or a mere suggestion are cherished by him.
We all love our parents!
His parents boarded the plane with tears in his eyes, they were longing to go home and carry on their daily routine existence. America was for the youth and not for the old aged people like them who had no work over there. They were accustomed to their laid back Indian life.
A fresh water fish cannot survive in the sea water and they returned home to their native town.
I share the plight of the illustrious NRI sons who have everything, except their parents with them. A sense of desolation always persists and makes them feel incomplete. However they are not at fault, as foreign lands recognise their talent and pay them handsomely.At the same time, Indian parents cannot adjust to the weather and culture, so return back in a timed hurry.
The back and forth journeys continue from both sides to enrich the relationship.
Vijay's father arrived in his town and after a short nap, started attending to his farm which was missing him since a long time.He kissed the mother earth of his farm and lovingly spoke to his bullocks and started tilling his farm. A plane was flying overhead, and he smiled looking at the heavens. He was happy to be back home!
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