SWEET REVENGE !!

It was the best of times for Rajesh ! His years of hard effort had finally paid off.
He had managed to secure admission in a prestigious college in USA,with an education grant and a scholarship. His days of struggle were over finally. Rajesh came from a modest background.
He grew up in a small chawl with many siblings and hard working parents.
Everything would change now!
The day of his departure was like a festival in his small chawl,his neighbours garlanded him,fed him sweets and wished him well.
His siblings were excited as they would see an airport for the very first time in their lives.
However all was not well with his parents,they were very upset as they would miss their son.
His parents were trying hard to stem the flow of tears.
Rajesh was also equally affected but the joy of going abroad prevented him from crying.
He had bigger, better things to do in life.
He made a customary call after reaching his destination.
He excelled in his college and pretty soon, grabbed a job in a premier software company.
Meanwhile, his aged parents' health started deteriorating gradually and they requested him to come and see them and their sorry plight.He had almost forgotten his roots and got irritated by their request,he said he was very busy and his company could not sanction his leave. He lied.
He promptly sent some dollars to them to wash his guilt away and stayed back with his job.
Where had all the love gone ? Where had all the respect gone ? Why this detachment ?
His conscience was now corrupted with the dazzling lights and amenities in the city.
He had conveniently forgotten his parents' struggles which made him reach this level.
He even forgot the way how they reared him from a frail child to a healthy youngster.
His parents were at a loss of words, frequent enquiries about him would further sadden them.
They did not want his mercy dollars,they wanted him to see them. His mother wanted to caress and put him to sleep like she used to before when he was a child.
Grief loomed large in their small house.
His father's ill health necessitated hospitalisation, very soon he breathed his last.
Rajesh was shell shocked but still denied to come down to India for the last rites.
This was the last straw for mother and she gave up, breaking all her relations with him.
What prevented him from coming down was a big mystery to his family.
Human behaviour is sometimes so unpredictable.
Disowning ones' own parents is pretty common nowadays.
Shravana, who served his parents like a slave is restricted to our mythology books only.
Many seasons later, Rajesh had become a big executive in his company,married an American girl and stayed happily in his big glamorous flat with two kids.
But God was watching over him.
His health started suffering due to stress and he developed medical illnesses as a result.
Gradually his kidneys gave way and a Transplant decision was reached for him.
The doctors tried hard to get a kidney match for him but failed to locate a donor for him.
His health deteriorated further and slowly he slipped into a semi comatose state.
A few weeks later,a recharged Rajesh walked out of the hospital after a successful transplant.
He resumed his duties and was back on his feet. One day, he casually asked his wife about the origin of his donor kidney. His wife casually replied that an old lady from India was suggested by their friend as a donor match for Rajesh who fulfilled all the transplant criteria.
She also did not accept any dollars,except travel tickets from them for donating her kidney!
He was shocked to hear her name. He collapsed on the bed and sobbed incessantly.
Rajesh's mother was greeted warmly at the airport by her kids and neighbours.
She was tired from a long flight and told everyone about her nice time, spent with her son.
As she reached home and showered, She applied an ointment on a long scar on her back.
She had fulfilled her duties as a mother!
Rajesh's guilt would stay with him forever!
As she garlanded her deceased husband's photo-frame, she could see a faint smile on his face.
Their son would live again.
The parents had forgiven their son.