Her Blanket
18th March, 2007, Bhunyapara Range, Manas Tiger Reserve (Bodoland), Assam
Zeti' (meaning elder aunt in assamese) told 'Abar ahibo' (come again) before I left for Gwuahati. That's the farthest her world was. Wanted to buy her a blanket since she had none. Went back couple of weeks back but she was not there. Neighbours told "we have not seen her for a while must have gone to her son's place". I believed the neighbours and remebered her eyes wondering, if I ever will be able to give her the blanket again!!
2 comments:
Hey TanuBis,
you could have just thrown it into her hut or something.. .or left it with the neighbors... or tried to see how good some courier service was [like the people who claim to move the world and all that]:)
Touching story. One of the few moments when we feel life's unformed simplicity and sensitivity..
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