We fell asleep after a tired day of shopping for Diwali in 1995. How could this 10 Year-old child have planned to celebrate Diwali with his family, relatives and friends. I was counting the hours and fallen asleep myself. On the other side, a poor cock was sleeping on the hay in a half barrel without knowing anything about its end gonna be soon. Just before some hours to Diwali, there were crackers, I was awaken. Oh Noooo…. They were not crackers… they are artillery BOMBS… falling around our home. Parents hold our hands and ran away towards nearby home. Very fortunately, nothing was fallen on our house. Then we came back after some hours and I was just sitting and shivering inside the bathroom (for safety) until the morning.
During this, we could hear someone was running behind our home. As we were frozen by dead-fear, no one moved out the home. Next day morning only we got to know that someone has stolen the cock. Disappointed for Diwali…! Could not stay anymore in our home as the bloody war was so close to our area. We just wore the new dresses and left home with tears and with what we could take by our small hands.
On 30 October 1995, A ‘Walk for life’ started and we walked overnight more than 25 km. It took around seven hours to reach Chavachcheri from Jaffna town. No one could even ride bicycle, just walking under the pouring rain through the massive crowd. There is a Pillyar Temple at Kaithady, we were told by our parents that whoever passes the temple should stop and have a prayers; else, something might happen badly. But, my dad who was carrying mom and brother in his bicycle with big luggages passed the temple without stopping there. I took my sister in my small bicycle and as she has known well about that temple matter, she jumped off and disappeared as there was a massive crowd around the temple. Omg… what can I do…? Dad was going 80 meters far in the front… I chased him and told him that my sister is missed in the crowd while we passed the temple. We were searching everywhere in the crowd at dawn. Finally she was behind the temple with tears.
How many disappointments, fears and tears in our childhood. We are still living in this world towards are goals. Amazing Creatures!!!
Author: SiGo | Sunday, October 30, 2016
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