It was a time of first week of October I was travelling back
to the Ahmedabad from Vadodara. It was pretty hectic week full of travel &
I was very tired after 2 day site visit at Vadodara. While coming back I luckily
got a seat in the last row of the bus and just after me a old age couple
somehow managed to get into the bus with the support of their stick they came
and sat beside me.
They were very old around 80 years of age & hardly move
without any stick/support yet look confident and travelling alone at this age.
I was pretty impressed with their passion & courage to live life at their
own at this age so I gave them a smile & conversation started.
Of course my first question to them was how long you have
been together? They smile and replied approx 64 years. I was delighted to hear
that this gives me more reasons to know about their journey of life.
In my one & half hour journey Baa (I addressed her by
that name which means mother in Gujarati) told me that they live at Bhavnagar
Gujarat alone and she herself perform whole home activity cooking, cleaning etc
by her own. This works as a pain killer for me and all my body pain due to
hectic traveling schedule goes into the gutter it was very inspiring.
We had a lot of conversation they keep on asking me have you
seen Baghban it was beautiful movie must watch it I can feel their emotions
behind this sentence. It was touching I felt emotional this time.
After reaching Ahmedabad I have dropped them to their home
in spite of them saying we can manage and all. It was such a privilege &
honor to meet such beautiful couple I will cherish those one and half hour my
entire life.
