He pulled
out an old album from the shelf. It had dust all over it. He carefully dusted
it off and flipped the cover of it. On the first page of it stated boldly ‘Avanti
Weds Kumar’. He flipped another page of it and a number of memories ran through
his mind….
He held his
doting daughter in his arms and his wife smiled at him. He was the father of
that tiny joy of bundle. He was very happy about having his first child and it
did not bother him at all whether she was a girl child. All he knew that he
became a father.
Avanti started
her first footsteps and he would record everything which was related to his
daughter. He would buckle her shoes and would drop her to the school. Slowly and
gradually his daughter was growing and she left the delicate years of her life behind
and became a teenager. His unconditional love never changed throughout all
these years but his daughter was certainly growing through major changes in her
life.
She was no
longer a teenager but reached to the marriageable age. He silently fulfilled
all the responsibilities bringing the best of world to his daughter.
He fixed
Avanti’s marriage to one of the relatives’ son. Everything was going smoothly
until one day her would-be in-laws demanded 10 lakhs as a dowry. For the first
time in his life he felt completely helpless and the tear rolled down to his
cheek.
He was
standing as if in a shock. He came to the senses when he realized Parvati’s (his
wife) hand on his shoulder. He explained the plight and they both cried in each
other arms unaware of the fact that Avanti was listening to their entire
conversation.
Next morning
Avanti stepped out of the house. She came to home in the afternoon and handed
over a printed wedding card to her dad’s hand. He was surprised to see the name
printed on the front page of the wedding card. It said ‘Avanti Weds Kumar’. She
then explained the whole story that her best friend Kumar was secretly in love
with her but could not gather courage. Today morning when she met him and told
him about the dowry thing, he immediately proposed her. She also told to her
father that it was his idea to quickly print the wedding card.
Avanti’s
dad was speechless by the pleasant surprise and both embraced each other. Finally,
his daughter made the whole burden feel like feather-weighted. The big day
arrived and Avanti got married.
At Avanti’s
house….
Avanti
opened her wedding album. After turning some pages she was stuck on one image
and kept staring at it. It was her father taking her in his arms. She realized
how much her father had shed silent tears while bringing her up and giving her
best of everything. At this moment, she was glad that she heard one of the heaviest
silent tears of her dad!
Her dearest
dad who gave the best of the world while he shed a silent tear!
‘This post
is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by
BlogAdda.’
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