Pankaj's Short Stories

Dying To Live 🌿

Motilal ji. He had three daughters. Sumu, Asha and Beli. All three daughters were married. Even after many years, Asha ji did not have any children. Asha ji treated her elder sister's sons and daughters like her own children and loved them. Asha ji's husband had a serious illness. Due to which he could not survive for many years. Now she was alone. But she did not give up the desire to live and decided to live life well. She started living with her elder sister. They already had a cow. She bought a couple of goats. After a few days, she started making and selling muri (puffed rice) from rice. She started collecting the money received from selling muri. After many years, when enough money was collected, she would go with other women to visit and worship in temples located in far off places. The first journey she made was from Jharkhand to Tamil Nadu. Where many grand temples were located. The second journey she made was from Jharkhand to Uttar Pradesh. Where a temple named Kashi was situated. The third journey she took with her younger sister and her children was from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir. Where the Vaishno Devi temple was situated. The fourth journey she took was from Jharkhand to Nepal. Even today she goes to fairs in the scorching sun and sells food items. She collects money and dreams of visiting new temples and new places.