A Tragic Mistake

Ram admitted to himself that he had been a little unreasonable. He had taken a few drinks too many and had come home drunk. He had not meant to shout at his wife. She had yelled at him as soon as he had stumbled into the house at 2:00 a.m. He was not a habitual drunk. In fact he seldom drank. That day he had met Somu and Lim, two former classmates. They had insisted that he drink with them. He had protested but they had playfully dragged him to the bar. At the bar, it was as if a different person had taken over Ram.He had drunk enough for two and more. He had become’high’ and had to be sent home by the two. They had left him at his block and gone away.

Ram tried to remember the events of the night.He felt justified in having shouted at his wife. Why had she not understood that he was not perfect? He felt that she should have left him alone and spoken about it in the morning. Not her. She had insisted on shouting at him. He had been gravely provoked and had finally yelled at her. He looked around at the desolate apartment. It looked so empty without her and their son. He went before the altar and swore before the Gods and Goddesses that he would never drink or yell at Paru again. Then he began to call all her relatives. They pretended to be in sympathy but none of them seemed to know where she was. He suspected that they knew but did not want to tell him. They were all in the plot.

He dragged himself through for a week. He did not go to work. He just sat and stared at the wall, jumping on the phone every time it rang and snapping at everyone who called; after he had ascertained that it was not his darling. He missed his son, Krishna, very much and shouted and ranted. He cried and starved himself. He lived on water. He was sure that no one cared for him.Then to top it all, he received a letter from a lawyer.His wife was filing for divorce. He cried out in despair.Then he withdrew deep into himself. He called no one and no one called him. Even his own relatives did not care. Ram was willing to do anything to get his wife and son back. He cried out to the Gods and Goddesses that the punishment was unfair. It was far beyond what his ‘crime’ had warranted. He became depressed. He spoke to himself and laughed and cried at the same time.

A week later, the neighbours reported to the police that there was a stench coming from the Rams’ apartment. When the police broke in they found a bearded and untidy man’s body on the bed. Clutched to his breast was a picture of himself, his wife and little son. On the wall he had scrawled with a marker: ‘Appa loves Krishna’- a final message to the person he loved most in the world.

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