Celebrate The Moment

                                                          Chapter - 6                              

Two months Later

Avinash kept on visiting offices of companies  for interview but  couldn't   get through in his effort. His company with Nisar  didn't  let him down   even after his every rejection  although Nisar  himself was  not happy  since he was also passing through the  detrimental state where  he needed  sort.of person who could motivate and  rejuvenate him to persist in  his efforts.

Bizarre melancholy and crestfallen face  was apparent enough  to prove  the  circumstances  Nisar was passing. He was gnawing internally because of depression and reclusive  though Avinash  made him engaged since  from the very beginning,  he found him alone, didn't  see  him talking and mingling  with anyone.  He neither saw him even calling up to his family members,  nor even  getting  call from acquintances. Once Avinash  asked him about his family  Nisar deviated from his query abruptly. Avinsh saw him scowling once he was called out UNCLE  by some in the guest house. Perhaps he got  scared or he was made aware  by  his six sense  that DON UNCLE was  about to knock on him, on his physics. He never felt shy in blackening his grey  hair of upper side of both ears in front of all  but concerned about the  puffness beneath his  right eye.  He had   grown his hair bit longer to hid his sheer baldness  by combing  hair.straight over on his forehead like in LALU Style.  Nisar once told that spending most part of his young ages in such state is nothing but result  of his misdeeds or perhaps wrong decision he had taken . Beard was also getting grey  Nisar had noticed  when once  he saw his unshaved face. His silence was telling that he  hid sea of pain inside but nobody over  there to share with. His deteriorating condition was a crystal emblem of an unsuccessful,  a looser.May be his positive outlook on life and self belief  that every now and then  invigorated him whenever  he would feel dejected after every setback or perhaps he had no other option.

Nisar was not seen going to mosque for praying five time like others even though one of his astrologist friend  advised him to  bow down in mosque and Dargah,  pray and request  before invisible superpower so that he could get the blessings of power around.

Everyday both  would go through the jobs column of Newspaper but Avinash did’nt find suitable position which was in accordance to his  specialization. On the other hand  Nisar would get up daily  early in morning and went  out  but Avinash  would not ask him as to where he goes out  daily if  he is not working anywhere. But when Nisar  would come back he himself disclosed that instead sitting idle in room he roamed around the place he is aware, spend sometime sitting in liberery even if he had nothing to read.

One morning  Avinash got up and surprised to see him on bed wrapping shawl upon his body . Perhaps Nisar was not well that is main reason he was still lay on bed  Avinash thought, he didn't like to disturb him.

After taking bathe Avinash came back from bathroom saw Nisar's head open but rest of body was still covered. Perhaps he woke up by high volume of Tv which was not opened till the time  Avinash went to bathroom.

" How are you Nisar,  you didn’t go out today" Avinash asked him moving close to his cot.

" Last night i had fever with cold' body was paining immensely.  I didn’t ask manager to switch off Air condition as it unneserily would create problems to others so i remained awake whole night." Nisar  faltered 

You  have body pain? Avinash  enquired  slightly moving his  hand to his wrist to ascertain whether he has fever looking at his half red drowsy eyes.

" You have still fever, you need medicine" Avinash  told moving his  hand away from his.

I  told  room boy to bring medicine from medical shop" he trailed off  lifted himself drew  back and rested on wall having covered  his body from shawl. He Passed an empty bottle  lying on bed to Avinash to bring water from filtered tap standing near reception.

By then, room boy had come with cup of tea, biscuits and medicine.

Nisar moved to bath room wrapping shawl over his body to brush after  couple of minutes he came back , set aside shawl and sat on bed.

" How one has to face trauma when one gets sick away from  ones family .'

'You can realize better.'  Avinash  looked at Nisar swallowing  parecetamol with sip of tea.

" As far as I am concerned, I am accustomed to ' Nisar said , resting again himself  with the help of pillow. He wet his dried lips from  half dried tongue. After  remaining silent for couple of minute Nisar described incident occurred few years back.

Nisar could not forget that moment two yeas back when he found himself completely on threshold of graveyard. He had been in various guest house  in past Some proved  lucky for him and some like killer .  Few years back he was living in room which was spacious enough even though there were no air condition,  yet  there were two door  which was more then enough for fresh air besides it was open from all side so room would always remain cool. He  spent more than one year in it. One early morning he felt bite of  mosquito on his back  that bite was so severe that he suddenly sat  on  bed and even saw that killer mosquito which was also bigger than normal mosquitoes flying out through window Nisar ran after to kill but his  efforts gone in vain.

After few days he  felt fever and  vomited twice in day. He went to dispensary which was little away from building but doctor  couldn’t diagnose  properly and left  him  on pain killer and other medicine . His condition deteriorated he  couldn’t have slept. properly then he decided to go to other clinic and requested doctor to admit him in  his clinic as It was even difficult him to stand. Doctor immediately sent  him  for urine and blood test and that too  he did his own in that miserable condition as all of his  room colleagues  were busy in their own work.

Doctor later told him that if he had been a little late it would have been very difficult to control the situation.  He was diagnosed Malaria, malaria parasite had almost spread all over his  body.  Nisar remained almost 6 days in clinic to recuperate.

' Whenever I recall those days of trauma  i couldn’t forget that severe bite of mosquito which had attacked me in broad daylight, that mosquito even showed itself after bite and get away unharmed.” Nisar  said  smiling .

" Didn't you  inform  your  family members when you got admitted to clinic"  Avinash  asked

"  They would have never come even if I had informed them about my illness.'. he said in bitter tone

“ Is your  your relation not  good with your family?’

“Not, As such” Nisar chocked

"By the way ,today  you have not gone anywhere " Nisar asked  changing  the topic then closed his eye.

" No,  I did not find any suitable opening for me.' Avinash replied

Avinash didn’t know why  he  begun to take more interest in him  the way he kept on disclosing his story one by one. He  was only person  in entire guest house  who looked  different from others why because he was  reclusive, morose, mum a looked frustrated.

Avinash asked him if he wants something  from outside  he was  preparing to go out for  his lunch . Nisar took out 100 rupees from his purse, passed to him.

“Pls get for me hot milk and  a  packet of a biscuit”

After half an hour , Avinash came in, with hot milk and biscuits , Nisar opened his locker , brought  stainless steel  glass out from locker, headed to bathroom, washed it ,Later Avinash poured milk  from plastic bag milk in his glass.

' One should make career where he thinks  he can give his hundred percent. Career counselling is must specifically for those don't have anyone to guide.' Nisar said earnestly , removing the cover of packet of biscuit. dipped one biscuit in the glass and droppe in  his mouth, convulsion  below his chin was visible, perhaps ailing body didn't accept the biscuit. Nisar forcefully finished half packet of biscuits and milk which had now got cold.

'What is your percentage of marks in Engineering ' Nisar asked

'More than 60 percent  '

Take Employment news ,try in  public sector '  he advised  laying on bed.

Nisar  had also  applied for public sector but couldn’t appear in test because of some reason. He got demoralized so much that he could not have met  his  eyes to his family members and  friends. He never thought that his destiny took him to the stage where  his future will  begin to look completely bleak

One day  in college campus Nisar was standing with his friends just then Mr Sen stopped in midway seeing some of his students t near his  staff room and asked  them one by one about their planning after leaving college.Some of them told that they will prepare for competitive examination, some revealed that their relatives assured them for their placement perhaps they were on position to absorb their  kin. Nisar was only who said that either he moved Delhi or Mumbai in search of jobs. Out of the students standing around  one was son of businessman. Students smiled at him telling that he will give us job.   After few months he  came to know that Mr Sen quit his job of lecturer ship  and joined public sector. That time Nisar did not think that  he will have to strive so hard.

'My conviction after suffering compelled me to admit that  students should do extra ordinary in his education and choose career in which they have interest .'  Nisar said  tossing on  his bed perhaps he realized weakness now.

Avinash kept observing his pang oozing out from his mouth.He  begun to a think   about himself  watching programe coming on. TV . He looked at Nisar who had already gone in realm of sleep..