Short story: closed window

Nidhi Mehta

Ta Chanchal, if you have a day off today, let me clean the upper room.' Sapna told her daughter. Daughter Chanchal replied, 'Yes mom, let me go.' Both the mother and daughter arrived to clean the upper room with all the cleaning equipment. It was a dream bedroom. A thorough cleaning was to be done. The fan was off, so Chanchal decided to open the closed window on one side of the room. But as soon as she went near the window, Sapna said, 'What are you doing?' 'Mommy, it's hot, so if you open the window, let some air come in.' 'No son, there is no heat. You just take it all in stride, take it down. Then fan it.' So Chanchal Mani started helping. Then cleaned the furniture. In it, the parrot from the cage hanging near the window began to disturb Sapna by balling. Dreams are tired of it. So Chanchalan said, 'Son, put this in the lower room.' 'But mommy, if you are so stubborn, why have you kept him?' 'Son, that is your father's hobby.' 'So what joy can a bird get in a cage? What kind of hobby is that?' 'Chanchal you stop your questions and help me.' By doing this, Sapna closed Chanchal's mouth. After everything was done, she went back to the closed window, so Sapna asked to clean the window by wiping from inside and she stopped him from opening the window, 'Chanchal, you don't have to open that window.' 'But why?' 'That's it, son, papa is not told to open the window.' 'But why?' ' I don't know that.' 'Mommy, never asked that? It did not open this window? Don't you want to know why he refuses?' 'No, why ask so many questions in Chanchal? Even if there is nothing said! Is it necessary to talk about everything? Believe it or not.' 'Good.' Saying that Chanchal moved away. Sapna went down as someone called from below. But Chanchal decided to open the window to satisfy his curiosity. This window has been closed for many years. Chanchal shook his head and opened the window by hitting a heavy object. With a loud noise Sapna ran up. Seeing the window open, she said, 'Didn't you tell me Chanchal?' ' But mom, if so, what is it here that you have to keep this window closed for so many years?' 'I don't know that. Stop as soon as your dad finds out…?' ' But now it's opened, if you see it once, mommy.' Sapna went a little closer to the window. He did not understand the difference behind this closed window, because from the window only a woman of his own age who lived in the opposite house could be seen dancing to the music and the other could see the open sky, colorful butterflies and birds flying in the sky. Why does this window stay closed? He did not understand. Chanchal said, 'Hey mom, is there any reason to keep the window closed?' After a few minutes while searching for the reason, Sapna said that she understood a reason, 'Yes son, now I understand this reason. 'What if you feel like flying in the sky after watching the parrots in the cage!?' ' So what if it flies away?' Chanchal spoke. 'Son, father can't afford it, can't afford it. He loves this caged parrot very much. understand?' That twenty-twenty-two year old daughter immediately said, 'Yes mom, understand.' Having said this, he closed the window. But with the words of so many dialogues, one window of the room was closed but many other closed windows were opened! Sapna went to see a movie with her young daughter for the first time. This behavior of Sapna seemed like a dream to mother-in-law and husband. The husband was shocked but remained silent in front of the young daughter. The mother-daughter flapped and flew away like a bird in two hours. Sapna started to see the outside world with her own eyes for the first time! He remembered two lines of that song in his mind 'Ek sajjadbam panjreen jivar jiho.' And Sapna started moving easily in it. However, a thought also came to mind, 'If the cage widens, it won't break.' She just started to convince her mind that even though it is wide today, it will break tomorrow but right.. But for that, you have to open the closed windows. She became sisterly with daughter Chanchal and began to roam around playfully.}