Do you understand, dad? With courage and patience, keep your mind engaged in all the work, then your time will pass…' Jayana was explaining everything to dad since morning and dad was listening to me calmly and nodding his head. Today Jaya was going to her own house and was worried that her father would be lonely and she was explaining the small things by remembering. Ishwarbhai had one daughter Jayna and married her to Ahmedabad. Wife Hansabhen got corona and it was still counting days. It has been fifteen days since Jaina's father came there. 'Ketakibhabi has already asked for two tiffins. You eat on time. All your medicines are placed in the cupboard next to the sofa. Keep taking the timer. Take special care of your health till we all come again to worship mom's birthday. After this, you have to stay with us, so I will prepare your room too.' Ishwarbhai turned seventy and Hansabhein barely sixty-four, I don't know where the corona virus came from and passed away in three days after being admitted to the hospital. He was taken directly from the hospital to the crematorium. Ishwarbhai was more sad because he could not see Hansabhein at last. 'I will leave now, father. Call as soon as you have any problem or problem.' Saying this, Jayna departed with a heavy heart. Ishwarbhai also kept his face smiling so that his daughter would not be sad. Ishwarbhai didn't know what to do because his daughter was gone and the house was empty. I wandered around the house, sleeping on my sofa and thought, 'At this age, I will explain to Jayana how to eat at her daughter's house and fall into sin. I will live the rest of my life alone because why can I close my daughter's pier?' But why sleep today? Today solitude seemed scary to him. Remembering the good times of the years spent with Hansabhen, Kaho Iswarbhai was trying to organize himself into a solitary structure. Ishwarbhai could not sleep that night after finishing the Varsipujah ceremony with Jay's family and started packing the things to take his father with him. Taking the photo of Hansabeh kept by the bed, thinking 'The house is closed from tomorrow. Can't come again. Daughter's Pier has to be closed. The burden of several such thoughts made the heart tremble and suddenly Hansabhen's photo fell down with a crash. All the people woke up due to the sound, but Ishwarbhai continued to sleep soundly, saying goodbye to solitude in a deep sleep with the help of Hansabeh… – Jayant T. Desai 'Bakul', Surat
Ignore
Jay didn't feel like going to office today, so he came home as soon as he got fresh, put a CD of old songs on the music player, turned on the player and ordered his favorite medium pizza. Today, Ajay was missing someone. Three years ago, Ajay saw a cute profile on Facebook, named Shivani. Shivani fell in love with Ajay at first sight. If Ajay checked further, their hobbies were also similar…music, reading, novels, travelling, shopping etc. The request was accepted two days after sending. Ajay messages Shivani to thank him. Then morning and evening both of them started messaging each other good morning, good night, as well as festivals. So gradually the friendship became stronger. Both used to share all their stories. So, never knew when friendship turned into love? Both were taking care of each other's smallest details. took care of each other and their love grew stronger. Now they used to talk for hours every day by exchanging mobile numbers. Shivani loved it all. If she was in the kitchen and made a good dish, she would video call Ajay. Anyway, two years passed. Thinking that they should meet each other now, both of them decided to meet. It was decided to meet on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Express Highway. Ajay woke up early in the happiness of meeting today, got ready and reached the highway with his bike without breakfast. It was Shivani's turn. She got stuck in the traffic due to the movement of people going to work that morning. Finally the auto stopped. Out of it came Shivani, wearing a light cream color top and blue jeans, flowing silky hair, brown eyes, and blond hair. Ajay was very pleased to see this scene. Today was the first time a Facebook girl was meeting face to face like this. But, Shivani had fear in her mind and started thinking to herself, 'Haven't I made a wrong choice?' But, as soon as the two met face to face, all doubts were removed. Ajay greeted with a handshake. In Shivani's mind Malakai was arranged on Ajay's bike. Ajay excitedly started the bike and thought of going to Maninagar Kankaria Lake. Both entered inside. It was hot season so took ice cream. After talking for half an hour, Ajay held Shivani's hand and sat for a while. This meeting seemed like a dream. But, when the nutty Shivani filled the pick, it happened that, no, this is not a dream. Shivani had to go to relative's house in Naroda. So Ajay dropped Shivani in Naroda. After this, once or twice in a month both would meet regularly. Sometimes good pleasures are also overlooked. Something similar happened in Ajay's life too. Ajay had not told anyone about his personal life till date but when he enthusiastically went to meet his friend Sagar, he talked about Shivani's love and told Shivani that Sagar is his special friend. Ajay did not know that he was axing himself. After talking like this, he came home and fell asleep watching Shivani's dreams. After some time, Ajay gets a message from Sagar on WhatsApp that Shivani has sent a friend request to Sagar. Sagar asked Ajay, 'I have received a friend request from Shivani on my Facebook. Should I accept or not?' Ajay smilingly said yes, what does it matter if both of them are my friends. Then in no time Sagar and Shivani are liking and commenting on each other's posts. Even if Sagar did not comment or reply to Ajay's post, Ajay took it easy. Sometimes, when he was bored with his job and felt lonely, he used to call Sagar and started ignoring Ajay on the pretext that he was busy. If Ajay called, Sagar and Shivani's phones would get busy at the same time. On the other hand, Shivani's messages to Ajay became less and less, so Ajay started to get worried. Why can anyone ignore themselves like this? He started thinking. So Ajay decided to meet Shivani. There was no one at Shivani's house today so Ajay went to meet Shivani. Shivani asked, 'What will it take? Tea or coffee?' Ajay agrees for tea. Shivani went to the kitchen to make tea. So Ajay quickly took Shivani's mobile in hand. If you see, there were many messages of Sagar in the mobile. Ajay was very sad after reading this. Ajay drank some tea and left for his home. Shivani did not say anything at that time. But now he felt ignored. Appearing online, Shivani got angry and started saying, 'What's wrong with me that you are ignoring me?' Shivani, who had promised to support Ajay, said in reply, 'If I get time, I will send a message.' Hence, Ajay got very angry and hung up the phone immediately. Then called Sagar and said, 'Dude, I shared my knowledge with you and you did it behind my back? You took my Shivani to your side?' Then Sagar said, 'You are narrow minded, you are crazy.' Then, when Ajay talks to Shivani, Shivani takes Sagar's side and tells Ajay, 'I am not your vassal that you are so entitled to me.' Hearing this, he hung up the phone and started crying in despair. Despite how much he did for Shivani, this kind of revenge? Manoman started cursing himself. Ajay then unfriended Sagar and Shivani from his Facebook. Ajay had now lost faith in the relationship. One is 'friendship' and the other is 'love'. The shock was so intense that it took a long time for Ajay to recover from the incident. To get out of this neglect, Ajay started living life according to his hobby and felt a sense of relief. Gradually he came out of shock. Everything changes with time be it relationship. – Sanjay Prajapati 'Shivansh', Mundra
Temple
Vimal Singh, a contractor called from the city to construct the Manan Mandir, had many jobs and assigned the work to his subordinate Mahesh Kadia. Mahesh realized that he got an opportunity to serve the Lord in the temple and started working wholeheartedly. Despite hiring laborers, he built a beautiful temple for this village. poured out his soul. Made a temple with a nice round seat. After the temple was built, the key of the temple was handed over to the sarpanch of the village. The Sarpanch of the village was very happy to see such beautiful carvings and construction of the temple. A temple festival was held in the village. The village invited the people living in the village as well as outside the village. The Sarpanch of the village said among all the guests, 'One person has worked hard day and night behind the construction of this holy temple.' Hearing this, Mahesh, who was feeling a sense of joy, took a last look at the temple and walked down the steps…! – Dr. Falguni Rathore 'Fag', Navsari
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