JANYA – A Life (Concluded…..)

Those were the days, when Chhaaya had just settled on her new job as the Programmer Analyst in a renowned Software company. Life was only about deadlines, deliverables, codes, bugs, testing, team meetings, production fixes and escalations.

The hep-hop life in Bangalore did not interest this village bred girl…. Friday nite parties, pubs, rock-n-roll… sounded really funny to her….She felt her time was better utilized, if she spent it on something worthwhile… at a library or in learning a foreign language or her new project management course… But then all this dint add any life… Being away from her parents… she definitely felt the need for a human touch….

It was then; she started visiting the HIV Rehabilitation wing of “Maitri”, a charity organization… just to distribute the clothes and medicines and spend some time with the kids there…Chhaaya met a two year old kid there…. She was somehow got attracted to this little girl…. Chhaaya started visiting more frequently and always took some gifts with her….The kid was all thrilled and all happy; to get her candies and drawing notebooks and a pack of color crayons… both made friends instantly even though they were strangers…

Why was god so merciless???!!! … This kid had lost her father already, and her mom was dying… Chhaaya cursed god, she was haunted by many questions ....
“Could I not do something for her??? Should I just wipe it out my memory saying she is just yet another victim??? Am I not responsible for my society??? Doesn’t this show, I am yet another selfish person…??? “

But then she dint want to coldly walk away….blaming her helplessness… So she went up to the child’s mother one day and asked “So what do you think is the fate of your child…after you are gone…?"....This brought the mother literally on tears…What could she say??… It was a blatant truth!!!.... Chhaaya, offered to adopt this little child… It was a big decision she made in life, she somehow felt…she found the answers… she wanted to stand by her convictions… After all

What is life with Full of CARE?
But we still don’t have the time to stand and STARE…

Janya was the one who taught Chhaaya that a simple SMILE can work wonders….She dint want another company…. She was proud to be a single mother….Her parents stood a big support to this decision of hers… Janya was now a part of Chhaaya’s life… rather her life itself….