IRONY Unbound - Bhullakad das
It happened that evening. I had the chance to visit an old age home. I went with a couple of friends, to oblige ourselves of the community service pledge that we took not so long ago. We went in.
The scene was quite the usual, as one watches in the movies. An uneventful air filling the room, the television running at full volume, n more than half of the oldies searching for their hearing aids. Hema Malini's interview was on..now how could they hav ever missed tht?!!..
Newyz, one of my friends pointed out, "hey, why is the 'reading room' locked?.."
I knew the answer."Its not of much use if they are bound to forget what they read, the very next day, is it?"
Startled, she asked,"And, why is that?"
In a dismissive tone, i said,"C'mon dont u know that?.its not an ordinary old age home. Its for the people who have that disease..."
Right then, a curious resident came up, n said, "Ya, we are suffering from...uuhhh..ahem...wait, i know"..
The dumb ass made it worse for he old man.."Tell me na, What disease?!!"
I siad, "Arre, that memory loss thing yaar..its very common in old age..the names's just slipping out..."
The old man then put me out of my misery, he said, "Its Alzhiemer's son. We suffer from Alzhiemer's disease."
He remembered!!..
The scene was quite the usual, as one watches in the movies. An uneventful air filling the room, the television running at full volume, n more than half of the oldies searching for their hearing aids. Hema Malini's interview was on..now how could they hav ever missed tht?!!..
Newyz, one of my friends pointed out, "hey, why is the 'reading room' locked?.."
I knew the answer."Its not of much use if they are bound to forget what they read, the very next day, is it?"
Startled, she asked,"And, why is that?"
In a dismissive tone, i said,"C'mon dont u know that?.its not an ordinary old age home. Its for the people who have that disease..."
Right then, a curious resident came up, n said, "Ya, we are suffering from...uuhhh..ahem...wait, i know"..
The dumb ass made it worse for he old man.."Tell me na, What disease?!!"
I siad, "Arre, that memory loss thing yaar..its very common in old age..the names's just slipping out..."
The old man then put me out of my misery, he said, "Its Alzhiemer's son. We suffer from Alzhiemer's disease."
He remembered!!..
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posted by 'Yours truly', at 7:00 AM
1 Comments:
people who wish they'd b better off as writers strive so hard for irony in whatever they write and u my dear friend are born with a gift so dont let it go down the shady lanes ... hope i get to read a lot more of what you write ...
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