Prema - Result of sacrifice

Looks are always deceptive!!
Never judge the content with the packing of the parcel!!
You must be thinking that these are known idioms.  What it has to do with our lives? Actually,  these and so many are mirror images of our own life from which we turn off our faces most of the time.  Even I never realise till the time I come face to face with a similar situation. The reality of everything,  every person and every situation is far away from how it looks. Okay,  let me share the story of Prema with you.

Trust me, it's no normal character.  I have met her personally.  In fact, she is a very good friend of mine.  A normal looking smart,  intelligent and active lady in her early 30's. She is married for the last few years,  but when she wants she looks as if she has never got married. Yeah,  that's true.  She is very friendly and accommodating in nature.  She talks to everyone as if she knows that person for ages.  She has the quality of gel up very quickly to any person and every person,  be it housekeeping a staff of her office,  her teammates,  her TL or the manager.

I have seen her networking by referring one person to another and introducing them so that her friends and mates get the benefit or advise other known contacts of her'. She walks alone but so many people meet and greets her, whether she is on the floor,  in the corridor,  in the cafeteria or the parking space,  for that matter. I always thought that Prema is living a very peaceful,  happy and desired life, which any married woman can think of.

All of a sudden my thoughts went down the drain when I sat with her after my shift get over and she was still going on. We keep sitting together for around one and a half hours. When I asked her how will she manage about her log in time,  as she has exceeded her breaks (which she always do but not till hours). She replied,  "as it is I am giving notice of one month tomorrow". I feel that she must have got some better opportunity as she's perfect in her abilities knows how to convince the listener.

On the contrary,  she explained what I have never ever thought of.  She told me that last week her husband ( whom we always thought the most loving & caring person a girl can ever have as he keeps on texting and calling Prema every now and then for asking what she is doing and informing her about the activities of her daughter) tried to hang her to the ceiling fan of the drawing room and that he never loved/ cared her. It's only her financial support that he is living along.

I went numb for some time but got back soon as wanted to support her mentally or at least wanted to show her that it's okay.  Life must go on. When I asked her the next organisation she is planning to join. She told me that she may not be working full time as her soul mate has issues with her jobs ( in fact that guy has issues with everything she does,  just because he feels insecure in his life,  I think). After that night,  we haven't met for a few days and as usual, I got busy with my own life.  Neither I sent any text nor she does.  Then a day before she was supposed to leave the office,  I met her TL. He told me that Prema is in the hospital for the last 3 days and going through the treatment of depression.

While sitting in the cafeteria,  Aashu told me the whole story about her which Prema has shared with him at the time of giving the notice.  Prema was living a life which no one can imagine of, Forget about an MBA girl in the capital of India. She kept compromising with her situations but never shared it nor taken any steps to move out of it. On the contrary,  she is always seen helping,  councilling and networking people.  Her style of walking can impress anyone with her confidence and positivity about the life.  No one can ever think that such an ideal is facing something which has turned a part of her being a handicap.

What do you think,  who is to be blamed for this stage of Prema?  Herself,  for being a good manager who is perfect in everything,  be it cooking,  working,  language or caretaking of her daughter.  Or her husband who never loved her rather used Prema as a ladder to reach the level of success in life.  He has beaten her so many times like animals but she has never leaked any such incident.  I feel that if Prema would have taken any decision in time,  she would have made her life worth living.  But physically recovery can be done, mentally cannot be. ....