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Reminiscence;

a hidden jewel

jn_n-e _m\p Akn. s{]m-^, Un-¸mÀ-«v-saâv Hm-^v Cw-¥ojv

om, where is the location of this Both of them were so keen to hear my story. But
place? It looks so beautiful”. Sitting I have never seen them so immersed to listen to a
“Min my flat along with my husband story amidst the wifi went off. “OK. So there was
and two children in this Quarantine day, Adhi the this small village where many farmers lived. There
younger and the naughty came asking me with an was numerous amounts of fields varying from rice
old photograph that he found out from an album. to vegetables to fruits. The villagers never was sad
“It is the place where mom was born and bought about anything. Even though they did not have a
up before we moved to the city” I said taking the luxurious life as what we see now the villagers found
photograph from him. My beautiful village where themselves living a luxury life in a way of their own.
I can freely walk through the paddy fields. Where There was one farmer who had a daughter and two
I can see birds chit-chatting. “Mom why did you sons. They had a very happy life. The daughter was
never took us there?” Came the innocent voice of very naughty like you two. She used to help her
the mischievous elder one Mahi. That question took mother in the household chores. She sometimes
a lot more of my breath away. I wished I could take helped her brothers and father at the farm too. She
them there and show them how beautiful is the was loved by every other people on that village.
village. But that is not possible any more. Due to the During her free time she used to sit in the garden
rapid increase of cities my village also vanished with that she looks after and talked to the plants.” “So
time to a waste land. How am I supposed to tell my mom she didn’t have wifi to watch videos and play
kids that? “Come here mom will tell you a story.” games?” Asked Adhi. “No dear they don’t have such

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