Debanshi Bansal, Class X D
Rohan, a teenager, would often stand on the terrace of the house and watch the colourful kites flying in the sky, wishing that one of the kites would be his. Alas! That was not possible. Two years ago on ‘Makar Sankranti’, that joy was stolen from him. That day still brought tears to his eyes. The dreadful day he lost his father.
His father, Motilal, was a factory worker, earning just enough to feed his family of three. It was Makar Sankranti and Rohan pleaded his father to buy a kite. Both of them started walking towards the shop when a speeding car hit them. His father died on the spot, leaving Rohan handicapped. Rohan could not accept the fact that his father was dead. If only he hadn’t pleaded his father to buy a kite and ‘charkha’!
So now, instead of having a ‘charkha’ in his hand, he held the saw. Instead of tying the strings of broken kites, he tied wood together to make ends meet for him and his mother. Instead of cutting the kites of other children, he was cutting wood to make furniture.
That day had indeed left him handicapped. Not physically, but mentally and financially. He was robbed of his childhood in a blink. Coming back to the present reality, Rohan wiped his tears and ran towards the factory where his father used to work. Not to revive a memory, but to start his work for the day.
