The Fortune Teller
Shifa Dias( 2016-18 batch)
She is beautiful - naturally! All that she
wore was a beaming smile, a smile that was contagious. And a pair of dove eyes
that sparkled as though quenching for "HOPE"- that's all she had! She
was great at whatever she did, because that was all she did!
Bharti, a seemingly lanky dusky skin toned
teenage girl - struggling to make her way through a narrow lane wrapped in
chaparral as she flaunted her multi-coloured ghagra and a red polka, which
revealed her belly - button and perfectly curved back, she was in truth -
"Beauty personified".
Balancing
two pots on her head and another on her waist, she still had one hand waving
effortlessly parallel to her left leg - what to us seemed to be a task!!! was
just another routine for Bharti. As she got closer to the lake the cool breeze
swept off her sun kissed face, and at once all her worries seemed to have faded
away.
After all
, there's a difference in walking up to the purifiers in our well-equipped
kitchen (sometimes even that feels like a task to us ) and walking several
miles daily to make sure , her family was hydrated enough to sweat and earn a
living.
After
the pots were filled and as she was about to leave, she caught the sight of an old man under a banyan
tree , talking to a parrot. That amazed her. As she approached him - she was
fascinated to discover that the bird actually foretold the Future. But what he
foretold about Bharti , was a mere "myth". Everyone present there
knew that she would never have a future that he predicted - Happy, Independent
and Dignified - but at the moment Bharti felt immense Joy and a sense of
Motivation. She turned around to set back on her journey . And so did the parrot. They moved onto different directions - but their destination was one - "the cage".
Good one!! The ending was really good
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