Heart touching story.

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OM SAI RAM.

Dear Sai Brother Swamy Mahadevan,

 

It is an heart touching story. Just I was moved by girl's sacrifice.

May god bless those people who live for others.

 

All your articles are keeping a very good standard

 

P.S.Narayana.

 

OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI.

 

 

 

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My wife called, 'How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you

come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?

 

I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter

Sindu looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. In front

of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice

child, quite intelligent for her age.

 

I cleared my throat, and picked up the bowl. 'Sindu, darling, why

don't you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad's sake,

dear.

 

Sindu softened a bit, and wiped her tears with the back of her

hands. " Ok, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole

lot of this. But, you should...' Sindu hesitated. 'Dad, if I eat this

entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?'

 

'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with

mine, and clinched the deal. Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindu dear,

you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such expensive

items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?'

 

'No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive'. Slowly and painfully,

she finished eating the whole quantity.

 

I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child

to eat something that she detested.

 

After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide

with expectation. All our attention was on her.

 

'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her and.

 

'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved

off? Impossible!' 'Never in our family!' My mother rasped. 'She has

been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally

spoiled with these TV programs!'

 

'Sindu darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad

seeing you with a clean-shaven head.'

 

'Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand our feelings?' I

tried to plead with her.

 

'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that Curd Rice'.

Sindu was in tears. 'And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for.

Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the

story of King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honor our

promises no matter what?'

 

It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our promise must be

kept.

 

'Are you out your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.

 

'No. If we go back on our promises, she will never learn to honor her

own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.'

 

With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes

looked big and beautiful.

 

On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to

watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned

around and waved. I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy

alighted from a car, and shouted, 'Sinduja, please wait for me!' What

struck me was the hairless head of that boy. 'May be, that is the in-

stuff', I thought.

 

'Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed!' Without introducing

herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued,' that boy who is

walking along with your daughter is my son Harish. He is suffering

from... Leukemia.' She paused to muffle her sobs. Harish could not

attend the school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his

hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy... He refused to

come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of

the schoolmates. 'Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him

that she will take care of the teasing issue. But, I never imagined

she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son! Sir, you

and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your

daughter.'

 

I stood transfixed and then, I wept. 'My little Angel, you are

teaching me how self-less real love is!

 

The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their

own terms but are those who change their terms for others & inspire

others.