Unexpected Events in Life

In 1999 for watching cricket WC, dad agreed to purchase a color TV. We watched and njoyed every moment of it. India did reached quaters but lost most of the matches and Hence, no semi berth. Anywayz... SA & AUS produced the match of WC.. did I have to say that...:)

It was after this summer cricket, I was watching old Hindi movie "Anand" directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee staring Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan. There is a dialogue in the movie written by Gulzar that goes like this

"ज़िंदगी और मौत उपरवाले के हाथ है जहापाना, जिसे ना आप बदल सकते हैं ना मैं... 
 हम सब तो रंगमंच की कठपुतलियाँ हैं जिसकी डोर उस उपर वाले के हाथों मैं है..
 कब, कौन कहाँ उठेगा ये कोई नहीं जनता..."

Well it means, "We are mere puppets in the game of life and death. Whatever happens here, we do not know for it is all in the hands of the Almighty.". I thought it is not true... It cannot be like that. A person is alone responsible for his last days.

Fast Forward... 8yrs later on the day of Bengali New Year, my father wakeup @night and said he is unable to breathe properly and hence and hence insisted me to take to hospital. I did. He shifted to Military Hospital within 2hrs after giving oxygen and saline. Later, we went into SIL (Seriously Ill) state. Mom & I prayed to God for his good will and soon He was OK. We later found out, he had minor heart attack..

Fast Forward..4yrs later (2011), On the first day of my visit to Kolkata after joining new Job.. I found that my "Mama" (Mother's Brother) met with an accident. Initially we thought, It is some minor accident with bruises in leg since he walks very cautiously. My sister & I visited him to find that he has serious head injuries along with fractured  leg & hand. Further… blood continued to come out of his mouth and hence, he was unable to accept any blood. He had a minor surgery near his throat and soon he slipped into coma. He remained on same condition for next 5days before accepting death. Inspite of showing him to best of Doctors (Country's Top Most, Neuro Surgeon).. he didn't came back. It came as a shock to me and realized what the lines of "Anand" movie really meant.

Daily such things (Accidents) are heard in news and when it happens to your near one... one realizes the seriousness of the things.