Pathemari Page #7

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Do you recognize me?

No

That's not surprising

But I will knowyou

anywhere anytime

I have been searching

for you all these years

I think you got

the wrong person

Think back 30 years,

at Tanker Mohalla in Bombay...

...you placed some mone

in the pocket of a young man

I did not sleep that night

I felt a glimmer of hope

I mranted to meet you again

But you had left by the time

I came to that lodge

What you gave me was

self confidence to move on in life

This is my shop and I have

many such shops here in the Gulf

Ayesha is also here in Dubai

with her husband and kids

I'm very haPPV

I can't repay you ever

But tell me what can I do for you?

The fact that you recognized

me is more than I expected

Come, let's sit inside

I am going for another

interview tomorrow

I'll leave then

Who was that?

Family member?

No, from my home tovm

I don't know him very well

What did he bring?

Bed sheets, blanket

soap, brush and some snacks

Neither a family member

nor an acquaintance

Yet when he came to know

someone was looking for a job...

...he's come with all those gifts

A true Gulf migrant

What he brought today would

be worth a day's wages for him

What's that Narayan'etta?

A gift from an old friend

Who is that?

Do you knowthe lights

shop in the mall I work in?

The ommer of that

showroom, Majeed

You mean Maker! KavunkaY?

He's as well knovm as

business tycoon Yusuf Ali

How did he become your friend'?

Just an old acquaintance

You are amazing!

Why then are you struggling

like this with friends like him?

I must get up early

I have morning shift this week

N aray an'ett a'?

Switch it off please

Allow others to get some sleep

N aray an'ett a'?

Please sit

I've shut dovm shop

Wonder when this will be over

Why don't we go

have something to eat

Better go somewhere far

All knovm people here

Are you going?

We were just...

When the box Gulf is opened

shouldn't the brothers-in-law be present?

The box that arrives from the Gulf

has a typical Dubai fragrance

Is there any family

on this shore mo...

...hasn't got a family member

I helped go to Dubai?

Hey! I forgot to mention

A launch is all set

to sail tomorrow

It will become an issue

if the police come to know

Anyone can go

It's free for everyone

on this shore

I don't want anything

Once they cross the ocean

they can return with gold and cash

Don't let the police get you

They have started

from the airport

It'll take about

2 hours to reach here

Since the body is embalmed

we can't keep it for long

Why don't we do this?

We knowhis greatest

ambition was this house

God did not give him a chance

to spend a night under this roof

Why don't we place his body

on the verandah of the new house?

True! Let his desire be

fulfilled at least in that manner

The one who crossed the sea

He who returned to this land

Satheesh

my is it set up there?

Brother said we'll

lay him down there

Uncle, why here?

I thought Moideen's

suggestion was right

Let's not do that

Moideen'ikka

We will soon

shift to live there

Do we have to begin

it so inauspiciously?

Let's not do it

And in case we wanted to sell it...

won't even get a good price

Don't

Oh dear moons which

came till the door and peeped...

Oh dear evenings that have closed

the doors in anguish

And the dreams that have

withered and faded half way...

Oh dawns

I step out on another journey...

In a temple

where fowers bloom...

...as a sacrifice ends...

In this desert dunes...

The heart burns in pain

To keep the flame of survival alive...

In houses perched far away...

I cross this great sea...

I step out on another travel

Chandretta I'll...

Then I'll also take leave

Is this the time to watch TV?

Narayanan'etan, since 50 years

has been living as an expatriate

How did you reach

this desert in the 1960's?

I travelled by Velayudhan's launch

and reached Khorfakkan

Reached Sharhah with the

help of an Arabic friend

We walked from

Sharjah to Dubai

Those days high rise buildings

were just coming up

Many of them you now see

will bear the sweat of my toils too

When we think we are toiling

for the sake of our loved ones...

...we don't feel the fatigue

We feel happy when the money

sent would have fulfilled a need

Most of us are

here only physically

Even my wife is unaware

of what my job is or my salary

Not because I'm ashamed, but

why tell them about hardships?!

When we send Rs 10000

what do our people think?

Out of the Rs 20000 we earn,

we send Rs 10000

But the truth is, we earn 7000

and take a loan to make up the rest

I have never helped anyone

expecting any favor in return

If you expect returns

for what you did

It's not love but

a kind of loan

Have you ever thought that in spite

of struggles you were unfortunate in life?

God bestows on you many

fortunes right from birth

To be born as a son

to a loving mother

To have loving brothers

sisters, their children

A wife who understands you perfectly

A friend who stands by you

throughout your life

When I think of all this

I feel I am very wealthy

Children see us

only as guests

Someone who visits them

occasionally with gifts

When we see other kids

we are reminded of our ovm

But how many kids

remember their parents?

Except few, can we really say that majority

of the immigrants are leading a happy life

Each person lives his life

within his thoughts

How can a person know

whether he is happy or sad?

It's not possible

I've often felt miserable that

I was not a part of my home life

When Chandra'ettan fell from

his two wheeler and was bed ridden

When Nalini couldn't eat

due to a bad throat infection

When Satheesh was

sick with jaundice

I felt miserable that

I couldn't be beside him

I have cried

I don't regret becoming old but...

...agonize that I am no longer healthy

to continue to support my family

Have you ever felt you must

achieve something in life?

If you are the cause for happiness

of people around you

If your parents sleep

at least one night in peace...

...and you are the reason for that

That is achievement

A person's success in life is based on

how much he has been of use to others

I was the reason my family

was brought back from poverty

I redeemed loans

got my sisters married...

...got my brother a means

for livelihood

Considering all this, have I not

accomplished a lot in life?

Successful man!

Narayanan'etan's replies tells us

he considers himself...

...a highly successful person

Nowtell us, are there

any more desires left in life?

If ever I am born again, I want

to be born again as Narayanan..

...to the same parents,

as brother to the same siblings As Nalini's

husband and father to my children

As friend to Moideen

and to the others

I wrant to be born once again...

that's all

To Lives that went dovm the Ocean's depths

in voyages for sustenance

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