Everytime one goes through a tough patch in life, friends and well-wishers say 'it is for the best', 'learn from these things to make yourself a stronger person' ...And so on.
All through the weekend the top news was about how an innocent engineer, Suryanarayan, was beheaded by Taliban in Afghanistan. The plight of his family was too disturbing to even watch. My heart went out to his wife and children who heard of his death on TV and broke down inconsolably. I couldn't help but wonder, what must be going through his wife's Manjula's mind...whether she would have the guts and strength of character to go through these trying times. As my mind went on its train of thoughts, I tried to think of a situation in their lives a few years later when Manjula would stop and say to herself 'yes, the beheading of my husband was for the best'. I couldn't think of a single situation for which a sane person would say that. Even if he had to die and his family had to go through the sorrow, how can his brutal killing be the best for his family?
Just as she was coping with the irreplaceable loss and probably telling herself that she needs to live for the sake of her children, a new character makes an entry : his second 'wife' and claims that she has a 8 month old baby from Suryanarayan. Life is indeed a drama....and for the sake of these people who have to face this kind of adversity, I only wish there were some dress rehearsals in the drama of life! I can only imagine how tough it must have been for Manjula to deal with infidelity amidst all this...that probably pushed her to take an extreme step of attempting suicide.
Life is cruel at times...and in a moment of weakness death might seem like an easy solution. W. Somerset Maugham's advice is quite the contrary....
"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."
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