The Unfulfilled Dream

"Mummy, Mummy see bhaiya is back." shouted Anita as her brother approached home.

"How are you my son? I missed you so much! Last time we saw you was 4 years back. You have changed a lot. So, congrats. You are now an I.I.T. graduate." said a very proud father, Mahesh.

"No dad. I have not changed at all. I am the same Amit you saw 4 years back. But you all have changed a lot. Do you take your medicines regularly? You don't seem to be fit. And where is mom? I missed you all like hell!"

Amit's mother Deepti came running for her son, "First of all congratulation to you. You really made us proud. I always knew that this day will surely come one day and today that day has come. Today is our day to celebrate. Now all our problems will be solved son."

"Yes mom. From today we all can be happy and surely our problems will get solved. I know that you have managed the money for my studies very painfully. I won't let your hard earned money go wasted. I have got an appointment letter from the Reliance. I have got the job and they will pay me Rs. 30,000 per month. But, today I will have to stay in an hotel. I think The Taj Hotel is nice." said Amit.

Mahesh gave a worried look. watching him Amit asked him, "What happened dad? You didn't liked my job? Aren't you happy?"

"No, son. How can't I be happy. I am the happiest father in the world and its all because of you. But, I am worried because of the fights going on between Hindus and the Muslims. Have you heard the case of the Barbi Mosque demolition?" asked Mahesh.

"Yes, father. It is really surprising that how people people divide themselves on the basis of caste. But, you don't worry at all. Nothing will happen to me. My taxi will come in few minutes. You all don't take tension at all." explained Amit and started getting ready.

After 1 hour the Taxi came and Amit waved Goodbye to his parents and left for Taj Hotel.

Amit reached The Taj Hotel safely. He took his keys from the reception and headed for towards his room. Time passed away and the time was around 9:50 pm. Amit was picked up his mobile and thought of calling his parents. He dialed the number and his mother picked the phone up.

"Hello mom. Everything is fine at home? What is Anita doing?" asked Amit

"She is watching the television. How are you son? Everything is fine over There? We all are really missing you. When are you coming back?" asked a worried mother, Deepti.

"Don't worry mom. I will reach home tomorrow at........"

A very loud sound of blasting of a bomb was heard. Some people threw hand grenade at the Hotel. Everywhere the people started shouting and the fire alarm bell starting ringing very loudly.

"What happened Amit.....can you hear me son........don't worry we are coming......." panicked Deepti.

A black uniformed man came inside Amit's room.

"What you all are doing? This is not right! What will you all get after killing innocent people?" shouted Amit.

The man grabbed Amit and said,"You Indians have always torchered the Pakistanis. Now, I will not leave a single Indian alive." after he finished his sentence he took his knife out. In a second he pierced his knife in Amit's body. Blood ran from Amit's body. He fell on the floor. While taking his last breathes, he remembered his family. He prayed to god and his last wish was that his family lived happily. But, how can a family remain happy after their son leave them alone. Amit's family rushed to the Taj Hotel. They prayed that their son remained safe.

After an hour's struggle, all the dead bodies were brought to the street. There was sadness everywhere. The thing you can hear was the crying of people. Amit's body was brought down. Seeing this terrified scene, his whole family almost lost their conscious. Everyone started crying. Amit's mother couldn't even believe her eyes. In a moment she was admitted. The doctors said she had a heart attack.

After spending lots of money Deepti was saved but they lost their most precious person. This was an example of Amit who lost his life in the Mumbai Attack on 29/11/08. There were almost 173 people killed and almost 308 people injured. But, at last one question remained un-answered that is dividing people on the basis of their caste a good thing? If we really read every caste's principles, we would find that most of them would be the same. So, at last I would like to end by saying that, Terrorism is the most dangerous thing in the world and it can be removed totally if we all can consider us ONE.