*SHABAN ALI NADVI*
Dammam
Dahran Buds International School
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Over centuries, there lived a man deprived and downtrodden, insulted by everyone. He had four daughters and three sons under a shade. He led his whole life under the shadow of poverty and difficulties. He had no specific job except daily labouring wandering all day. The wife had expired due to cancer. His daughters had matured. Bad people stared and always threw a comment. They teased and hooted them. The daughters were scared of their dignities. Many of them would ask the father to exploit his daughters and earn money. The man was noble and self-esteemed. He cried upon his destiny and faced the problems in every core area of his life. The sons were too small to help him anyway. Through his whole life he experienced varied ups and downs. He saw people with different faces.
He learnt lessons from each moment of his life that when a man is poor and doesn't hold power in the society, everyone undermines and hurts him. The same happened with him.
Once, one of his daughters walked outside. Some wretched men chased and began to tease her. When she didn't respond, they caught and raped her. She cried and flickered for help against those monsters, but no one heard her. She was broken. Her clothes were pierced into pieces. The body was scratched and the scarf lay beside. She was deeply injured. She promised herself not to return home in this situation. She said " A woman is an actual woman with her dignity, nobility and shyness”. When these exude her, she is not a woman. Trying to cover her body with pierced pieces of clothes and crying for hours she suicided.
When the man came to know, he felt paralyzed and scared about his rest daughters. They were panic stricken about their dignities. The man knows that he will not get justice and the only thing to overcome the problems and to become respected is earning money which undoubtedly will help do a lot, because the hard working, hard driving people always touch the sky-high.
The man with his children migrated to another city which was totally unknown to them. They faced many problems. There he sold all the ornaments of his wife and children and started a small shop for vegetables. Later, he took a garden on lease and started growing vegetables. A rich and humble man offered to use his largest garden for vegetables. Thus, his small shop changed into a big one. After two years, he purchased many gardens for cultivation. He married his daughters. He employed some more laborers. The quality and purity of the vegetables attracted the customers. People flocked to him from all around. It wasn’t more than three years; he was one of the richest in the city. He became more respected and most popular among the businessmen. Many laborers worked at his building. One day, he intended to visit his hometown. His profession had spread far away by word of mouth. There the people knew about his arrival. He went clad in a gorgeous dress with bodyguards around him. The people were dazed to see him in such pomp. They feared if he would get revenge on his daughter and be teased by them. They apologized for behaving roughly. There he too bought many plots. People in warm tears requested him to dwell even for a day. He denied saying “the old memories will kill me”. While leaving he said " the world bows down and respects those who are rich, and insults those who are less dignified. Money matters a lot.
Like him we might see many people who work hard and focus only on their goals until they achieve. We may find several lists of successful people who toil initially, tire and face problems until they achieve eventually. That man took his life most seriously and left people’s comments, disturbing and insulting behind. He put his priorities on the top and counted each minute of his days and nights earning money to live a more dignified life. The day came when he had unbelievable properties and workers.