Devastating our family,
on 3rd March 2006, my younger brother walked out of our home to join
Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) and to lead an ascetic life through religious devotion.
Since then my heart
stopped on many occasions overcome with grief.
Every time I come back to life only because I have my responsibilities
towards the family to fulfill and because I can not let them down. He let us
down not because he choose a path but because of the huge void he left in
our family. Imagine your sibling walking away into thin air never to come
back and meet you.
We are four children.
Apart from the aforementioned younger brother, I have a younger sister and
one elder sister. He was my youngest sibling. My younger sister
teaches, I in Dubai as an IT professional, and elder sister is a housewife.
He lived with my mother
in our family home and worked out of a home office for the Express. During a
work day, he stayed in and out of home as part of work. Often in the
evenings he is out for work coming back late at night. Mother wait for him -
the only one to get back home.
He took care of the home
very well in my long absence and did have an impeccable character with all
people liking him. Many in our town didn't know me as I was always away
right from my college days but knew him closely. People also kept contact
with him being a reporter and sometimes brought up their grievances
to be covered by his paper reports.
