Laboni was born in a happy family of four...
Her younger sister Ritika and she were beloved daughters of working parents...
Their father was a Master in linguistics who taught literature in a prestigious college in the city....
Later he gave up teaching to start writing full time and became a celebrated marathi poet who received many awards and accolades for his work....
It was a daring decision that he took when his daughters were young...
He could take this risk only because of the firm support of his wife who practiced as a general physician at her clinic right across the place where they lived....
They grew up in a healthy environment...
They saw their father at home always engrossed in books and busy writing...
They saw their mother happily juggle her time between morning evening clinic visits and her time at home....
Both Laboni and Ritika were good at studies and loved other activities as well....
They attended gymnastics at a nearby ground in the evenings and played badminton with each other on weekends....
With an age gap of just a year and a half between them, they were a fab team to enjoy by themselves, keep busy and have fun....
They finished college...
Laboni joined an advt.agency as their content writer while Ritika joined an NGO that worked for underprivileged kids....
Both of them never really had the pressure to earn, however they were encouraged and privileged to work in the field of their liking and expertise...
Suddenly one day, disaster struck...
With no explanations given, no letter written, no hint given their father went missing....
Police Complaint, extensive search everything happened....
Nothing could trace his whereabouts....
Laboni Ritika and their mom were suddenly left with an unexplained void...
They had so many questions that were unanswered as to why would the man do such a thing....
Was he kidnapped, was he living, was he frustrated, was he suffering from any issue that hadn't surfaced???
He had done professionally well, he had a beautiful equation with both his daughters as well his wife....
They had to get ahead and move on...
Him being a celebrated poet made things even worst since there were not even friends and family to answer but also his fans....
They slowly put past the episode behind them and moved on....
But life was never the same.... Their mother developed trust related issues... She found it difficult to cope with the loss....
Clinic home, home clinic became her life....
She became aloof and disconnected with the everyone....
Ritika got married to her co-social worker at the NGO and got settled in life....
They decided to consciously stay without a biological child in order to lead s life for social cause....
Ritika was happy in her marriage,
Their materialistic needs were kept to a bare minimum while their philanthropic aspirations were prioritised....
They lead a life which they had exactly planned....
Laboni happened to fall in love with a man who was already married and with a family...
He was a friend of a friend...
He too fell in love with her....
They carried on with their relationship for many years....
He could neither divorce his wife nor stay separated ...
Hence he could neither marry Laboni nor could he live in with her....
There was a discord in his family life due to his affair with Laboni...
Laboni was also frustrated in the relationship which couldn't culminate into a companionship for life....
After almost a decade of connection, Laboni and him then amicably parted ways, coming to terms with the fact that they couldn't practically be together in this lifetime....
Laboni left her job and now works as a freelance content writer from home...
She doesn't know if she ll marry or fall in love yet again....
She doesn't rush to reach any conclusion....
She has decided to take life one day at a time and live on the term of acceptance to situations....
She wants to slow down absorb assimilate process and reflect all that is happening to her and around her....
She has discovered an interest in spirituality...
She is neither sad nor happy and she likes her current state....
She lends good emotional support to her mother and lives with her more as a friend than a daughter....
With certain incidences in lives, we realise that our roles keep changing....
What surprises us even more so, is that our equation with Self always keeps altering and adapting itself as we move ahead....
Three women from one family thus lead lives radically different from what they thought they would be after the occurrence of one life altering common incident in their life....
People come people go...
Tales keep happening....
Some give us hope, some inspire us, some surprise us, some leave us numb, some tales just happen....
This might just be one of them...
#notsotinytales
- Prajakta Sathe
Her younger sister Ritika and she were beloved daughters of working parents...
Their father was a Master in linguistics who taught literature in a prestigious college in the city....
Later he gave up teaching to start writing full time and became a celebrated marathi poet who received many awards and accolades for his work....
It was a daring decision that he took when his daughters were young...
He could take this risk only because of the firm support of his wife who practiced as a general physician at her clinic right across the place where they lived....
They grew up in a healthy environment...
They saw their father at home always engrossed in books and busy writing...
They saw their mother happily juggle her time between morning evening clinic visits and her time at home....
Both Laboni and Ritika were good at studies and loved other activities as well....
They attended gymnastics at a nearby ground in the evenings and played badminton with each other on weekends....
With an age gap of just a year and a half between them, they were a fab team to enjoy by themselves, keep busy and have fun....
They finished college...
Laboni joined an advt.agency as their content writer while Ritika joined an NGO that worked for underprivileged kids....
Both of them never really had the pressure to earn, however they were encouraged and privileged to work in the field of their liking and expertise...
Suddenly one day, disaster struck...
With no explanations given, no letter written, no hint given their father went missing....
Police Complaint, extensive search everything happened....
Nothing could trace his whereabouts....
Laboni Ritika and their mom were suddenly left with an unexplained void...
They had so many questions that were unanswered as to why would the man do such a thing....
Was he kidnapped, was he living, was he frustrated, was he suffering from any issue that hadn't surfaced???
He had done professionally well, he had a beautiful equation with both his daughters as well his wife....
They had to get ahead and move on...
Him being a celebrated poet made things even worst since there were not even friends and family to answer but also his fans....
They slowly put past the episode behind them and moved on....
But life was never the same.... Their mother developed trust related issues... She found it difficult to cope with the loss....
Clinic home, home clinic became her life....
She became aloof and disconnected with the everyone....
Ritika got married to her co-social worker at the NGO and got settled in life....
They decided to consciously stay without a biological child in order to lead s life for social cause....
Ritika was happy in her marriage,
Their materialistic needs were kept to a bare minimum while their philanthropic aspirations were prioritised....
They lead a life which they had exactly planned....
Laboni happened to fall in love with a man who was already married and with a family...
He was a friend of a friend...
He too fell in love with her....
They carried on with their relationship for many years....
He could neither divorce his wife nor stay separated ...
Hence he could neither marry Laboni nor could he live in with her....
There was a discord in his family life due to his affair with Laboni...
Laboni was also frustrated in the relationship which couldn't culminate into a companionship for life....
After almost a decade of connection, Laboni and him then amicably parted ways, coming to terms with the fact that they couldn't practically be together in this lifetime....
Laboni left her job and now works as a freelance content writer from home...
She doesn't know if she ll marry or fall in love yet again....
She doesn't rush to reach any conclusion....
She has decided to take life one day at a time and live on the term of acceptance to situations....
She wants to slow down absorb assimilate process and reflect all that is happening to her and around her....
She has discovered an interest in spirituality...
She is neither sad nor happy and she likes her current state....
She lends good emotional support to her mother and lives with her more as a friend than a daughter....
With certain incidences in lives, we realise that our roles keep changing....
What surprises us even more so, is that our equation with Self always keeps altering and adapting itself as we move ahead....
Three women from one family thus lead lives radically different from what they thought they would be after the occurrence of one life altering common incident in their life....
People come people go...
Tales keep happening....
Some give us hope, some inspire us, some surprise us, some leave us numb, some tales just happen....
This might just be one of them...
#notsotinytales
- Prajakta Sathe
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