Videha_01_01_2009_Tirhuta

िव दे ह िवदेह Videha িবেদহ िवदेह थम मैिथली ािक्षक ई िका Videha Ist MaithiliFortnightly e Magazine िवदेह थम मैिथली पािक्षक ई पिका ०१ जनवरी २००९ (वषर् २मास १३ अंक २५) http://www.videha.co.in/ मानुषीिमह संस्कृ ताम्t oget her . Nand r ecal l ed t hat hi s ni ece ( daught er of hi ssi st er ) was pl ayi ng so ni cel y.Suddenl y hi s mot her t ol dt hat someone of some f ami l y had t ouched hi s ni ece’s stomachand she started feeling strange pain in her stomach just after that. Even if manyremedies were tried but that strange pain lead to her mysterious death.“If your niece was live then relation would be alivetoo”, said Shobha Babu.But Nand was lost in some ot her wor l d.He wast hi nki ng about t he l i f e of hi s choi ce.That f ami ly lifehe was l eadi ng at t hat t i me , buyi ng gr ocer i es,wor r yi ngabout chi l dr en’s results, all those things were just a way toobey hi s el der br ot her .The new br i dge on t he Ganges was i naugur at ed and hi ssons had not got f i r st r anks i n t hei r cl asses.Hi sdaught er had opt ed f or Sci ence i . e. Bi ol ogy i n Gr aduat i on.Ther e was no connect i on bet ween t he i naugur at i on ofbr i dge and degr adat i on of hi s sons i n st udy but i n Nand’sopinion children’s progress or retardation is reflection of their parents’ good or baddeeds respectively. He considered his failure in stopping the corruption in theconstruction of the br i dge and ear ni ng t o t ake car e of hi sfami l y t o f ol l ow hi s el der br ot her ’s instruction in stead of fightingagainst the corruption as reasons behind his sons’ degradation.Meanwhi l e chi l dr enNand asked him whet her he came t hr ough t he new br i dge orcr ossed t he r i ver by a st eamer ., ’s uncle and Nand’s elder brother arrived Patna.“I came by streamer because I was unaware of the fact that the bridge wasopened for public use. I will go through that while returning home as I came toknow that many deluxe coaches ar e avai l abl e t o cr oss t hebr i dge”, replied Nand’s brother.226