She was the fourth child of her parents owing to the fact that her parents always wanted a daughter even after having three sons. Something quite unheard of in our country, but true.
When Meera was born, waves of happiness floated in their life. They all were very much excited and ecstatic to welcome a princess in their life. Like other little kids, she was loved, pampered and her parents did everything they could for her. As she grew up from her infancy, her parents realized that she didn’t respond much when they called her. They didn’t take it much seriously and thought she must get better with time. But soon her condition blew the lid of their impending misery. She was taken to the charlatan as they didn’t have a doctor in their native village. He didn’t have much to offer, apart from fooling them with fraudulent medicines and home remedies.
It went on till months, but all went in vain. Filled with despair, Meera’s parents came to Delhi in a haste to give her the best treatment for her infirmity regardless of the consequences. However, the tangible struggle started with it. She was merely six years old and was oblivious to the situation. They went to many government hospitals where they waited for their turn only to face rejection about the loss as they were told that she had congenital deafness which has no permanent solution.
They didn’t have much share to spend on private hospitals and their hopes gradually came down. They had to work hard and they made this struggle a part and parcel of their lives by sending their daughter to an elementary school of hearing impaired, but couldn’t further afford it so she was made to drop. She had no option but to accompany her mother to the homes she worked as domestic servant. She grew by this and tried to cope up with the debilitation, but it was a far cry for her to live a life of ‘normalcy’ as almost everyone tended to treat her unalike. She never went to school after that and customarily worked as a maid all her life to make ends meet for her family, as shifting from their native village to Delhi proved futile to them and brought many adversities. Years rolled by, and her life went on without any hope.
Recently, she was married to a guy who was six year elder to her and had a stammering problem. She was always made to adjust because of lack of education and resources. Meera isn’t alone in this sordid world. There are many kids like her who are sometimes abandoned by their family for not being able to fit into the category of ‘normal’.
For people like Meera, we (Sounds Of Silence) want to be the light of their hopeless life.
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