Sana Khan: Part 2

Chaos had gripped the entire road. Rajesh took Sana’s unconscious body and started moving towards the Bombay hospital. There was blood and terror all across the place. Somehow Rajesh managed to get a taxi and took her to Bombay hospital. There were patients all over the place. The hospital had become a fish market of sorts.

Somehow Rajesh managed to take Sana to a room where there were doctors attending different patients. Rajesh then put Sana on a bed. A nurse came and put Oxgyen mask on Sana. “What do you think nurse, will she survive? Rajesh asked in almost choked voice. He was breathing heavily . “Please have patience. The doctors will be attending all of these patients one by one” nurse replied.

At that very moment Sana regained some consciousness but only a bit. She caught hold of Rajesh’s hand and told him ” Listen Rajesh, I don’t know If I will be able to survive” “You will” Rajesh assured. “Shhh, let me speak” Sana continued, “ I don’t know how much time Iam left with, there is heavy bleeding going on. You have to promise me one thing Rajesh. I have a daughter who is just a year old. Her name is Fiza. My husband had divorced me 2 years back and he is in US. He doesn’t even know that I have a daughter and neither did I bother to tell him. You please leave her in an orphanage. I want my daughter to live her life regardless to what happens to me. She will cry initially because I wont be there, but she will soon accept the fact. Take these keys and go to my home. Please do this for me, this is my last wish before I go”

Suddenly Sana’s heart rate began to fall, and seeing this Rajesh shouted at the doctor, “Doctor please come here fast, her heart beat is slowing” . The doctor started rushing towards Sana, and that very moment Sana’s heart beat went really low, and Sana uttered her last words “Please fulfill my last wish, so that I will be happy in heaven. Allah O Akbar”.

Rajesh’s eyes became moist and he sat beside her and started crying within few seconds. But he wasn’t the only person who was crying in that room. There were people all around him who had lost some or the other of their loved ones. Rajesh took Sana’s purse and checked the address and went straight to her house which was in Andheri. He opened the door and saw a beautiful little girl smiling at him. She was unaware of the fact that GOD had not been kind to her. She looked at him and that moment Rajesh closed his eyes and tears started coming out of them. He wondered, what was the mistake of this sweet little angel who has been separated from her mother forever. “Ammi” she uttered and smiled. Her eyes were searching for her. Rajesh sat around her and started to cry more profusely. But the girl was smiling. Innocence was written all over her face. She looked in Rajesh’s eyes and once again uttered “Ammi”. Rajesh took her in her arms and started walking out of the home.

He had to leave her in the orphanage but he realized he cannot do so. There was something in him which was stopping him to do so. He then took a bold step and took the little angel home.
Rajesh was a married man with a 2year old daughter. On seeing Rajesh reaching home safely, his wife was relived. She asked him “Who is this little girl with you?, and then Rajesh explained her the events of the day and she supported Rajesh to raise this kid along with their own kid. It was only because of Sana that Rajesh was still alive.

26th November 2014
“Abbu, Ammi is calling. Dinner is ready”. Fiza informed Rajesh. Rajesh had bought up Fiza as a Muslim and not as a Hindu.

“We offer remembrance and condolences to those who died that fateful night. May God bless them and their family” TimesNow announced on its 9oclock news and with that news ended.

Rajesh looked up in the sky and closed his eyes and remembered Sana and uttered “May God bless you Sana”. As he opened his eyes he saw Fiza standing in front of him with a plate of food. “ Come Abbu, Lets eat” Fiza said in her sweet soothing voice. He took Fiza in his arms and looked up in heavens and prayed “God, let the brave new world of hope, peace and prosperity usher in. Allah O Akbar”

P.S. Mumbai attacks have left deep scars on the entire country. Bullets were fired to all and sundry. There were reports in TOI that terrorists did not want to kill Muslims, they were under instructions to do so. But they forgot one thing; bullets do not discriminate between Hindus and Muslims. There were many Muslims who were also killed during this fiasco.

We have wasted so much time, energy and resources to prove that one particular GOD is better than other, but the truth is GOD resides within all of us; and if we love HIM, it means we Love everybody. Hatredness has no place. Let there be peace, prosperity and happiness all around; so that when the next generation is born, they live with their head high and without any fear. Let the brave new world be BORN. Amen