24 years ago __
October 1995..
( it's Total Solar Eclipse __and there's a myth that a pregnant lady can't sit during any eclipse _she or her family members can't cut any fruits, veggies or can't cook even _Can't use any of the sharps as it's considered bad for newborn health... Because both mother and newborn are at risk, a pregnant lady can't step out of the room she is staying.. )
A pregnant lady was walking around in the room reciting the Holly verses and her husband was there praying too _ the day became darker... There's no light...
After about four hours.... It ended...
"Listen hubby ; I am worried about my baby"..
(Looking at her he tried to calm herself down__) "Don't worry our baby will be very pretty I am sure of it."
She smiled __
" Well, I have never asked it but
what do you want?... A boy or A girl !!? "
He came near her and with a gesture told her to sit down on the sofa near her _holding her hand he said :
" I am just wishing for
a good healthy baby for us and
I want you to be alright as well ,
whether it is a girl or a boy there's no problem ...
I am happy with both "
Thinking about something he said :
"it's 5th month right? And..
we haven't decided any names yet"
(Smiling and forgetting about the eclipse totally) she said ; "Do you have any names in your mind?"
He smiled at her " it's a surprise. It's decided then if it's a boy then you'll decide the name and if it's a girl then it'll be up to me __ above all, I want my child to be a colourful cheerful and curious personality _just like me "
She laughed at him..
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February 7 , 1996__
..
An ordinary man in his thirties weighting patiently but very nervously outside of a room in a private hospital The ZX Hospital...
walking here and there in the corridor and looking at a crowd of young sister-in-laws and only brother-in-law...
All In-laws are there praying silently....
(Inside the room)
A woman in her 23, feeling bone-breathing pains but there's not even a single peep of her crying and shouting. ..
Bravely bearing with the situation but her face and eyes are red due to the pain as if
she cried a lot...
"Scalpel!!,"_____" Forceps"______" Scissors" "Catgut!?? "...
________
_____.
Red light outside the room turns Green.
"Sigh.. It's finished Alhamdulillah " an old woman told herself...
A doctor in her fourties along with her
two assistants nurses came out and
facing the family she said : "who the husband!?"
(Mr. Shah Jamal went near her.)
"I am the husband! "___
" Congratulations, you become a father of a beautiful little girl, she is very pretty.. But her features are still developing so don't worry about it, I am talking about her eyebrows as it's not very thick ( there was a pause _ looking around at the people staring and listening to her properly and nodding eagerly, she smiled )..
"About your wife "(she added) take good care of her. She got a minor tear during labour but don't worry I stitched it with absorbable Catgut suture (A name of stitching material) and so it will take some time to heal properly, take good care of her diet and in case of any emergency bring her to the clinic!__ congratulations again and you can see her after a while as it's not a major procedure, it's a normal birth. "
As she finished her speech..
There was a strange noise of happiness,
tears and excitement..
Someone called excitedly; " Oh!! Wao it's mean
she is a doll, we became aunts of a beautiful
little girl and she is a doll
and we'll call her " Dolly" from now ".
A Nurse came out of the room
with a blanket covered all around
a little creature.. ___
Suddenly light tripped..
there was darkness all over the place..
Someone giggled by saying that
" Look at her, she is so bright that
we can see her in darkness too "
Happiest moment_light recovered again..
Eldest daughter of a very lively family, "Dhanak.."
Named by her father, Mr. Shah Jamal Shah....