A Prison Of Interest

"Sign on your cheque, I need to submit money on urgent basis",

"Ok baba", said Elsa sadly.

She never took her salary which she got every month from her office. She was told strictly to support baba as he was drowned in dept based on interest.

Her heart crumbled by hearing this over and over again. Her baba had left no stone unturned to fulfill his children's all wishes, but that time he was in bad need and they were helpless to help him anyhow, her elder sister Emma and she used to pay their salaries to baba as he could pay his dept on interest.

Interest is an open door to a world of money but for those who know tactics and business of investment but her baba was neither a business man nor he knew any tactic to build a world of money. Alas! it was not more than a prison for all of them. A prison to hell!

She still remembered those days how their home was auctioned in just 1.5 million and then it costed more than 10 millions. Though a great loss it was, but they had nothing to have an other option.

She remembered no one helped them in their hard time when baba lost his job, they had nothing to eat, no one came to ask a hand. No one came to wipe their tears. Neither from maternal home nor from paternal home, yes, but most of them were ready to criticize. Elsa probably didn't like them at all, it's just because when they needed help, her baba was almost all the time available for them and when the time changed, they begged but got nothing than a slap of disrespect.

Elsa was in 7th standard. Baba helplessly took money on interest for their survival.

This kept on going and going until they got jobs, this was only the reason that they both sister couldn't continue studies in any university because their parents couldn't afford it. Her father was locked in a prison of interest. He was unable to pay because he paid more than he had taken.

People-The monsters were reviling, lacerating and underestimating Elsa's father if he was unable to pay his interest on time.

Elsa hated this word "INTEREST" It is not more than a "PRISON" for her.

"Elsa, come quickly sweetheart, I have prepared lunch for you."

"Yes mum, coming."

She looked at sky and asked God:

" Will you please take me and baba out of this prison of Interest?"

Sometimes she just looked at sky and uttered nothing, her silence was indeed a loud message to HIM.