13) A daughter's worth

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Rakesh Aggarwal had never loved or valued his daughter, Naina Aggarwal, despite her being the best in everything that she did. He, though saw the yearning for his love and care in her eyes, ignored it and showered all his love, care, energy and time on his son, Arjun Aggarwal. He always knew that Naina was brighter than Arjun and would achieve great things. He always knew that she was much braver and much more hardworking than Arjun. He always knew that she would make him proud like she did each time. Yet, despite all these things, he neglected her and focused more on Arjun, all because of Naina being a girl. He never saved her from Taiji's taunts of  her having no beauty despite being the most beautiful girl of the Aggarwal clan,no proper character etc, all because she was a girl.
Whenever his stoned heart would start having some feelings for her, he would brush them off.
But everything changed when he met with an accident and was admitted to the hospital. His condition was quite critical. The doctor came out of the OT and informed the family members of the need to do a surgery. This meant expenditure of loads of money and very inhumanly, Tauji refused to pay for his treatment and decided it was better he died!
Shocked would be an understatement for Naina, Preeti and Chachaji Chachiji!

Anand: Yeh aap kya keh rahe hain Bhaisahab? Aap aisa kaise kar sakte hain Rakesh Bhaiya ke saath? Kya paise Bhaiya ki Jaan se zyaada keemti hain?

Tauji: Haan! Mere liye paise iss nalayak se zyaada keemti hain!

Anand:  Aap jaisa jallad bhai Bhagwan Kisi ki bhi na de! Aajse aapka aur mera koi rishtaa nahi!

Tauji: Toh hume kaunsa tumhare saath rishta rakhna hain! Chalo Beena yahan se aur haan Arjun, tum agar ek pal bhi yahan ruke toh tumhe humare ghar mein itni si bhi jagah nahi milegi.

Anand: Use nahi chahiye aapke ghar mein jagah! Pita se badkar aur kya hoga ek bete ke liye. Iski dekhbaal main karloonga!

Arjun: Nahi Chachaji! Main Tauji ke saath jaa raha hoon.

Anand (shocked): Yeh...yeh tum kya keh rahe ho Arjun? Hosh mein toh ho? Apne papa ko marte haalat mein chodkar jaoge tum?

Arjun: Mar rahe hain toh mar jaye! Zinda rehkar kaunsa aisa kaam kiya hain? Apne sapnon, apne armanon ko mere sal pe daal diya. Ab thak gaya hoon main inke pressure se! Kya mere khud ke koi sapne nahi? Unko toh main naam aur izzat kamane ka zariya hoon bas! Huh!!

Arjun said this much and walked off. While Tauji- Taiji smirked at this, Anand and Bela were shocked by Arjun's hatred towards Rakesh. Naina stood at the side, listening to the entire conversation. Her heart sank. Her brother had abandoned their father. She knew he wouldn't be able to bear this!

N(in mind): Ab bas! Sabko jo bolna tha bol diya! Ab main papa ko kuch bhi nahi hone doongi.
Naina and Preeti left the hospital and went straight to the house. They took all the money that they had collected- some which they got for b'day, some from relatives etc. It was just a handful.
They ran to the hospital and gave Anand the money. Before he could say anything,Naina spoke

Naina: Aaj aap mana nahi karenge Chachaji! Aaj sawal papa ki zindagi ka hain.

Chachaji gave a slight but proud smile.

Bela: Preeti ke papa, gehne bechkar sirf 50,000 hain. Operation ke liye toh 2 lakh rupaiye chahiye na? Aur paise kahan se layenge?

Anand: Mere paas sirf 30,000 hain. Ab aur paise...

Something suddenly flashed in Naina's mind and she went to the doctor and asked

Naina: Doctor, aapko do laakh kyun chahiye surgery ke liye? Aise koi equipments hain kya jo bahut costly hain?

Doctor: Actually beta, we need to replace his right kidney. So we have to pay the donor right?

( Lets imagine that during those days, since this concept of organ transplant was new, there were some people who were willing and hence were appointed as donors. For donating the organ, they would be paid money. This was approved by the government. This was also because the family members would panic at the name of such a procedure ane would refuse the transplant)

Naina: so if any of the family members are willing to donate, how much will the cost reduce?

Doctor: If so then the entire procedure would be just one lakh.

Naina: So obviously there will be some conditions right as to how a donor is eligible to donate?

Doctor: You are indeed smart child. Yes there are a few conditions
1) The blood group should match
2)The donor should be above the age of       15
3) donor should be healthy
4) Donor should not have any diseases

Naina: So doctor, according to all the conditions I'm perfectly eligible to be the donor.
I'm 16. The patient is my father so our blood groups do match. I'm healthy with no past history of any diseases. And I'm willing to donate.

Doctor: But child, you will have to get your guardian's approval first.

Naina: Okay doctor

Having had a talk with the doctor, Naina went to Chachaji and told him about this.
Chachaji refused it as soon as he heard it. But then Naina did not give up and by all sorts of methods, somehow managed to convince Chachaji, who literally bombarded the doctor with many questions and repeatedly asked about the safety of his beloved niece. The doctor patiently explained him everything and even assured him of her safety.

Soon Naina's vitals were checked and tests were conducted. The results showed that she could donate.
The operation took place and was successful.

5 hrs post operation
Rakesh opened his eyes. Chacha-chachi were really happy. Rakesh looked around and saw Naina lying on the bed adjacent to him.

Rakesh: Ise kya hua?

Anand then narrated everything that happened since his accident. His eyes were filled with tears.

That day, his daughter had saved his life and for this, she had given one of her kidneys. That daughter whom he never valued nor loved had selflessly sacrificed to save his life, had been there with him, when his son, on whom he had showered his everything had abandoned him.

That day, he realised the worth of a daughter. And from that day, he loved her and told the world that Naina Aggarwal was his only child and she had made him proud!

So hello all!
How was this?

Lovingly,
Pratyu

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