Brother,4 Tea and 3 Cigarette’s shouted
Chelladurai,a teenage boy.He usually spend his evening time in this tea shop
along with his three close friends who were elder to him.The shopkeeper
immediately came out of his store and placed a chair for Chelladurai and
cleaned the bench for his friends.Chelladurai was the son of a wealthy
landloard of the village situated in south of Tamil Nadu.In his village,his
family was well respected due to their genorosity.Chelladurai does not have any
bad character but all his friends had.
Chelladrai spends lot of money for his
friends.As usual Chelladurai was in the tea shop one evening,a relative of him
came running towards him crying and informed Chelladurai that his father is dead.Chelladurai
was now left with his Mother and an elder sister.The whole village was in
grief.In the mean time Chelladurai’s Uncle (father’s younger brother) who was a
history sheeter hatched a conspiracy to kill the remaining members of his
Brother’s family in order to acquire the wealth.
This conspiracy has reached the ears of
Chelladurai’s friends and without any delay they escorted Chelladurai and his
family to a city far from their village.The villagers were afraid to oppose
Chelladurai’s Uncle because of his involvement in anti-social activities.In the
city for the first time,Chelladurai witnessed the hardship of life.He was so depressed about his future.In
order to relive him from depression,his friends introduced him to smoking which
he resisted at first but later yielded and became an addict.Chelladurai’s
Mother and Sister started working for a mere amount in a nearby
shop.Chelladurai with the funding from his friends and villagers pursued his
studies and landed in a high salaried job.
Chelladurai never forgot the help he got
from his friends and villagers.Chelladurai was not interested to return to his
village but he helped his villagers to get employment in the city.Soon
Chelladurai’s sister got married and Chelladurai fell in love with one of his
colleague and married her.A son was born to Chelladurai.On hearing from the
villagers that his son resembles like his Grandfather,Chelladurai was too proud
of his son.Chelladurai admired his father a lot and he has took his father as a
role model and talk about him among his friends often.
Chelladurai though well settled now,was unable
to leave his smoking habit.Chelladurai’s wife often advice him to quit smoking
saying that it is harmful to him.Chelladurai too wanted to get rid of it but
his addiction towards it,has tied him tightly.Some of his colleagues advised
him to meet a consultant in order to quit smoking.Chelladurai considered it as
dignity and refused to do so.
One day he got a call,his whole body began
to sweat.Hurriedly he went into his superior room and requested for half a day
leave and left the office tensed without saying a word to anyone.Chelladurai
directly went to the place from where he got a call.It was from a private hospital.In
the call,his wife has informed him that their son was in a serious condition
due to lung problem,within minutes of his arrival,his son was pronounced
dead.Chelladurai demanded the cause for the death from the hospital
authorities.Doctor’s who treated his son informed him that his son died due to passive smoking.Chelladurai’s heart broke into
pieces.
Chelladurai’s guilty conscious pricked
him to a great extent.He thought of committing suicide but remembered his wife
and Old Mother and left the thought.He was mentally disturbed and behaved
abnormally.His colleagues brought him to a psychatrist and was made to undergo
Psychatric treatment.After years of treatment he gradually turned to be a
normal human being.He as a new being realised his mistakes and started an anti-smoking
movement.Though he recovered from his abnormality,He is still haunted by the
guilt of being the cause for his Child’s death who resembled like his father
whom Chelladurai admired much.This incident has created a lifelong stress in
him.
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