Three Ordinary Women In The Hospital

Nirmala

Riya goes to hospital every sundays with her mother. The hospital atmosphere is very boring and silent. Riya always likes to wondering here and there. Each patient takes one and half hour for their check up. At that time Riya likes to watch each patient's movements. sometimes she goes towards the window to watch outside vision.

At that time Riya view an orange women group. They are cleaning staffs. Suddenly Riya notices an old woman aged 60 among them. She had no teeth in front of her mounth. She is a lean lady and very talkative

Riya walks towards the group. They are doing their jobs without considering others. Riya tries to make friendship with them. She asks the old woman, "What is your name?"

The old lady stopped her work and smiled and replied to Riya," Iam Nirmala"

"Nirmala" Riya whispered and said herself " What a beautiful name! It is a meaningful name"

The old woman is an expert in her work. She doing her work without considering her age. At the working time she don't talk to others. They are very busy to complete their works.

The doctor admits Riya in the hospital. Riya spents her days by watching television, sleeping and sometimes reading books. The next day two ladies enters into Riya's room for cleaning. One of them is "Nirmala". Riya notices her face. She always seems to be very sad. Although she is very talkative her face expression shows that she is hiding her sorrows in her mind. Riya likes that woman very much.

Next day Nirmala enters into the room. She is very tired and seems to be lazy in doing her work. Riya's mother, " Nirmala the waste bin is broken and food wastes are spread there". " please clean there."

Suddenly Nirmala becomes another woman and speaks loudly" We are humans"." We start our work in the morning". "We don't eat anything till now"."We are not slaves".

The cleaning supervisor shouts" Nirmala come here" " Why do u make noise loudly?". " Clean the floor neat"

Nirmala starts cleaning. At that time Riya saw her eyes are filled with tears and shivering her body and lips.

Riya feels very pity towards that old woman. Nirmala do all cleaning works. Riya" Nirmala aunty come here" and says" Close your eyes".After two minute " open your eyes aunty". Nirmala opens her eyes and sees two apples, two oranges and a bunch of grapes on her hand.

Riya says, "You are the most beautiful hardworking woman that I have ever seen." and continuous,"Dignity is not depend on work." "Each work is precious when a person do it very pleasant mind and the workers are the owner of their work."and " This is my small gift for your work"

Sun rises in the face of Nirmala and the clouds in her mind disappears. she smiles very beautifull with her toothless mouth.