I remember myself wearing a Lab coat in chemistry lab, during my school days and experimenting with Kipp‘s waste feeling elated, dreaming of becoming a doctor some day, well I lacked ambition those days (sorry, but it is my way of perceiving things), Somehow I landed somewhere else and became a writer both by choice and chance, but this story is not about me and my dreams, it is about a
lady doctor, a doctor whose heart wrenching story would leave you drenched in tears by the time you read this whole story! It is a proud moment for all students especially their parents if they turn out to be child prodigy and be a member of this elite cream of the society. Same was in the case of Nusrat (Name changed), she was the only child of her parents and exceptional at studies as well.
She, with her swot and sweat made it to the list of successful candidates who qualified MBBS! It was a gala day for her family and they thanked the Almighty for her remarkable success. She also received a gold medal for being a topper throughout the course. She started practicing and opened a clinic of her own.
Years passed and many prospective suitors asked for marriage, finally her parents got her hitched to a guy from the same profession, who was an oncologist. The problem with the guy namely Sabeer was that we was too conservative, money minded, orthodox and regressive at the same time. After their marriage, he put forward a long list of demands to be fulfilled including Nusrat leaving her job. Nusrat could not bring herself to fulfill all the nonchalant demands, but then she was a mature lady and had to surrender to these demands. Sabeer grew irritable day by day and used to take out sheer frustration of his work on Nusrat. Nusrat, once a strong, independent and career oriented woman had to oblige as she was mother of two sons, she did not want that the black shades of their marriage should fall on.
Excerpt from Book TEARFUL PAGES authored by Azra Mufti, a freelance columnist having written more than 100 articles for various domestic and national dailies, currently working as an assistant professor in CGC Landran Mohali.
