Morning and Evening

-Sumathi Shanmuga Sundaram

‘Why! Why are you getting angry on the child? What kind of woman are you? Don’t leave me to read with patience even for a while!’

She was feeling angry on her husband, Kailash.

As soon as he opens his eyes, he takes the book and starts reading! What kind of person he is? Is it necessary to read book? Daughter is refusing to go to school! Doesn’t he see all these? His wife was fuming inside herself!

‘I’m busy in the kitchen! Do you hear me?’

‘Oh! You’ve been creating a hell! I could not read anything further! You must have some love for the child!’ When Kailash closed the book and got up, woife's anger also shot up!

Evening......

Daughter came home from school with a happy face. She yelled 'Mummy!’ and clasped her mom's leg. I had no anger for her. She asked her, ‘Did you eat your lunch?’ As the time passed by, her anxiety increased that her husband had not returned home so far! He came at 9 o’clock in the night and she heaved a sigh of relief!

‘I had more work at the office. So I started late!’

‘Helpless guy! The little time he gets in the morning, he reads something in it!’, she said silently to herself. The anger she had for him this morning, had completely evaporated!