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"Man. Wife. Son. Tata Sierra. Nasik-Mumbai highway. Accident near Igatpuri . Sierra turtles three times. Man badly injured. Wife seriously injured and bleeding profusely. Son seriously injured. Man's office staff rush from Nasik, reach within an hr. Man decides to go to Mumbai hospital. Man refuses to turn back to Nasik. More faith in arrangements made at Mumbai ICU. 3 hrs to Mumbai, 1 hr to Nasik. Son dies, wife survives"
This is no obituary or homage, since i did not know the deceased. I knew the man quite well( in fact...) Since the tragedy is fresh I dont wish to disclose identities. I still wanted to write because this can happen to anyone. The third person usage (calling them man, wife, son ) no way distances them from me. I am equally shaken.
When my ex-colleagues at Tata Motors informed me about this I was myself. But not quite. I wondered if I were him how would I be feeling, i.e. if anything at all. Unable to bear this thought was the empathy which I can extend to him. My next thought was about that one decision taken, to continue onwards to Mumbai. In situations of extreme mental stress, panic or depression rationality of thought is generally absent or rare. This, I firmly believe, aplies to all regardless of age/caste/creed/sex/location however vehemently one denies. The only solution is to outsource the rationality part to people whom you trust and retain the emotive part which is yours and yours alone. Very very unfortunately it did not happen with the man.
His son was 20.
This is no obituary or homage, since i did not know the deceased. I knew the man quite well( in fact...) Since the tragedy is fresh I dont wish to disclose identities. I still wanted to write because this can happen to anyone. The third person usage (calling them man, wife, son ) no way distances them from me. I am equally shaken.
When my ex-colleagues at Tata Motors informed me about this I was myself. But not quite. I wondered if I were him how would I be feeling, i.e. if anything at all. Unable to bear this thought was the empathy which I can extend to him. My next thought was about that one decision taken, to continue onwards to Mumbai. In situations of extreme mental stress, panic or depression rationality of thought is generally absent or rare. This, I firmly believe, aplies to all regardless of age/caste/creed/sex/location however vehemently one denies. The only solution is to outsource the rationality part to people whom you trust and retain the emotive part which is yours and yours alone. Very very unfortunately it did not happen with the man.
His son was 20.
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Sadness indeed.
I agree sometimes you have to be responsible enough to give the responsibility in anothers hand :)
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