It is summer
outside, and Mr. Abhinav Sinha, a 50 year old man, working as a clerk in a
Government insurance company is about to leave for his office. It is 9 am in
the morning, and he is rushing to leave, thinking of the crowd he is going to
encounter in the Mumbai locals. He was about to leave, and a voice comes from
behind “please take your tiffin”, Mrs. Sinha says. “Thank You” says Mr. Sinha,
smilingly, and leaves. Mrs. Sinha packs the tiffin for their son Ajay (20) and
daughter Ananya (22). Ananya is studying Science, and aspires to become a
doctor, and Ajay aspires to be a civil engineer some day.
Both, Mr. and
Mrs. Sinha, have been working hard for their children’s education. Mr. Sinha
works over-time in his office to earn more, and Mrs. Sinha stitches clothes for
people to earn some extra income, so that she contributes to her husband’s
efforts. In between their children’s happiness and career, somewhere in
between, the couple has lost their emotions for each other. Their only aim now
is their children’s career, to get them married, to give them a secured future
ahead.
Both of them
have forgotten what love is. There is love between them, but it is lost amid
their responsibilities for their children. Both of them realise, that they need
to acknowledge each other, love each other, but they have no time for it.
Time has
passed by. It is December 25, Christmas day. Mr. Sinha has an off day and both
the children are at home. They ask their mother to cook something special for
dinner as everybody is at home and they will have their dinner all together. The
mother is excited and cooks delicious meal for her family. It is 8 pm and some
of Sinha’s relatives come to their place for a visit. Mrs. Sinha is surprised
to see them visit suddenly. Everybody is in the main room, and the children
come from the kitchen with a sweet “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” cake. Mr. Sinha presents
her wife with a cute pendant set which fills Mrs. Sinha’s eyes with tears.
Everybody joins
in for the birthday celebrations, which Mrs. Sinha herself had forgotten, and
dinner resumes. Everyone is gone and Mr. and Mrs. Sinha are lying on their bed
in their room. Mr. Sinha asks her wife about the gift he gave him, and Mrs.
Sinha fills with shyness and a little pride for her husband. Mrs. Sinha, as a
return gift, packs a cheek kiss on his husband’s cheeks, showing her way of
appreciation for the gift she received. This was their moment of #BringBackTheTouch.
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