Never did Manish think that
listening to the best of moral advices would prove so costly to him. Manish
grew up in an atmosphere thinking that all the wealth of the world is
concentrated in the hands of men, and hence it is a great social duty to marry a
very poor woman, give her shelter, food, living, etc. and give the poor woman a
life.
Following his beliefs, he married
an illiterate girl from slum area, who was just class 8 pass. Even though
Manish was educated and well placed while Saraswati, his wife, just didn’t
match his mental level, he still married her, thinking he is doing a great
social service.
However, Saraswati was not only illiterate
she was uneducated also as she was uncaring and insensitive towards him and
never recognized his efforts to make her happy. She always kept complaining
that she could have had a better lifestyle than what she had. Manish used to
take the blame upon him and used to work very hard in his office in order to
get extra bonus etc. so that he could fulfil Saraswati’s demands.
