What this year will be a good news? Che che po! ( means go away) said lalli with shy and joy. Lalli’s father was a farmer. While he talked with his friend, said, however, this month end, i will reap the crops. Surely it is going to be a nice harvest. I will get sufficient money, after paying all my debt, surely will arrange my daughter’s marriage. Ho!ho! What happened the last alliance you saw there in veerampati?.
Oh! Nice boy! Suitable for my lalli. Educated. He is a teacher in government school. They are expecting dowry. Hum! I will surely do for my beloved lalli.
Why did you choose a teacher? Don’t you need any farmer to take care of your land after you.
Shsh… stop! Iam struggling with agriculture. If rain doesn’t come, my life will be in trouble. Already i am suffering.. I don’t want to continue this after me.
All of you like annathatha(farmer) leave agriculture then who will feed us? Don’t say like this. Said his friend.
Hum…. sighed lalli’s father rajamani. He sunk in his thoughts, got up to see
his land.
Nice greenary scene! Wow! How wonderful this land is with long crops. Rajamani! surely you will get lot of money, said his friend.
Next day, at dawn, a great noise and screaming voice shaken rajamani.
His friend called him to come out quickly, while he came out, saw heavy rain. Rajamani realized the reason of the screaming of his friend. He immediately run towards his land to see his crops. Alas!due to whole night heavy rain, the crops are filled fully with water. Only one week is need for harvest. Alas!all his hard labour gone in one night.
What he is going to do? Standing like a statue thinking about his dreams. Her daughter’s marriage, debt and his everything gone within one night. He sat down put his hand on his head cried loudly.
His friend caught him and brought to his house, on the way rajamani had heart attack. His friend realized the seriousness, took him to hospital.
But he was dead while he reached to the hospital.
Lalli, 17 years old, already motherless, now lost her father standing alone in the hospital. This is the condition of farmers in India.