Resumo de Self Respect

SUKHIRAM WAS A TEACHER OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL. HE WAS A VERY SINCERE AND HARDWORKING TEACHER. HE WENT TO HIS CLASS ALWAYS PREPARING THE LESSON BEFORE HAND, SO THAT THE WEAKEST STUDENT COULD ALSO UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY WHAT HE TAUGHT. HE WAS SO HELPFUL THAT HE ASKED THE UNDER€HIEVERS IN HIS HOUSE AND TAUGHT THEM WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANY RETURN. HIS WIFE WAS HIRAMATI WHO ALWAYS KEPT HERSELF BUSY BY HELPING HER NEIGHBOURS. SHE ALSO SUPPORTED, AND ENCOURAGED HER HUSBAND AT HIS GOOD WORK. THEY HAD A SON RAJKUMAR WHO ALWAYS STOOD FIRST IN HIS CLASS. THEY WANTED RAJKUMAR TO BECOME A DOCTOR. IT MEANT A LOT OF MONEY. IT DID NOT DETER SUKHIRAM. HE SOLD HIS HOUSE AND SHIFTED T A ONE ROOM-APARTMENT S AS TO SAVE MONEY FO HIS SN?S EDUCATION IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE. RAJKUMAR, BEING A BRILLIANT STUDENT, TOPPED THE LIST OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE AND SOON GOT A SCHOLARSHIP FOR FURTHER STUDIES IN ENGLAND. RAJKUMAR WAS VERY REGULAR IN SENDING LETTERS TO HIS PARENTS TO KNOW HOW THEY WERE DOING. SOMETIMES HE USED TO SEND SOME MONEY KNOWING THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF HIS PARENTS WHO SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO MAKE HIM A GREAT DOCTOR. AFTER TWO YEARS, THE FREQUENCY OF RECEIVING LETTERS SLOWED DOWN. IN THE THIRD YEAR, HIS PARENTS RECEIVED JUST TWO LETTERS IN SPITE OF THEIR EARNEST REQUEST TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT HIS WELFARE. EVEN A LINE WOULD DO. THEY THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE GVERY BUSY. AFTER THAT, THE LETTERS STOPPED COMING. NOW, SEVERAL YEARS HAD PASSED. THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR SON. SOME NEWS TRICKLED DOWN FROM FAR AWAY FRIENDS THAT HIS SON HAD ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A GREAT DOCTOR EARNING LOTS OF MONEY AND HAD BECOME A FAMILY MAN WITH A FOREIGN WIFE. IT BROUGHT GREAT JOY TO THEM AND THEY WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO EXPRESS THEIR JOY AND PRIDE OF HAVING SUCH A WONDERFUL SON. SUKHIRAM HAD RETIRED FROM SERVICES. THEY TWO HAD BECME PREMATURELY OLD. THEY WERE FACING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND WERE PINNING FOR THEIR SON, BUT THEY DID NOT LOSE HEART. HIRAMATI REALISING HER HUSBAND?S WORRY AND KNOWING THAT HER SON WOULD NEVER COME BACK, STARTED MAKING MASKS WITH THE HELP OF HER HUSBAND. THE NEWS SPREAD. THE SYMPATHETIC NEIGHBOURS JOINED THEM AND STARTED SELLING THE MASKS. ON ONE SUCH DAY WHEN SUKHIRAM AND HIRAMATI WERE AT WORK, A SHADOW FELL ACROSS THE FLOOR. THEY LOOKED UP ONLY TO FIND THEIR SON RAJKUMAR STANDING THERE. NO ONE SPOKE FOR SOME TIME. TEARS ROLLED DOWN THE CHEEKS OF THE PARENTS. RAJKUMAR FELT ASHAMED TO SEE HIS PARENTS BUSY IN SUCH MENIAL WORK. HE INFORMED THEM THAT HE HAD COME BACK TO HIS COUNTRY; HE HAD GOT A GOOD JOB AND A BIG BUNGALOW WHERE HE WANTED TO TAKE HIS PARENTS. NOW HIRAMATI SHOWED THAT SHE WAS MADE OF STEEL. IT WAS GOOD, SHE SAID, THAT HER SON WANTED TO TAKE THEM BACK TO HIS BIG BUNGALOW BUT THEY WOULD GET BORED THERE. THEY HAD NOW FOUND A MEANING IN LIFE. NO WORK WAS SMALL OR UGLY. AS LONG AS THEY LIVED, THEY WOULD REMAIN THERE, WOULD MAKE MASKS, AND WOULD CONTINUE TO PRAY TO GOD FOR THE WELLFARE AND HAPPINESS OF THEIR SON. HOW COULD THEY BE SO UNGRATEFUL TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBOURS WHO HELPED THEM IN THEIR NEED AND GAVE THEM COURAGE AND HOPE TO LEAD A LIFE WITH SELF-RESPECT? INGRATITUDE WAS, IS AND WILL BE A SIN. ?NO RACE CAN PROSPER TILL IT LEARNS THAT THERE IS AS MUCH DIGNITY IN TILLING A FIELD AS IN WRITING A POEM?

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