Jaadu ki Jhappi

Wake up Asif !!

Asif looked up to see himself in his Abbu's arms. It has been a long while since he felt this warmth. "What happened to you, Asif-beta ? You were the most positive lad I ever knew. You are far better than any of your peer group. You are even better than me." Asif was still silent, his eyes were tired, failing to make proper eye-contact.

Slowly, Asif told, "I have lost everything that I earned that I worked for over the years. I lost everything I wanted. Is there no value of my good intentions ? Is there no value of hard work and sincerity. Is God so cruel ?" Abbu said, "No beta, It is just a bigger test that you are facing. Human life is full of such tests, and as long as you are not compromising on your values and integrity, you are doing pretty well. Remember one thing, you live for a purpose, as long as that is not achieved, don't give up".

Asif woke up from his sleep with a start, looked around to see no one, but he could still feel the warmth on his chest.

Horcruxes

Once again a tribute to J.K. Rowling

"Why does Professor always open up the Harry Potter books " ? she whispered.

Professor Bandopadhyaya heard this, but was not bothered much. He continued the chapter on Horcruxes. "The author has replaced love with the word magic at several places, and this is true for the act of creating Horcruxes too. The author is trying to convey the message that a person distributes portions of his soul by the relations he makes. The deeper the relation the more you distribute. It is a very complex phenomenon. The worst you could do is to fall in love and split your soul into exact two pieces. That is a very terrible thing to do, but then it has its joys too".

The girl with the black bindi asked meekly," Professor, then what happens when people split up" ?

The professor smiled, "I am afraid you asked this question my girl, never-the-less it is a good question! You can only split your soul. There is no way to regain that part. Once lost, its lost forever".

A deep silence had gripped the classroom....