 
I found a
card with this quote in my Father's Diary......
On the
back of this card he wrote:
"How
can I get this guiding light...?"
"Ohh....!
why should I worry for this...? I am a Son of That Almighty....He takes
care of all. He is a guiding light for me."
He wrote
this because he lost his father(my grandfather) at the age of 1.5 year. He had
never seen his father, not even in photographs......And the whole life he lived
with utmost good faith in God, with total spirituality.
~gauresh
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Mere paas
Dad hai: Grit from love for disabled son
Abandoned
By Wife, Rajesh Kareliya Leaves Family To Raise Shyam
Ahmedabad:
He is a father who assumed the role of both father and mother for his son when
his wife left him, unable to cope with the strain of bringing up a deaf, dumb,
blind and mentallychallenged child. Rajesh Kareliya, 38, refused to abandon his
son Shyam; instead, he chose to break off from his family which wanted him to
get rid of the ‘burden’.
Rajesh’s
diminutive figure belies his steely resolve and gives no sign of the struggle
he has waged over the past 14 years to raise his kid with multiple
disabilities.
“Shyam
was born in 1994 and we soon realized that he was different – his eyes did not
move nor did he respond to our calls. When we took Shyam to the doctors, they
said that my son was blind and deaf. After a while, we got to know that he may
also be suffering from mental disability and that it could prove a hurdle in
his learning anything,” said Rajesh.
Four
years after Shyam’s birth, Rajesh’s wife left him as she feared that the next
child with him may also have similar disabilities. After this, pressure mounted
on him to abandon Shyam
somewhere
in the city where there were enough street children fending for themselves.
“My family asked me to marry again but I refused as I feared that the new wife would also not be sympathetic to Shyam’s condition. It did not go down well with my parents and relatives who asked me either to abandon Shyam or leave the house. I chose the latter,” he said.
Taking an
infant Shyam with him, Rajesh left his the fabrication unit his family has in
Byculla at Mumbai and found his foothold in Vapi where he started working in a
factory. Due to his disabilities, Shyam always accompanied him. It was tough
for Rajesh to educate his son or train him in performing routine tasks.
It was
for a better future for his son that Rajesh came to Ahmedabad and enrolled
Shyam at Blind People’s Association (BPA). Bhushan Punani, executive director,
BPA, told TOI that he has seen few fathers leaving all for their children’s
education. “Today Shyam has started responding to sound and physical cues but
his support system remains his father who plays the role of his mother as
well,” Punani said.
Rajesh
says that Shyam had made his world complete. “A touch from him takes away all
my worries. He has become a bit aggressive with age and becomes agitated
quickly. But I know that he loves me beyond everything else and affirms this in
whatever ways he can,” Kareliya said.
Rajesh
Karelia and his son Shyam at Blind People’s Association. Karelia’s kin felt
that Shyam was a ‘burden’
source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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