A lost identity full story
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Family is very important for him. He believes that without family we have no identity. He treats his parents as gods. He thinks that they take every risk for their children to keep their life secure and fulfill their requirements.
This boy named Atul was merely 7 when his father lost his job and scarcity affected there life and family. They were 2 siblings including another brother, the eldest one. These young innocent eyes saw poverty at a very young age when children are supposed to enjoy the freedom of childhood. His father didn’t recieve his salary for nearly 8 yrs as the company got shut down. There were times when Atul's father would work 3 jobs in a day just to pay the school fees of his kids. To add tohis worries, Atul‘s grandfather never supported him nor did any relatives when it came to monetary help.
Atul’s mother managed to look after her children and never made them feel that they were facing financial issues. But truth and scars can never be hidden. Slowly the condition of the house started deteriorating. At times, it was so bad that mom had to feed her children with the water that was left from the cooked rice. Seeing the situation Atul started helping his mother in the kitchen. He was a very good student in his school and teachers were very fond of him and appreciated him. But, when children of his age were playing, he would ride his bicycle and go in search of work. When students in his class were taking tuition to score good marks in board exams, Atul himself was a tutuor to other students.
When he reached 19, he started working in a small company just to help his father in any way he could. No one knew that he was working because he would ride 20 km each day saying that he had some combined study classes to attend to with his classmate or other excuses. Then after struggling for nearly a year when he got first salary, tears were streaming out of his eyes. The moment he handed over Rs 1200 to his mother, his parents were shocked. They asked if he had stolen it from somehwere. He then had to explain the whole story that he had been working in a small firm. His parents were sad and happy at that same moment because they never expected that at such a young age he would struggling even when his first priority should be studies