Dreamcatcher

Almost two years I have stayed in a Cosmopolitan city with my husband. I was teaching in a college then. My husband had given me all possible comforts that he could afford from his salary. He works (he is still there) in an investment bank. We used to  stay in a rented 3-bhk flat with semi-modular kitchen, a nice balcony, a nice drawing room that I had decorated in the way I wanted. I had a maid to do household works, washing machine to wash clothes, a person to iron my clothes, I ordered grocery over phone and it arrives at my door. We went for movies in weekends, sometimes hanging around with our friends. Above all I enjoyed the freedom of living my life. Its not the end. We have friends and neighbors who have better lives than us. They own cars, their own flats, frequently going for foreign trips. We wish to get a life like them and for that we need to work harder. All of these  were happening because we were not in our native, we were in this advanced city with e...

During the busy hours of the city, I came out of the house to reach my destination on time. Since I was already late from home, I decided to catch a cab, rather a taxi, the yellow ones popular in roads of Kolkata so that I can reach on time. But what I didn't know was that I had taken the wrong decision at wrong time. Taxis were totally unavailable. Also my Smartphone did not have enough charge so that I could book an Ola or Uber cab. How smart they are that they cannot be used when needed. I kept on looking for taxis, but all of them were full. Then came a moment when I started to regret my decision. I started to believe that by this time I would have reached half of the distance if I would not have ditched my regular hope, the buses. At that time, I saw a ray of hope. A taxi taking U-turn and coming towards my direction. Already I am late, not even taxi will be able to take me to my destination, but still I was happy. I stopped it, asked the driver and got into it. Suddenly ...