Rosina S Khan
Rosina S Khan
The Tawkir family first came to the little town nearby the sea three years ago. Mr Tawkir was a teacher and colleague of Dr. Rahman and they lived on the same floor of the same building. The Tawkir family had a ten-year old daughter only who attended the same school as Dr. Rahman’s daughters.
There were lots of events and extracurricular activities organized by Dr Rahman’s daughters. Mr Tawkir’s daughter, Jenny participated in some of them. Birthday parties and cultural shows were broad and prominent led by Dr Rahman’s daughters and while only children enjoyed the birthdays, cultural shows were open to all adults and children of the complex.
The first three years for Tawkir family were very happy. The fourth year,
Mr Tawkir started to experience pain on his back. As advised by the doctor, Tawkir started walking on the street pavements regularly with his wife in the evenings. But that didn’t help much because by the fifth year, Tawkir was almost bedridden. He had kidney problems.
Colleagues in the complex rushed to his aid. They started arranging for the family to go back to their home country where Tawkir could be with relatives and get better treatment from doctors.
Ms Tawkir was a pretty, soft woman but in the midst of all turmoil and crisis, she kept herself strong and gave strength to her hubby and daughter.
Then came the day when Mr Tawkir and family would be leaving the town permanently. There was a cloud of moaning and unhappiness as they climbed into a van with their luggage. After they were all settled and ready to move on, they were embraced by all families including Rahman family to bade them farewell.
The whole complex watched the Tawkir family drive on and disappear on to the main street. Everybody in the complex said a silent prayer for Tawkir family and wished and hoped for the fast recovery of Mr Tawkir’s ailment.