(So this is the first post of the many many posts to come in future under the title "Random thoughts". A new thing for the new year. A collection of my random thoughts. *smiles*)
I had this huge pile of documents to be filled/xeroxed/attested/printed which i need to submit on the day of my joining. So i was in my room reviewing all the copies and checking and rechecking to make sure i am done with this work once and for all, when i see this old, quandam, blemished, long sheet of paper. Of all the documents that i hold with my name on, this one seemed a tad different.
Why, It was my Birth Certificate. An old parchment that seemed to have made a grand maiden entry into a file titled "DEEPU" before all the Admission forms,report cards, cultural certificates, mark sheets, degree certificate, passport, pan card, electoral card, license etc.. had come.
The writing was so crooked, and the sheet almost on the verge of a turning into a half, Yet it seemed to possess a very humble meaning. Sort of a saying like "Here, she arrives" ! :-)
It actually got me wondering if it had never been made, would it have made any difference ? (Intense huh?)
But, admist all these mixed emotions that i was going through , the one very weird thought that seemed to be constantly swimming on my head from the moment i saw the document was "What would my death certificate look like? Would it be of any use at all ? Will someone preserve it like i did this one ? "
Random thoughts !!!
2 comments:
Hmm first of all... its "photocopies/photocopied/ any version of photocopy" and not "xeroxed"...
Secondly has anybody actually preserved anyone's death certificate ever for just memory purpose... Just out of curiosity i am asking that even if someone did die would we choose to hold on to a death certificate reminding us of the unfortunate event or would we just go on with life and maybe remember the person through some other way i.e. photos, videos, books, old stories etc etc.
Thirdly, cool now you reminded me that i need to find my birth certificate and prove my existence for record purposes...
the last thought wasnt a nice one..but seriously that thing abt the birth certificate where u said it meant somthing like "here she arrives"..that was really nice
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