I went to see my grandmother a few days ago. She is not living in the village now, she is staying with her daughter, my aunt. She had come to the village for her pension. She got emotional when she saw me. Tears came to the eyes. “Son, come! Come and see me sometime,” she said. She can’t say that she can’t take time off from work. Spent as many days as possible with her.

But some things that I had only heard, I actually heard with my ears and saw with my eyes. The aunt, with whom she lived, demanded, “If I am looking after you, do everything in my name,” meaning the house, the money in the bank. I saw her fighting with my grandmother for that. I heard her cursing. “Why are you talking to grandma like that?” So when I asked, he raised his hand on me. The picture was not very good. A man becomes a beast for his own selfishness. He tried to resist, but words had limits. Words were not ready to cross it. Stopped myself, controlled my tongue. At that time I realized one thing, that nobody belongs to anyone. Saw grandma. Her face was mine. Her eyes seemed to be pleading with me, “Relieve me from this ordeal.”

First got angry! Then I thought for a while that what is important is that aunts should do their duty for their own mother, as children, they should take care of their parents while they are still alive. Demanding money from my own birth mother in exchange for that was very scary for me.

She is living the rest of her life on her grandfather’s pension. Imagine, if grandfather had not done something, what would have happened to grandmother. Many of their own girls are looking at her for property, otherwise they don’t care. It felt like picking up grandma and bringing her straight to my house. Actually my house is on the second floor, the bathroom is outside. The room is also small, 10 by 12. It is not very easy for the grandmother, even if she is brought to my house, who will take care of her? Mother’s health is also not very good. I was also desperate. Mother had also withdrawn. Aunty had no choice but to keep it.

The reality is very bad. Seen that relationship is not bigger than money. Saw the selfishness, saw her defiance, saw the desperation. Old age is like childhood. Even our own children are not ours here. If there was a grandfather, he would have taken care of the grandmother. At that time I saw myself losing, the demonic nature was winning. I couldn’t do anything but see the helplessness of the grandmother.