The Abode of Joy: A Tale of Love & Dedication

By Meet

Though this book narrates the story of an armed movement by ascetics and common farmers of India against East India Company rule, yet it does not corresponds to a particular date and place but beautifully portrays the love between two souls, endless, unceasing and beyond time.
It is a touching story of an idealistic boy and his orphan wifes life struggle. How they lived every instance of their life full of love and enthusiasm without forgetting their responsibility for their motherland and countrymen going through struggle for freedom. The lead of the story Mohan brings up his baby wife with a mothers care and a fathers affection, giving her every ounce of happiness, love, freedom and Rights very human being deserves. He successfully plays the role of a friend, sibling, and parents altogether.
Writer has educated the young girls about certain sensitive issues through Mohan that neither parents nor teachers dare to discuss with grown up children.
Dr. Balwant Singh Sidhu
Head of the Department of Psychiatry
Rajindera Hospital

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Aug 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482855500

Meet

Author Name-Rajinder Kaur Date of Birth-02-10-1974 Place-Amritsar Current Residence-17 Gian Colony , Near Sant Nursing Home, District Patiala, State Punjab, India PIN-147001 She is a born writer. Writing skill was gifted to her by the Lord as she had started composing poetry and reading books even before going to school. She has a strong belief that words can create magic to change the world for good. Her books and pen is ever dedicated in the service of humanity.

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The

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of Joy

A Tale of Love & Dedication

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Dedicated to My Hero

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Kartar Singh Sarabha

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My Spiritual Mentor

Shri Shri Ravishankar,

The Art of Living

Special thanks to Google and Microsoft office for helping me write this book. I am grateful to my PCs Darwin and Alex for putting it in visible form, my mom and God for taking care of my worldly needs.

Anyone, anywhere who is working devotedly for his motherland and stands for humanity belongs to me

For

WE ARE ONE!!!

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The Abode of Joy

A heroic Saga Retold

Today I bow down in reverence to my Guru who told me that greatest things happen in quietest of the moments. Such was the story of a boy Mohan, written on the sands of time, to be narrated by someone who had been the part of the same story.

Mohan was barely ten years old when he was married off to an infant, just a few days old who happened to be the daughter of a friend of Thakur Babu, Mohan’s father. Marriage ceremonies were assisted and the girl’s father performed all the rituals with the little one in the lap. When the marriage ceremonies were over the girl’s father took over the baby to Mohan and putting her in his lap said, Now here is your wife! With a twinkle in his eyes Mohan looked at the baby and the baby too opened her tiny eyes and looked at Mohan’s face bent on her for the first time. Mohan had seen such a tiny creature with little hands and feet for the first time. He fell in love with her at that very moment. This was love at first sight!

While leaving for his home village Mohan asked his father, Won’t we take the baby home with us? He was told by his kin that the little baby was given to him as a gift and he could keep her throughout his life. This way he thought that since the baby belonged to him she should accompany him home. Thakur Babu smiled and putting his hand on his head in a gesture of blessings, said, No son, not now. We would take her home when she would grow up and by the time my little son would be wise enough to take care of her.

It was an ancient Indian custom, under which kids were married off while too young but the girl stayed with her parents until eighteen and was later through a ceremony called ‘Gauna’ was sent to her in-laws with gifts that were usually the handmade household things made by the girl and her family women. These gifts included hand embroidered bed sheets, veils, saris some utensils and beddings etc along with some ornaments gifted by the mother who had worn the same in her wedding. She was also gifted ornaments by the groom’s mother. It was a beautiful custom to exhibit and groom girls talents. Being a good cook was considered a quality of the bride, since the people believed and is still true that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. But today’s woman whose maid feed the husband and her entire family may not understand this fact. The custom of dowry was later exploited by some people to fill their greed and