DAUGHTERS CAN BE MORE THAN SONS

(The Quiver) An unexpected incident demanded to be noticed in Monday morning.  When four women were seen carrying the body of their mother on shoulders to the crematorium for last rites in Odisha’s Puri town as two sons of the deceased didn’t turn up for the funeral. Breaking all the cultural barriers they decided to company their dead mother in her last journey.

According to reports, 80-year-old Jati Nayak of Mangalaghat passed away yesterday. Her two sons didn’t arrive to perform funeral rites despite being informed about their mother’s demise.

Her four daughters then decided to cremate her. With the help of some neighbours, they carried the body for 4 kms to Swargadwara, where her last rites were performed.

As quoted by one of the daughters of the deceased, “My brothers were neglecting my mother and not allowing her to stay with them. They never cared about her well-being. She was residing with my younger sister. As they didn’t turn up after my mother’s death, we four decided to perform the last rites without their help,”

This is not for the first time something like this incident came to public notice but we came across many such incidents in our day today life where the sons deny to take responsibility of their old parents even do not feed them properly in some worst cases. Every parents atleast want to have one son who would take their responsibility in old age but to their disappointment, the present-day scenario is far away from this old belief.  The Daughters are now responsible and established enough to serve their parents in their old age. This act of the four daughters is appreciated by public.