"I used to paint a flower for him every night." Dr. Nirmala Agarwal, who lost her husband due to Covid last year, shares with Brut some heartwarming moments from her 40-year marriage….
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00:00He always had that smile, and he said,
00:08Nirmala, I can't take it.
00:10He said,
00:13You will be fine, I said.
00:15But I was telling a lie.
00:17And he just waved, and I waved, and that was it.
00:21I knew that he will just go after that.
00:26He always used to sit next to me in the class once a week.
00:52So the friendship just grew nicely, there was no romance involved at that time.
01:15We started from scratch, there were no big hospitals anywhere at that time.
01:21We had to start from scratch with hardly any bank balance.
01:43He was in the midst of Covid, he was sitting in a war room every day.
01:50There was so much of crisis going on, and he was dealing with it every single day.
01:56The day he had to call for the Chief Guest, the inauguration, he was tested positive.
02:08He was in video call with me, and he said goodbye to me, and I knew I will not see him again.
02:20The last memory we have is the Holi we celebrated.
02:25We went to Darjeeling, and we had a nice Holi together.
02:35On the video call, I used to paint one flower for him every night,
02:42and I used to show him, and I used to say,
02:45Shekhar, you know, I made this for you.
02:47He never said anything to me that he is unwell, but I could see from his face,
02:53he always had that smile,
02:56you will be fine, I said.
02:59But I was telling a lie, and he just waved, and I waved, and that was it.
03:04I knew that he will just go after that.
03:16I will carry on with the good work of the hospital.
03:19He was meant to go, whether we can call it Covid or not, he was meant to go.
03:25Now I don't miss him at all, because he is with me all the time.
03:29You see, he is part of me.
03:32We had a very good time together, I remember only the good times,
03:36and if you ask me, I don't feel sad.
03:40I feel happy he went well.