Mothers letter to a son My dear Jagjit, I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there. Im writing this letter slowly, because I know you cannot read fast. We dont live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen 20 miles from home, so we moved 20 miles. I wont be able to send the address as the last Sardar who stayed here took the house numbers with them for their new house so they would not have to change their address. Hopefully by next week we will be able to take our earlier address plate here, and that our address will remain same too. This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine, situated right above the toilet Im not sure it works too well. Last week I put in 3 shirts, pulled the chain and havent seen them since. The weather here isnt too bad. It rained only twice last week. The first time it rained for 3 days and second time for 4 days. The coat you wanted me to send you, your Aunt said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with all the metal buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pocket. Your father has another job. He has 500 men under him. He is cutting the grass at the cemetery. Your sister had a baby this morning. I havent found out whether it is a girl or a boy, so I dont know whether you are an Aunt or Uncle. Your uncle, Jetinder fell in the nearby well. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off bravely and drowned. We cremated him and he burned for three days. There isnt much more news this time. Nothing much has happened. Love - Mom. P.S. Jagjit, I was going to send you some money but by the time I realized, I had already sealed off this letter.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:37:41 +0000