Raghu’s Father had grown old and would take support of the wall while walking. As a result the walls had discoloured, wherever he used to touch and his fingerprints got printed on the walls.
Raghu’s wife Pooja detected this and would often complain about the dirty looking walls.
One day, father was having headache, so he massaged some oil onto his head, while walking oil stains were formed on the walls.
Pooja screamed at Raghu seeing that and Raghu in turn shouted at his father and spoke to him rudely, advising him not to touch the walls while walking.
Father looked hurt. Raghu also felt ashamed of his behaviour , but did not say anything to him.
Father stopped holding the wall while walking. And fell down one day. He became bedridden and left shortly. Raghu felt guilt and could never forget his expressions and forgive himself of father’s demise shortly thereafter.
After sometime, they wanted to get their house painted. When the painters came, Raghu’s son, who adored his grandfather, did not allow the painters to clean father’s fingerprints, and paint those areas.
The painters were very good and innovative. They assured him that they will not remove grandfather’s fingerprints/ handprints, rather would draw a beautiful circle around these marks and create a unique design.
Those prints become part of our house. Every person visiting our home admired our unique design.
