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Another accident, another death. For the Cyberabad police, it was just another statistical data added to their database. But for R. Krishaiah and his family, it was a tragic loss which will haunt them for a long time. Little did the the family know that her friend’s birthday party on Sunday would be the last one Hima would ever attend.
For neighbours and passersby who glanced at the body, it was just another preparation for the last rites. But the sorrowful atmosphere of Hima Bindu’s house was something which only her family and relatives could feel.
It only deepened with her grieving mother asking Hima to come back; her cries reflected the shock and agony which tormented her. That a mother should have to watch her daughter’s dead body being carried away for cremation is a punishment no mother should ever have to bear.
Her father, Krishanaiah, who completed the last rites of his daughter, only watched in disbelief as his daughter lay motionless. He did what was necessary, holding back his tears.
His older child, Hima’s brother, Vijay also watched with tearful eyes as his father prepared for the cremation. All of their relatives, were as much in disbelief as her family.
“She was friendly with everyone in the entire colony. They were all fond of her.” one of her neighbour Srikanth said. For those who read newspapers, Hima and her friend Sravani’s deaths were just news items, but it is only those who know the deceased personally will know the pain of losing a loved one.
The jovial teenager’s laughter will be heard no more in her house. Students of AV Engineering college, in which Hima studied, came to her house in large numbers and paid their condolences.
“The entire college came today and grieved for her. It shows how social she was, and that she had many friends.” a lecturer from college Praveen Reddy said.
Her best friends remained by her mothers side, consoling her that it wasn’t just her who lost a loved one. Her college friends, and ‘bus’ friends she made while travelling to college too were saddened by the fact that the friendly and kind-hearted girl would no longer be around to make them smile.
Her teachers at AV college believed that a bright mind had been wasted, as they were all of the view that someday she would make her parents very proud.
“She was really intelligent and regularly took part in extra-curricular activities. You don’t find such talent often.” said John Babu, who teaches signals and system’s at AV college.
All of the visitors, who came to see the dead body before cremation, also couldn’t fathom that the bright girl they knew had left the world.
A pall of gloom took over her house and the entire neighbourhood, as every house poured in to get a glimpse of Hima, and tried to console her parents, who believed that with their daughter, their soul too had been taken away from them.
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