Question

‘Separation’ is always painful. Separation from a loved one when death snatches him/her away, from someone very dear (a parent, brother or sister), from the country/region you grew up in -every separation makes you a stronger person from within.

Write a story of a separation which led to an individual emerging as a character of strength. Add suitable quotes from the poem to highlight your message. [150 words]

Answer 1

When my brother Arjun left for another country, our home seemed suddenly silent. At the railway station, we held on to each other until the train whistle called him away. I remembered the poem’s words, “There is no touch now,” and felt the ache of our separation.

For weeks, I avoided the room we had shared. Then I found the notebook where Arjun had written, “Be brave, and finish what we began.” I began helping our mother, continued my studies, and joined the village library project we had planned together. His absence did not make the bond disappear; it taught me to carry it within me.

Whenever loneliness returned, I reminded myself that a goodbye could also be a beginning. Though we were “two worlds apart,” I grew more independent and determined. When Arjun came home a year later, he found not the frightened child he had left, but someone who had learned to stand strong.