19 -year -old Anurag Anil Borkar… a name on which the whole village was proud. 99.99 percentile in NEET, 1475th rank in OBC category and firm admission in MBBS.
The parents’ dream was that the son became a doctor, the village hoped that Anurag would illuminate his name. But who knew that Anurag never wanted this journey to become a doctor.
Anurag ended his life by hanging himself in his own house on the day of leaving for admission to the medical college of Gorakhpur. A suicide note was found from the piles of books, the time-table on the wall and the incomplete dreams. It was just in that note “I don’t want to be a doctor…”
Life ended before admission
Anurag was a resident of Navgaon in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. His admission was decided at Gorakhpur Medical College in Uttar Pradesh. All preparations were being made in the house that now the son is on the way to become a doctor. But on the same day when he was to leave for college, he committed suicide in the room. The police have not made the suicide note public, but the locals are telling that Anurag did not want to become a doctor.
Success burden or incomplete desire?
Everyone was happy with the success that Anurag achieved. The family was proud, the society was giving an example of his hard work. But perhaps the burden of this success became heavy for him. His mind was somewhere else, his dream was something else but the expectations of society and family did not give him a chance to speak. It is ironic that the child who wanted to live his life in his own way at the age of 19, the same child got to death by pressing his voice.
Weeds in the village, family in shock
The entire village is Navgaon Gola due to the news of Anurag’s death. In the locality, who saw him reading in books, he is shocked today. The parents are in a bad state. Everyone is asking the same question, ‘Why did such a promising child get tired? Why did he give up even after such a huge success? ‘
Anurag’s last letter left the question
Anurag’s last letter has shown a mirror to the whole society. Do we impure our hopes on them instead of listening and understanding the dreams of children? Is the pressure responsible for the death of a promising child, which arises from the thinking of family and society?