Miara Beach

Vikram rang up Dr. Rishab at 3am.

‘Rishab, can we talk for a very last time, friend!’

‘Have you heard about Miara beach on sea?’

Dr. Rishab woke up as he freaked out, ‘Vikram, what are you saying, please don’t do this, Vik…’

Dr. Rishab, a heart specialist was best in his profession, working in an army hospital. He has brought back life to countless wounded soldiers.

He used to bring his ears near the torso of his patients, and had the amazing ability of predicting the number of heartbeats left between his life and death!

Every time it’s Dr. Rishab’s hands that did the magic over the bullets, and soldiers used to get a renewed life!

Life was going all good till the day when fate acted harsh. Dr. Rishab’s lost his wife in a car accident. Though Dr.Rishab survived the incident, he lost his reason to live!

Indifference struck, he started disassociating himself from his duties and responsibilities.

He preferred staying back to remain aloof from the unforgiving realities of life!

He started avoiding phone calls from hospital, even in critical cases. In despair once he tried to end his life with sleeping pills but failed.

Vikram rang up Dr. Rishab at 3am.

‘Rishab, can we talk for a very last time, friend!’

‘Have you heard about Miara beach on sea?’

Dr. Rishab woke up as he freaked out, ‘Vikram, what are you saying, please don’t do this, Vik…’

Vikram had hung up the phone!

In the last few months many have went, but never returned. That is Miara beach.

Is it the sea or the beach that is holding many untold secrets!

Under moonlit night Dr. Rishab in search of some unknown strolls on the beach, but misses the warmth of love and soothing peace of the moon light!

He decides to try for this. The tidal ocean and the wild waves were much deep. Dr. Rishab decides to rush inside the sea to get drowned easily, so there won’t be a chance to survive. He started walking very determined towards the beach.

What happened!

A stranger snapped his fingers. Stunned, Dr. Rishab stops to see him, “Who is it?”

This is Major Vikram, looking stunning in his army uniform. His face exuding a confidence under moon light.

Dr. Rishab is surprised to see the Major standing in front of him!

‘Ha-ha what happened Rishab? See, I am feeling so fit now. I joined back the army to serve my country. I don’t know what happened that night. A few days after that, all I remember is a sweet voice saying –”Life again” and the next day I was discovered unconscious laying on the beach. Some fishermen took me to their home and here am I. I came here today to meet them and offer my gratitude. I will be leaving for the military academy tonight.’

A surprised Rishab asks,

‘Do you remember, you went vanished for a week that time?’

‘I don’t remember many things. The last thing I remember is I wanted to die, desperately. But now I want to live, I want to live like anything else!’

Major Vikram left, bidding Rishab goodbye.

Dr. Rishab remembers his another colleague, Dr. Nishant.

Dr. Nishant was one of country’s best neurosurgeon. Strangely, when suicide attempts failed, he has gone towards Miara beach. This is the same Miara beach where many have ended their lives by downing in the sea. But Dr. Nishant returned unscathed!

Dr. Nishant had saved many top scientists and researcher’s life country wide.

But being a neurosurgeon himself he failed on the operation table, while trying to save his kid’s life.

He was unable to yield to this shock. He went to Miara beach, as all he wanted to be was to be with his kid, who has gone to another world!

Dr. Nishant returned, and probably never let anybody realize what happened that night, when he went towards the beach.

He came back and rejoined his hospital. Today he is serving so many critical patients, and believes the word ‘Life again’ changed him!

Still deep in his thoughts, Dr.Rishab is walking briskly on the Miara beach, determined to complete his decision.

From a distance, he finds a lady sitting on the rock, gracefully.  There were so many corals, pearls, beach plants and sea shells strewn beside her.

She turns around. Dr. Rishab’s emotions and surprise knew no boundaries. She resembles a lot like Rati his wife, who is now no more!

Dr. Rishab moves slowly towards her and sits beside her. The lady touches her shoulder. A shower of golden light and peace completely covered the body, mind and soul of Dr.Rishab.

Dr. Rishab wanted to utter, ‘Is it you Rati, let the moment stay!’

The lady shushed him, and said, ‘Life again.’

Dr.Rishab is shocked to find the lady had a fish tail that she rested on the rock. Yes, she was a mermaid, just out of sparkling water!

Dr.Rishab with his amazing talent of hearing heart beats gathered he is hearing her heart beats too.

But…

He understood that it is becoming very slow, life would get over soon.

As he took his ears closed to her, the mermaid turned towards him and smiled. She intuitively communicated by keeping her right hand on Dr.Rishab’s torso, ‘Two given, tonight the last part is remaining.’

Dr. Rishab realised that she was indeed the mermaid, as she instinctively interacted with the people who decide to end their lives in this world through her feelings and her magical sixth sense.

While saving their lives this magical being decided upon giving parts of her heart to them unconditionally. She saved them, as she doesn’t know another way!

Dr. Rishab saw the mermaid now floated in the air above the rock, and sent the radiance of her last part of heart towards Rishab, before spinning into golden sprinkles and fall on the beach’s sand.

A soft magical voice echoed in the air:

‘Life again!’

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