Introduction
Life becomes more difficult with insufficient resources. And when it comes to the improvised people they can only think of earning money for today’s meal, and can’t dare to think of saving for tomorrow. Their economic and social needs all are dumped under the pile of poverty. Their life even becomes more difficult and they can not even afford loans. And these poor people anyhow fight these challenges on daily basis but there is also another factor known as caste certificate by which they get recognition. But they don’t get this certificate easily and based on their family class they try so hard to get it but still lack it. And due to this, they don’t get many benefits such as a good job, education and society also treat them in a bad manner. In this story also we are going to know about a person who has tried to give all necessary requirements to his children but still face many obstacles.
Who is Mahipal Nath?
This story is about a man named Mahipal and one of the names of Lord Vishnu, given by the priest. He was born in the village of U.P named Sakalpur. Sakalpur is located in the Sevapuri block of U.P district bifurcated in the division of Varansi division. Mahipalnath has a white beard on his face and a brown skin tone. His hair wasn’t exposed because he was wearing a white turban. He appeared to be old based on his looks and body language. He had a small hump on his back and was a tall man. He had small eyes and an oval face.
His house was in poor condition and somehow he managed all the stuff inside the house. Outside the house, he use to tie his buffaloes with a strong rope and used to take care of them, feed them and took care of their hygiene in return he use to get milk which considers being very healthy. But due to this whole thing of buffaloes, he was not able to maintain hygiene and cleanliness.
Parents and Siblings
Parents play an essential role in our life. Whether they are rich or poor they also teach us valuable lessons and make us capable of all the challenges. Without them our world seems upside down and we cannot make things work easily in our favour. From their life a child is able to understand his responsibilities towards life. Mahipalnath’s parents used to take good care of him and despite so many challenges and trouble his father managed to educate them, feed them and fulfil all their needs and wants. His father used to do wrestling and he has played it at various places too. By which he was very healthy and fit but unfortunately he didn’t get any kind of good jobs as he was from a poor family and a low-caste background. He has large family tree.
He got married at young age and had given birth to 11 children. All of them are well educated but still unable to find good job because all of them lack caste certificate. He got all of them married at their appropriate age. This caste certificate made their lives difficult and they lack many benefits and rights. His wife was a housewife and looked after all the household work and needs of the family. Coming from snake charmer’s family he didn’t get any employment and end up begging for his livelihood. Furthermore, the government has outlawed snake enchanting, which was one of his prior careers. He managed to earn somewhat around 15 rupees per show by performing the snake tricks, but he is no longer able to do so.
Schooling and childhood Interest
Education is very important as it empowers knowledge and learning in a person’s life. Even in school, the teacher provides us with the basic learning that makes our life even brighter. But those who live in the village always lack the opportunity to get a proper education. They wish to learn but sometimes due to situations they don’t study or they might don’t have proper opportunities related to education. The same happened with Mahipalnath, he studied till 5th standard as there were no further classes in the school he studied in, as that was some government school in the village. The teachers provided him wisdom, and he respects them even today due to certain responsibilities he left schooling and along with him his buddies also left school. He never dreamt of anything due to his poor condition. He had other areas of interest like watching movies, eating food made by his mother and some sweet dishes.
Nature and belief
He was a very soft-spoken person and believed in spreading love and respect to the world. He also believes in God. He says to other individuals that words and sentences are usually used to judge a person. Language is important to him, therefore his tongue has complete power over his life. Mahipalnath too had happy expressions and a smile on his face while speaking constantly.
Message
He believes that a person should learn to respect his elders, parents and teachers. They are going to give life learning lessons and that are going to change his entire life and not only them but we must treat all our elders with love and respect. In life a person should never step back before making any efforts and must try to overcome them with their own willpower.
