Thursday, July 12, 2007

Ressurected my roots...

I am from UP territory in India. We were farmers and we had huge lands in village of UP. We had a large joint family and we were all very closely knitted. But after my father’s death, the family broke. I moved to US and soon my mother also joined me here. The properties in village were left with my cousins to take care of. I never asked them anything about how they handled their business or how they invested my share. When I had a son myself then I realized that he inherited a lot of property which should be transferred in his name. when I confronted my cousins and asked them to arrange to make documents in my son’s name, they got annoyed and said you do not have any rights on the farms here as you have not been taking care of it. I tried to reason with them, but everything failed. They threatened me that if I ever set foot in the village, I will be murdered with my whole family. I knew that my family had clout in the village and it was possible to do what they threatened. I was busy in work here and it was not possible for me to go to India and fight them in court of law. When I saw Peer Syed Saheb’s ad, I thought of asking for help from them. He did some prayers for me and after two months, my cousin telephoned me and invited me for his daughter’s marriage. He also said sorry for his earlier behavior and asked me to come and bless his daughter. I was slightly scared in going there, but on syed Saheb’s encouragement, I went to India and attended the wedding. After the ceremony was over, my cousin was emotional and called me into his room and gave me the property papers saying that your son is like my son, and I don’t intend to keep his share of property. I was touched by this gesture and made him the caretaker of the property. Now, he keeps me informed of the accounts related to my share. By Peer saheb’s help, I got my family back. Now I visit India every two-three years, and my children get the opportunity to know our extended family and understand our culture. Thank you so much Peer Saheb.

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