New Delhi: Most of us have heard the ancient story of the dutiful wife Savitri and Satyawan, who is brought back from the clutches of death following Savitri perseverance.
Now there is a modern day Savitri, Samrathba who lives in Palanput.
Newly wed Samrathba was a 16-year-old when her husband, Merusinh Modsinh Dabhi Rajput, left her in a fit of anger triggered by his father's scolding.
But Samrathba had faith in the fact that her husband will return home some day. Now, after 35 years of waiting, her belief has come true.
When Rajput, who left his village Dabhela in Banaskantha district located along the Rajasthan border, was asked the reason for his spur of the moment reaction, he said he left the house in anger.
“I do not know what my age was when I left. When one day my father scolded me, I quit the house in anger,” news agency PTI quoted Rajput as saying.
According to Kanchansinh Dabhi, his younger brother, “We never thought Meru will be back. Even our parents thought he drowned in a nearby Dhanali dam during the flood in the year 1972.”
But Samarthba was determined and turned down any offer of remarriage along the years.
“Unless I see with my own eyes his dead body, I would never think of his death,” she always maintained.
But when her husband finally returned, her joy knew no bounds.
“I thought it was a dream. My brother suspected Meru if he was genuine. Only after several verifications he was accepted,” she says.
About where he stayed these many years, Meru says after he left his house he went to Palanpur. And from Palanpur he reached Kalupur station at Ahmedabad without a ticket.
He was caught and put behind bars for six months. After that, he barely recollects his whereabouts.
Meru was accidentally located by a person from his village, Puransinh, while working in marble factory owned in Ahmedabad. He spotted him, who was working there as a bore-driller.
It soon transpired that Meru and he were from the same village. Puran then informed his village elders about the missing Meru.
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