MEERA POV

Hello... I'm Meera Yadav.

Age 25.

A school teacher in Green Valley Public School, Dehradun... and also a student, doing my M.A. in psychology.

I come from Ajmer-a simple middle-class family where dreams are often adjusted before they are even spoken out loud.

My parents are private teachers.

My didi is also a teacher... her husband works in an office, and their little son Aarush studies in class 2.

We are not a big family.

Just... a simple one.

But sometimes, even simple homes can feel... suffocating.

I always saved money quietly.

Not for shopping.

Not for anything fancy.

But for one thing only - to leave Ajmer.

Not because I didn't love my parents.

I do.

I really do.

But... they never understood me.

They never tried to see what I felt inside.

For them, I was just a girl who needed guidance, control, decisions made for her.

They thought I wasn't capable enough to choose my own life.

And maybe... that hurt more than anything else.

At the age of 25, one day I simply placed my M.A. form in front of them.

"Dehradun," it said.

They were shocked.

Angry.

Confused.

But I didn't step back.

Because that day... I wasn't scared.

I was suffocating.

And when a person suffocates for too long, they stop asking for permission.

They just... break out.

I knew if they refused, I might actually run away.

Yes... I was that stubborn.

That angry.

And maybe a little broken too.

They agreed.

Not because they understood me.

But because they saw the fire in my eyes.

And now...

it's been six months.

Six months in Dehradun.

Six months of breathing freely.

Six months of learning who I am.....without someone deciding it for me.

My mom still says,

"No one will marry you. Your nature is too difficult."

I just smile now.

Because maybe... I'm not meant to be understood by everyone.

And that's okay.

I won't lie...

I was scared when I came here.

New place.

New people.

Unknown faces.

But every night, I prayed to God.

Just one thing-

"Please send me someone who feels like home."

And He did.

He sent me a beautiful friend.

She works in the same school as me.

Sometimes... God doesn't change your life in big ways.

He just places one right person beside you... and suddenly everything feels lighter.

Right now, I'm getting ready for school.

Another normal day.

Teaching my cute little munchkins... their tiny hands, their innocent smiles-

they don't know it, but they heal something inside me every day.

And after school...

I have to go to an orphanage-

Little Hearts Haven.

For the past two months, I've been teaching children there too.

They don't have much.

But their smiles... feel more real than anything I've ever seen.

So, dear readers...

I'll meet you again.

Because today...

I have somewhere to be.

And maybe...

I don't know it yet-

But something in my life is about to change.

Something... I never planned.

Something... I never prayed for.

But something... that will change me completely.