Kabir was at the temple. Not the fancy one where politicians went, but a small Hanuman temple behind his office.
He was sweeping the floor.
He was wearing his suit trousers rolled up. He held a broom. He was sweeping away the dust and the dried flowers.
He wasn't doing it for an NGO photo op. He hadn't told his PR team. He hadn't told anyone.
He was doing it because his father used to do it.
Every Tuesday, his father would sweep the temple courtyard. Kabir used to find it embarrassing. "Dad, we have servants. Why are you acting like a janitor?"
"It cleans the floor, Kabir," his father had said. "But mostly, it cleans the ego."
Now, Kabir understood.
As he swept the dust, he felt the heavy, suffocating layer of "I am the CEO" dissolving. He wasn't the "Main Character" here. He was just a pair of hands serving a purpose.
He saw a colleague from a rival firm walk past the temple gate. The old Kabir would have hidden or tried to look busy with a "management inspection."
The new Kabir just kept sweeping.
He didn't need the colleague to understand. He didn't need the world to approve.
He was tending to his roots. And roots grow best in the dark, away from the glare of the spotlight.
That night, the group WhatsApp chat was unusually silent.
Meera didn't post a photo of her Lego tower.
Aarav didn't post a reel of the sunset.
Kabir didn't post a quote about humility.
They were all busy living moments that were too heavy, too precious, and too real to be uploaded to the cloud. They were finally inhabiting the Earth.
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Key Concepts Covered in Narrative:
1. The Observer Effect in Relationships.
2. Secret Seva (Gupt Daan).
3. The "Reel" vs. The Real.
4. Privacy as Nourishment.
THE AUTOPSY OF UNSPENT LOVE
PART IV: THE REHABILITATION
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