My name is Manoj. I have just come back to the Blossom hostel from home after 10 days of Christmas vacation. I never experienced peace in my home. My father is an alcoholic addict. Even though he is a jaundice patient, he never stops drinking. When he drinks, he is a nuisance to everyone. Sometimes he quarrels with neighbors and my mother. Mother is a house servant. She lives in that house as a servant. We did not have any owned houses or property. In my childhood, we lived in a rented house because of my father’s nuisance. House owners fled us. Now that we are living in a land-stricken area, we do not have a proper house, water, or electricity. It is located near a forest, and we spend our nights in fear of wild pigs and elephants. My house is like a shed. This vacation, I spent my day at my friend’s house in the same land struggle area because of my father. At night, I went to my house to sleep. If my father was not sleeping, those nights were sleepless nights for my younger brother and me. Mother is not in the house; she is living in the house where she is working. When my father’s disturbance was unbearable, my younger brother and I summoned our mother. That day was a horrible quarrel. It was my vacation experience. I am a 17-year-old boy, and in my whole life, I have only had two sweet memories. One is here, and I am enjoying it; the other was the time of the beginning of the land struggle. That time, my father had to stop his drinking habit. It was like a heavenly life in my house, even though there were no basic things. That time, land struggle leadership was very strong, and nobody had the courage to drink inside the land struggle. More than 5000 families were living there during the Chengara struggle (wikipedia). Eventually, leadership failed, total discipline collapsed, and drugs and alcohol were easily available. Father returned to his drinking habit. Young generations like my age are following their parents’ bad habits; there is not a proper road, electricity, water, or travel facility on the land. Quarrels and fights between people are common. So next year I want to bring my younger brother here to protect him from my father, bad habits, and wild animals.
Inside and outside of my house, I never experienced peace and happiness except at Blossom Hostel. Here I am happy, getting enough food on time, study materials, friendship, and good teachers. I am very happy at this hostel. I can study well;
I passed my eleventh class with a good mark. I am confident I will get a good mark in my twelfth class, too. After this course, I want to become a lawyer. I will join any good law college. I want to build a house; that is my dream.
