છત્રી The Umbrella (A Humorous Essay)

છત્રી લેખક પાસે લાંબી ટકતી નથી - ભુલાઈ કે ખોવાઈ જાય છે.

The writer admits there is no harmony between him and an umbrella. No umbrella stays with him long - it gets forgotten, lost or left somewhere. He presents this slackness of his in an amusing way.

બસમાં, દુકાનમાં, ઘેર - દરેક જગ્યાએ છત્રી ભુલાઈ જાય છે.

The writer gives one funny incident after another of forgetting his umbrella - sometimes on a bus, sometimes in a shop, sometimes at someone's house. Each time the umbrella is left behind and he returns empty-handed.

સારા માણસો છત્રી પાછી પહોંચાડે છે; એથી માણસની સારપમાં શ્રદ્ધા બેસે છે.

Sometimes good people return the writer's lost umbrella. A friend even sends it back with a note of apology. Seeing this kindness, the writer's faith in human goodness is restored, and warmth enters the essay.

ગમે તેટલા સંકલ્પ કરે, છત્રી ભુલાઈ જ જાય - એ લાચારી જ હસાવે.

However many resolutions he makes, the writer still forgets his umbrella. No sooner is one recovered than another is lost. He is helpless against this habit, and that very helplessness creates the humour.

લેખક પોતાની નબળાઈ પર પોતે હસે છે - એ આત્મ-વ્યંગ જ નિબંધનો સૂર છે.

Instead of hiding his weakness, the writer admits it openly and laughs at himself. Through this self-irony he amuses the reader while lightly touching human forgetfulness, slackness and goodness alike.