Movies often have this sequence in which a window snaps open with some violence, releasing a bunch of impatient pigeon flying away to freedom. Scene metaphorically represents release of soul from a reluctant body. It works well with people who have lived a fulfilled life but at the fag end of it stymied by a failing body.
Buddhi Ram Kala mostly lived a fulfilled life, having lots of successful children and a doting wife and in the end he even presided over as the last patriarch of a dissipating clan, disintegrating not because of internal centrifugal force but pulls of a rapidly changing society transforming from joint family to nuclear families. Endowed with booming voice and mercurial temper, he submitted meekly only to his eldest brother Ganga Prasad Kala none else. Some outstanding characteristics were doggedness about a mission and unflinching conviction in the power of Devi Durga for deliverance. Going through several phases in his life; a soldier in war, an administrator and eventually adviser to a trader, he commanded respect everywhere.
Immaculate in dressing, adherence to cleanliness and punctuality were hallmark of his persona. Mostly honest in his dealings while rough on crooks, he lived life with a sense of detachment. Lost hearing later in life but none of his force of personality. He drifted into loneliness in the end. When end came it must have been a relief as the body had completely broken down
Rest in peace.
