THE SANTA WHOME I MET

"Congratulations, it's a baby girl." the nurse said.
"Oh great... can I see her now?" he asked.
"You'll have to wait for 10 minutes, Sir."she said while leaving for her work.
I was looking at the boy. He merely seemed like a 21 year old guy who had come to hospital for his sister's/ sister in law's delivery.
Before you start guessing anything let me introduce myself. My name is Rajan Sharma, a 33 years old married man. It was my wife's pregnancy which had brought me to the hospital. She was 3 months pregnant & the sonography results had shown that it was a girl. As we already had two girls, I insisted on abortion. I wanted a boy, & I insisted on it so firmly that my wife had to agree. We were waiting for our turn when I saw this boy. He was alone, so I went to him.
"Congratulations, you are an uncle now." I said to him.
" Uncle? I'm not her uncle. But thank you." he said.
" Sorry but what's your relation with this nascent baby?"
" I'm her father. "
He said, I observed him from head to toe. By no means he seemed like a married man.
"So you got married at such younger age." I said. Actually I wanted to find out whether he was married or not.
" I'm unmarried. I don't think marriage is needed in order to become a father."
Now I realized why his relatives didn't come with him. He & his girlfriend may have decided to raise the child.
" Can I ask your age?"
"22 years"
" You can meet your baby now." the nurse informed him. He took me with him. Meanwhile I got to know his name: Rudraksh.
His face displayed happiness when he held his angel in his hands. I looked at his girlfriend & I was shocked again. Whom I was expecting to be in her twenties, was actually a 30 plus woman. My sympathy for him got converted into anger. I left the room. Rudraksh followed me.
" I know what you are thinking. I will explain everything to you. But lets go to the canteen first. I have nobody with me right now with whom I can share this happiness."
I went with him. Everyone in the canteen was watching the the news of protest of a rape case which had recently haapened in the city. "Girls aren't safe nowadays.." Rudraksh said while watching the news.
" How can they be? When there are men like you who don't mind having sex with a woman more than 10 years older than them." I said.
" You are under wrong impression, sir. Actually I am not the biological father of this baby. That woman's husband is her father. They didn't want her, & were trying for abortion. They stay in the same colony as mine. When I came to know about this, I decided that I will adopt this girl. "
" But why? " this was the third time when I was shocked.
" Cause I wanted to prove that there are guys like me who don't mind adopting a girl prior to marriage. Every year five lakhs female foetuses are killed. & I wanted to make a difference. My parents think that I am crazy, but they will be proud of me someday. Today's date is 25th dec, & I am glad that my angel has got her Santa Clause today..."
I couldn't say anything, but I just patted his shoulder & left. Now it was my turn. I went to my wife & told her that we won't be going for abortion. She smiled with moist eyes... & i smiled with a new vision altogether...