An Extra-Ordinary life of an Ordinary Man!!! - Part II

This is a part II of the story, keep informing me, though i was looking for more comments...
Looking forward for your words of wisdom!! ;)

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Raja Hukum Singh, the ruler of the riyasat (city) of Burewala, Punjab, United India. Hukum Singh is very happy with the developments which are taking place. He is happy to listen that the Gore (Britishers) are going to leave this country in few days or few months. Since 1940, he is supporting the freedom fighters in any possible way he can, and presently, in 1946, he can see a free India. His efforts are going to pay off; even Gandhiji himself acknowledged once that without Hukum Singh, in the northern territory, the fight against the foreign rulers would not have taken place.

Hukum Singh was a great ruler and he was following his family legacy. His father Rudra Pratap Singh was a great ruler. During his days, the people never had to sleep without eating, there were no thieves and everyone was so happy. Hukum Singh continued the same legacy, he never thought he is a ruler, he thinks of himself as an administrator, who acts as a facilitator. He has earned a lot of respect not only from his own riyasat, but also from his neighbors.

Everyone agitated at the beginning, to take this fight forward against the Britishers, but then Hukum Singh made them realize how a free country can be, he himself was educated in United Kingdom, but he learned about freedom more than academics. He took it to himself to convince the nearby rulers that this fight should be taken. He narrated all of them what the benefits going to be in the future, and it took him 2 long years, but eventually all of it paid off.

Hukum Singh did not know what was coming his way; he did not know that Britishers will come up with something like this, to divide his India into 2 parts, and that too on the basis of religion. His neighbor was Sultan Zia Khan. Zia and Hukum were more than friends, since their childhood they were together, studying together, living in each others palaces for days and weeks, and their fathers were all so happy to see their friendship taking shape in the future.

Zia Khan was all with Hukum, he always believed in what Hukum said, he never thought of anything else, and when it came to fight against, and then he was the first one to say yes. But when they listen to the news, the division on the basis of religion, they were shocked, none of them thought it this way. They were fighting to live together in peace and this is how it is shaping, they thought!!!

They both met Gandhiji & Jinnah, told them their concerns, but there wasn’t any solution to it. The decision for this was already taken. To divide, we, as 2 individuals. They wondered, because they never gave it a thought, about their religion, their practices, they loved each other as human, and now, Hindu & Muslim. None of them was able to understand all this, and their mind too wasn’t able to tell them what is going on. They were angry, and they decided not to give up, now the fight against their own country men. Not to get divided on the basis of religion.

The year is 1948, things have changed a lot, but they didn’t, many were killed by the name of religion, but they never thought of giving up, on the name of Allah or Ram, for them it was all one, the way to reach him may be different. This was the time when tension was the highest, no wonder more than a million people were killed, it was a massacre, Gore left India, and they leave behind a dirty deed...

The agitation against Hukum Singh was there, because he was a Hindu ruler, in a Muslim nation. Hukum Singh somehow convinced them in the beginning that the division won’t be there for long, he thought that eventually people will understand that it was all a game, played by few to victimize all of us. But nothing happened, the situation got worsened. There were forces which wanted Hukum Singh to leave Pakistan, at any cost. Every time they tried till now, Zia Khan was there, in front of Hukum, fighting against all odds, for his friend, for human relationship.Somehow,

Hukum Singh started to think of his future, he was worried of his daughter, Pia and his son Ranveer...

To be continued...

An Extra-Ordinary life of an Ordinary Man!!! - Part I

This is a beginning of a long story, a story which will be covered in many posts and many days. But still, keep informing me about your views, beacuse I am still thinking, of how this should progress, so may be all your comments inspire me to land with something creative. :D It may be about introducing an Alien, rewriting a Chak De or may be marrying your dream-man/woman. (:P) Though i must say, the characters of my story are not going to change, but the situation may ;). Looking forward for your words of wisdom!! ;)

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A new beginning, Karan thinks...
Karan has moved far away from his home, family. He always had this dream of doing his Masters from here, the best institute in the world. A dream which will take his career to new heights, from where the world will look at him differently. He will get all the money and fame, he was sure. All during his life, he was waiting for this to happen, the lucky break... He studied for hours and hours. He gave his best to achieve the best.
It was a new beginning for Karan, an afternoon in Autumn, and he was in Cambridge. He was astonished when he looked at the buildings, the roads, the poeple. From a small town of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, he moved to the States. His family was all excited, though only one person wasnt.
Karan entered in the college with a smile, he is feeling so happy from inside, he is all so excited. He has already contacted many of his batchmates, they made a group on yahoo. He exchanged few letters. They were discussing their future plans. They all were so happy, it was a dream come true for many of them, though some of them were really forced there, to continue the legacy of their families. He thought, how small the world has become, someone who is coming from London or Australia or New Zealand, i already know them.
He was looking for Carol, yes, she was the girl she came in contact while exchanging mails over the group. His eyes are all searching for her. She was the girl which made him all the more excited to come to this place. He thinks lucky to know her. She is a poet, has done her bachelors in psychology, she was the runner in a prestigious beauty contest, topped her college, and above all, she was equally excited to know him.
Karan was quite a brilliant student since his childhood. His father died when he was only 7, leaving 3 wards. He was a peon, a goverment servant, so somehow his mom managed to run the house with the help of his monthly pension of 240 Rs. She did a splendid job, though she had to give up a lot for all this. Karan was never happy with all this. He used to see her working for little amount of money, stiching clothes of the nearby houses, making paper bags, not eating well at most of the times, to save that money, not sleeping at all sometimes for days, all for him and his sisters.
When karan recieved the letter from the institute, he did not believe it, pinched himself, he went home running from the post office, crying, laughing, and when he told this to mom, she was stunned, a lot happy and also sad about the fact that he has to go, far off.
Karan always wanted to do something for his family, one day he sat at the railway platform, polishing shoes, wiping cars, and he returned home with his earnings. He was quite happy, he never saw 10 Rs ever before, for him it was the moolah. He was all excited to tell this to mom. He bunked school but earned a lot, a lot... but he wasnt expecting this. When he met mom in the evening, he was so happy, he asked her to close her eyes,and then to open her palm. He was all so happy, to put his moolah into the hands of his mom, asking her to open her eyes...
Karan still remembers the sound of that slap, his mom wasnt pleased at all, she slapped him so hard that the marks were there for days to come, and morever the marks never wiped off from his heart. She cried for hours, after hitting him, she cried too, she wasnt expecting this, she wanted her children to study, she did not want to see her present in their future.
While entering into the college, all this was there in his mind, but he wanted to think about something else, he dont not know what this feeling is, he has no name for it, and suddenly... "Karaaan, Kaarannn...", someone is calling him, a girl, Carol, yes she is Carol... and Carol was calling his name with her UK accent... "U r Karan? R u? Oh my god!!! you look so different". It is all said with that accent Karan wanted to hear, and Karan, he is still thinking, wishing all this to be true, he cant believe his eyes, nor his ears... and then she hugges him... he is unaware and shocked!!!

To be Continued...