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About The Author
My name is Pankaj Modak. I am a Short story writer. I was born in Chandaha, a village in India, which is located in the state of Jharkhand. My father is Shankar Modak and my mother is Lalita Devi. I have two elder brothers and an elder sister.
Contact e-mail address:- pankajspersonal23 @ gmail . com
Thoughts Of Author
Keep working hard and trying. In the end two things will happen - you will succeed or you will perish. But there will be a satisfaction in my mind that I had tried.
Enjoy life, you will not get life again.
Death is fun only when death comes automatically.
Money is useful only as long as you are alive.
Violence to save one's own life or the life of another is not bad.
Most crimes happen late at night.
Only God (nature) has the right to give death penalty.
By failing in board exams, you do not fail in life.
By doing bad deeds, good flowers do not bloom in your life.
By not helping, the chances of getting help decrease.
The biggest dream should be to 'Life enjoyer'. So that later one does not regret that he could not enjoy life.
Effect Of Camphor
August 13, 2024
Shankar's father Vijay was working in B.C.C.L. When Shankar was 12 years old, Vijay used to come home drunk and beat up Shankar's mother Sumu Devi. Shankar used to get sad seeing this. Shankar had a friend named Narayan. They were in the same class and studied together. They passed 10th standard. At that time, there was almost no possibility of a vehicle in the village. Both of them got enrolled in a college in the city. If they had any work to do in the college, they had to walk 15 kilometers to reach there. Shankar had five sisters, who were older than him. At that time, there was no college near the village. There was a bullock cart facility in the village, but it did not go that far. They passed the 12th standard examination. Now both of them got enrolled for BA in a university in Patna. Shankar's father used to go to work only occasionally. The rest of the days he used to remain drunk. Therefore, he used to come home with a very low salary. It was difficult to run the household. Looking at the financial condition of the house, he had to leave his studies. He had studied almost till B.A. Part 2. Shankar ji was now roaming around in search of a job. One day Shankar ji came to know that a broker was recruiting constables. Shankar ji went to the broker. The broker said- You will have to pay 50 thousand for recruitment. But his father knew that this broker will cheat him. Therefore Vijay ji did not give money to Shankar ji. Shankar ji now started selling coal. Bringing coal from the mine on a bicycle in the scorching sun and then selling it. It was a very difficult job. At the age of 21, Shankar ji got married to a girl named Lalita. Now Shankar ji left the coal business and started selling fish. One day some fishermen stole fish from the pond of Babu village. That day some people were standing on the road to catch a fish seller. At that time Shankar ji was going that way. People stopped him. People started abusing and scolding him. Shankar ji had not done anything. Still he was listening to everything. After that he left the job of selling fish and opened a hardware shop with the money he had saved. He used to go to fairs sometimes and sell chickpeas. His wife gave birth to their first child. But due to illness that child could not survive and he died. Similarly the second child also could not survive due to illness. After that they had a daughter. After that three more sons were born. One day Shankar ji got dysentery. He had heard from some elders that dysentery is cured by consuming camphor. Shankar ji took his bicycle and left for a shop to buy camphor. He reached the shop. He bought a camphor and started towards home. He consumed the camphor after reaching home. After some time, he started jumping. Everyone and his family members were watching everything. The effect of camphor was so strong that Shankar ji was not able to bear it. The family members got worried about what happened to him. After some time the effect of camphor reduced. Shankar ji became normal. Everyone and family members started asking him - what happened to you? Shankar ji told everything. Then everyone came to know that this was the effect of camphor. Many years passed. With his hard work and struggle, he changed the small shop into a good hardware shop. Where more than 200 products and materials are available. He built a good and big house. Which is standing firmly even after more than 25 years. Where good and cool breezes come.
Refuse
August 20, 2024
Agirl named Salima. She used to go for tuition in the ninth grade. There she fell in love with a boy. Slowly it turned into love. After several days, the boy came to Salima and said- I want to marry you. Salima said- You will have to talk to my parents. The boy flatly refused to talk and said- Let's elope. The girl refused to elope and went towards her home. From the next day onwards, there was no conversation or meeting between them. Slowly, the anger in the boy increased. After a few days, the desire to take revenge arose in the boy. It was before noon. Salima was coming home from the guest house on her scooty. Now her house was at some distance. She was leisurely going towards home on her scooty. That day she was not wearing a helmet. The boy hit the back of the scooty while driving his bike at a high speed. Salima fell some distance away along with the scooty. The girl suffered serious injuries. A lot of blood started flowing from her body. A crowd of people gathered there. After some time her parents came there. They picked up their daughter and started taking her to the hospital in a car. Salima also had serious injuries on her forehead. After some time Salima breathed her last in the car itself and died. Tears started flowing from the eyes of her parents. After some days the police investigated and the boy was caught. But the boy's father proved his son innocent by bribing the lawyers and police officers. After some days, after a large amount of money was transferred to the bank accounts of the corrupt lawyers and officers, the income tax officers arrested them and started questioning them. A few weeks passed. It was night time. The boy was driving his car drunk. He started losing control over the car. The car was going at a very high speed. There was a bridge ahead. The car collided with the bridge's rails and fell down and he died.
Last Wish
August 24, 2024
Vijay ji. He was born in a small village in India. He was employed in B.C.C.L. The salary was good, but he used to earn a thousand rupees. He used to go to work only occasionally and used to remain drunk on other days. That is why he used to earn less salary. He was married to a girl named Sumu. He had five daughters and one son. One day Vijay ji went to work as usual. But he did not return home. It was evening. Sumu was feeling nervous. A person came to his house and said that Vijay ji is lying drunk on the bank of Lal Dam. My father went there and brought him back the next day. Sumu explained to him that drinking alcohol is not good for health. But it did not have any effect on Vijay ji. He was fond of planting trees. He had planted many trees. Some people came to Vijay ji and said- Dogs are killing our goats. Vijay ji got excited and said- I will kill the dogs. He made a bow and made many pointed arrows. He started killing dogs. He killed two-three dogs. Some years passed. Vijay ji had become old now. His hair had turned white. Alcohol had weakened his body. Now he did not go to work. He did not have that strength in his body. Now he would lie on the cot most of the time. Vijay ji started telling his family members. I will not be able to survive for many more days. The next day his daughters were called from their parents' house. There was sadness on the faces of all the family members. They called their grandsons. They gave two rupees each in their hands. The villagers also came to his house. Vijay ji was regretting killing the dogs at the last moment. Everyone was standing beside him. At the last moment he expressed his last wish. He said - I want to drink alcohol. Everyone was surprised to hear this. But everyone ignored his words and started feeding him milk. The elder son of Vijay ji's elder daughter was standing there watching everything. His name was Puna. He bought two-three packets of liquor from a small hotel nearby and brought it home. When Vijay ji saw the liquor, a happy face appeared on his face. Puna tore the packet and started pouring it in his mouth. After some time of drinking liquor, he stopped breathing. There was silence there. The whole house was drowned in grief. Everyone started crying bitterly. Vijay ji died and he left this world.Two Brothers
August 25, 2024
Two brothers lived on top of a tree. They had no home. One was ten years old and the other was around eleven years old. Their parents died a few years after their birth. The first brother's name was Megan and the second brother's name was Egan. Their relatives had also left them. These two brothers used to survive by eating the fruits and leaves of the tree. All they had was a few words spoken by their father at the last moment. Their father had said. When you leave this world, go famous. Both of them used to sit on the tree and listen to the people sitting under the tree. Slowly time passed. One day two people were sitting under the tree. Those two people were talking about something. Both the brothers sitting on the tree were listening to those people carefully. Those two people were saying that if there are trees in the world, there is life. This thing got stuck in the minds of those brothers. They got a big task to do something in the world. They started planting trees at various places. Many times people would say to them- son, study at this age, why are you doing this? But they did not back off from planting trees. Now they had only one goal. To spread greenery all over the world. One day some people were cutting trees. Those two brothers informed the police about this. The police caught those tree cutters. Some years passed. Now both of them grew up. The two brothers never considered their work to be small. Both of them kept doing their work. There was a desert at a distance of a few kilometers. Where not even a single tree was present. Both of them decided to make the desert green. Both of them got busy in planting, watering and growing trees in the desert. People started calling those two brothers mad. But those brothers kept busy in their work. About ten years passed. Now the desert had become green. There were many trees there. Where hot winds used to blow. Today cold winds were blowing there. Now it was not a desert but a green forest. Those people who used to call them mad. Today they were making them famous. They were being praised everywhere. The government gave them national level awards. Many invitations started coming for those two brothers from abroad as well. After many years, those two brothers made foreign deserts green as well. They also received many international level awards. The record of planting the maximum number of trees in the whole world was registered in the name of those two brothers. Those two brothers became famous all over the world due to their work. Both of them became almost a hundred years old. Both of them filled a form. In which after the death of both of them, the organs present in their bodies should be given to someone else. Slowly time passed. After a few days, their breathing stopped and they died. Even after death, there was a kind of smile on the faces of those two brothers.To Star Side
August 26, 2024
Achild was born at night. At that time thousands of stars were twinkling in the sky. The whole world was shining with the light of thousands of stars. The parents named their child Taru. Taru started growing up slowly. He would often look at the stars while sleeping at night. He would say to his father, Papa, one day I will go to the stars. The father would say- yes son. He passed the twelfth standard at the age of eighteen. He was very interested in geography. Slowly time passed. Taru did his PhD in Geography at the age of twenty-six. He had now become Dr. Taru. He got a job in a space organization. Taru, along with his fellow space workers, started building a rocket that could go to the stars. Years passed by. They all continued with their work. After about ten years, an advanced rocket was built. Taru said- I want to go to the stars by rocket. But everyone refused and said that going there or for any human being can be life threatening. Because stars are extremely hot. There is neither air nor water in them. Everyone decided to send a robot wearing a space suit on the rocket. Taru had worked very hard in making that rocket. Therefore, everyone named that rocket Taru-1. The satellite was to be launched from that rocket. The next day. It was morning time. Sunlight was spread all around. Many people came to see the rocket test. Taru sat in the rocket wearing a space suit and stood still like a robot. Everyone thought that it was a robot. The rocket was launched. The rocket took off. Smoke went everywhere. The rocket started moving towards space, tearing through the sky. After a few days, the workers working in the space agency came to know that Taru was sitting in the rocket instead of a robot. This news reached his parents. His parents started crying a lot. A strong stream of tears flowed from their eyes. Now nothing can be done. Now the rocket had gone quite far. The rocket kept moving towards the star. Days kept passing. After about six months, the rocket had now reached near the star. The heat was very intense. The ration and water present in the rocket had finished. The satellite was launched. The satellite started revolving around the star. Everyone saw the land of the star through the camera present in the satellite. Which was very hot and only hot lava was visible. Taru started moving towards the star. He was unable to bear the bright light of the star. His whole body was drenched in sweat due to heat. As he kept moving towards the stars, his body started melting. Taru's dream of going to the stars was about to be fulfilled. Despite so much pain and burning, there was a strange satisfaction and a strange smile on Taru's face. After some time, Taru merged into the stars. The eyes of the people of the whole world became moist and that space scientist left this world.
Telu
August 27, 2024
An eighteen year old youth named Telu. He would just eat and lie down on the bed. He would not do any work inside or outside the house. He would just rest. His mother used to do household chores. His father was employed in a government office. His parents would often scold Telu to do some work, otherwise how would they manage their life. But Telu would not pay heed to their words. Slowly time passed. One day Telu's father fell ill. His mother and father would always remain worried and sad thinking about their son. Due to being sad, his father's health was gradually deteriorating. His father would no longer go to office. Now he would lie on cots due to illness. Now the savings were slowly getting exhausted. A lot of money had been spent on his father's treatment. But due to sadness and worry, there was no improvement in his health. Like this a few years passed. Now they had only a few rupees left. It was morning time. Light cold winds were blowing. When Telu's mother came to see her husband, her husband had stopped breathing. Telu's mother started crying bitterly. After some time, the people of the village gathered there. Telu was standing there sadly looking at his father. After some time, his father's body was cremated. After a few days, Telu's mother mortgaged the house to a businessman named Malan and got some money. A feast was started with that money. Many types of dishes and food items were prepared. Many people ate and left. The next day, Telu was lying on the cot in the same way. His mother remained immersed in the grief of her husband. Due to which her body started becoming weak. Now she would not even eat food on time. After a few days, the mother also died. The mother's body was cremated. Telu did not organize any kind of feast. After a few days, Malan Seth took over that house. Now Telu had neither parents nor home. He had one thing. That was laziness. Telu now started going towards the forest. All the people of the village were calling him lazy. Due to not working, Telu's stomach had bloated due to obesity. He sat under a tree. Due to laziness, Telu had lost the desire to work. Telu had now become a victim of obesity. Now Telu was regretting. But now it was too late. Tears started falling from his eyes and touched the ground.The Old Woman
August 28, 2024
Aman named Lameet. One day he returned home after work in the evening. Lameet had a wife named Talisha. They were married a few years ago. But they had no children. As soon as Lameet came home, an argument started between Lameet and his wife on some issue. This argument gradually turned into a fight. Lameet left the house and started walking towards the forest. Talisha stood at the door and kept staring at her husband. It was night at that time. Stars were twinkling in the sky. The path was somewhat visible in the moonlight. Lameet was walking towards the forest. He heard someone crying. He stopped there. He started looking here and there. He saw an old woman. She was sitting on the ground. She was crying. A lantern was kept on the ground. Lamit went to that old woman and said, Grandma, why are you crying here? The old woman said- Son, I live in a hut, which is built on that small hill over there. Every night the bandits used to come there. Every night I used to leave my house in the evening and after reaching here I used to cry. The bandits used to eat all the food cooked in the house. I cannot do anything. They have a lot of guns and bombs. Lameet thought for some time in his mind and said- Grandma, I will do something such that those bandits will not come to your house again. A happiness appeared on the face of the old woman. Lamit and that old woman came to their hut in the morning. The old woman cooked many types of dishes and fed Lamit. Lamit got busy in the work of planning to drive away the bandits. It was about to be evening. The old woman said goodbye to Lameet and went towards the forest with a lantern. Lameet climbed up a tall dense tree. After some time the sun set. It became night. The robbers arrived there. As per the plan, Lameet made a huge scary shadow with some things. Lameet started making loud scary sounds. Out of fear, the robbers' hearts started beating loudly, sweat started coming out of their foreheads. Without delaying, the robbers ran away from there. Lameet's plan was successful. After some time, it was morning. The old woman came there. She saw. Lameet was lying on a cot inside the hut. The old woman was happy to see this. The old woman woke up Lameet. Lameet got up. Lameet washed his face and told the old woman about the incident of the night in detail. The old woman happily gave him some gold ornaments. The old woman had saved those gold ornaments from the robbers and buried them under the ground of the hut. After some time, the old woman cooked food. Today too, the food was very tasty. Lameet ate to his heart's content. Lameet said goodbye to the old woman and started walking towards his home with a happy heart.
© Pankaj's Short Stories
My name is Pankaj Modak. I am a Short story writer. I was born in Chandaha, a village in India, which is located in the state of Jharkhand. My father is Shankar Modak and my mother is Lalita Devi. I have two elder brothers and an elder sister.
Contact e-mail address:- pankajspersonal23 @ gmail . com
Thoughts Of Author
Keep working hard and trying. In the end two things will happen - you will succeed or you will perish. But there will be a satisfaction in my mind that I had tried.
Enjoy life, you will not get life again.
Death is fun only when death comes automatically.
Money is useful only as long as you are alive.
Violence to save one's own life or the life of another is not bad.
Most crimes happen late at night.
Only God (nature) has the right to give death penalty.
By failing in board exams, you do not fail in life.
By doing bad deeds, good flowers do not bloom in your life.
By not helping, the chances of getting help decrease.
The biggest dream should be to 'Life enjoyer'. So that later one does not regret that he could not enjoy life.
Effect Of Camphor
August 13, 2024
Shankar's father Vijay was working in B.C.C.L. When Shankar was 12 years old, Vijay used to come home drunk and beat up Shankar's mother Sumu Devi. Shankar used to get sad seeing this. Shankar had a friend named Narayan. They were in the same class and studied together. They passed 10th standard. At that time, there was almost no possibility of a vehicle in the village. Both of them got enrolled in a college in the city. If they had any work to do in the college, they had to walk 15 kilometers to reach there. Shankar had five sisters, who were older than him. At that time, there was no college near the village. There was a bullock cart facility in the village, but it did not go that far. They passed the 12th standard examination. Now both of them got enrolled for BA in a university in Patna. Shankar's father used to go to work only occasionally. The rest of the days he used to remain drunk. Therefore, he used to come home with a very low salary. It was difficult to run the household. Looking at the financial condition of the house, he had to leave his studies. He had studied almost till B.A. Part 2. Shankar ji was now roaming around in search of a job. One day Shankar ji came to know that a broker was recruiting constables. Shankar ji went to the broker. The broker said- You will have to pay 50 thousand for recruitment. But his father knew that this broker will cheat him. Therefore Vijay ji did not give money to Shankar ji. Shankar ji now started selling coal. Bringing coal from the mine on a bicycle in the scorching sun and then selling it. It was a very difficult job. At the age of 21, Shankar ji got married to a girl named Lalita. Now Shankar ji left the coal business and started selling fish. One day some fishermen stole fish from the pond of Babu village. That day some people were standing on the road to catch a fish seller. At that time Shankar ji was going that way. People stopped him. People started abusing and scolding him. Shankar ji had not done anything. Still he was listening to everything. After that he left the job of selling fish and opened a hardware shop with the money he had saved. He used to go to fairs sometimes and sell chickpeas. His wife gave birth to their first child. But due to illness that child could not survive and he died. Similarly the second child also could not survive due to illness. After that they had a daughter. After that three more sons were born. One day Shankar ji got dysentery. He had heard from some elders that dysentery is cured by consuming camphor. Shankar ji took his bicycle and left for a shop to buy camphor. He reached the shop. He bought a camphor and started towards home. He consumed the camphor after reaching home. After some time, he started jumping. Everyone and his family members were watching everything. The effect of camphor was so strong that Shankar ji was not able to bear it. The family members got worried about what happened to him. After some time the effect of camphor reduced. Shankar ji became normal. Everyone and family members started asking him - what happened to you? Shankar ji told everything. Then everyone came to know that this was the effect of camphor. Many years passed. With his hard work and struggle, he changed the small shop into a good hardware shop. Where more than 200 products and materials are available. He built a good and big house. Which is standing firmly even after more than 25 years. Where good and cool breezes come.
Refuse
August 20, 2024
Agirl named Salima. She used to go for tuition in the ninth grade. There she fell in love with a boy. Slowly it turned into love. After several days, the boy came to Salima and said- I want to marry you. Salima said- You will have to talk to my parents. The boy flatly refused to talk and said- Let's elope. The girl refused to elope and went towards her home. From the next day onwards, there was no conversation or meeting between them. Slowly, the anger in the boy increased. After a few days, the desire to take revenge arose in the boy. It was before noon. Salima was coming home from the guest house on her scooty. Now her house was at some distance. She was leisurely going towards home on her scooty. That day she was not wearing a helmet. The boy hit the back of the scooty while driving his bike at a high speed. Salima fell some distance away along with the scooty. The girl suffered serious injuries. A lot of blood started flowing from her body. A crowd of people gathered there. After some time her parents came there. They picked up their daughter and started taking her to the hospital in a car. Salima also had serious injuries on her forehead. After some time Salima breathed her last in the car itself and died. Tears started flowing from the eyes of her parents. After some days the police investigated and the boy was caught. But the boy's father proved his son innocent by bribing the lawyers and police officers. After some days, after a large amount of money was transferred to the bank accounts of the corrupt lawyers and officers, the income tax officers arrested them and started questioning them. A few weeks passed. It was night time. The boy was driving his car drunk. He started losing control over the car. The car was going at a very high speed. There was a bridge ahead. The car collided with the bridge's rails and fell down and he died.
Last Wish
August 24, 2024
Vijay ji. He was born in a small village in India. He was employed in B.C.C.L. The salary was good, but he used to earn a thousand rupees. He used to go to work only occasionally and used to remain drunk on other days. That is why he used to earn less salary. He was married to a girl named Sumu. He had five daughters and one son. One day Vijay ji went to work as usual. But he did not return home. It was evening. Sumu was feeling nervous. A person came to his house and said that Vijay ji is lying drunk on the bank of Lal Dam. My father went there and brought him back the next day. Sumu explained to him that drinking alcohol is not good for health. But it did not have any effect on Vijay ji. He was fond of planting trees. He had planted many trees. Some people came to Vijay ji and said- Dogs are killing our goats. Vijay ji got excited and said- I will kill the dogs. He made a bow and made many pointed arrows. He started killing dogs. He killed two-three dogs. Some years passed. Vijay ji had become old now. His hair had turned white. Alcohol had weakened his body. Now he did not go to work. He did not have that strength in his body. Now he would lie on the cot most of the time. Vijay ji started telling his family members. I will not be able to survive for many more days. The next day his daughters were called from their parents' house. There was sadness on the faces of all the family members. They called their grandsons. They gave two rupees each in their hands. The villagers also came to his house. Vijay ji was regretting killing the dogs at the last moment. Everyone was standing beside him. At the last moment he expressed his last wish. He said - I want to drink alcohol. Everyone was surprised to hear this. But everyone ignored his words and started feeding him milk. The elder son of Vijay ji's elder daughter was standing there watching everything. His name was Puna. He bought two-three packets of liquor from a small hotel nearby and brought it home. When Vijay ji saw the liquor, a happy face appeared on his face. Puna tore the packet and started pouring it in his mouth. After some time of drinking liquor, he stopped breathing. There was silence there. The whole house was drowned in grief. Everyone started crying bitterly. Vijay ji died and he left this world.Two Brothers
August 25, 2024
Two brothers lived on top of a tree. They had no home. One was ten years old and the other was around eleven years old. Their parents died a few years after their birth. The first brother's name was Megan and the second brother's name was Egan. Their relatives had also left them. These two brothers used to survive by eating the fruits and leaves of the tree. All they had was a few words spoken by their father at the last moment. Their father had said. When you leave this world, go famous. Both of them used to sit on the tree and listen to the people sitting under the tree. Slowly time passed. One day two people were sitting under the tree. Those two people were talking about something. Both the brothers sitting on the tree were listening to those people carefully. Those two people were saying that if there are trees in the world, there is life. This thing got stuck in the minds of those brothers. They got a big task to do something in the world. They started planting trees at various places. Many times people would say to them- son, study at this age, why are you doing this? But they did not back off from planting trees. Now they had only one goal. To spread greenery all over the world. One day some people were cutting trees. Those two brothers informed the police about this. The police caught those tree cutters. Some years passed. Now both of them grew up. The two brothers never considered their work to be small. Both of them kept doing their work. There was a desert at a distance of a few kilometers. Where not even a single tree was present. Both of them decided to make the desert green. Both of them got busy in planting, watering and growing trees in the desert. People started calling those two brothers mad. But those brothers kept busy in their work. About ten years passed. Now the desert had become green. There were many trees there. Where hot winds used to blow. Today cold winds were blowing there. Now it was not a desert but a green forest. Those people who used to call them mad. Today they were making them famous. They were being praised everywhere. The government gave them national level awards. Many invitations started coming for those two brothers from abroad as well. After many years, those two brothers made foreign deserts green as well. They also received many international level awards. The record of planting the maximum number of trees in the whole world was registered in the name of those two brothers. Those two brothers became famous all over the world due to their work. Both of them became almost a hundred years old. Both of them filled a form. In which after the death of both of them, the organs present in their bodies should be given to someone else. Slowly time passed. After a few days, their breathing stopped and they died. Even after death, there was a kind of smile on the faces of those two brothers.To Star Side
August 26, 2024
Achild was born at night. At that time thousands of stars were twinkling in the sky. The whole world was shining with the light of thousands of stars. The parents named their child Taru. Taru started growing up slowly. He would often look at the stars while sleeping at night. He would say to his father, Papa, one day I will go to the stars. The father would say- yes son. He passed the twelfth standard at the age of eighteen. He was very interested in geography. Slowly time passed. Taru did his PhD in Geography at the age of twenty-six. He had now become Dr. Taru. He got a job in a space organization. Taru, along with his fellow space workers, started building a rocket that could go to the stars. Years passed by. They all continued with their work. After about ten years, an advanced rocket was built. Taru said- I want to go to the stars by rocket. But everyone refused and said that going there or for any human being can be life threatening. Because stars are extremely hot. There is neither air nor water in them. Everyone decided to send a robot wearing a space suit on the rocket. Taru had worked very hard in making that rocket. Therefore, everyone named that rocket Taru-1. The satellite was to be launched from that rocket. The next day. It was morning time. Sunlight was spread all around. Many people came to see the rocket test. Taru sat in the rocket wearing a space suit and stood still like a robot. Everyone thought that it was a robot. The rocket was launched. The rocket took off. Smoke went everywhere. The rocket started moving towards space, tearing through the sky. After a few days, the workers working in the space agency came to know that Taru was sitting in the rocket instead of a robot. This news reached his parents. His parents started crying a lot. A strong stream of tears flowed from their eyes. Now nothing can be done. Now the rocket had gone quite far. The rocket kept moving towards the star. Days kept passing. After about six months, the rocket had now reached near the star. The heat was very intense. The ration and water present in the rocket had finished. The satellite was launched. The satellite started revolving around the star. Everyone saw the land of the star through the camera present in the satellite. Which was very hot and only hot lava was visible. Taru started moving towards the star. He was unable to bear the bright light of the star. His whole body was drenched in sweat due to heat. As he kept moving towards the stars, his body started melting. Taru's dream of going to the stars was about to be fulfilled. Despite so much pain and burning, there was a strange satisfaction and a strange smile on Taru's face. After some time, Taru merged into the stars. The eyes of the people of the whole world became moist and that space scientist left this world.
Telu
August 27, 2024
An eighteen year old youth named Telu. He would just eat and lie down on the bed. He would not do any work inside or outside the house. He would just rest. His mother used to do household chores. His father was employed in a government office. His parents would often scold Telu to do some work, otherwise how would they manage their life. But Telu would not pay heed to their words. Slowly time passed. One day Telu's father fell ill. His mother and father would always remain worried and sad thinking about their son. Due to being sad, his father's health was gradually deteriorating. His father would no longer go to office. Now he would lie on cots due to illness. Now the savings were slowly getting exhausted. A lot of money had been spent on his father's treatment. But due to sadness and worry, there was no improvement in his health. Like this a few years passed. Now they had only a few rupees left. It was morning time. Light cold winds were blowing. When Telu's mother came to see her husband, her husband had stopped breathing. Telu's mother started crying bitterly. After some time, the people of the village gathered there. Telu was standing there sadly looking at his father. After some time, his father's body was cremated. After a few days, Telu's mother mortgaged the house to a businessman named Malan and got some money. A feast was started with that money. Many types of dishes and food items were prepared. Many people ate and left. The next day, Telu was lying on the cot in the same way. His mother remained immersed in the grief of her husband. Due to which her body started becoming weak. Now she would not even eat food on time. After a few days, the mother also died. The mother's body was cremated. Telu did not organize any kind of feast. After a few days, Malan Seth took over that house. Now Telu had neither parents nor home. He had one thing. That was laziness. Telu now started going towards the forest. All the people of the village were calling him lazy. Due to not working, Telu's stomach had bloated due to obesity. He sat under a tree. Due to laziness, Telu had lost the desire to work. Telu had now become a victim of obesity. Now Telu was regretting. But now it was too late. Tears started falling from his eyes and touched the ground.The Old Woman
August 28, 2024
Aman named Lameet. One day he returned home after work in the evening. Lameet had a wife named Talisha. They were married a few years ago. But they had no children. As soon as Lameet came home, an argument started between Lameet and his wife on some issue. This argument gradually turned into a fight. Lameet left the house and started walking towards the forest. Talisha stood at the door and kept staring at her husband. It was night at that time. Stars were twinkling in the sky. The path was somewhat visible in the moonlight. Lameet was walking towards the forest. He heard someone crying. He stopped there. He started looking here and there. He saw an old woman. She was sitting on the ground. She was crying. A lantern was kept on the ground. Lamit went to that old woman and said, Grandma, why are you crying here? The old woman said- Son, I live in a hut, which is built on that small hill over there. Every night the bandits used to come there. Every night I used to leave my house in the evening and after reaching here I used to cry. The bandits used to eat all the food cooked in the house. I cannot do anything. They have a lot of guns and bombs. Lameet thought for some time in his mind and said- Grandma, I will do something such that those bandits will not come to your house again. A happiness appeared on the face of the old woman. Lamit and that old woman came to their hut in the morning. The old woman cooked many types of dishes and fed Lamit. Lamit got busy in the work of planning to drive away the bandits. It was about to be evening. The old woman said goodbye to Lameet and went towards the forest with a lantern. Lameet climbed up a tall dense tree. After some time the sun set. It became night. The robbers arrived there. As per the plan, Lameet made a huge scary shadow with some things. Lameet started making loud scary sounds. Out of fear, the robbers' hearts started beating loudly, sweat started coming out of their foreheads. Without delaying, the robbers ran away from there. Lameet's plan was successful. After some time, it was morning. The old woman came there. She saw. Lameet was lying on a cot inside the hut. The old woman was happy to see this. The old woman woke up Lameet. Lameet got up. Lameet washed his face and told the old woman about the incident of the night in detail. The old woman happily gave him some gold ornaments. The old woman had saved those gold ornaments from the robbers and buried them under the ground of the hut. After some time, the old woman cooked food. Today too, the food was very tasty. Lameet ate to his heart's content. Lameet said goodbye to the old woman and started walking towards his home with a happy heart.
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