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First Attempt
October 13, 2024
Nasaki, a 23-year-old farmer's son. When he was young, an IAS officer had come to his village. Everyone was respecting that officer. Since then, Nasaki had a desire to become an IAS officer. Nasaki's mother had died in his childhood. After completing graduation, Nasaki started preparing for UPSC. He did not have enough money to go to the city and study. So he thought of studying from home. He used to study for two and a half hours in the morning and two and a half hours in the evening. His friends would tell him, "Hey friend, at least give the exam." But he would say - I will give the exam only after preparing well. After a few days. When Nasaki went out, many people would say about him - Boys who go out and take tuitions are not able to pass the UPSC exam and this farmer's son will pass the exam by studying from home. These things used to hurt Nasaki. But still he would calmly walk away from there. After about 7 years. Nasaki had read more than 25 books related to the exam. He was now 30 years old. The day Nasaki was going to give the exam, bank and police officials came and took his father away. Because his father had taken a loan of 25 thousand rupees from the bank for his son's education. But in this inflation, he was not able to repay the loan on time. Already the house and farm land were mortgaged to someone else. Nasaki's eyes became moist. He became sad. But still he went to the city and gave the UPSC exam. After a few months. Nasaki had passed both the exams in the first attempt itself. There was no limit to his happiness. But still one thing was left. That was the interview. When Nasaki went to the police station and told this news to his father, tears of joy appeared in his father's eyes. Nasaki used to go to meet his father sometimes. After a few weeks, he had to go for an interview. He kept trying by watching several interview videos on YouTube platform on his smartphone. The day of the interview came. Nasaki got ready and went for the interview. The interview went well. The officers taking the interview said - You have cleared the interview. But there are less seats and more students. Therefore, you will have to give us at least five lakh rupees. Only then can you become an IAS officer. Nasaki spontaneously said - bribe. The officers said - yes brother, whatever you call it. If you are able to arrange five lakhs after a few days, then your seat is confirmed, otherwise leave from here right now. Nasaki started leaving from there with a sad face. The officers were saying - there is no money in the pocket and you are going to become an IAS. Nasaki was sitting under the street light at night and looking at the trees and plants. Tears were coming out of his eyes and were dripping down. In the morning. He caught a bus to his village and went to his home. He did not tell his father about these things because he did not want to make his father sad. He started earning his livelihood by working as a labourer for several months. After one year, when Nasaki was drinking tea, he saw a newspaper hanging on the shop. He started reading that newspaper. It was written in it that CBI raided the house of the officers who took the interview. Crores of rupees of black money was seized from their house and they have been suspended from their posts. They have also been arrested. After knowing this, Nasaki started laughing loudly and started running towards his house. He started studying again and gave the exam again this time. Nasaki passed the exam in the second attempt as well. He also passed the interview. After a few years of training, he returned to his village as an IAS officer. The villagers were honoring him and garlanding him with flowers. A month later, after repaying the bank loan, he releases his father and starts taking him to his new home.Motherhood
October 13, 2024
Lalita Devi was born in a small village. She had two sisters and six brothers. During her childhood, Lalita was going to school. Her eyes fell on a girl named Khoma. Khoma's father was employed in B.C.C.L. He had a good salary. Khoma used to go to school every day wearing different clothes and slippers. Lalita was surprised to see her pomp and show. Lalita used to play games with her brothers and sisters, celebrate festivals. After studying for a few years, Lalita left her studies. She had studied till sixth or seventh standard. She now used to do household work. After a few years, when she became eligible for marriage, her parents got her married to a man named Shankar. The income of the house was not good. Shankar ji's father used to go to work for some days and the rest of the days he used to remain drunk. Shankar ji used to sell coal. After about a year, they had a son. But after a few years, the child could not survive because he suffered from jaundice. This made Lalita ji sad. The second time her child was born, he was in a critical condition. The doctors tried to save him but he could not be saved. Lalita ji was again sad. Tears rolled down the eyes of the parents. Other family members suggested that the dead child be buried a little distance from the river under the bridge. The dead child was buried. After that, a third child was born. This time a girl was born. There was a wave of happiness in the house. At that time Lalita ji had five sisters-in-law. Some of them were married. But those who were married, used to stay less at their husband's house and used to stay at their parents' house for many months and years. Because here they did not have to work much. Also, their children also lived with them. Lalita ji had to work more. The sisters-in-law used to work less and rest more. One day her daughter went to the ration shop to buy biscuits. She did not have money. So she asked the ration shop owner for a biscuit worth fifty paise on credit. But the ration shop owner refused and drove her away. She went to her mother crying. Then her mother bought her biscuits. About one or two years later, the fourth child was born. But the condition of that child was also serious. After treatment by doctors, the condition of that child improved a bit. After a few weeks, the doctors prescribed medicines and advised to keep this child in front of the light of a bulb. At that time there was no electricity in village. So they decided to take that child to the house of the eldest sister-in-law. The elder sister-in-law lived in her in-laws' house, which was located in Dhanbad district. Her husband worked in BCCL and there was electricity in their house. The child was kept at the elder sister-in-law's house for about one and a half months. The father used to come to meet him occasionally. Many times Lalita ji went with her husband to show the child to the doctor. When the child became healthy, he was brought home. A few months passed. Lalita ji's husband left the job of selling coal and fish and started a hardware shop with the money he had saved. After about five years, Lalita ji had a fifth child. That child did not have any serious disease. But in childhood, he used to have pain in his ears many times. Due to which he would start crying loudly. Shankar ji would try to pacify him by picking up the child in his lap. Hearing the child's crying voice, the mother also felt like crying. After getting treatment from the doctor, his ear pain got cured in a few months. After about two years, the sixth child was born. He also did not have any serious disease. But a disease called Pachis troubled him a bit. Which got cured later. That sixth child was seven or eight years old. At that time, when his mother would bring food to him, many times he would lie and get his mother scolded by his father. Even then the mother would forgive that child. When their daughter became eligible for marriage, she was married with great pomp and show. After a few years, the sixth boy became mentally ill. He was taken to many tantriks and doctors. But he did not get cured. This increased the worry of the parents. But after a few years, he came out of the mental illness. About seven years after the daughter's marriage, her husband committed suicide due to fear of corona disease. That daughter had now become a widow. Lalita ji and her family members started crying. On the other hand, the daughter who was in her in-laws' house got a shock. She had two children. She was worried from inside about how she would raise her small children. After this incident, many times tears would appear in the eyes of the parents thinking about their daughter and her children. The mind would become sad. But the parents supported their daughter wholeheartedly. Their daughter stayed in her maternal home for many months. After that she went to her in-laws' house. Lalita ji used to worry about her daughter and her children. When her grandchildren came to her house. She would pamper them. She would fulfill their small desires. She would send food to them.College Delinquent
October 13, 2024
Teachers' Day was being celebrated in the college. Many students decided to spend the night in the college. In the morning, when the teachers and students reached the college courtyard, they were terrified to see the scene there. There was a dead body lying in the courtyard and it was of a student studying in the college who was celebrating Teachers' Day party last night. It looked like he had been stabbed several times in the stomach. A lot of blood was scattered on the ground. After some time, the police officers were informed and they took the body with them. People present in the college were also questioned. The next day, three brothers came to the city with their father. The college was in the city itself. The student whose dead body was found in the college was a friend of his elder brother. The younger brother loved to watch detective movies. He was around 18 years old. Being a friend of the elder brother, the younger brother reached the college and started investigating. Somehow he got a clue about the culprit. It was afternoon. The ground was also getting hot due to the scorching sun. The younger brother leaves from there in despair. Another man was watching all this. That man starts following him. The younger brother reaches the rented house. He sees. Father and other brothers were fast asleep on the bed. The door was open. Suddenly that man comes in the room and starts threatening the younger brother. He starts saying - Leave the investigation and inquiry of that murder, otherwise I will kill you. Hearing this, the younger brother gets scared and says. Okay, okay. That man leaves from there. After that he takes a deep breath, wipes the sweat from his forehead. Closes the door and sleeps on the bed with his other brothers. Third day. There is a knock on the door. The younger brother opens the door. There was a crowd of students outside. The students were accusing the younger brother that he is the culprit, he is the culprit. Because the second day, he was searching for something at that place. The police officer, after hearing all this, does not arrest him because his picture was not in the CCTV footage installed at the college gate. The police officer knew that the culprit was someone from the college itself. But who? The police officers did not know this yet. Nor was the knife found. On the fourth day. Father and three brothers sit in the vehicle and start going towards home. But the younger brother and his uncle's elder brother get down to buy some stuff. After buying stuff, they run towards the vehicle, but the vehicle misses. There is a sound of a collision. When they look, they see that a woman has met with an accident with her scooty. They pick up that woman and make her lie down at a place. After that they call the ambulance. The ambulance arrives after about half an hour. The ambulance takes that woman to the hospital. Both of them stand on the side of the road and start waiting for another vehicle. The second vehicle comes and stops. First the uncle's elder son gets on the vehicle and comes back after some time. There was a different happiness on his face. The vehicle was stopped there. What is inside the vehicle? The younger brother also goes inside the vehicle to see it. The younger brother is surprised to see this scene. A foreign woman was sitting completely naked on a soft bed inside the vehicle. That woman was smiling looking at him. The younger brother could not resist. He also became completely naked and started having vaginal sex with her for a long time. Then a voice comes - get up! It has been a long time. He wakes up from sleep. He realizes that it was just a dream. He starts looking here and there and starts thinking about the dream he saw in sleep. His eyes fall on his pants. Which had become a little wet. After that he gets up from the bed and goes to wash his hands and face.The Tragedy
October 13, 2024
Today Adolf killed two rats by drowning them in water. Some day, he poured oil on the stairs and made one of his family members fall. Sometimes he threw the dog from the roof. Every day he tortured and killed some animal or the other. He enjoyed doing all this. The family members were worried. Adolf was almost 18 years old. It was four o'clock in the night. Adolf wore his slippers and came out of the house. He was walking on the dirt road. He saw a heap of sand. He went near the heap and started playing with the sand. There was a huge mango tree there. Sounds started coming from the branches of the tree. Adolf looked up. His forehead started getting covered with sweat. A black monkey was looking at him angrily. Its eyes had turned red. A few days ago, Adolf had set fire to that monkey on the pretext of giving it food. That monkey saved its life by going to the nearby pond. But his body had turned black. Adolf got up from there and started running. Someone had left an axe there. The monkey jumped from the tree and started running towards Adolf with the axe. Adolf's foot hit a stone. He fell down. He was about to attack him with the axe when Adolf wakes up from sleep screaming loudly. He looks around. He realizes that it was just a dream. He goes to the place where he had brutally burnt the monkey. Seeing the dead body of the monkey, he laughs loudly. Then a thick trunk of a mango tree breaks and falls on him. He gets injured and gets buried under it. He lies lifeless for several hours. After that, his family members come and admit him to the hospital. After suffering from pain for several days. After getting treatment. After about a few months, he gets well. The family members explain again - don't do wrong things. Hearing this Adolf starts laughing. Angry, his mother slaps him. Some days pass. It was evening time. Adolf was looking here and there from the roof. A tap was being made at some distance. His eyes fell on his father. Who was helping in making the tap. He came down the stairs. While walking he started moving towards his father. The sun was setting. The work of the tap was completed. His father started going through the short-cut path. Which was a kutcha path. Adolf started following him. The distance between them was around 10 meters. His father turned from the path and started moving towards the house. Adolf was also about to turn and move towards the house when a woman held his hand tightly. There were two more men with that woman. He thought, these people were not kidnappers. At that time Adolf was so scared that he was not able to speak. He was trying hard to free his hand. All three of them were laughing in a scary way. Adolf bit their hand with his teeth and ran towards his house after freeing his hand. Two weeks later. Adolf along with his companions plan to rob a small bank. Then a baby goat starts licking his feet. Adolf gets angry and kicks it hard. After which it starts crying loudly. Seeing this, Adolf becomes very happy in his heart. His companions feel bad about this behavior of Adolf. Night time. They wear black clothes and try to break the lock of the bank at around four in the night. Due to the loud noise, after some time police officers reach there. They start running from there. The officers fire bullets. But the bullets go past them. They keep running for a long time. They reach inside a small forest. After some time it is morning. They look at the top of a tree. Their hearts start beating fast due to fear. A man was hanging from a noose on top of a tree. Seeing this scene, they run towards their house at a fast pace. It was around 11 o'clock at night. It was a moonlit night. Adolf opens the door and looks down the stairs. There a clown was looking at Adolf with a scary smile. Adolf, scared, slams the door shut. His elder brother asks him - what happened? He says - nothing. In the evening. He was going on the road. He finds a revolver lying there. He picks it up and keeps it with him. He starts moving forward. Ahead of him, a wedding procession was going. In that procession, a clown was dancing slowly. Adolf fires a bullet at the clown with his revolver. After being hit by the bullet, the clown falls down on the ground. Adolf runs away from there. After a few hours, he realises that it was another clown. But instead of feeling remorse, he laughs out loud. He takes his revolver and starts shooting at the animals that come near him. Five innocent animals are shot dead on the spot. The next day, an investigation begins into the incident. But he goes to another city. To a relative's wedding. The wedding preparations were going on. A girl takes him by the hand and takes him up the stairs to a room. There was a 'Khant' (a wooden stool) kept there. Adolf thinks - she probably wants to have sex with me. Adolf climbs on top of her. Excited, he ejaculates in his pants. The girl's mother and Adolf's father were already present in the room. They were hiding. When Adolf sees his father, he stands up in fear. His father gets angry and leaves without saying anything. The girl and her mother also leave. Adolf, a little sad, starts coming down the stairs. He starts walking in a field situated some distance away from the wedding house. Something is visible in the moonlight. He felt that there was something under his feet. But what was it? He did not know. He looks ahead. In front of the wedding house, a tree had been lit up. Under it, a baby goat was smiling at Adolf. Adolf thinks a lot. After that, he realizes that it is an old landmine. He drowns in sorrow for some time. He regrets remembering his bad deeds. After that, he smiles at the baby goat and moves his foot away. There is an explosion and his body is blown to pieces.
Uncontrolled Helicopter
October 13, 2024
Siddu was a strong nineteen-year-old boy. His body was a little bulky and fat. Other boys used to make fun of him. They used to tease him by calling him elephant. Also, no one used to play with him or go out with him. He used to feel sad. One day he went to a fair. He parked his bicycle and started watching cricket. Some boys of his village were playing cricket at some distance from the fair. In a rough field. He was sitting alone at one place. A ball comes to him. A mischievous boy named Chitman. He comes to Siddu, abuses his mother and says- Give the ball here. Siddu gets angry and throws the ball towards the bushes with force using his hand. After that all the boys present there come and tell Siddu- If you do not find the ball, then tomorrow we all will beat you. They leave from there. Siddu alone starts searching for the ball in the bushes. After some time, it was about to be evening. He does not find the ball. Disappointed, he takes his bicycle and goes home. The next day. Siddu's father had bought a new ball a few weeks ago. He gives his new ball to those boys. They become happy after getting the new ball. But Chitman did not enjoy it much. Because Chitman had come here to enjoy beating Siddu. But something else happened. Still Chitman calls him a big fool and goes away from there. Siddu used to feed biscuits to the sheep and goats sometimes. He used to get a lot of happiness by doing this. It was evening time. He wore his slippers and started going towards the garden. There two girls started calling him. He reached the girls. The girls said - Will you help us? He said - What kind of help? The girls said - Will you help us in checking the condom. Siddu hesitated a bit and said - Yes, of course. Siddu started having sex with those girls wearing different condoms. Siddu was enjoying it a lot. He had sex for the first time. The sun had set. It was dark and there was no one around. After completing this task, Siddu and those girls went to their respective homes. After using the mobile for a long time, Siddu lay down on the roof, spreading a blanket to sleep. Then an uncontrolled helicopter is seen flying a few meters above the roof. A man wearing a yellow jersey was seen sitting on the back seat of the helicopter. Siddu felt that the helicopter might fall on him. The uncontrolled helicopter kept flying here and there and fell on the wall in the courtyard of Chitman's house. What happened? To see this, Siddu got up in a hurry and started looking from the roof. He prayed to God and started thinking in his mind. If this uncontrolled helicopter had fallen on me, what a big accident could have happened. Due to the fall of the uncontrolled helicopter, the wall had broken and fallen down. More and more people were gathering there. Flames started coming out of the helicopter. A lot of smoke was coming out and rising towards the sky.

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