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The Crop
September 26, 2024
Aperson named Saresh was a farmer. He was married to a girl named Muni. They had two children. Saresh would wake up every morning, wash his hands and face, eat and then leave to work in the fields. The livelihood of his family depended on farming. Saresh would return home by evening. He belonged to a poor family whose main occupation was farming. He had neither a tractor nor a cow or bull. He only had a wooden plough with which he ploughed the fields. One day Saresh woke up in the morning and went to the field. When he looked in the field, the crop was flourishing. The paddy present in the field had ripened. Looking at the crop present in the field, it seemed that there was a golden colour. The farmer rushed to his home. He told everything to his wife. Saresh and Muni reached the field with harvesting tools. Both of them started harvesting the crop. It was evening. All the crop had been harvested. Both of them filled the crop in sacks and took it home. The next day they started threshing the crop. After a few hours, the paddy was separated from the crop. He took a machine on rent. He took out rice from the paddy with the machine and returned the machine. He filled the rice in sacks. Next day, the farmer went to sell the sacks of rice to a government official. The government official told the farmer that I can give you only fifty rupees. Saresh knew that he was trying to cheat me. The value of so much rice was much more than fifty rupees. When Saresh protested, the official slapped him twice. Saresh stood there sadly. He started shedding tears. A person made a video of this scene and uploaded it on social media. Slowly, this scene spread all over the country. Slowly, all the farmers started protesting. All the farmers of the country started supporting Saresh. All the farmers of the country stopped farming and participated in the movement. Some days passed. The government ration stock started getting exhausted slowly. The economic activity of the country started deteriorating. The price of food items of the country kept increasing day by day. People were unable to buy it. The Prime Minister of the country decided to meet Saresh. The Prime Minister came to Saresh. Saresh told the entire matter to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister called that officer here and asked him to apologize. The officer apologized to Ramesh with folded hands. The Prime Minister told his officers- this misbehaving officer should be removed from his post. After that there was an echo of applause there. The Prime Minister sat in his car and left from there. The movement ended. Saresh sold his rice to the government at a reasonable price. Time passed. Slowly the government ration stores started filling up. Economic activities started becoming normal and the prices of food items started becoming normal.Electric Reet
September 27, 2024
When a transgender girl was born, her parents named her Reet. Then all the people in the neighborhood tried to convince Reet's parents to hand over the child to the transgenders. But they ignored their words and decided to raise the child. Slowly Reet started growing up. She was admitted to a school. She was now six years old. The teachers in the class would make Reet sit on the last bench, away from everyone. The children would make fun of her. Sometimes she would cry and tears would come out of her eyes. No student would talk to her, play with her or stay with her. Every other day, sometimes the people in the neighborhood would scold Reet's parents. Due to which they would become sad. Reet would come home crying and hug her parents. Then her parents would encourage Reet. Days went by like this. Reet was now twelve years old. Reet now spent most of her time reading books. She had a special interest in mathematics and physics. Now books had become Reet's friends. Some years passed. She completed her tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. She now started studying engineering. After some years she completed her graduation, post graduation and PhD. She had now received her doctorate. She had now become Dr. Reet. She was now twenty-six years old. She now spent most of her time in making something new. Some days passed. Reet thought of making an electric rocket. So that the rocket does not spread pollution and the environment remains pollution free. Reet prepared the method and model of the rocket design. She went to the country's space authorities. She told everything about it. The officials agreed. After five years the electric rocket was ready. On the day of the rocket test, many countrymen came to see the test. The rocket was launched. After flying some distance, the rocket fell down and blasted. The test failed. Reet felt a kind of shock. The officers scolded Reet and sent her away. Reet's father was shocked by his daughter's failure. He had a heart attack and could not survive. When Reet came home, she saw that her father was lying on the bier and her mother was crying bitterly. Tears started flowing from Reet's eyes. One was the sorrow of failure and the other was the sorrow of her father's death. Reet felt both the sorrows together. Her father's body was cremated. Reet was now sad and worried. A few months passed. Now her mother controlled herself and encouraged Reet. Days passed like this. One day the officers were checking the CCTV camera. Then they saw an engineer named Lalima removing many machines from the electrical rocket. The officers came to know why the rocket test was not successful. The officers regretted their mistake and went to Reet. They apologized to Reet and told her everything. The authorities said to Reet- please make an electric rocket again. Reet agreed. After a few years Reet made an electric rocket again. This time too people came to see the test. The rocket was launched. The rocket flew successfully. The test was successful. Reet's name started getting heard everywhere. All the countrymen were now calling Reet as Electric Reet. Those who used to scold her mother. Today they were respecting her. Reet's father was not with her in this moment of success. Reet looked towards the sky and said to herself- missing you dad.Repentance
September 28, 2024
Aboy named Lalam. He was from a poor family. His father used to sell coal. His mother used to tell Lalam daily that son, study, go to school. But Lalam did not listen to her. He used to go to school only sometimes and did not study at home. He used to be busy playing and roaming around with his friends. Lalam's friends were from middle class families. Their fathers were employed in government offices. Lalam's father used to go to bring and sell coal only sometimes and the rest of the days he used to remain drunk. The time for examination came. Lalam gave the examination. But due to not studying, he failed in the examination. Days and years passed like this. Lalam was now eighteen years old. Lalam's father did not go to bring and sell coal anymore. His father was now always drunk. Lalam's friends had now become businessmen. Because his friends had enough money. Lalam now used to go to bring and sell coal daily. One day Lalam tied five sacks on his bicycle and set out towards the mine to bring coal. It was summer season. After some time he reached the mine. The mine was quite old. He parked his cycle and started filling coal in sacks. There was scorching sunshine all around. Sweat was dripping from Lalam's forehead. Hot winds were blowing. Some motorcycles were seen coming on the road. The boys riding the motorcycles asked Lalam- How are you Lalam? Lalam said- I am fine. Those motorcycles went on their way. Lalam's friends were riding those motorcycles. Lalam kept staring at the motorcycles as they went. It was afternoon. Lalam filled the coal in sacks and after loading the sacks on the bicycle, he started thinking to himself. If only I had listened to my mother, then today I would not be digging coal. Today he was regretting it. He kept moving towards his home with his bicycle, cursing his life.Government Hostel
September 30, 2024
Many children had come to a government hostel after passing the Navodaya examination conducted in government schools. Once while playing in the ground, two boys named Sanan and Gaman got into a fight over something. Gaman was a little stronger. So Sanan knocked Gaman down in the fight. After this scuffle, Sanan felt like taking revenge from Gaman. Both of them were around fifteen years old. Some days passed. It was Sunday. Every Sunday, the hostel allowed children to watch TV for entertainment. There were many big rooms in the same hostel. There were many beds in those rooms. One of those rooms was considered haunted by people. A child had died in that room for some reason. That room was located on the second floor and it was closed for many years. But today someone had opened that room. It was night time. The children in the hostel were watching TV. The clock was around ten o'clock. Sanan had gone to the market in the morning and brought a claw. Its claw was pointed and sharp. A senior child watching TV said to Gaman- You go and call Sanan. He will also watch TV for some time. When Sanan came to know that Gaman was coming to call me, he went to the room on the second floor and sat down covering himself with a blanket. He went to Sanan's room, but he did not find Sanan. He thought that maybe he had gone to the room upstairs. Gaman reached the room on the second floor via the stairs. He crossed three beds and went a little ahead. He saw someone covered with a blanket. He said- Come on, let's go watch TV. Even after calling several times, there was no response. Then Gaman turned and started to go out of the room, when Sanan covered with a blanket ran and caught Gaman from behind and dug his claws on his hand. Gaman thought that he was a ghost and pushed him hard and ran away from there. There were claw marks on his hands. They looked like nail marks. Sanan thought. Now the children and teachers can come here to investigate. So Sanan also ran away from there. Gaman's hand had become completely red and blood had started coming out of his hand. When the children and teachers saw this, they all got scared. Gaman was not able to utter a word due to fear. Everyone went to that room. But there was no one there. Gaman and everyone thought that this is the work of some ghost. In the morning, the parents came and took Gaman home. Sanan was saved by the ghost. Sanan was standing on the roof and was smiling to himself seeing Gaman going.Salo- Something Different
October 03, 2024
In Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom, you saw four rich men imprisoning several boys and girls in a mansion and torturing them and finally killing them all mercilessly. After killing them, the guards started dancing. There was a lot of blood splattered on the veranda and the corpses of the boys and girls were lying there. There was not a single piece of clothing on the corpses. Many body parts of those corpses were cut and scattered on the ground. After some time, on the orders of the rich men, that mansion was blown up with dynamite. They kept the remaining dynamite in their jeep. They all sat in their cars and started going towards the city. The guards were trying to burn the dynamite kept in the jeep and throw it away. Just then there was a huge explosion and the guards were blown to pieces. The cars stopped. After mourning for some time, those rich men, their wives and Stuarts started moving forward. There were many petrol tanks on the truck and Stuarts were riding on it. One Stuart lit his cigarette and started smoking it. At the same time, the truck passed over a speed breaker. Due to which the burning cigarette fell on the petrol tank. The tank on which the burning cigarette fell was open. Due to which the fierce fire engulfed those four Stuarts in no time. The truck stopped. They started burning in the blazing fire, started writhing in pain, started screaming and shouting. Those rich men and their wives started watching this scene. After some time they calmed down. The truck also burnt completely. They sat in their car and started going towards the city. After seeing these scenes, they started sweating due to the fear of death. Leaving their wives there, they sat in their car and started moving towards the city at a fast speed. At some distance from the road, the road was being leveled by a road roller. That car became uncontrollable due to high speed and collided with the road roller. Due to this collision, the driver of the road roller fell into the grass. Slowly the car started getting crushed by the road roller. Along with that, those rich men also started getting crushed in pain. After some time, those four rich men died a painful death. Blood was splattered on the road and their crushed bodies were lying there. Flies were buzzing on them. On the other hand, their wives steal another truck and start driving it. But due to not being able to drive the truck, it falls down from the bridge and overturns. Due to this accident, they get seriously injured, but their lives are saved.The Rat Island
October 13, 2024
The people of the country were troubled by the damage caused by rats. The government of that country found a solution to get rid of the rats. As a solution, the government said that the rats present in the country will be released on an island. Foreigners can also release rats in large numbers on this island. They just have to pay a small amount. Slowly, rats started being released on that island. Everything was fine for a few months. But with the passage of time, the number of rats on that island increased to more than a lakh and their number kept increasing. That island was spread over just a few kilometers. It was as if the government had left them to die. There was neither rice nor wheat on that island. There were some coconut trees there and sand spread far and wide. Due to lack of food and a very large number, the rats went mad with hunger. The rats present in lakhs nibbled at other creatures living on that island and some rats were even nibbling at some parts of their own bodies. A team to release the rats reached there. They got very scared seeing the scene there. Lakhs of rats were looking angrily at the team. Lakhs of rats came forward to attack them. They tried to run away. But by then lakhs of rats attacked them and started gnawing. They started shouting loudly. After some time the shouting stopped. The government banned releasing rats on the island and the government was forced to completely ban going to that island. That island became famous as Rat Island. But a few days after this incident, a terrible storm came on that island and a large number of rats were killed. But some rats who had not gone mad and were good. Who somehow filled their stomachs by eating coconut leaves. They somehow reached the shore by floating. Due to rising water level, that island got submerged in the sea.
Dying To Live
October 05, 2024
Motilal ji. He had three daughters. Sumu, Asha and Beli. All three daughters were married. Even after many years, Asha ji did not have any children. Asha ji treated her elder sister's sons and daughters like her own children and loved them. Asha ji's husband had a serious illness. Due to which he could not survive for many years. Now she was alone. But she did not give up the desire to live and decided to live life well. She started living with her elder sister. They already had a cow. She bought a couple of goats. After a few days, she started making and selling muri (puffed rice) from rice. She started collecting the money received from selling muri. After many years, when enough money was collected, she would go with other women to visit and worship in temples located in far off places. The first journey she made was from Jharkhand to Tamil Nadu. Where many grand temples were located. The second journey she made was from Jharkhand to Uttar Pradesh. Where a temple named Kashi was situated. The third journey she took with her younger sister and her children was from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir. Where the Vaishno Devi temple was situated. The fourth journey she took was from Jharkhand to Nepal. Even today she goes to fairs in the scorching sun and sells food items. She collects money and dreams of visiting new temples and new places.
© Pankaj's Short Stories
September 26, 2024
Aperson named Saresh was a farmer. He was married to a girl named Muni. They had two children. Saresh would wake up every morning, wash his hands and face, eat and then leave to work in the fields. The livelihood of his family depended on farming. Saresh would return home by evening. He belonged to a poor family whose main occupation was farming. He had neither a tractor nor a cow or bull. He only had a wooden plough with which he ploughed the fields. One day Saresh woke up in the morning and went to the field. When he looked in the field, the crop was flourishing. The paddy present in the field had ripened. Looking at the crop present in the field, it seemed that there was a golden colour. The farmer rushed to his home. He told everything to his wife. Saresh and Muni reached the field with harvesting tools. Both of them started harvesting the crop. It was evening. All the crop had been harvested. Both of them filled the crop in sacks and took it home. The next day they started threshing the crop. After a few hours, the paddy was separated from the crop. He took a machine on rent. He took out rice from the paddy with the machine and returned the machine. He filled the rice in sacks. Next day, the farmer went to sell the sacks of rice to a government official. The government official told the farmer that I can give you only fifty rupees. Saresh knew that he was trying to cheat me. The value of so much rice was much more than fifty rupees. When Saresh protested, the official slapped him twice. Saresh stood there sadly. He started shedding tears. A person made a video of this scene and uploaded it on social media. Slowly, this scene spread all over the country. Slowly, all the farmers started protesting. All the farmers of the country started supporting Saresh. All the farmers of the country stopped farming and participated in the movement. Some days passed. The government ration stock started getting exhausted slowly. The economic activity of the country started deteriorating. The price of food items of the country kept increasing day by day. People were unable to buy it. The Prime Minister of the country decided to meet Saresh. The Prime Minister came to Saresh. Saresh told the entire matter to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister called that officer here and asked him to apologize. The officer apologized to Ramesh with folded hands. The Prime Minister told his officers- this misbehaving officer should be removed from his post. After that there was an echo of applause there. The Prime Minister sat in his car and left from there. The movement ended. Saresh sold his rice to the government at a reasonable price. Time passed. Slowly the government ration stores started filling up. Economic activities started becoming normal and the prices of food items started becoming normal.Electric Reet
September 27, 2024
When a transgender girl was born, her parents named her Reet. Then all the people in the neighborhood tried to convince Reet's parents to hand over the child to the transgenders. But they ignored their words and decided to raise the child. Slowly Reet started growing up. She was admitted to a school. She was now six years old. The teachers in the class would make Reet sit on the last bench, away from everyone. The children would make fun of her. Sometimes she would cry and tears would come out of her eyes. No student would talk to her, play with her or stay with her. Every other day, sometimes the people in the neighborhood would scold Reet's parents. Due to which they would become sad. Reet would come home crying and hug her parents. Then her parents would encourage Reet. Days went by like this. Reet was now twelve years old. Reet now spent most of her time reading books. She had a special interest in mathematics and physics. Now books had become Reet's friends. Some years passed. She completed her tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. She now started studying engineering. After some years she completed her graduation, post graduation and PhD. She had now received her doctorate. She had now become Dr. Reet. She was now twenty-six years old. She now spent most of her time in making something new. Some days passed. Reet thought of making an electric rocket. So that the rocket does not spread pollution and the environment remains pollution free. Reet prepared the method and model of the rocket design. She went to the country's space authorities. She told everything about it. The officials agreed. After five years the electric rocket was ready. On the day of the rocket test, many countrymen came to see the test. The rocket was launched. After flying some distance, the rocket fell down and blasted. The test failed. Reet felt a kind of shock. The officers scolded Reet and sent her away. Reet's father was shocked by his daughter's failure. He had a heart attack and could not survive. When Reet came home, she saw that her father was lying on the bier and her mother was crying bitterly. Tears started flowing from Reet's eyes. One was the sorrow of failure and the other was the sorrow of her father's death. Reet felt both the sorrows together. Her father's body was cremated. Reet was now sad and worried. A few months passed. Now her mother controlled herself and encouraged Reet. Days passed like this. One day the officers were checking the CCTV camera. Then they saw an engineer named Lalima removing many machines from the electrical rocket. The officers came to know why the rocket test was not successful. The officers regretted their mistake and went to Reet. They apologized to Reet and told her everything. The authorities said to Reet- please make an electric rocket again. Reet agreed. After a few years Reet made an electric rocket again. This time too people came to see the test. The rocket was launched. The rocket flew successfully. The test was successful. Reet's name started getting heard everywhere. All the countrymen were now calling Reet as Electric Reet. Those who used to scold her mother. Today they were respecting her. Reet's father was not with her in this moment of success. Reet looked towards the sky and said to herself- missing you dad.Repentance
September 28, 2024
Aboy named Lalam. He was from a poor family. His father used to sell coal. His mother used to tell Lalam daily that son, study, go to school. But Lalam did not listen to her. He used to go to school only sometimes and did not study at home. He used to be busy playing and roaming around with his friends. Lalam's friends were from middle class families. Their fathers were employed in government offices. Lalam's father used to go to bring and sell coal only sometimes and the rest of the days he used to remain drunk. The time for examination came. Lalam gave the examination. But due to not studying, he failed in the examination. Days and years passed like this. Lalam was now eighteen years old. Lalam's father did not go to bring and sell coal anymore. His father was now always drunk. Lalam's friends had now become businessmen. Because his friends had enough money. Lalam now used to go to bring and sell coal daily. One day Lalam tied five sacks on his bicycle and set out towards the mine to bring coal. It was summer season. After some time he reached the mine. The mine was quite old. He parked his cycle and started filling coal in sacks. There was scorching sunshine all around. Sweat was dripping from Lalam's forehead. Hot winds were blowing. Some motorcycles were seen coming on the road. The boys riding the motorcycles asked Lalam- How are you Lalam? Lalam said- I am fine. Those motorcycles went on their way. Lalam's friends were riding those motorcycles. Lalam kept staring at the motorcycles as they went. It was afternoon. Lalam filled the coal in sacks and after loading the sacks on the bicycle, he started thinking to himself. If only I had listened to my mother, then today I would not be digging coal. Today he was regretting it. He kept moving towards his home with his bicycle, cursing his life.Government Hostel
September 30, 2024
Many children had come to a government hostel after passing the Navodaya examination conducted in government schools. Once while playing in the ground, two boys named Sanan and Gaman got into a fight over something. Gaman was a little stronger. So Sanan knocked Gaman down in the fight. After this scuffle, Sanan felt like taking revenge from Gaman. Both of them were around fifteen years old. Some days passed. It was Sunday. Every Sunday, the hostel allowed children to watch TV for entertainment. There were many big rooms in the same hostel. There were many beds in those rooms. One of those rooms was considered haunted by people. A child had died in that room for some reason. That room was located on the second floor and it was closed for many years. But today someone had opened that room. It was night time. The children in the hostel were watching TV. The clock was around ten o'clock. Sanan had gone to the market in the morning and brought a claw. Its claw was pointed and sharp. A senior child watching TV said to Gaman- You go and call Sanan. He will also watch TV for some time. When Sanan came to know that Gaman was coming to call me, he went to the room on the second floor and sat down covering himself with a blanket. He went to Sanan's room, but he did not find Sanan. He thought that maybe he had gone to the room upstairs. Gaman reached the room on the second floor via the stairs. He crossed three beds and went a little ahead. He saw someone covered with a blanket. He said- Come on, let's go watch TV. Even after calling several times, there was no response. Then Gaman turned and started to go out of the room, when Sanan covered with a blanket ran and caught Gaman from behind and dug his claws on his hand. Gaman thought that he was a ghost and pushed him hard and ran away from there. There were claw marks on his hands. They looked like nail marks. Sanan thought. Now the children and teachers can come here to investigate. So Sanan also ran away from there. Gaman's hand had become completely red and blood had started coming out of his hand. When the children and teachers saw this, they all got scared. Gaman was not able to utter a word due to fear. Everyone went to that room. But there was no one there. Gaman and everyone thought that this is the work of some ghost. In the morning, the parents came and took Gaman home. Sanan was saved by the ghost. Sanan was standing on the roof and was smiling to himself seeing Gaman going.Salo- Something Different
October 03, 2024
In Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom, you saw four rich men imprisoning several boys and girls in a mansion and torturing them and finally killing them all mercilessly. After killing them, the guards started dancing. There was a lot of blood splattered on the veranda and the corpses of the boys and girls were lying there. There was not a single piece of clothing on the corpses. Many body parts of those corpses were cut and scattered on the ground. After some time, on the orders of the rich men, that mansion was blown up with dynamite. They kept the remaining dynamite in their jeep. They all sat in their cars and started going towards the city. The guards were trying to burn the dynamite kept in the jeep and throw it away. Just then there was a huge explosion and the guards were blown to pieces. The cars stopped. After mourning for some time, those rich men, their wives and Stuarts started moving forward. There were many petrol tanks on the truck and Stuarts were riding on it. One Stuart lit his cigarette and started smoking it. At the same time, the truck passed over a speed breaker. Due to which the burning cigarette fell on the petrol tank. The tank on which the burning cigarette fell was open. Due to which the fierce fire engulfed those four Stuarts in no time. The truck stopped. They started burning in the blazing fire, started writhing in pain, started screaming and shouting. Those rich men and their wives started watching this scene. After some time they calmed down. The truck also burnt completely. They sat in their car and started going towards the city. After seeing these scenes, they started sweating due to the fear of death. Leaving their wives there, they sat in their car and started moving towards the city at a fast speed. At some distance from the road, the road was being leveled by a road roller. That car became uncontrollable due to high speed and collided with the road roller. Due to this collision, the driver of the road roller fell into the grass. Slowly the car started getting crushed by the road roller. Along with that, those rich men also started getting crushed in pain. After some time, those four rich men died a painful death. Blood was splattered on the road and their crushed bodies were lying there. Flies were buzzing on them. On the other hand, their wives steal another truck and start driving it. But due to not being able to drive the truck, it falls down from the bridge and overturns. Due to this accident, they get seriously injured, but their lives are saved.The Rat Island
October 13, 2024
The people of the country were troubled by the damage caused by rats. The government of that country found a solution to get rid of the rats. As a solution, the government said that the rats present in the country will be released on an island. Foreigners can also release rats in large numbers on this island. They just have to pay a small amount. Slowly, rats started being released on that island. Everything was fine for a few months. But with the passage of time, the number of rats on that island increased to more than a lakh and their number kept increasing. That island was spread over just a few kilometers. It was as if the government had left them to die. There was neither rice nor wheat on that island. There were some coconut trees there and sand spread far and wide. Due to lack of food and a very large number, the rats went mad with hunger. The rats present in lakhs nibbled at other creatures living on that island and some rats were even nibbling at some parts of their own bodies. A team to release the rats reached there. They got very scared seeing the scene there. Lakhs of rats were looking angrily at the team. Lakhs of rats came forward to attack them. They tried to run away. But by then lakhs of rats attacked them and started gnawing. They started shouting loudly. After some time the shouting stopped. The government banned releasing rats on the island and the government was forced to completely ban going to that island. That island became famous as Rat Island. But a few days after this incident, a terrible storm came on that island and a large number of rats were killed. But some rats who had not gone mad and were good. Who somehow filled their stomachs by eating coconut leaves. They somehow reached the shore by floating. Due to rising water level, that island got submerged in the sea.
Dying To Live
October 05, 2024
Motilal ji. He had three daughters. Sumu, Asha and Beli. All three daughters were married. Even after many years, Asha ji did not have any children. Asha ji treated her elder sister's sons and daughters like her own children and loved them. Asha ji's husband had a serious illness. Due to which he could not survive for many years. Now she was alone. But she did not give up the desire to live and decided to live life well. She started living with her elder sister. They already had a cow. She bought a couple of goats. After a few days, she started making and selling muri (puffed rice) from rice. She started collecting the money received from selling muri. After many years, when enough money was collected, she would go with other women to visit and worship in temples located in far off places. The first journey she made was from Jharkhand to Tamil Nadu. Where many grand temples were located. The second journey she made was from Jharkhand to Uttar Pradesh. Where a temple named Kashi was situated. The third journey she took with her younger sister and her children was from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir. Where the Vaishno Devi temple was situated. The fourth journey she took was from Jharkhand to Nepal. Even today she goes to fairs in the scorching sun and sells food items. She collects money and dreams of visiting new temples and new places.
© Pankaj's Short Stories
