Why did I have to get involved in this! He thought sitting on the rocks near the lake that noon. Another day passed by in the strange town and he had already witnessed lot of strange things in only few days. Everything the sanyasin had said didn’t make complete sense to him but yet, he couldn’t know why!
She had some strange powers and abilities to influence and control one’s thoughts, which he couldn’t overlook. By being a part of this operation, he thought he would satisfy his soul for solving someone’s problem. And that’s all matters!
He always had a helping hand even if it meant risking his own situation as he considered himself fortunate to be better-off, but also felt sad considering the amount of people that needed help against the ones who could actually help! He thought of the woman’s pain for once forgetting his own problems which held no importance of any such heights. She was beaten and thrown out badly but she smiled. Whatever the sanyasin did, but eventually brought smile on the woman’s face. And that’s all matters, he again thought and ventured out with will and dare!
The house looked bright that afternoon standing tall like the ones shown on TV commercials advertising some x-y-zee paints! Huge metallic gates closed always and though there seemed to be some security guard-house, there was no security guard in reality. He dared open the gates looking around him through all corners and walked the long way between the lawns on to the doors. Most of the houses he saw in the town had half closed doors and he had failed to understand the reasoning, but bent to peep inside. He wore his best dresses from the bag and deliberately made an effort to look striking and dashing that best upheld his attitude!
The only face in the house which was familiar to him was that of the woman who hid herself on seeing him and didn’t reappear. She looked bothered by his presence and wondered if he had really intervened. She signaled her husband to attend the visitor.
Her husband was a tall and ugly man who seemed to piss off anyone in a moment merely by his presence. With an air of arrogance he looked at the visitor and rested on an easy-chair made out of bamboo. He neither offered the visitor to sit down nor showed any interest but posed a question mark on his face demanding the purpose of his coming.
‘Hello, I’m new to this place and I was on lookout for an accommodation’ the wanderer initiated a conversation knowing nothing else to begin with.
‘We do not run a hotel here and people don’t dare walk into this house the way you just have’ said the arrogant beast!
‘I’m sorry for that but I know no one here and was trying to discover your town. If it’s an inconvenience I apologize.’
‘There’s nothing to discover in this town and you look like a man from a much better world. You have nothing here and you might as well buzz off’ declared the angry beast and showed him the doors.
Standing from a corner, the woman looked on. He saw ‘intense hopes’ in her eyes that he hadn’t seen in anyone before…
Continues…
2 comments:
While reading your posts I try to imagine the characters... I would love to see it thru your eyes... DO think about downloading the picture of the sanyasin and the man from your mind to this blog thru pictures..I noticed the woman and the man donot have names. I wanna see their faces..like how u imagine it..
serious thought that! downloading them from my mind thru pictures :) i'll give it a try but not sure if thats gonna take away the effect (if any) created here so far!! but u're right, why not give it a try? that might just take it to another level! i promise to try :)
and yes, they don't have any names u know why! names suggest where they come from, who their forefathers were, what's their background n reveal a lot of things which I didn't want to. Like a 'rama', 'geeta' 'seeta' 'david' or some 'khan' wud indicate things like their region, religion, even social status to some extent. i don't want the story to suffer with such boundaries. every character here is an individual and can be anyone in general, none in particular. so far its moved without names but don't know how far it can go!
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