HI MY NEARS AND DEARS AND BASICALLY ALL .GOOD EVENING .THAT IS IN CHENNAI ,INDIA. ACCIDENTALLY FORWARDED 2 OF MY OLDER BLOGS.BUT I LIKED WRITING THOSE BLOGS.
BY THE WAY I SAW ANOTHER MURDER IN FRONT OF MY EYES.THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS BACK.MAYBE I AM DESTINED TO SEE MURDERS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF ME.IT LEAVES A HORRIBLE SCAR IN THE MIND.SEEING A MURDER HAPPENING I MEAN.A BAD AFTER TASTE.YOU FEEL VERY UPSET RECOLLECTING THE WHOLE THING AGAIN AND AGAIN.AT TIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE SLEEPING TABLETS SINCE YOU CANNOT FALL ASLEEP. AND YOU FEEL SO SICK.
WELL IN THOSE DAYS I HAD A CLINIC IN BHADRESWAR DISTRICT HOOGHLY,WEST BENGAL.I USED TO GO THERE FROM KOLKATA ONCE A WEEK ON SUNDAYS.THE CLINIC USED TO BE CROWDED AND I USED TO RETURN AT NIGHT.
WELL AS MY USUAL ROUTINE I CROSSED THE GANGES RIVER FROM ICCHAPUR TO TELINIPARA BY MOTOR BOAT .THE MOTOR BOAT HAD A SHADE IN THE MIDDLE PORTION.WE PASSENGERS USED TO SIT ON THE EDGES THE LUCKY ONES UNDER THE SHADE.
THE BOATS WERE USUALLY CROWDED.WELL I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A RACIAL HINDU MUSLIM PROBLEM IN TELINIPARA EARLIER ON AND TWO OR THREE MURDERS HAD BEEN COMMITTED.
BUT I WAS IN A HURRY AND IMPATIENT TO GET TO BHADRESWAR.THE BOAT WAS CROWDED AND AS SOON AS WE REACHED THE TELINIPARA GHAT ALL LOCAL PEOPLE GOT OUT AND DISPERSED IN A HURRY. I WENT TO THE RICKSHAW STAND WHERE CYCLE DRIVEN RICKSHAWS WERE PARKED.THE RICKSHAW PULLERS WERE KNOWN TO ME AND THEY WARNED ME TO GO BACK BY THE SAME BOAT.
SO I CAME BACK TO TH GHAT (JETTY) AND GOT BACK INTO THE SAME BOAT SINCE IT WAS VACANT I SAT UNDER THE SHADE.A YOUNG MUSLIM BOY AGED ABOUT 21 YRS CHEWING BETEL LEAVES AND WEARING THE TYPICAL CREAM SILK PAJAMA AND EMBROIDERED KURTA WAS SITTING OUTSIDE THE SHADE AND ASKED ME THE TIME. I TOLD HIM IT WAS ELEVEN 'O CLOCK VERY CASUALLY WITHOUT EVEN SEEING HIS FACE.
THE GHAT WAS FRINGED BY THE HUGE TOWERS OF VICTORIA JUTE MILL ON BOTH SIDES .SO IF THE BOAT WENT BY THE SIDE OF THE TOWER THE BOAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VISIBLE TO ANYONE FROM THE GHAT.WELL SOMEONE SIGNALLED SOMETHING FROM THE GHAT AND THE BOAT SUDDENLY STARTED GOING SIDEWAYS.
A SMALL PADDLE BOAT SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE SIDE DRIVEN BY A BLACK VERY UGLY LOOKING YOUTH DRESSED ONLY IN BLUE SHORTS.HIS MOUTH WAS CRUEL AS I NOTICED AFTERWARDS.
THE UGLY YOUTH PULLED OUT THE YOUNG MUSLIM CHAP FROM HIS SEAT AND STARTED MANHANDLING HIM .I WAS TOO STUNNED AND FRIGHTENED TO STAND UP OR SEE IN THAT DIRECTION.ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THE SOUNDS OF THE YOUTH BEING STRANGLED.I WAS NUMB WITH FRIGHT.THE YOUTH WAS PROBABLY THROWN INTO THE WATER.THE UGLY YOUTH GOT BACK IN THE PADDLE BOAT AND WENT OFF.
THE MANJHI(BOATMAN) WAS HARDLY 16 YRS OLD.HE STARTED DRIVING THE BOAT TOWARDS ICCHAPUR .AND I WAS TOLD IN A VERY STERN TONE NOT TO MENTION THE INCIDENT TO ANYONE OR ELSE.
I LOOKED BACK TO SEE THE CREAMY SILK KURTA FLOATING AND BY ITS SIDE A BLACK LEATHER WRIST BAG. THAT MURDERER WAS A HINDU BY CASTE.IF HE HAD BEEN A MUSLIM I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PLACE OF THAT YOUNG MUSLIM BOY.
THIS RACIAL PROBLEM SUBSIDED IN A FEW DAYS.I HEARD THER HAD BEEN SEVENTEEN MURDERS ON THAT DAY IN TELINIPARA.I STOPPED GOING BY THAT ROUTE.TWO YEARS LATER WHEN I HAD TO CROSS THE GANGES THERE DUE TO AN EMERGENCY PROBLEM I SAW THAT UGLY YOUTH WEARING THE SAME BLUE SHORTS AGAIN.HOW CAN I FORGET HIM.AND HOW CAN I FORGET THAT FLOATING SILK KURTA AND A BLACK WRIST BAG? THAT MEMORY HAUNTED ME FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
GOD MADE MAN AND MAN MADE ALL THESE CASTES AND RELIGION.MAN SHOULD NOT COMMIT HEINOUS CRIMES IN THE NAME OF CASTE OR RELIGION.
WHAT ELSE TO SAY?
BY THE WAY I SAW ANOTHER MURDER IN FRONT OF MY EYES.THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS BACK.MAYBE I AM DESTINED TO SEE MURDERS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF ME.IT LEAVES A HORRIBLE SCAR IN THE MIND.SEEING A MURDER HAPPENING I MEAN.A BAD AFTER TASTE.YOU FEEL VERY UPSET RECOLLECTING THE WHOLE THING AGAIN AND AGAIN.AT TIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE SLEEPING TABLETS SINCE YOU CANNOT FALL ASLEEP. AND YOU FEEL SO SICK.
WELL IN THOSE DAYS I HAD A CLINIC IN BHADRESWAR DISTRICT HOOGHLY,WEST BENGAL.I USED TO GO THERE FROM KOLKATA ONCE A WEEK ON SUNDAYS.THE CLINIC USED TO BE CROWDED AND I USED TO RETURN AT NIGHT.
WELL AS MY USUAL ROUTINE I CROSSED THE GANGES RIVER FROM ICCHAPUR TO TELINIPARA BY MOTOR BOAT .THE MOTOR BOAT HAD A SHADE IN THE MIDDLE PORTION.WE PASSENGERS USED TO SIT ON THE EDGES THE LUCKY ONES UNDER THE SHADE.
THE BOATS WERE USUALLY CROWDED.WELL I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A RACIAL HINDU MUSLIM PROBLEM IN TELINIPARA EARLIER ON AND TWO OR THREE MURDERS HAD BEEN COMMITTED.
BUT I WAS IN A HURRY AND IMPATIENT TO GET TO BHADRESWAR.THE BOAT WAS CROWDED AND AS SOON AS WE REACHED THE TELINIPARA GHAT ALL LOCAL PEOPLE GOT OUT AND DISPERSED IN A HURRY. I WENT TO THE RICKSHAW STAND WHERE CYCLE DRIVEN RICKSHAWS WERE PARKED.THE RICKSHAW PULLERS WERE KNOWN TO ME AND THEY WARNED ME TO GO BACK BY THE SAME BOAT.
SO I CAME BACK TO TH GHAT (JETTY) AND GOT BACK INTO THE SAME BOAT SINCE IT WAS VACANT I SAT UNDER THE SHADE.A YOUNG MUSLIM BOY AGED ABOUT 21 YRS CHEWING BETEL LEAVES AND WEARING THE TYPICAL CREAM SILK PAJAMA AND EMBROIDERED KURTA WAS SITTING OUTSIDE THE SHADE AND ASKED ME THE TIME. I TOLD HIM IT WAS ELEVEN 'O CLOCK VERY CASUALLY WITHOUT EVEN SEEING HIS FACE.
THE GHAT WAS FRINGED BY THE HUGE TOWERS OF VICTORIA JUTE MILL ON BOTH SIDES .SO IF THE BOAT WENT BY THE SIDE OF THE TOWER THE BOAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VISIBLE TO ANYONE FROM THE GHAT.WELL SOMEONE SIGNALLED SOMETHING FROM THE GHAT AND THE BOAT SUDDENLY STARTED GOING SIDEWAYS.
A SMALL PADDLE BOAT SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE SIDE DRIVEN BY A BLACK VERY UGLY LOOKING YOUTH DRESSED ONLY IN BLUE SHORTS.HIS MOUTH WAS CRUEL AS I NOTICED AFTERWARDS.
THE UGLY YOUTH PULLED OUT THE YOUNG MUSLIM CHAP FROM HIS SEAT AND STARTED MANHANDLING HIM .I WAS TOO STUNNED AND FRIGHTENED TO STAND UP OR SEE IN THAT DIRECTION.ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THE SOUNDS OF THE YOUTH BEING STRANGLED.I WAS NUMB WITH FRIGHT.THE YOUTH WAS PROBABLY THROWN INTO THE WATER.THE UGLY YOUTH GOT BACK IN THE PADDLE BOAT AND WENT OFF.
THE MANJHI(BOATMAN) WAS HARDLY 16 YRS OLD.HE STARTED DRIVING THE BOAT TOWARDS ICCHAPUR .AND I WAS TOLD IN A VERY STERN TONE NOT TO MENTION THE INCIDENT TO ANYONE OR ELSE.
I LOOKED BACK TO SEE THE CREAMY SILK KURTA FLOATING AND BY ITS SIDE A BLACK LEATHER WRIST BAG. THAT MURDERER WAS A HINDU BY CASTE.IF HE HAD BEEN A MUSLIM I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PLACE OF THAT YOUNG MUSLIM BOY.
THIS RACIAL PROBLEM SUBSIDED IN A FEW DAYS.I HEARD THER HAD BEEN SEVENTEEN MURDERS ON THAT DAY IN TELINIPARA.I STOPPED GOING BY THAT ROUTE.TWO YEARS LATER WHEN I HAD TO CROSS THE GANGES THERE DUE TO AN EMERGENCY PROBLEM I SAW THAT UGLY YOUTH WEARING THE SAME BLUE SHORTS AGAIN.HOW CAN I FORGET HIM.AND HOW CAN I FORGET THAT FLOATING SILK KURTA AND A BLACK WRIST BAG? THAT MEMORY HAUNTED ME FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
GOD MADE MAN AND MAN MADE ALL THESE CASTES AND RELIGION.MAN SHOULD NOT COMMIT HEINOUS CRIMES IN THE NAME OF CASTE OR RELIGION.
WHAT ELSE TO SAY?
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