What a terrific dream

I had witness a horrible death of a person some years ago.

I enter the house around 7:30 pm, found him hanging with a nylon string very stiff round his neck which is held high till the wooden log which separates the living room from the kitchen; his eyes drooping, his breath stopped,face pale, mouth opened where saliva dried while falling down his jaws, his heart pondering even slower than a snail crawling, with no movement , absolutely no movement at all.


I came closer to him, called him out, but no reaction what so ever. This astonished me as never in past had he been so quiet like now. I advanced towards him to check if he is fine and bullying me about this mockery or has he really hanged himself!

Several times in past he had threatened to hang till death but never did he actually do something like this ever before.

Later I touched him, he was breathless, his body almost turned cold and I was all alone in the room with him senseless, motionless and lifeless, I screamed out in pain and agony, I was stunned to see that he is dead, almost dead.



Had no idea if he is already dead or still can be saved, called up all whom I knew and as I was too young to travel along to the hospital and was left back in the house.

They rushed him to different hospitals but none admitted him and after an hour or so when finally one hospital entertained them, they declared him ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’.


This news came to me over the phone and it was as if Life from my body is separated, everything was upside down, this never happened ever in my life. The person who died ………………..................………………………………………….. Was none other than but my father.


With fear in my eyes, heart pondering extremely fast I got up screaming...Thank God it was just a dream !!

Corruption

Note : Had seen this play at Bandstand on 26th March 2011, which was organized in memory of Dandi March. I have put it down as much as I remember and somewhat modified to give a spicy effect. Here it goes..........

Characters in the skit

Youngest Brother – Bharat (Lead role) – Representing India

 Middle Brother – Maniya (Government Employee)

Eldest Brother – Raj (Politician)

Late Father’s Lawyer – Anil

Few neigbhours ---  (Names not specific)

Script

Bharat is relaxing in his bedroom early morning he visualizing a dream again as usual and becomes restless. In his dream he could hear his brothers speaking to eachother…….

Raj – “Maniya kaat de sale ko.. !!!”

Maniya – ‘Bhaiya gale se kaatu ki pait me dalu ?? Aaisa karta hu sale ka gale he kaat deta hu…..aawaz bhi nahi nikalegi saleki.. !!!’

And then they both burst out laughing loud..

The siuation is very terrific, as Bharat feels insecured ; he is sensing that his brothers are revengeful and greedy. He knows that after his father’s death when the lawyer said that his father has made him the nominee for all  the property that they hold and have not left anything on those brother’s name they have become revengeful.

During all these mishaps Bharat is becoming insane; the thought of his brother planning to kill him is driving him crazy and slowly and steadily he is becoming insane.

And as soon as he opens his eyes he could see Maya, right in front of his eyes.

Bharat – ‘Maya !! Maya!! Tum kaha chali gayi thi?? Mein tumhara kab se intazaar kar raha tha!! Maya mujhe bahut daar lag raha hia Maya, please kuch to bolo please…..’

Maya – (Questioning)Tumhe yeh kya ho gaya hai Bharat, tum aaise kaise sooch sakte ho ?? Tum apne Bhaiyoo pe shak kar rahe ho, jo tum se itna pyaar karte hai ?? Kyu Bharat kyu ???

(Then with a mild sound) Bharat vo tumhare bhai hai, vo tumse bahut pyaar karte hai !!

Ve tumhare hai, tum yeh kab samajoge….ab shaat ho jayaoo Bharat….dekho vo aa rahe hai……..

Bharat turns around to see them and suddenly Maya vanishes…

   

Till then his brother walks in the dinning room to take break fast…it is early morning and both his brother are rushing for work……

Maniya – (Calling out) Bhaiya, Bharat bhaiya…kaha ho ?? Chalo breatfast kar lo bhaiya….

Till that juncture even Raj the eldest brother walks in the dinning room….

Raj – Maniya chalo breakfast karte hai……Bharat kaha hai..?? Aur vo kaisa hai ??

Bharat  Also comes at the dinning table and sits besides them for breakfast…though he is having his breakfast still his mind is busy comtemplating  the same dream that he keeps on visualizing every second hours about brothers wanting to kill him, he is still restless….at the same time…

Maniya – Bharat bhaiya aap ne apne davaiya to khale na?? Agar nahi kai hai to kalo..

Both the brothers are very concerned about his brother Bharat and his health/…they really don’t know how to make Bharat understand that it doesn’t matter to them who holds the property it is just that they want their brother to be in a good health..

They both leave for office..

Here Bharat missing out taking medicine and he gets he attack…he holds the knife in his hand, and trying to kill himself, he is totally mad and he doesn’t know what to be done….he is becoming crazy and crazy day by day…….these medicines are not at all helping him to get cured……..althought having it regularly..

At the same time he again could see Maya….

Maya – (Calls out loudly) Bharat tum ye kya kar rahe ho ?? Tum yeh kuch maat karo Bharat……tumhari zindagi bahut kimti hai….

Bharat – Nahi Maya, yeh har din  thode thode marne se accha hai ki mein ek dum mar jau.

Maya –(Again shouts loud as she doesnt want Bharat to take this step) Nahi Bharat nahi tum rukh jao yeh mat karna…

At the time she is shouting both the brothers enter the house in the evening as always….

Maniya – Bharat Bhaiya (With a pleasing sound) kaha ho dekho meine aap ke liye kya laya hu, ice-cream….kaha ho

Raj  - Maniya dekho yehi apne bedroom me hoga…

They both enter the bedroom together where they could see him holding a knife in his hand…

They are shit scared and do not know what to be done….

They have a tiff where they try to take the knife from Bharat….and finally they manage too…

Maniya – Bharat Bhaiya hum aapke bhai hai….hum bhala aapko kyu maarenge…???

Aap ne apni davayiya kahi kya ??

Bharat – (In anger, confusion and restlesssness Just shook his head saying) NO

Maniya gives Bharat Medicines  meanwhile the lawyer comes whom Raj had called up to come home

Raj – Arre aayiye aayiye aap ka hi intazaar kar rahe the

Anil – acchanak se mujhe kyu yaad kiya

Raj – Vahi kaam kar ne jo hum papa ke antim sanskar ke din hum baate kar rahe the

Anil – haan vo saare documents to mein apne saath he lekar  rehta hu taki ko na dekh…

(Both of them gives a very cruel smile)

Ral – Accha layiye hum ne vo kaam to kar liya hai…ab sirf…………..

(Anil gives documents where Raj takes signature of Bharat ….Bharat signs as he is not in his senses as he already had medicine)

Anil – Chalo mein ab chalta hu, apka kaam ho gaya…

Maniya takes Bharat to rest in his bedroom, and he is asleep..

Now both his brothers are sitting on to the sofa………..and here their color changes…

Now their actual conversation starts…

Maniya comes closure to Bharat takes the same knife and the same diagloue goes on as Bharat visualzes…………..

Raj – “Maniya kaat de sale ko.. !!!”

Maniya – ‘Bhaiya gale se kaatu ki pait me dalu ?? Aaisa karta hu sale ka gale he kaat deta hu…..aawaz bhi nahi nikalegi saleki.. !!!’

And then they both burst out laughing loud..

Moral and Message of the story : Corruption starts from home, we all say that corruption is taking its toll on us……and the country, but what do we do……our corruption starts from home, we all are corrupt in some or the other way; so lets join hands together to uproot corruption and keep out country clean…….!!!!

Terrific fret – 2

The next day morning when we realised that we were in the mid of this large spread mud around.

Invariably I prompted immediately. I could  sense to be in some danger ahead. My colleagues who were along too agreed with me. With this context we understood the news that we had read in the newspaper a day before; that some external bodies were attempting and had attempted in past also to create some problem for us. Nonetheless we still moved forward for this picnic.

I burst out with tears in my eyes as had promised my mother that shall return before sunset a day before. The cellphone had also conged off as battery was down, we were all helpless and couldn’t even get in touch with our flocks back at home.

We laboured hard to get out of these huge farm but failed too. My colleague Jayesh went down from the bus and he got stucked in the mud. He was drowing down; it was as if we are being cursed by that person; and everyone of us will die soon.

That person whom we met along the way back home. He was panting for breath and He in his groove of indiscreet behaviour gave him vineger to drink. I though tried hard stopping my friend to do such with that innocent old man;  as he looked like a baba (a religious person) but failed too as till then he had already given him to drink. And till the time our eyes could move away from him; he gave away his last breath. While giving up his last breath he murmured something, he was cursing all of us for the cruelity that we showed towards him.

Uff !! was that a curse for our life?? Or was that a forgiveness for our bad deeds ?? We are ignornant to these but yes we are facing something adverse at this point.

By that juncture we eight of us had became close-knit; as we were the only redeemer for eachother at those  hours. Jayesh who put his feet down the bus and was about to drown; we manage to save him and pulled him back. Till then; everything seemed as if nothing and none of us will remain.

And so to save one’s life and everyone’s life too  we started conceptualizing for further action The odds were not at all in our favour as our brain had stopped functioning; but later after a couple of long hours we could find a  way out of these. When our bus was in about the 70 degree angle drowning down I could see some stiff down there; after a long struggle I couldn’t believe my eyes; felt as if God up is actually watching over us and had extented his hands of mercy. I could see that; we were on the mountain  up high and if put a little more effort we can escape from  this grave of hell…………..

And the story continuous……………

Terrific fret --> 1

It was that late night and it was jet dark, only the headlight of the vechicle was visible; the bus driver was managing to drive down the street with mountains holding up high on both the sides of the road. We in the bus were cracking hilarious jokes and were in fulswing of our mood as we were returning from a picnic.

As we travelled  somewhat safe distance we could smell something; it wasn’t a common smell but was smelling as if something is burned / burning; it was the smell of the fire; but still we ignored it and asked the bus driver to increase the cooling of the airconditioner. As I always sit at the left hand side of the bus and could easily view the outside road; my eyes caught the terrific scene which was happening at a 20 feet distance. It was a huge bucollic village burning, it was such a horrifying scene and everyone’s heart came into their mouth looking at such. We were passing through the same road and witnessed the fire. It looked like as if it was a village/ place of katevadi’s. There was not even a single vehicle other than ours passing through that lane. It was as if our eyes met with a monster and there was a sudden silence in the bus. None of us could identify or recongise that juncture. It was for the first time I witnessed myself in such a delima; did not know how to move further and what should be the next step. After I was out of the blues of my own thought process I turned my attention to the bus driver; he was sweating, confused and lost, fear mounted up in his heart which could be easily identified he was fearing to move ahead; he was so confused that he lost his way back home. As it was jet dark with nothing visible ahead. We could see only till at a distance as far as the burning fire could throw the light; it was although visible to the nacked eyes but the inner consicous was in great fear that couldn’t understand and articulate and understand. He then diverted the way and drove down the soft soil; we didn’t realise it untill we could feel that the bus isn’t moving ahead. We were stucked in the mid of the farm of a nearby village.

As it was too dark ahead with no moon on the top and with no one on that lonely road. We stayed there until next morning and realised that we were in the mid of the mud-iland……. This  registered in our hearts like a hole in one’s heart…

And the story continuous……………

A Murder house --- With lurid desires

Characters: Jia - The daughter
Raj – Father
Alisha – Mother
Adi – neighbour uncle.

When Jia entered the house one evening; (as every day she used to return early, but today she was late from college) she couldn’t believe her eyes; this was a naked truth right in front of her! For some while she was stunned and became speechless; it was her father Raj hanging on the fan…!
He was DEAD !!

She couldn’t recollect anything adverse happening ever since a long-long-time; though this case was declared as closed, as the official authority couldn’t find any clues and did not even wish to continue and do some investigation.

It was said that this was an Attempt to Suicide!

Jia and Alisha couldn’t believe that Raj would even attempt to do such. They were as if rotting themselves’ like animals and did try to eradicate all this from their minds but couldn’t stop themselves to speculating the reasons for the accident.

Jia decided to remonstrate this in the highcourt; she did not bother but made her flesh and blood one for fighting this case.

Later when broached this episode again; the cops showed her the file where they had investigated and could see following things;
1) The door and windows were closed from inside and as the house is on the ground floor, there was no room left for someone to even beam in.
2) There were no scratch-marks on the victim’s body (Raj’s body), this proves that he did not struggle to help himself to remain alive.

This created a lurid situation but still Jia did not lose her hope, and the light in contrast sparked in her to know who did the hegemony role and did take the life of her father !!
Jia’s mother loved her father a lot and so slowly she was becoming insane!! This gave Jia another shock of her life !!
Until some days back everything happened to be good and the best. Though this was Jia’s madness, yet there is a method in it! She was all the while in a sad but still wanted to eradicate the qualia which had been built-up in everyone’s mind.

All this while; although even before the existing hours; she had always suspected her neighbor being in love with her mother Alisha. This triggered her mind and so she tried laying up the net for her neighbour.

For some days, she observed him and his timing of entering the house and also existing.
A high plethora of suspense amounted as days passed. She was up with a conclusion that she needed to have panacea.

Later, one evening; while Alisha was sleeping in her bedroom, and Jia accompanied her; she could see someone was just right outside the curtain trying to view the scene in silence! Jia went slowly with the cat steps and opened the curtains on the knock; and she could find Adi hidingly standing there outside !!
Here Jia caught him and asked him to give an explanation!! This followed by a police complaint. Where after a police enquire; Adi admitted that he loved Alisha a lot and so killed Raj; so that one day he and Alisha can be one.
When broached the topic he explained how he killed.

When that evening Raj was alone at home; he went to accompany him in consuming liquor. Later, Adi filled his ears by telling him his spurious yet dalliance with Alisha. He also mentioned to him that they were intimated most of the times when alone.
Adi knew that Raj was a cognitive patient, and this type of cognitive trauma might lead him to commit suicide.
He spoke to him and hypnotized him as Adi was a physiatric, and he knew how to play with one’s mind and was a well-known personality in his industry.
This made Raj feel desultory; as his mind was raptured, and he could think nothing but to give up his life. Adi instructed Raj to do it in silence when alone and also to lock the room from inside, and he left his place……

He admitted his cruel desires to have Alisha as his wife as he was a bachelor even at the ending age………..
High court declared him to be hanged until death……….