On A Drive With

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I was born on 8
th
April 1990, Patna, Bihar in India, in a middle class family of four. Anil Sinha,
Sr. manaer in !he !imes of India and Sudha Sinha, a housewife, raised me with proper care. I
did 10
th
"BS# from St. $aren%s Secondary School and 1&
th
"BS# from 'yan (i)etan. I went on
to complete my B.!ech in Information !echnoloy from Amity *ni+ersity in &01&. !houh
initially sha)y in #nlish, I was inspired by my father who is ood at creati+e writin, I soon ot
in+ol+ed in writin when I was in 11
th
standard. -urin that time I wrote numerous articles and
slowly went on to write a fictional no+el which is still in wor) and unpublished.
.or some time I helped my father in ma)in /ui0 1uestions for !he !imes of India. I ha+e
written articles in school and collee maa0ines. -urin my tenure as a School captain, I wrote
numerous speeches and articles. I was selected in the editorial department of Amity *ni+ersity. I
also wrote articles in the "ollee%s Sponsors 2aa0ine. But the moment that i+es me pride, was
the hour lon meetin with the editor of !imes of India. 3is praise and uidance had been
precious and since then pro+ided an ure to et better consistently.
On a Drive with Lie, as a collection of short stories, was a concept that passed my mind some 4
years bac) and slowly, but with dedication I ha+e added into the collection. I presently wor) as a
Pro5ect #nineer in 6ipro !echnoloies, but often find time to li+e my passion, that is writin. I
am indebted to my friends and family who ha+e read my wor) and played an important role in
ma)in me and my wor) better.
!yno"#i# o On a Drive $ith Lie%%
On A Drive $ith Lie%% 78000 words, is a collection of short stories that includes lo+e, traedy,
ad+enture, horror, separation, reret, desire, satisfaction, happiness and all the +aried emotions.
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As the name suests, the collection aims at ta)in the readers on a dri+e with their emotions,
such that they share the emotions of the character. !heir feelins are bein portrayed as a part of
the storyline, that they may ha+e underwent at a certain phase in their li+es. 6e all ha+e been a
father, a son, a mother, a sister, a dauhter, a friend, a lo+er and we all had been ambitious, full of
desires, had brea) ups, faced an une9plained encounter with the supernatural or ha+e heard tales
of a breathta)in ad+enture. !he stories re+ol+e around the concept that how a small
misunderstandin or a mista)e can ruin li+es with tremendous impact. !he essence is to stir the
emotions of the reader with une9pected endins alon with fun and entertainment. As a
collection, the stories are desined to pro+ide a fascinatin e9perience such that the readers clear
down their memory lanes and indeed o :n A -ri+e 6ith ;ife<<
&' The !weete#t (it )ver: 8,900 words, re+ol+es around two teen aed characters Saar
and !anya. !he story accentuates on the sharp line between friendship and lo+e at youn
ae.
Saar fell in lo+e with !anya in the coachin class. Ad+ised by friends, he did e+erythin to ain her
attention, once e+en sa+in her from bein e+e teased. !hey bonded toether, but the absence of !anya on
Saar%s birthday because of her father%s restrictions resulted in his deep resentment towards her. In a
desperate mo+e, after suestions from a friend, she )issed him. Soon she was in uilt only to be relie+ed
when Saar climbed her window at niht to meet her. A romantic moment for Saar with chocolates and
hus was only a dedication of cute friendship for !anya. 3e realised her mother was in coma, sent by her
father%s +iolence. 3e was a strict insensate police officer.
'oin throuh her hand ba on a rainy day he encountered a nai+ely written letter by !anya to her
mother. She reretted brea)in her trust but at the same time described him as her best friend. A heated
con+ersation brouht a rift between them when Saar misbeha+ed with a bear. Separation from her and
instiation by friends made him realise that !anya miht be hidin under the cloa) of friendship instead
of acceptin the relationship. .rustrated, he pro+ided !anya the last chance on =alentine%s -ay, either to
accept the commitment or to end it there.
6hile he waited in the par), !anya arri+ed, bruised up and bro)en. She hued only to be )illed by a few
men, who had traced her to a+ene their enmity with her father. In an emotional endin he realised
throuh a letter in her hands, the emotional trauma she underwent to maintain the balance between the
dinity of her family and his e9pectations towards her. She considered him his most precious blessin of
od, a friend, who made her smile, and for whose happiness she was e+en ready to sacrifice her life.
&&' The !"icy Bet* >,>48 words, is an amusin short story re+ol+in around, ?a+ier,
Siddharth, =i+e) and Ishi)a, four people entanled in the concept that @6hat appears
may not always be the truthA and ends with an une9pected shoc).
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!he entire story is contained in a par) where Ishi)a, an attracti+e youn irl would sit in isolation and
continue with her no+el in the e+enin. Siddharth and ?a+ier happened to be two lo+er boys who are
deeply in lo+e with her.
?a+ier bein rich and Siddarth bein a rocer left no chance to ain her attention with fancy dresses, but
in +ain. Soon they are in conflict only to be calmed down by an illusionist, =i+e), who con+inced and
won their trust by predictin e+erythin about their current li+es.
6ith his powers he hypnotised Ishi)a and lured them to be a part of a bet at midniht in the par), the
winner of which will win Ishi)a. :nly at midniht did they realise that the bet in+ol+ed choppin off the
eyes of the loser as a sacrifice to the 'ods, to ma)e the conse1uence of the bet a success. !houh ?a+ier
was less superstitious and more probin by nature, he accepted the bet when Sidharth willinly accepted
it. !heir attraction towards Ishi)a and animosity with each other soon o+ershadowed their discretion.
!he bet in+ol+ed tyin their hands and eatin 10 pieces of Bhoot Bolo)iaC:ne of the hottest chillies in the
worldD and loser loses his eyes. ?a+ier was the first to try and by the time he swallowed the ninth one, he
had almost fainted with watery eyes and twisted bowel. /uite aware that the tenth one may )ill him, he
chose life o+er eyes.
6hen =i+e) hurled to slice off his eyes in +ictory Siddharth cauht him from behind. Some other men
emered and cauht hold of Ishi)a, who screeched li)e a crow. !hey were from police. Siddharth was an
informant, out in a +eneance to catch the duo, )nown as Bhattswami and Bhattswamini who had
similarly fooled his brother and many others on the name of sacrifice.
Sa+in his eyes on the ede of a )nife and realisin that he had 5ust sur+i+ed a hoa9, ?a+ier fainted while
the others obser+ed him in amusement.
&&&' A Tri" on Train: >84& words, is a horror story re+ol+in around Shishir who was to
catch a train from $ol)ata to -elhi on the (ew Eear e+e. But ne+er did he )now what the
5ourney had in store for him.
!he train was completely empty and his intuition of encounterin somethin unusual was confirmed by
the cryptic remar) of the pantry car man. !he weather was stormy and in 5ust few hours of the 5ourney he
saw a hostly appearance of a youn irl who screamed and +anished lea+in him appalled. 3e breathed
life when the train was filled at $anpur. But he soon realised that the tra+ellers had somethin creepy
about themsel+es. 6hile on his way to the toilet he encountered someone crossin throuh him. !he
coach was full of a Barat who sun dreadful sons while the bride shed blood and not tears throuh her
eyes. !houh appalled he comforts himself from a youn irl with her randfather.
!he randfather told them about his strane encounters while tra+ellin on train. 3e told them about a
happy married couple with Barat on the train which fell in the ri+er )illin all. :nce tra+ellin on train
without tic)et, beside the toilet, he heard their hauntin +oices, so e9cruciatin that he bro)e his elbow in
an attempt to close the door. 3e also came across a host stic)in on his window at midniht, when all
were asleep. She had died terribly, crushed under the train. 3e also e9plained about people wal)in at
niht in train or e+en boardin the trains at une9pected halts to be the dead.
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An aed Tantrik-ish loo)in lady dressed in blac) sari sittin beside him had a baby cryin throuhout. In
an instant she threw the baby out of the window. She stood and shrie)ed loudly and alon with e+eryone
she +anished. :nly the youn irl was left behind who e9plained that all were already dead. !he moment
he rela9ed he found the irl turnin into a dreadful host. 3e fainted until rescued by the authorities.
&+' & wa# A Failure, >F8> words, re+ol+es around two characters Ashmit 6alia and his son
A)ash. !he story depicts the hidden ambition of a father and the desire of the son to fulfil
it.
Ashmit was a successful man renowned for his refined )nowlede of #nlish. 3e had achie+ed all in his
life and his son followed his footsteps. But an unfortunate e+ent of his distant past always haunted him,
where he was bullied and moc)ed on racial rounds. 3e ended up losin the international elocution
competition in humiliation. !he shadow of his past soon enulfed his son when the son of his friend 2r.
=erma won the same competition which he couldn%t.
3e persuaded his son to win the competition for him. A)ash, had the fear of public spea)in, but he
accepted the challene to sooth his father%s torment. 3e was trained hard by Ashmit whose emotions
swirled inside li)e tornado e+en inorin the torment he forced upon his son. But despite bein fearful of
his wa+erin confidence, A)ash promised to not let him down. !he phase brins father and son closer,
determined to defer the challenes.
But fate had its own plans. :n the day of the #locution "ompetition, Ashmit, completely enerised
rushed to brin 2r. =erma who was stuc) because of his punctured car, lea+in A)ash alone. :nly at the
last moment did he reali0e that his father had died in an accident. .orced, he un)nowinly wal)ed on to
the stae but didn%t muster the courae to spea). 3e was left at the stae to weep, uncared, losin the
competition. 3e understood that he was a failure, because he was not always prorammed for success, but
because he was a child who wept for his father.
+' An Or"han,# De#ire* 484> words, re+ol+es around an orphan Gahul who had lost his
mother and father while li+in in a slum in -elhi. !he story hihlihts the most cra+ed
desires of a youn orphan, who wishes the lo+e of a parent.
6itnessin an elusi+e life of a bear, he was ta)en home as a helper by a childless married couple,
Seema and Par+een, after persuasion by the wife. Gahul was indeed ta)en as a pet by fortune and he
en5oyed the la+ishin life full of amenities, alon with the motherly lo+e of Seema. !houh despised by
Pra+een who considered him nothin more than a ser+ant, he found himself at peace under her affection.
But thins bean to unra+el as soon as Seema became prenant. Pra+een unleashed his uncontrollable
aner whene+er he disco+ered him not ta)in proper care of Seema. !houh she continued i+in him the
lo+e of a parent, considerin he was still a child. But the lo+e of her own child soon o+ershadowed her
trust.
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*nable to ta)e proper care of their son Amit at numerous occasions, Gahul was thrashed and tortured
mercilessly throuhout. :nce the child fell from his naH+e hands and Pra+een dismantled him in front of
all the uests. !he thouht of losin the lo+e of a mother and the place he called home only because of
their son Amit, a+e rise to an irresistible monster inside him. In the moment of aner, he )illed the
innocent child and escaped to li+e a life full of rerets.
+&' The True Love* 8>>4 words, re+ol+es around Aryan, his father and his irlfriend Smriti.
It stresses on the fraile relationship between a father and a son. It also portrays the
+olatile mindIset of a person who 5ust had a brea)up.
Aryan always cherished memories of his childhood. 3is mother died of a heart attac) after a fiht with his
father. 3e ne+er fora+e him and the distance rew between them. 3e induled deep into lo+e with
Smriti. Internet and phone became his mode of sur+i+al at home, the place he despised the most. 3e ne+er
left a chance of insultin his father who tried hard to et his bac). After bein beaten down by Smriti%s
stal)er Sumit, her father ets in+ol+ed. Sumit%s father was Smriti%s father%s friend and hence Aryan was
portrayed the +illain. 3e was warned to stay away from Smriti. !houh bein constantly solaced by his
father at hospital and at home, Aryan went in depression after the brea) up. In the panic state he ot into
confrontation with Smriti who was rudely inorin him and had otten into a relationship with Sumit
instead. Bein arrested, he saw his father bein for his release and ettin humiliated by them.
!hins continued deterioratin between him and his father. 3e blamed his utless persona for his
miseries. After wee)s of depression and e9cruciatin days, he followed numerous ad+ises from internet
and boo)s to et Smriti bac). .ollowin the touh and amusin efforts for wee)s, he ained her attention.
#+en thouh prohibited by his father, he decided to meet her at Gi+er%s Point. 3is father realised Aryan%s
life was in daner. 3e intercepted the murderers sent by Smriti%s father and was shot. In the unfortunate
moment his father e9pressed his reret and desire to always see him happy. 3e realised that one who
stood behind him, always supported him, always helped him when he had fallen, was his father. 3e was
his true lo+e and not Smriti, who continued li+in her life, unperturbed by his miseries.
;o+e is not what you i+e and e9pect. ;o+e is complete only when you recei+e and li+e e+ery bit of it
with passion.
+&&' The +er-ictJ >FF8 words is a story that re+ol+es around the character Gahul who recalls
his life standin in the courtroom. 3e faces all the hardships and losses in life, only in the
end to realise that all that he underwent was not in +ain, but in the end all con+erted into a
blessin for his dauhter.
3e lost his family to a mafia. 3e escaped and sur+i+ed bein and robbin. :nce on a cold niht he
slept beside an old lady bear in an attempt to share her bed sheet. !he ne9t mornin when he tried
robbin her while she slept, he realised she was already dead tryin to )eep him warm by sharin her own
cloth. In remorse he ran and wor)ed at a constructin site where a mafia tried dishonourin a youn irl
unable to pay the hafta. :+ercame by emotions of the past, he )illed him, sa+in the irl and ran in aony
to a distant city.
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6hile occasionally switchin his thouhts from the courtroom to his past, he describes his emotions.
!here he married a irl Seema, whom he lo+ed and dreamt of a better life for his unborn child. In midst of
a riot he had no place to run with his prenant wife. !he helplessness then forced him to sa+e a 2uslim
man from bein )illed. !he man offered him shelter in ratitude and pro+ided proper care to Seema, who
appeared different than before, as if she had anticipated her death. She died in child birth lea+in Gahul to
suffer the unbearable aony of loneliness once aain.
3is infant dauhter a+e him strenth while she crawled in his hands. !he 2uslim couple who were
childless implored him to offer the child to them. !hey promised to raise her li)e their own, and she
would ne+er )now him as their parent. !he assurance of a better life for her child swayed his bro)en
heart. 6ith lots of persuasion they handed him some money for his wife%s funeral.
Eears passed by, before he was spotted and draed in the court by his own dauhter. 3e was awarded life
imprisonment for sellin his dauhter. !he end portrays the passionate heart of a father who admired his
dauhter for her bra+ery with affection and accepted the whip of fate happily, satisfied that she was at a
better place.
+&&&' The .ur#e, !he story follows the concept that those claimin modern mindset should not
play with places that are haunted because of certain traedies. :ne must respect them and
li+e with it.
Gohit and his friends were on a niht out after their e9ams. 6ith his family out for the wee)end, he
con+inced his friends and +entured to +isit the $atiwara road. (umerous +illaers had died there in an
unfortunate e+ent. !he place was haunted for ta)in li+es under unusual circumstances. People had died
by cuttin off throats by their nails, or by ettin hypnotised, while some e+en heard dreadful screams.
#+en thouh warned by their friends he stopped to help an old lady bein for help. Appalled she was
not inhuman, he returned bac) to the car only to find his friends refusin to ha+e witnessed the lady. After
droppin bac) his friends he encountered consecuti+e frihtful e+ents. Alone and scared he witnessed the
old lady screamin and dauntin him in his car. At his house while sleepin he felt his mother caressin
him only to realise that she was not at home.
!he same shadow turned into a s)eleton li)e fiure eatin its flesh. !ryin to escape he found his mother
in white sari at the main door, who turned into a scary witch, frihtenin him to his limits. After moments
of silence he found himself aain at the $atiwara road. 3e saw a horrendous siht with numerous dead
bodies alon with his friends%, piled up. !hey had ne+er left the place and all what he saw was delusion.
3e was cursed by the old hostly lady for life for brea)in their slumber. 3e fainted while the 0ombies
crawled o+er him. Gescued in a hospital, his e+ery niht is marred with fearsome acts of the e+il.
&/' & $a# !eli#hJ 8&&8 words, portrays the friction between the desires of a family and
ambition of their son (a)ul. :nly in the end did he realise that lo+e and sacrifice weihs
more than anythin.
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Born in a lower middle class family that was bounded by lo+e, (a)ul recei+ed ade1uate education
compared to his sisters. Bein a briht student, he recei+ed scholarship and continued studyin. 3e
desired success and fame and wished to study further in a better collee and city. 3is family bein
e9tremely possessi+e and attached to him, tried to hold him bac). -espite of all the financial crunches he
5oined the collee aainst his family wishes. 3is ancestral land was sold for the purpose, he a+e pri+ate
tuitions to help himself. !houh bein the best in the collee, he en+ied his friends for their bi)es and
lifestyle. !he city life won o+er him.
!he story constantly depicts the enormous lo+e of the family and the hidden desires of (a)ul who started
despisin his family and their po+erty.
3is family that underwent the pain of his absence called him on prete9t of his father%s health which came
out to be false. 3e was fed up by them bein a hassle in his happiness and success. 3e recei+ed an offer
from a forein uni+ersity that added further torment to his family who li+ed under poor financial
conditions and in constant fear of losin (a)ul. !he thouht panic)ed them and they called him bac) by
stirrin his emotions on the ruse that his father%s shop was bro)en and they were helpless. Bro)en he
returned bac) droppin his collee only to found that he was played. 3is father was sufficiently paid for
the shop and they brouht him bac) only because they feared of losin him.
In wrath he insulted his father for bein a failure and 5ealous of his success. 3e left home humiliatin his
family and unperturbed of his mother%s pleas. Eears after no contact and when he was successful, he
returned only to find his family one. 3is father had committed suicide and his mother had died in shoc).
3is sisters despised him and they left the place untraced.
In a hihly emotional endin he realised that in his lust for success and power, he inored the most
beautiful thin that od had ifted him, and that was family. (ow after all these years, his soul wept for
the life that was much more fascinatin than the life he was li+in now.
/' The 0aunte- +illage: 8448 words, is an ad+enture story re+ol+in around an obscured
=illae Surya in the heart of a crater. :n a o+ernment pro5ect three doctors, Ashish,
Sudhir and Saura+ were sent to pro+ide medical facilities to the people. But what they
witness and face there is beyond anyone%s imaination.
!he strane +illae had no ods to worship. #ach +illaer had a dar) circle in their palms, their roofs had
structure of a shield and torches were lihted at the doors and depicted a story on their walls. !houh they
had a warm reception but were forbidden strictly from probin too much, especially by the Sarpanch.
Saura+ did manae to o beyond the limits of the +illae and found a lifeless abandoned area. But it was
the strane e9perience he underwent that baffled him. .rom desperate shouts of help to the dreary tree
with a sword underneath it, all scared him off. 3e was constantly uided by an old witch to lea+e the
=illae. :ne of his colleaues, Ashish went missin. 6ith no help from the Sarpanch who informed him
that he miht ha+e died, Sudhir and Saura+ realised thins were creepy.
6hile on search, the old witch told Saura+ about the traic history of the +illae formed on the blood of
the $in%s men some 1000 years ao. !he +illaers escaped and found the place where it was now. !he
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Sarpanch of that time, Bar)ha brutally forbade any outer world contact to preser+e the resources. 3e was
slauhtered, he cursed the entire +illae and it was his curse that none from the +illae could lea+e its
premises, had to cut a )nife deep throuh their palms at the ae of thirteen to show their loyalty and
depict the traic story on their walls.
Gealisin Ashish was sacrificed and Sudhir awaited it, he rushed to sa+e him. 3e encountered
e9cruciatin hallucination at the well and witnessed the merciless sacrifice of Sudhir under a dar) shadow
that enulfed the +illae. !hey then cut of his heart from his li+in body.
6hile on escape, the +illaers followed him, 5umpin on trees as if possessed. 3e was sa+ed at his last
breath by the rescue team who shot and scared them away. 3e )new he was luc)ily sa+ed and that
somethin supernatural haunted the obscured +illae.
/&' The 0an-ica""e- !acriice* >088 words tries to stress on inorance of the society
towards patriotic bra+e men who ha+e sacrificed their li+es for their country.
!he story starts at the war front where Adnan /ureshi fihts +aliantly while he saw his friends dyin.
(umerous were raw recruits brouht to replace the depletin army. 3e spotted a youn man named 'irish
sa+in his nec) and hidin, without any indulence in the war. 6hen bac) in the camps, the blood soa)ed
bodies of soldiers distressed Adnan. 3owe+er, when 'irish offended their patriotism, a heated
con+ersation bro)e out.
Adnan tried swayin his thouhts by tal)in it out in separation. 6hile Adnan had a lineae of army,
'irish beloned to a poor family. 3e e9plained how he led his life in po+erty. 3e and his sisters suffered
the atrocities of corruption and nelience of the society when his father died. 3e was there only for
money so that his family can sur+i+e. !houh he didn%t consider himself a traitor but he had no will to
defend the people who left them to endure, uncared. 3e stressed how the people +alued their soldiers,
only rememberin them on specific days, but remained not much concerned by what their families
suffered daily.
Adnan thouh con+inced him that there were millions li)e him and he should fiht for them. :n the war
front, in a shoc)in act, 'irish di+ed to sa+e him from a renade and died. Adnan, now handicapped was
perple9ed with conflictin emotions. 3e called his family and informed them that a friend sa+ed him. 3e
ot handicapped and he wished he stayed with them. 3is doubt was confirmed when his mother told him
that he may stay for a while but to )eep him fore+er would be a burden on their already troubled financial
conditions.
Geret o+erwhelmed him and he committed suicide. #+en thouh his father was one of those allant in
the warfront, they considered a handicapped a burden. 3e realised that somewhere the youn man was
true in his words that most may respect him. But they may ne+er be a part of his misery e+en if he
sacrificed his life, somethin that chafed his heart and belief on this side of his countrymen to the bottom.
/&&' Flat 1o' 23: >F80 words, is an amusin story re+ol+in around an electrician Gaha+
alias Gahu and 2r. Bhatia%s family and how his ine9perienced theft turned out to be a
disaster for him.
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2r. Bhaitia was a weird person who had recently shifted to (ew -elhi. 3e )ept into himself and none
)new whether he had a family or not. Gahu obser+ed him buyin a lon )nife, brinin blac) arbae
bas with mo+eable thins inside it. ;uc)ily, once manaed to spot his youn dauhter with whom he
rushed somewhere. 3e had an aim of robbin his house when he was una+ailable. !houh superstitious,
he +entured to his .lat no 1> at the 1>
th
floor where all the floors e9cept his were unoccupied. -isuised
as an electrician sent by the secretary of the society, he entered the flat and started mishandlin 2r.
Bhatia%s dauhter !anisha to show him where the money was.
"onsecuti+e bafflin e+ents li)e the door bein slammed, painful shrie)s and then !anisha%s ettin
possessed, daunted his heart. 3e struled to escape but the door was loc)ed. 6hile !anisha switched
between normalcy and bein possessed, the shrie)s continued. 3e hid in a different room only to hear
some hisses alon with !anisha slammin the door outside. 3e found the trapdoor in the room which
contained sliced fleshes and a demented old lady. 3e panic)ed and the startlin e+ents fainted him. 3e
was rescued by 2r. Bhaitia who informed him that his family e9cept his wife and dauhter had died in a
fire started by a family enemy. !anisha was not stable especially under intense situation while his wife
wished to cut the murderer into pieces. !o calm her he pro+ided her with rats and chic)ens.
!he story ends with Gahu bein to let him o or et him arrested. But 2r. Bhatia left him in the hands
of his dauhter and wife to calm them for all the ha+oc he had created.
/&&&' Broken 4elation#: 8,000 words, re+ol+es around three friends, 2ana+, Gishi and
San5ana. !he story emphasises on the emotions of San5ana who was despised because of
her loo)s and who e+entually was fooled and ruined by the lust of 2ana+. !his is an
emotional story, the end of which concludes with the murder of 2ana+ by his own true
bro)en friend Gishi who was ahast and disusted by his acts.
/&+' The Three !tab#* >880 words shows how a youn boy without parents suffers because
of his innocence while tryin to sa+e his ailin randfather.
(a+een%s father was lynched by the mob after bein cauht robbin. 3e had no other choice as his shop
was bro)en by a constructin company. ;eft only by his stepImother who forced him to wor) in a dhaba,
he barely found time to ta)e proper care of his diseased randfather. !he dhaba was not an easy place
either where he was mishandled reularly. Ad+ised by his friend =inay, he met a 'odman, the Peeple
Baba who re1uired Gs 8000 to cure his randfather. Baffled by the thouht, he had to persistently deal
with his step mother who constantly abused and screeched at them.
!here are moments in the story that depicted the sentiments shared between the youn boy and his dyin
randfather. !he siht of his randfather%s deplorable condition and the nemesis in the name of his stepI
mother, made his life a strule. !he wish for a life where he would be cared aain by his lo+in
randfather and the desire for a happy life de+iated him from the reality that he was already on the +ere
of death. 3e beed Seth 5i, the owner of the dhaba for the money, who rudely turned it down. 6hile his
naH+e mind relied only on the miracle from the Peeple Baba, he swore to sa+e his randfather. 3e stole
the money from the dhaba and a+e it to the Peeple Baba.
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#scapin the search by police, he returned to find his blood soa)ed randfather on the floor. !he harsh
reality that he was dyin painfully and that he was fooled, blew his heart into pieces. In a bafflin endin,
after pleas from him to relie+e him from the pain, (a+een stabbed him three times, with each stab settin
him free from all the miseries of the mortal world.
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