october treat from Agnijaat – Agnijaat – A Monthly Ezine by Sharmishtha Basu

October Treat from Agnijaat 17: I write like Mario Puzo

Posted on October 20, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

J still remembered the glow on his face when he torched his family, he fell down on his knees before this monster, begging him to spare his five year old daughter, no they have done him no harm, they did not even knew who he was!

Someone told K to kill his neighbors, just because they were “different” and he blindly obeyed them, now he is seeking his forgiveness, because things have changed and J now holds the dagger to his family’s throat.

“Go home!” J patted his shoulder, “I have forgiven you, I know you were misguided.”

K profusely thanked him and walked away. When he returned home a pile of smoldering ash greeted him, there was no sign of his family.

His legs gave in under him. He now thought he noticed an evil gleam in J’s eyes while he was waiting for him to be called by the announcer on the dais, to apologize to his victims in presence of media.

He wondered if he was responsible…

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Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 16

Posted on October 19, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

They were the bad ones, the wicked ones, they defied the rules of society, its ethics and morality and lived like kings and queens.

But, no matter how hard Hades tries people will always add the “underworld” before his king designation, and that is what made them angry.

So they tried to convince everyone that the whole world is wicked, evil so they too are no different, they are just like everyone else, so they should be treated as good and virtuous. Or the whole world should be called wicked and evil.

Some half agreed with them, some fully and others did not. Now these “others” made them really angry especially if they were vocal about their disapproval.

They firmly believed in the old saying, “united we stand, divided we fall!” so they chased those rebels down the alley to underworld. Some ended up there, some died, some ran away as far as they could from them but by the end of the day there were no more rebels left.

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October Treat from Agnijaat 15

Posted on October 18, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

They were childhood friends, doted after one another, love of that proportion is rare to found. They thought that God kept a watch for their love, well someone else to eyed that affection, and was waiting for a chance.

For one celestial minute God got occupied with something else and the green goblin stepped in, in one second he replaced one of the friends with one of his minions and started to watch, he loved it, meddling with God’s plans and especially with those She had for her favorite children.

One of them was still a devoted friend, looking up at the other like he was an angel straight from heaven, could never do him any harm, could not even dream of doing anything like that.

Well the minion was nothing from heaven, he was from exactly the opposite place, so he acted just like that, he made arrangements that his prey ends up at his place, hell.

When God returned everything was ruined , the culprit goblin was gone.

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 14

Posted on October 17, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

She was brilliant at this role, when she was a small child her mother took her to places where no child goes, by the time she was ten she was thoroughly corrupted and a puppet in her mother’s hand. She became quite an expert in acting, especially the role of victims, victimized truly it did not required much skill to play victim on every role offered to her, no not by silver screen, by her mother at first then the eternal trap – money.

She started to work for an organization that stayed invisible and worked through greedy persons like her, spread all across the globe.

Their job was quite unique, ruining reputation, credibility. Perks were mind-blowing!

One of her ex husbands is now living in Germany, he not only got a new cast, creed also fifteen year bonus in age, when they played husband and wife to ruin a whistleblower he was fifty, now she sees his picture in newspapers, a thirty five year old entrepreneur embracing high and mighties!

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 13

Posted on October 16, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

In public eyes they were sworn enemies, bayed for each other’s blood, there was no mingling, even formal between the two clans.

But behind all that curses and bellowing they worked for the same boss, in his chamber they were just two hunting dogs.

Why did they act otherwise in open? Well, that was an idea of their master, a genius of criminal activities. That gave them excuses to do the worst evil for their boss, under the disguise of “blind hatred”.
Ssuppose Mr. Das fell for a girl (who incidentally was a whistleblower) now Mr. Mandal, his arch enemy vented his frustration on that poor woman, Mr. Das retaliated, Mr. Mandal was not able to touch Mr. Das but hey! He could easily touch his beloved, because that woman knew nothing of their enmity, she was a peachy tool to settle each and every score on Mr. Das, so he did that!

He not only had his clan to help but some strangers too sympathized with his fake sob-story.

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 12

Posted on October 15, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

“All you will have to do is convince everyone that she is your wife, and this child is your child with her.” Mr. Das said, “If you don’t, just brace yourself for passing the rest of your life behind bars, I will take care that you spend that in the company of the worst criminals, with history of grisliest abuses.”

He knew he did not have much choice, he could commit suicide but it is not that easy, is it? Das was promising him a way out after he did his part, out of the country with a new identity. That will mean he will be able to start fresh. Maybe he can select the country, some country where people are nonchalant to people like him!

So he started living in a single room attached to her room, she never saw him, but he did, quite minutely so he could tell everyone that they were married.

After a while when she left the house she told everyone she has eloped!

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 11

Posted on October 14, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

Evil puppeteer laughed from background, that was the fun of being puppeteer, he controlled everything yet the blame went on the puppets.

Those puppets could feel his tug yet they refused to acknowledge that the same might be happening with others too!

He picked up a puppet from a loving, caring family and replaced it with one that looks just like it but a wicked to the core one.

The fun begins! The whole family dotes after the puppet that has been removed but its lookalike is nothing like it, and how it baffles and torments them, they just can’t understand what went wrong!

They try to ask, convince, make him act like before, well how could he? He had no idea about how the original puppet was, so he acts the way his own nature is and the puppeteer laughs.

He rubs his hands and giggles like child but his eyes only show his darkness, alas the puppets can’t see him, so they just fumble around making more mistakes.

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 10

Posted on October 13, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

She fell in love, deeply, nonchalant to the fact that he was not rich, nothing close to the suitor her family might have chosen for her. That is what love is all about!

He was her colleague, a silent type of man who preferred not to notice her signs, her hints that she wanted to take next step, turn their friendship into something deeper.

Then things went wrong, the decent, silent man all of a sudden started to act like a sick, depraved type of man, she still could not stop loving him, it was really deep and strong, then she started to notice weirder things, like little changes in him, a mole coming and going, colour of eye, hair thicker, thinner as if there were multiple persons using the same name, same office, same designation of course.

Well, naturally cupid ran off as fast his wings could take him, leaving her absolutely shocked and shattered.

The only thing she thanked God was that this did not happened after marriage!

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 9

Posted on October 12, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

Different people think different ways when they stumble upon miracles of nature, some gush, some praise God and some find out ways to exploit them.

When Monster Kumar stumbled upon one his deranged mind devised a bizarre plan, long running but useful one.

He already was a hardcore criminal and this key seemed quite good for him to keep, it was a village where twins were the regular way of having kids, sometimes more than two and often identical.

He collected the identical ones, every possible pair he could, sometimes by hook, sometimes by crook. Then he tried to corrupt both, if not possible at least one, that done, one became the alibi and the other perpetrator.

One lived a neat and clean life, no one could raise a finger at him, the other one cashed his image and did nefarious things using his identity, if someone saw him, well, the other one was at home, doing something in presence of at least five people to witness for his innocence.

Agnijaat

October Treat from Agnijaat 8

Posted on October 11, 2017October 4, 2017 by Sharmishtha Basu

They had a sick game! They loved to play it, like some predators they hunted in packs. When someone earned their ire they got after that person together.

No, they did not ripped him to pieces or cornered him in the alley, if he had a girl friend they all hunted her, that is flirted with her, woo her, till either she broke off the relationship or he out of jealousy or suspicion.

Then just like they attacked they backed off too, leaving the couple absolutely confused.

If that person was a woman then she became the target of course. They even picked up the slogan of a famous television series, “One for all and all for one.” Never even feeling the underlying nobility of that slogan and how unworthy their lips were for those words.

Sometimes monkeys mimic human beings with utmost perfection, we don’t know, they may think that they perform better than human beings, who can say what goes on inside the mind of a performing monkey.