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    Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two
    Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two
    Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two
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    Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two

    By Raja Sharma

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    The world of stories is so enchanting and vast that there is always scope for innumerable new ideas and styles. Some write to give vent to their emotions and it is a kind of catharsis to them, some write to instruct and teach and it is a platform whence they are able to show their superiority over millions, and some write to leave their mark on the posterity, but I write for the sake of writing for I don’t know anything else, and it gives me extreme satisfaction.

    In this book, I have a few stories which will acquaint you with the contemporary life which the Western World is mostly ignorant about.

    Raja Sharma

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateSep 19, 2011
    ISBN9781465799371
    Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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      Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two - Raja Sharma

      Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two

      Scavenger-Indian Panorama-Short Stories-Part Two

      By Raja Sharma

      Copyright@2011Rajasharma

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      Preface

      The world of stories is so enchanting and vast that there is always scope for innumerable new ideas and styles. Some write to give vent to their emotions and it is a kind of catharsis to them, some write to instruct and teach and it is a platform whence they are able to show their superiority over millions, and some write to leave their mark on the posterity, but I write for the sake of writing for I don’t know anything else, and it gives me extreme satisfaction.

      I am a kind of scavenger and I am often successful in picking the shreds mostly left by others. With a little effort I join the pieces and create something that delights me and my readers.

      In this book, I have a few stories which will acquaint you with the contemporary life which the Western World is mostly ignorant about.

      Raja Sharma

      Chapter 1: Militant He Never Was

      It was like it had happened yesterday because everything is so fresh in mind. He had tried to persuade himself many times that past could not be altered but he was actually not ready to listen to the voice of his heart. He remembered everything.

      The entire town was stunned when his friend’s pictures were flashed on the TV screens, and then newspapers wrote all sorts of adverse things against him. They were trying their best to prove him a terrorist.

      People were talking everywhere and everyone had his own surmises and arguments. Generally, people love adding details from their side and in no time a minor incident becomes a major event. This is the power of crowd mentality.

      It is unbelievable. Isa’s son Musa was a terrorist!

      Isa was a very simple weaver from the middle class locality of the town.

      Thank God the old man had passed away long before his happened.

      All these Muslims are terrorists! said Mishraji, thus blaming the entire Muslim community. He did not realize what he had said and what its consequences could be.

      ‘Mirror’ had printed the news on front page. It had the heading ‘Terrorism Raising its Head in Town’. The editor had used Musa as a pretext and written a long editorial about terrorism and its spreading wings. The editorial claimed that most of the Islamic Madrasas were the training schools for terrorists. In such places, young boys were educated about ‘Jihad’ under the veneer of religious teachings. The editor said that this minority community was blackmailing the political parties in India.

      When he read this report, he was naturally surprised because he knew Musa very well and he knew that Musa could be anything but not a terrorist. Musa was his bosom friend and they had studied together. They used to share everything with each other. He was sure that there was some mistake.

      Such relations are gradually lost into oblivion because of other pressing requirements in life. Marriage, business, political beliefs, and social responsibilities very often take us away from our childhood friends.

      Yes, Musa was a Muslim, and, perhaps, that was the only point that spoke eloquently against him and indicated that he was a terrorist.

      He was from a Hindu family and he had been conditioned to treat Muslims as untouchables. But, Ramesh never saw any difference. The only physical difference he found was that

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