The Dead Man - II
As I had mentioned before, in the absence of telephones and many other modern conveniences, the traditional method of shouting from house to house was resorted to, for transferring the news of Rohit’s death to adjoining villages. Soon, a crowd was gathered and in due course news was sent to Rohit’s wife of his demise. She, as often happens in such cases, was the last to know.
She took the news stoically. He had ceased to be any good as a husband a long time ago. Yet, knowing that he would never come back was a shock to her, but it was something that she expected every day. She told the bearer of the news that she would get to the accident site as soon as possible.
As more people gathered, everyone assumed that the one before them had checked on the man and that he was dead for sure. So, a few brave people went down and tied a rope to Rohit’s body and dragged him up the side of the gorge. He was laid down on the side of the road, and since it was evening, no one knew what to do with the body. So they just decided to wait there till someone who could tell them what to do showed up. Usually they just took the body to the burning site, and performed the rites but today it was too late in the evening for a funeral .
The Dead Man
Among many strange incidents that I was a witness to, the episode of the Dead man walking is one of the most amusing ones. It could have ended in disaster but fortunately it ended well for all concerned.
There lived in a small village, nestled in the mountains, a notorious drunk. His wife was almost on the verge of leaving him and he was on the brink of losing his job. If his boss had not been sympathetic to his cause he would have been looking for a new job long ago. The first thing he reached out for in the morning was his bottle. Only when he had some alcohol in his system was he able to open his eyes and welcome the new day, usually, with a song.
In that village there were very few houses with telephones or any modern amenities. An alcoholic, or any addicted person, usually takes away things one after the other from his home to sell and satisfy his addiction. So this man’s, whom we will call Rohit for want of a better name, house had almost bare walls and minimum furniture. Only the kitchen had some semblance of normalcy because the wife would not let him touch anything there. Some money, that she could lay her hands on, was also kept safely there. Thankfully, the bringing up of the children was a responsibility the relatives had taken on themselves and they were doing a good job of it.
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How did you start Blogging?
This is one question I am often asked whenever someone I know in real life comes across my blog. The answer to this question is I really do not remember when it was that I started to blog. What I do know is that it was a gradual process.
It happened a couple of years back. Everyone was talking about blogs, and I wanted one but, being technically challenged, I found one excuse or another to shy away from it.
Then one day, I came across an advertisement in Reader’s Digest about a humorous short story writing contest. The prerequisite to enter the contest was that one had to have an blogging account with the site sulekha.com. So, left with no other choice, I opened an account with them and started to blog. I never regretted starting that blog or submitting the story for the contest.
In fact, sulekha, in alliance with Penguin books, is running another contest called Blog Print for bloggers right now. You can check it out, if you are interested in having a shot at getting published.
As I delved deeper into the world of blogging, I discovered blogspot or blogger, and had a blog on there. After a length of time, I felt the need for having my own domain name for my own blog and, thus, this blog was born.
That was my story, what is yours?
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