LIVE AND LET LIVE!

LIVE AND LET LIVE!

Thursday 19 November 2015

THE LORD AND THE DON

THE LORD AND THE DON



The Doctrine of of Karma indicates that the
 intent deeds and actions of an individual
influences his future; The below episode is a testimony of the same.

He was just like Tom, Dick or Harry; but there was a difference in his childish look; a look of pride, arrogance, a "I don't care sneer" which didn't go unnoticed to the Lord.


The Lord said, "Enjoy yourself, on Earth, you blighter, hope later on you don't create problems for me";


As expected, his well-to-do parents christened  him;  Don;


The early years were uneventful, but for the Don, once putting a live lizard, into his cousin's
knickers, and enjoying the child's screams.


But it was in his teens that the Don attracted the Lord's attention when he stabbed a rival leader with a kitchen knife, in a gang rivalry to be the leader; 



Luckily, it didn't prove fatal  but brought the Don much notoriety and notice. 


The Lord said, "We have to keep a close eye on this lad; he means a lot of trouble."


By the time he reached 20, Don had seen through college and education. He was never interested in it, but managed to pass his exams through suspect means, copying, bribing or extorting  the exam officials etc. He was also in a reformatory school, after he assaulted the principal of his parent school for scolding him.

Don now set a goal for himself to be the top man in hostage, blackmail extortion in his country.


He had moved out of his parent's home and lived with  close gang associates. They got a name as Townhall  X for their group. 



Don, first spread terror within his group by asking his men whether anybody else wanted to be the leader; when Pascal, rose in assent, "We will have a duel and whoever wins will be the leader. Ok?" said Pascal; 




They walked 10 paces from the center, but Don at the fifth step, turned around and shot Pascal in cold blood. "Anybody else wants to challenge?" asked Don; "Then you Babber, take the body away," said Don.


The building industry was in full bloom in Don's metropolis; Don was quick to find out the going rate ; He rang up a leading contractor, Chabildas, "I want 50 lacs from you within 3 days";


"Collection by Townhall at Bhiwandi bazaar 11pm, Don't act smart;"  said Don.  A tensed up Chabildas was at a loss to know whether he should ring up the cops or pay up; he chose the former; little realizing that Don had posted contacts at the police Ho;  Don got Kishen kidnapped and rang up Chabildas.


"Make it 60 lacs in a bag  if you want your son back safe", he said, "And drop it at the Kalachoukie  P.O waste bin at 10 pm  tomorrow  ; will then inform how to collect your son", said Don.


Chabildas was highly nervous on what he should do about the threat; on the one hand, his wife pleaded to pay the money for she wanted her son alive; on the other the cops told him not to succumb to the blackmail, but give them some time to catch the blackmailer. He chose the latter; a few days later the Versova cops reported that a body resembling Kishen was found dead in a marshy land.


By now the media had caught on to the notorious exploits of the Don; ; as usual, the police was criticized for their inability to catch the Don; the builders / contractors were a terrified lot, and there were reports of them readily  paying the Don .


All this drew the attention of the Lord.  The Almighty pondered for a moment; and struck
at the Don at the appropriate time.


It was a midnight party at a secret hideout of the Don; Wine, women song and dance were all there and it was time to leave as the party was completely inebriated. The don was the first to leave followed by his cohorts. The don was at the wheel, and bashed his Toyota head on at a metal filled lorry. his cohorts, immediately rushed the badly injured Don to their private nursing home;


The docs could barely save the Don's life;  "We are afraid he will be crippled for life", they said to the gang. The gang called up for assistance from abroad;  those whom the Don had helped from the metropolis to smuggle antiquities abroad;  

Ancellotti sent in Dr. Figueredo from Turin; Coleman, Dr.Spriggs; but all concurred with the native opinion; 

The gang was now in a fix as to how to deal with the Don. The Don asked the gang to shoot him dead with his pistol, but the gang was against it;


"We need you Don", they said, "If you are dead, we are dead and the gang will collapse." they said. 


All that the bedridden  Don could do was to speak; he was paralyzed and was fed and relieved of by tubes;

He was in terrible pain which was relieved by morphine injections  from time to time. all that the Don wished was death, but the gang was against it;  he was almost a  vegetable , a cog in the hands of the gang. the gang only needed him as a figurehead; from time to time, when the gang was to start a new operation, they would write the message and ask the Don, to speak it out on the phone as if he was issuing the orders;. If the Don refused, they threatened him that they would not give the pain relieving injections; The Don was now in a real fix; he wondered how long he will continue with this pain;

Finally he ,who never thought of HIM, did so . the Almighty! he asked HIM somehow to relieve him of this ordeal. 

Well there was a faint smile on the Lord's mouth;"So finally my boy has come to his senses"; the Lord wondered if he has suffered enough for the sins he has done and the crimes he has committed in his life time. and finally relented.


The Don who was completely paralyzed could barely speak; but his senses remained sharp as ever;

He was left with only a bodyguard when the gang left for their work; He once caught the bodyguard off guard and asked him from where do they get his medicines.

"Oh from a nearby shop in Malad", replied the body guard;  

"But, isn't there a shop nearby?" asked the Don; 

"No" replied the bodyguard, "This is a complete barren place; There is only the St. Aloysius church nearby"

"Oh", said the Don; 

The gang now wanted to blackmail, a leading actor; They now thrust the mike in front of the Don,

"Tell Ravi,  I want 50 lacs, , keep it ready. Collection in the start of Eastern Highway. Don't tell the cops, if you want to stay alive". said the gang.

The mike was thrust near the face of the Don. 
The Don shouted  in haste; "I am speaking from a house in  barren land near St. Aloysius Church in Malad"; 

The gang grabbed the mike from the Don.
"Rats", they said, "He has squealed our place; the bastard; We have to get out of here fast;" 

What do we do with the Don?" asked one member; 

There was a loud explosion;

The Don was dead. And reached the LORD ALMIGHTY.



G.Venkatesh































































Monday 16 November 2015

T I M E - A POEM

                                   
 T I M E



              TICK, THE CLOCK SAYS TICK, TICK, TICK
            
              WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT QUICK

              TIME IS FLYING FAST AWAY

               LET US BE HAPPY AND LET US BE GAY



               IF YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO

               DO IT QUICK AND DO IT NOW !

              WASTE NOT  WANT NOT WHAT YOU DO

               OR YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN!

              OR YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN!



              TICK THE CLOCK SAYS TICK TICK

             WHAT  YOU HAVE TO DO IT QUICK

              TIME IS FLYING FAST AWAY

              LET US BE HAPPY AND LET US BE GAY



           IF YOU HAVE NO JOB TO DO

           DO NOT WHILE AWAY THAT PRECIOUS TIME

           USE THAT TIME TO REST IN PEACE YES REST IN 
           PEACE

          OR YOU MAY NEVER GET TO REST AGAIN




             TICK THE CLOCK SAYS TICK TICK TICK

           WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT QUICK

             TIME IS FLYING FAST AWAY

              LET US BE HAPPY AND LET US BE GAY





G VENKATESH