But this had hit him
hard then he started to connect the dots together why as a kid he was taken
To the family temple
on the 20th august
every year and why he
paid obsence to the
dead ancestors at the river
but when doing this Renjith
always felt an immense
amount of sadness that overtook him and many
a times he would break
down for no reason
what so ever so much so
that he would not be
able to attend the
function any more
He also noticed that
the maternal family temple was
in a destroyed state he always
felt an urge to discover why
was it like this.
Renjith briskly walked to the side of his computer table and
grabbed His maternal great granddad’s
Dairy
He briskly turned the
page to the one dated 20th August 1920 it
was date lined from Jaisalmer it
lacked the natural polished hand writing that he
had come to expect from his Maternal great grand father
Date: 20/8/1920
Dearest dairy,
It is with
the utmost sadness that I write
this to you the
whole of malabar is in a state
of riot the
Same folk who we once
called our own has turned against us wonder what has happened to our
Musalmans?
I am hearing
terrifying tales of wanton riots in the whole of Lower malabar I worry for the
safety of my wife and children
As I am
deputed in the Rajputana agency at the court of Jaisalmer
I am in no condition to go back
home and be with them in this hour of need
By the gods I
pray that my wife
and family are hale and hearty I
have asked for an
emergency leave to go and look for them
I am worried sick as
the news that the papers carry from the south is darkening by the day gods dam
the
Indian national
congress and their brand of politics
The so called freedom
fighters have kept surprisingly mum on this issue
If they are doing this
on purpose then mark my words a day will come when the people
Of this country shall
ask about this incident and demand to know the truth
I also here that many who were formerly rich and prosperous
to publicly beg for a piece or two in the streets of Calicut, to buy salt or
chilly or betel-leaf
Why has this
come to this I don’t know but in no way
is this justifiable?
I hope that
His majesty’s government met out the
most severest punishment
To these thugs
Regards
SR Nair,
Dty collector revenue department
State of
Jaisalmer
Rajputana
agency
Renjith was beyond shocked
now he was so sad that he started to
cry out loud in anguish and despair at the
shear helplessnes that was in
display in the dairy
entry of his ancestor In a way he was angry too because
he was not told about this episode in the family tree
Now Renjith was angry as well why
didn’t his granddad tell him about this while
he was crying and in the grip of this
depressing train of thought he
felt a heavy hand of a man he
looked up to the most on his shoulder
He turned around with the fury of a warrior in his answers
to these things the grand old man spoke to the young one with the years of experience that came with his age
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