The life of Amaru - the stuff of folklore
AMARU WAS a young, village lad, full of life and wild dreams. These dreams may have changed over time, but it tells of a man who lived life to the fullest. Today he is remembered by the village as a martyr.
AMARU WAS a young, village lad, full of life and wild dreams - ranging from taking his parents on an aeroplane to the moon and staying there amongst the gods to doing something great for his country. Financial conditions mitigated higher studies so he decided to earn and learn and joined the Army after having passed the fifth standard. Amaru (Amar Singh) was soon a proud member of the great Indian Army. His dreams were still intact though and slightly truncated. From a trip to the moon, he turned more realistic and dreamt of taking his parents to a nice big city and showing them a coal-fired train and other such great monuments and marvels of science.
In time, he was married to Chanchlo, a village damsel chosen by his parents. Family life and responsibilities led to a fresh set of dreams including a house in the town, having his parents treated of numerous ailments and getting a "lal bati car" for his kids. His energy for life, ideas and dreams enthused not only his family but the entire village and his school where he would often visit and narrate his dreams and anecdotes from Army life. Three generations now believed in and started living his dreams. There was joy and happiness and life could not have been better. God had been more than kind.
Then the war started and neither he nor his body was ever found. The devastation to his family was complete - the dreams of three generations were shattered. Every one, the people, the government and the Army, provided monetary help as per the customs and rules and procedures. There were certain bureaucratic glitches but these were sorted out with the help of everyone in his society. To honour their brave son - a school building, memorial and main village gate was named after him. Even after twenty years, everyone still refer to Amar Singh with the aura and respect of a martyr. Thus he lives in the hearts and minds as a brave ancestor and his life has become the stuff of folklore.
The school principal and village elders talk of him with nostalgia. His son and daughter fulfilled his dreams - a house in a metro, lal batti, the grand parents have been given the best of care, his school has instituted scholarships in Amar Singh's name. Apart from the emotional and physical void causes by his absence, the family rose to not only fulfill but surpass his dreams. In fact we await the day they visit the moon to meet Amar Singh.
There is a lesson for everyone from this story. Live with dignity whilst pursuing your dreams.
Then the war started and neither he nor his body was ever found. The devastation to his family was complete - the dreams of three generations were shattered. Every one, the people, the government and the Army, provided monetary help as per the customs and rules and procedures. There were certain bureaucratic glitches but these were sorted out with the help of everyone in his society. To honour their brave son - a school building, memorial and main village gate was named after him. Even after twenty years, everyone still refer to Amar Singh with the aura and respect of a martyr. Thus he lives in the hearts and minds as a brave ancestor and his life has become the stuff of folklore.
The school principal and village elders talk of him with nostalgia. His son and daughter fulfilled his dreams - a house in a metro, lal batti, the grand parents have been given the best of care, his school has instituted scholarships in Amar Singh's name. Apart from the emotional and physical void causes by his absence, the family rose to not only fulfill but surpass his dreams. In fact we await the day they visit the moon to meet Amar Singh.
There is a lesson for everyone from this story. Live with dignity whilst pursuing your dreams.
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.Sensitive & real subject has been touched by the writer. It is not only responsibility of a person in particular but of a Nation to put in efforts to resolve the issue.
.I think it is a good idea to write the same story many times over from the perspective of different characters, so as to come up with the most thought provoking scenes & emotions.
.6. I guess there is little resonance of the moral stated to be drawn from the story and actual. It is more about filial love and how the family rallies to create a truth that was so far only imagined.
.5. Nothing says that this is only the beginning of a series. We can either name it as The story of Amaru-I
.4. Semantic errors :
"Even after twenty years, everyone still refer to Amar Singh with the aura and respect of a martyr."
Name of hero has changed from Amaru to Amar Singh
.3. Even if this is a fiction story, you can relate to real life things. eg war, we can easily throw in a either China or Pakistan or WW, to make it more believable.
If you read the summary it says "Believe in Your Dreams : Looking beyond Kargil ". So there you have it. Your war.
.2. Being too short it is also jerky since the war came so abruptly after everything was hunky dory and in the very next sentence Amaru is dead when just a few moments back good vibes were circulating.
.A brilliant first attempt. A few observations:
1. It is too short, infact this is a good skeleton which has to be fleshed and skinned (covered with).
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