God of War

Aditya in Hastinapur

Hastinapur, Karna's house,

Karna was in deep thought while sitting on a cot in his house's courtyard. He came on earth with his mission to help Narayan to eradicate the threat by the ADharmis. But for that, he needed his shakti, his wife Niyati. Till now as Aditya he protected many innocents but to fully stop the Asurs and demons, he needed his better half and he was confident that he could find him by any means. But today he was completely confused....there were two girls who looked exactly like his wife and he could not even recognize his actual wife. 

'Pravu,'...a voice took him out of his thoughts. 'Pravu...I saw them, I was sitting on the brunch and I also saw my queen....but who is our Devi Pravu...there are two girls. Both look the same.' said Jawala.

Karna looked up and saw his most trusted friends were sitting in front of him, Jwala, Sharya and Tej. 

Sharya, 'Yes Pravu...even you could not recognize her....What kind of magic is this?'

Tej, 'It must be Devi Diti's doing. She is the mastermind behind your separation. She will try everything to stop you to find our true Mata.'

Karna, 'No I will not lose hope...I will try everything to find my love. For that, if I will destroy all obstacles of my path. But for now what about the information I have asked? Did you able to gather those?'

Sharya, 'Yes Pravu, we located those ministers and the places where they are hoarding the foods.'

Tej, 'I just can't believe it, Hastinapur is suffering from famine. People are dying due to lack of food and the king is celebrating the return of the princes.....I mean does festivals more important than the subjects' life?'

Jawala, 'ACtually the king ordered to open the granaries and distribute the excess foods among the poor citizens. Mahamahim and minister Vidur just trusted the ministers to distribute it and those ministers are the puppets of that evil Kaustav Mama. They illegally stored the foods and had created a huge demand in the markets. Poor citizens have to buy the food products at a price ten times more than normal.'

Sharya, 'The farmers are also in a very bad shape. The king pardoned their debts and taxes but his order did not reach the villages and the ministers, guards, clerks are extracting huge taxes from them. Some of the farmers also committed suicide.'

Karna, 'For all these I will definitely punish the ministers but I will teach the king, Bheesm and Vidur a lesson as well. Their responsibilities are not only to give orders but also to see if it is properly implemented or not. But now it's showtime. Let us kick some wrongdoers butt tonight.'

Sharya, Tej and Jwala, 'Yyyyyeeeeeesssssss!'

Meanwhile in the Palace,

Duryodhana was sitting beside the window and was thinking about the discussion they had with Karna. He needed to do something to show his worth to the court as well as to the citizens. Also, he needed to prepare his own spy network to get information about the enemies and to protect his family. Suddenly Vikarna entered his room, 'Jyasht, come with me, I have something important to show you.'

 He almost dragged Duryodhana to a more secluded part of the palace. It was also late night so no one was awake. There he saw his other brothers and a servant of the palace. 

Vikarna, 'Jyasht, he is Shibu, my personal servant. Today I saw him crying and asked. After much persuasion, he informed me that Hastinapur is suffering from famine. Father ordered to distribute foods to the poor at a cheaper price but some businessmen and ministers are illegally storing the foods and raises the price. It is now very difficult for the poor subjects to get a proper meal every day. Shibu's family are the farmers, though father asked not to take taxes from the farmers, the ministers and soldiers are still forcibly taking money from them. Now many families like Shibu is suffering because of those dishonest ministers, businessmen and guards. Today Shibu was crying as his father is very ill but he does not have enough money to buy food and medicine.'