ERSTWHILE

Defacement

Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction. There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction. Both are movements, and that is eternal.---
Ramana Maharshi

' 'న్యాయమైన రోజు పనికి న్యాయమైన రోజు వేతనం'
'एक दिन के उचित काम के लिए एक उचित दिन की मज़दूरी'
'A fair day's wage for a fair day's work'

But we didn't get our fair wage'

1911- April 5th,

the slogan swirling above in the air, only the voices were echoing, not the belligerence, yet the voice emitters were weighing down their anguish and aggression. Amidst the tense switch, the four mysterious figures who had wrapped themselves in long cotton sheets and were possessed by silence weren't enhancing the slogan voice, and imperturbably, they were observing the protesting group.

British policemen came with wrapped belts and hanging pistols on the waist and inquired regarding their dislike behaviour towards Adam Jacob, the leader of the protestors, who came forward and put forth their collective demand for Wages.

British policemen shivered with a giggle of their own; the giggling sounded like deliberation, not a fun sound and they mocked their destitution. In all that, a man uplifts his existence to head in the air and throws the wrapped sheet on the half on the ground and half on labourers.

His index finger was penetrated in the trigger area of the pistol, and the rest of his fingers were on the front strap, and a bullet ejected from the pistol's muzzle and pierced the British official man's chest. Three of them began vehemently striking with ocean stone as the Bay of Bengal lies behind them.

And a war or massacre broke out. There was a thin line difference between war and massacre; War between two dynamic states and massacre between one dynamic state and one impotent state. The term that accurately portrays the situation is 'massacre', and the situation didn't seem as coincidental; it was scrutinized, drawn between the compact and fragility of the situation.

The sand-hued with bloodshed, the violence against piteous labourers ignited, and the pistol men were not decreased as the labourers decreased. The shooter and the stone-thrower were conflated with sand, and then the tenebrosity enveloped the ether, and anguish poured down.

On 28th March- 1911

Ghalib and his colleagues were chasing the bloody labyrinth track, and they ended up witnessing a Gizzard [Gizzard is a human's gastric mill] of human flesh. They were filled with astonishment, the accommodation was engulfed by odour and tenebrosity.

Adelaide Edward VI was on his itinerary for the commencement of Beerhouse, so, one of the servants informed the official men.

The elderly woman who was narrating her side was the one who was gripped by the warmth of an intensified situation. After consigning for forensic examination, Hatim asked about the residents of the colossal Palace, upon which the elderly woman expressed, 'There are only four members in this palace, actually...' A voice interrupted with firmness and high in the pitch, hand on chest, 'No officer, there are only three, Grandeur Adelaide, Crown IVY EDWARD and Mister FALNISHWAR BODAPATI...'

Ghalib creased down his eyebrows and was supposed to inquire about his identity, but the interrupter said with a switch of visage, 'John Timber' Hatim indulged in an official typical way of investigation; he assemblage the servants, staff and present figures and ground a series of inquiries. But when Hatim put the question, 'Who comes here? Any regular person..'

John punctuated with a hefty tone, 'I think it's a confidential matter and not related to your profession... so, be careful with your words.'

The eerie point he noted, all servants, staff and service providers were present. He again scrutinized the 'Royal Servants' Record', which accommodated all the particulars regarding the employed figures and his state-deciphered, and concluded that the Victim was someone who fell from the sight of him and his Colleagues.

Through this silent warning, Ghalib fathomed the beyond-visionary scenario which encompassed some belt of sin. Aftermath of the plaintive episode, John informed Adelaide about the sitch, and he came up with a heinous idea.

31st March 1911, after two days of crime and Ceyone bringing paper.

Hari Babu and Ceyone were disguised as Medical assistants; they possessed a profound sense of scrupulous demeanour before stepping into the shoes of Medical assistants. They went on the threshold of the enraged Labourers; the dominant portion of labourers shut the door on their visage and demonstrated their agitated state.

Then, Ceyone came up with a tackling idea; they possessed a governmental association and penetrated some of the labourer's dwellings. The dwelled-within ladies were encircled by tremendous inconvenience as the Wages were not yet paid. Ceyone and Hari Babu grounded a web of questions, and through the questions, they began ensnaring into it; they narrated their fabricated narrative to gain their trust, demonstrated their espouse and vowed to stand by them.

They fathomed that Adam Jacob hadn't yet provided their benefit, so, they will host a procession of demand of their Fair Wages. When Hari Babu dug down, 'How many of you engaged in activity?" The response came, '30'.

The camouflage was reimbursed, their quest on the cloak-and-dagger circuit gave them ample satisfaction and they tried to get more motive thought of labourers.

Whereas Adelaide Edward VI and his esquires instigated a horrendous series of events to circumvent the crime, which was scintillating with each moment, Adelaide was self-assured of his heinous plan.

The plan or idea that occurred in their mind was to distract those who were addressing the crime that occupied the Palace's ostentatious facade. Despite a lot, they weren't able to halt Ghalib as he was firm and deeply committed to his profession. But the cost of determination, he had to pay. Somehow, Ghalib finds out who is the 'Victim'.

However, the chasers duo, Ceyone and Hari Babu were still not able to grip the cause.

But amidst both sides' havoc, Laila turned silent, she possessed a profound sense of carelessness.

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