At the Crack of Dawn
By Meenu Gupta
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What does it mean to be cheated? What does it mean to be alienated in one’s own country? What does it mean to be trapped, thrown in a conspiracy or simply made a tool to further ulterior motives? That’s what Indians felt during the British Rule. That’s what made them flutter for the first time when sepoys from obscure villages and towns felt that this fire is going to rage further. That’s what made them unite their strengths. That’s what made them rise against the system.
This book is now christened as ‘At The Crack Of Dawn’ a moment in the cosmic metamorphosis, when acute darkness is succeeded by dawn, an awakening.
This book is about you and me, it is about today, the present times, and it is about the present times in this country called India. Bless us or blame us for being a part of it, but the bond of having had ancestors and generations living in bondage is too strong to be ignored. This, our country India is a land created and shattered by invading empires, discovered and destroyed by traders and merchants, built and broken by leaders.
street, every nook and corner of the world.
It is time now to create an awakening, within ourselves; time to stand up and fight; time to rediscover the power within. It is time to realize that we can change what needs to be changed.
Meenu Gupta
A teacher with varied interests, Meenu Gupta began at an early age when she penned over sixty poems by the age of eighteen. Born in Kenya, Meenu completed her education in Mumbai doing honors in Sanskrit and English literature. She continued writing short stories and articles and won many competitions. Her passion lies both in teaching and writing as she inspires young students to write and discover the joy of expression.Presently Meenu resides in Indore (MP, India) with her husband. Her daughter is a doctor while her son is studying to be a lawyer. She is working on her next title a non-fiction called ‘Super-Thirty’ that takes a fresh look at teaching.
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At the Crack of Dawn - Meenu Gupta
At the Crack of Dawn
Meenu Gupta
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Copyright © 2016 Meenu Gupta
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgement
1. Ashim
2. Home
3. Call from office
4. Life in college
5. Kitchen fires
6. Ashim and Rhea
7. A sister calls
8. Rajiv Sharma
9. Gita maashi
10. A new friend
11. Blasts!
12. Rajiv again
13. Another blast!
14. Sivaraja
15. A gory murder!
16. Crusade for Justice
17. Pune Mirror
18. Public Outrage
19. A Day of judgement
20. Peace at last!
FOREWORD
Earlier I had named this book ‘The Second Uprising’ since the pre-independence era has always been an enigma to me. Probably the title would have appeared hackneyed for students or professionals alike so I sought to change it.
However, as I teach these lessons, I always tell my students to try and imagine that situation, a life, a country without freedom. It seemed impossible for them.
I often ask them if they have ever felt like this - What does it mean to be cheated? What does it mean to be alienated in one’s own country? What does it mean to be trapped, thrown in a conspiracy or simply made a tool to further ulterior motives? That’s what Indians felt during the British Rule. That’s what made them flutter for the first time when sepoys from obscure villages and towns felt that this fire is going to rage further. That’s what made them unite their strengths. That’s what made them rise against the system.
This book is now christened as ‘At The Crack Of Dawn’ a moment in the cosmic metamorphosis, when acute darkness is succeeded by dawn, an awakening. It is when all negative forces, destructive and evil thought processes come to an end with the birth of light. It is a great scientific wonder which goes under study but the joy of receding darkness never fails to amaze. The thrill of having light back in life is celebrated.
This book is about you and me, it is about today, the present times, and it is about the present times in this country called India. Bless us or blame us for being a part of it, but the bond of having had ancestors and generations living in bondage is too strong to be ignored. This, our country India is a land created and shattered by invading empires, discovered and destroyed by traders and merchants, built and broken by leaders. India has become a land where the Self cannot contain its powers, where the mind cannot reason with hands that kill an unborn child or rape dignity, where the jungle law co–inhabits with the eerie chill of power, where terrorism had found an easy access in every street, every nook and corner of the world.
It is time now to create an awakening, within ourselves; time to stand up and fight; time to rediscover the power within. It is time to realize that we can change what needs to be changed. It is a clarion call that needs to be sent up to the lofty Himalayas, up to the raging heat of the Thar, up to the infamous jungles of the east, up to the shores of this massive mass of land. A call, that is so powerful that it vanquishes all darkness, all deceit, all disasters; a call that appears, at the crack of dawn for every Ashim like us and around us.
Let each one of us create an awakening in the heart of a child, in the breast of every mother, in the drops of sweat of a farmer, in the hardened veins of thinkers, in the aristocratic brows of the elite, in the sizzling blood of the youth. It is there for you and me to take it …or perhaps leave it for the next hundreds of years, for the next ten generations to bear the brunt, to bear the onslaught of filth of demonically corrupted minds that defeat life itself.
Let us live for ourselves,… for a soul that dwells within each one of us, for the truth that abides somewhere in our hearts, for the freedom we ought to learn to carry forward, to break the shackles of fear, to break the walls of defeat we have created for ourselves, to realize the power we possess, to take charge, to mend what annoys us…. to push, to thrust forward and rise .. rise for an awakening in the hearts and souls of this nation …let us enter that phase at the crack of dawn.
Meenu Gupta
Indore, 2016
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am grateful in many ways to people who have had faith in my abilities. Inspite of innumerable hiccups and obstacles I have been able to sustain a spark which arose in my mind years ago. I owe my gratitude to my tutor Mr. David Kinchin, Writers’ Bureau, Manchester, UK for giving me the directions I needed. I thank my editor for painstakingly scanning each and every word. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to Garima Nupur, and Estelle for always keeping me on a pedestal and believing in my work.
My father, who is now no more, but who is present in each day of our lives used to find his girls very special. He loved whatever we created. Be it a new dish, a painting or a poem or even a story. He would forgo everything to listen to my story when I was young and added to the content after giving a deep thought. I miss him dearly and wish I could honour him with this book today.
My mother who has