(AI generated translation of वह रहस्यमय बूढ़ा)
by Shikha Tailang
The silence of the night of Amavasya was spread. In such a situation, a rickshaw ran fast on the deserted road. An old man was riding in that rickshaw who was carrying a big bundle. This rickshaw stopped in front of a slum in Rohit Nagar. The old man got down from the rickshaw. As soon as he came there, there was a commotion in the slum. People started coming to that old man one by one. Gradually a big crowd gathered there.
Ram Gopal ji lived in a covered campus near that slum. When he got up at midnight to urinate, he was stunned to see this scene of the nearby slum. He racked his brain a lot but could not understand the matter.
Ram Gopal now started waking up every night and keeping an eye on the nearby slum. After staying awake for about two months, he understood that the old man comes to the slum every Amavasya night and a crowd gathers on his arrival. He became restless to know about that mysterious old man. On that Amavasya night, he could not resist so he called his investigative journalist friend Manoj. Ram Gopal informed him about the crowd that gathered in the slum every Amavasya and told Manoj.
Ram Gopal – Friend, please find out what is this matter, who is that old man, his purpose, and why the slum dwellers surround him as soon as he arrives.
Manoj said – Friend, I find this whole incident interesting. I will find out about it on the next Amavasya night. Along with this, Manoj started making a plan as to how to unravel the mystery of that old man.
The next morning, when Manoj was sipping tea at his home, he looked a bit disinterested. Seeing the lines of worry on her husband’s face, his wife Sarita could not resist. Sarita asked.
Sarita – What’s the matter Manoj, you look very lost today, what has made you worried?
Hearing this, Manoj told Sarita about his conversation with Ram Gopal at night. Then he said.
Manoj – Dear, what do you think about this incident happening in the slum, what suggestion would you like to give me about how to find out about that old man?
Sarita said – You are a well-known journalist of the national level famous newspaper Dainik Khulasa. I think solving the mystery of that old man should be a cakewalk for you.
Manoj asked – This is what is making my brain tired, I am not able to understand what to do, this entire incident happening in the slum is unique to me.
Sarita – Don’t worry, you are tired so I will think of something. Together we will find a way out.
After this Manoj and Sarita started thinking about further planning. Finally, both of them prepared a plan and decided that they would implement it at the next Amavasya.
On the midnight of the next Amavasya, the same scene was seen again in that slum. That old man got down from the rickshaw with his bundle and started taking blessings from the crowd gathered around him. Meanwhile, a poor man came out of the crowd, he pushed the old man and snatched his bundle. The old man and the crowd present there were stunned by this sudden incident. That poor man tried to make the old man fall by pushing him again. In this pushing and shoving the fake beard of the old man slipped from his face. The cloak on his head slipped.
To be continued (Fictional story)
