City police branch head sat out in the lawn, relaxing, taking small swigs of morning tea leisurely. He was retired now; in fact due to his retirement only, John could work on the case properly, and could get the credit of the case completely. City police branch head was a member of a terrorist organization, who used to pressurise him to create obstacles in the case on which John was working. Dr. Kayum khan and Ex city police branch head never met before but they were the member of same terrorist organization. When Dr. Kayum Khan realized about his insecure future, he requested to his superiors to transfer the responsibility from him to somebody else. His superior had suggested him the name of Retired City branch police head as his successor.
Still taking the swigs of tea, he was recalling the recent events. A day before Dr. Kayum Khan's death he had visited him. He just revealed that the organization superiors had sent him to handover the charge. Dr. Kayum Khan didn’t speak much, just handed him a plastic pack, wished him best luck, and left. When Dr. Kayum Khan was killed and his photos flashed in the newspapers and on the TV channels, then only Ex city branch police head knew that he was Dr. Kayum Khan.
After finishing his tea, Ex city police branch head opened the plastic pack given by Dr. Kayum Khan. It contained some instruction documents; he precisely went through it. His heart started pounding with excitement. His blood was pumping with thrill. Though he was retired from the post of City branch police head, the organization had handed over him the responsibility of zero mystery, to continue similar serial killings in the other major cities. He kept aside the documents and peeked in the plastic pack. It contained an ancient worn out book. He took it out carefully, turned over few pages. It also contained the English notes tucked in between. He went thought those notes. Dr. Kayum Khan had transferred the astrological knowledge to him. Ex city branch police head was thrilled with happiness. He thought -
Is this a reward of serving the organization or his destiny...
As he went on reading the notes in the book, he was totally convinced that it must be a part of his destiny...
Pure, milky white water was making a melodious sound while flowing through rocks in the river. The rishi was walking along the bank of the river with the flowing water. After some time he reached his rocky cave. He stopped at the entrance, looked around, as if imbibing the beauty of the nature around with his luminous eyes. Then he leisurely went into his cave. It was dim light in the cave; he went to his seat, where he used to meditate. He arranged his seat properly and sat for meditation. In the dim light also his face was glowing. An illuminating circle could be seen around his head, like a big circle.
Slowly and gradually he concentrated and became still on void...
His eyes closed. He became still.
Ignorant from the era, the place and his body his consciousness became free to travel anywhere in the cosmos.
Then there was nothing..
No thoughts, no existence...
Nothing...
Everything was void...
Everything was zero...
THE END
Original Novel by Sunil Doiphode
English Version by Mugdha Apte
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