A Story

Once upon a time, there was a rich Lady. She was blessed with all the amenities of life, was happily married, and had kids. One day she decided to go on a vacation to explore, relax, and of course shop. She decided to go a little far from her home town. All her family stayed back to take care of her responsibilities. She was free to have the time of her life.

During this shopping spree, she got pulled into a relationship with a Native. He faked love, in return of her infinite favors and riches. Lady unexpectedly got to exceed her planned time period. She gave birth to his son. It was an illegitimate child, plus he already had an Elder son. She was very scared. Lady knew if she decided to take care of her newborn, she would have to stay in exile for forever. She could sense the fumes of her family’s anger. She decided  to leave quietly. Plus, she never intended to stay with that mediocre Native and this newly-formed family.

Back at the Native’s town, the presence of this newborn child resulted in a convoluted situation. After the rich Lady left, the newborn got nurtured and nourished under the shadow of the Native father, who failed to do his child’s brain-wash. The rebellious Young child grew up hearing all the stories of betrayal, selfishness, and hatred. How could he expect himself to stay with that strict greedy father? 

Young son’s sensibilities demanded him to choose and trust his own friends. Instead of living and dwelling with his blood relations, he successfully formed his own small, yet powerful Squad. They gave it a name and penned its mission. Their Squad decided to demand the Young son’s share of inheritance from his so-called Native father. 

Hearing this, father’s Elder ‘real’ son got furious and started bashing and campaigning against the Young righteous boy in their town. The old Native father didn't had much say to all. He neither had the authority, nor the power to contact the Lady. Thus, this chaotic situation fell into the hands of two furious blood-related enemies—Elder and Young sons. 

The fight became the talk of their town Everyone who heard their story was unconsciously propelled to take one of the either sides. Slowly, but gradually they formed two groups. Some with Elder, while the remaining ones had to choose their only other choice, Young.

It continued. Miraculously, Big Brother, the authoritative elder brother of that rich Lady was called to resolve this never-ending bloodshed. The Lady could see the fumes of her ignited fire burning her own house. She rushed. Taking responsibility of her doings, she reiterated the happenings to her brother. This time she courageously connected the dots to ‘herself’. 

Big Brother supported her but in a realistic way. He told her to stay quite and never tell anyone of her illegitimate child. As it would directly affect their authority and societal ties. He went alone to the Native town to resolve the issue. 

He called both sons, Elder and Young, and laid out the map of their town. He marked the spots where both sons were active or had been doing successful separate businesses. Big Brother drew a random line across the map, separating their respective ‘active’ parts. He declared that the part with more of the Elder son’s happenings should belong to Elder; whereas, the parts where there are more of the Young son’s activities, should be given to Young. Unfortunately, Young son got smaller part, because he had been active for quite less time, as compared to his Elder counterpart.

Time flies. Everyone got entangled in their families and kids. Even the children of the rich Lady grew old enough to be settled independently. One of her elder sons moved away from their home land. He got the perfect guts to be called as the Champ. Based on his ancestry, the money wasn't his problem. All he wanted was to be praised and be authoritative. Wherever there was a dispute he was called and the problem was resolved. He enjoyed this wah-wah so much that he even secretly started initiating small fights and disputes. Then with the day burst he would dress up to showcase his charisma along with his few flamboyant followers. He would snap-open the door and enter just like a filmi-hero and would end the issue. Perfect score = million praises. 

Why this Champ talk? Actually he got a very interesting role to play in our famous Elder-Young’s brotherly dispute. He heard all about their once-upon-a-time story. Obviously being greedy for praise, he wanted to end their issue and bring everything to a happy ending. He planned the perfect stage, called all their friends and allies, and got praised for his positive intention. Even both brothers and their families know of his efforts. 

Even today, Champ received infinite acclamation for just reopening this issue in the Justice Court. All the limelight is on him and his efforts are being recorded as news headlines. Perfect! By now our famous brothers should had been each others’ hard-core friends. But sorry, no! The problem is, by reaching that well-deserved vantage point, Champ’s greed has also equally escalated. He doesn't want to end this fight. Why? Because by lingering on to this issue he can showcase his trail-and-error patience. Just like his mother, he also wants to enjoy this euphoric phase. 

So, what would happen to the Elder and Young and their families? Well, those stupid born-to-be-brothers should get hold of their senses. They need to have enough foresightedness to see themselves as the puppets in their favorite The Champ Show, with their ropes tightly fastened to the Champ’s hands. 

From the worldly standards, both current-neighbors are old and wise enough to have no need for a third-party to dilute their hatred. They should just open their doors and let the other eagerly-waiting-outside soul to enter into their lives and bang! 

I am sure, this could begin an entirely new, yet quite peaceful chapter of their story. 

Characters’ Overview: 

Lady—a rich lady

Native—a mediocre who fakes love to Lady 

Elder—Native’s legitimate elder son

Young—illegitimate younger son of Lady and Native 

Big Brother—Lady’s authoritative elder brother 

Champ—Lady’s elder legitimate son

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