AS END COMES, Dr.Rajaram [summer books TXT] 📗

was the question
"What does SWASTHIKA mean?"Ratan was into his work
"It means A NEW BEGINNING...it has a unique symbol with four limbs to it"she detailed
"I do know the symbol all right.."Ratan thought for a movement"..keeping the center of SWASTIKA as Kashi if we hypothetically draw a design on the globe where might it end?"
It was a great question indeed and Maya took out the horizontal globe from her purse and drew a SWASTIKA in it, she then cheered out "Yes it makes sense.."showing the picture she said the upper limb points the northern hemisphere the lower end of it points Bangalore from where you come.."she was to continue Ratan interrupted telling the side limb points Delhi from where you come while the lower limb points the southern hemisphere"
"It means you have to take care of the northern side while i take the south"Maya concluded.
"Yes that is what it seems to be but what are we to do??"Ratan wanted time to think,and time was telling him that it was to perform the rituals to the LINGAM,he suddenly turned to Maya and said "If you would excuse me I had an urgent work to be done"
"O.K.I shall wait" said the lady in pink.
Ratan went in to change himself while Maya waited at the lounge for the positive element...


the positive element....

Time kept ticking but there was no sign of Ratan.Maya began to get worried,she slowly got up and carefully opening the door entered into Ratan's living room.She was horrified by the site in front of her and was just short of shouting aloud,but voice wouldn't come out of her larynx.She was just spellbound seeing what many people wouldn't even stand after seeing it.The room was filled with perfumed dense smoke...through which the mildly lit room was looking just like the Himalayan hills.The room was around 20*10,the side of which was arranged nicely with a double cot placed well according to the dark room color.There was at the other end a whole set of items for rituals...there she saw Ratan sitting in the ground putting padmasana keeping in front of him a shining rock which was in the shape of pear but much bigger in size.This wasn't what scared Maya but the way Ratan seemed to look,he was chanting some hymns which was clear in the room there was a kind of vibration in the whole body..causing tremors in it;his hair flying in air as if being pulled up by some unknown force,he is pouring water on the rock which is emitting a kind of a ray which was a reflection of the evening sunlight which was entering the room but with vivid colors,the rock was also slowly trembling an so were the many metals that were placed in the room;the whole room was as if controlled by inhuman power was causing very low but strong hissing sound.Maya took in a deep breath and walked back into the lounge.She wanted to just move out of the room,but her duty stopped her from doing so.Then she sat again silently waiting for Ratan to come back.
The time passed off quickly this time and Ratan came to the room with a neatly ironed white kurta he was looking even more brighter,even more stronger Ratan was however amused to see Maya engrossed in her own thoughts.
"What is that is bothering you Maya?"Ratan asked
"You!!"instantly came the answer,Ratan was taken by surprise
'What do you mean me?"he was confused
"I am sorry,but i had to come into your living room since it was too long a time to wait"however she was regretting now for having gone in,she paused and continued"I saw you in an entirely different form.."she hesitated a little but continued "the scene inside was just as if lord SHIVA himself was sitting inside performing rituals"she confessed,"...the whole room felt like a silent graveyard and you resembled SHIVA(A HINDU DEITY WHO IS A SIGN OF DEVASTATION AND LEAVES IN GRAVEYARD)
"oh..OH..."Ratan exclaimed,you shouldn't have seen it",there was a sign of worry"..my tutor sage used to tell me that when a male who is a virgin performs the rituals to the particular LINGAM like mine,lord SHIVA himself comes within us as there is a peculiar vibration in the hymns that we utter which causes our male hormone like testosterone content very high,causing special kind of horipulations and other bodily changes which should not be witnessed by women.."Ratan once looked at the 25 year old Maya "....unless she is also a virgin,otherwise it leads to severe change in women's body which might even make her manly or even mad"now he was feeling worried.
"Then need not worry"she said smiling beautifully"...i am a virgin as well"she said shyingly her face turning red.
"Then.."said Ratan"....you will tend to develop qualities of PARVATHI(WIFE OF SHIVA)"Ratan's eyes were twinkling..thinking how true the sage was when he used to teach the rituals.
"I am confused.."Maya had not yet settled down"....i feel like having coffee"she looked at Ratan,who quickly called to the reception and ordered for coffee.Both sat down in front of each other.Maya was already feeling attracted to Ratan,she was trying not to think of anything other than the work because she had always felt that life is work and always wanted to achieve something great.She kept feeling that when her new assignment end everything will end!!
"Can i see that LINGAM??"Maya wanted things to back into work;
"Yes sure.."Ratan said "One who has seen the rituals is free to see the LINGAM,that's what the sage had told me"he remembered and added"..if you see the rituals for five continues days the lady also becomes fit to carry out the rituals.."he wanted Maya to agree to it,however she didn't reply to it at all,which made Ratan get up and move towards the living room,Maya followed.
The room was now as silent as a meadow all was bliss,the night having fallen on it seemed to be very pleasant than the external atmosphere here.Ratan walked towards the big wooden shelf that was embedded to the wall with many kinds of scriptures on it.On opening there laid the LINGAM covered carefully in a silk cloth covering.
Inside the silk cloth was the silver cover which hid the LINGAM.
Carefully Ratan opened the silver cover which displayed the shining metal like LINGAM which sparkled to the room light,slowly again he handed it to Maya who was seeing it with all wonders.She took the LINGAM out of the shell like silver cover and examined it as a geologist,it didn't take her even five minutes to come to a conclusion."Its one of the rarest of the magnets available on Earth's surface"she was little carried away seeing it so closely handing it over to Ratan she said"..it has the property to gain the properties of a magnet as and when it comes in contact to fresh water.."she continued"..more preferably freshwater by virtue of it the stone begets the property of the 'POSITIVE ELEMENT' or the northern pole.."she was to continue, when Ratan interrupted"So we have to take it to the north pole to put it into the fresh water so that it gains strength to hold the Earth in the north pole!!"
Maya felt astonished to hear the deduction drawn by Ratan.which was true as well because immersing it in fresh water would give it mighty strength even to hold the pole together"But what about the south pole?"she questioned "...holding only on the north pole can make the condition even bad causing loss of balance in the globe.Even Ratan didn't have answer to this one,both remained silent for some time hen suddenly the door bell rang"It must be the COFFEE"Maya exclaimed and ran to the door;Ratan kept thinking of the possibilities of the ways to stop the devastation."Will you come for the coffee"Maya called from outside
"No.."Ratan wanted a solution..."you please take i'l join you"he said and started to slowly pack the LINGAM and placed it back in place.But when he came to the lounge he saw Maya fainted on the sofa,he came close and examined,she was poisoned he immediately came to know.He ran in and brought some herbs that the sage had told Ratan, had the properties of removing even the deadly poison from human body.He took the juice of the herbs and dropped it into Maya's nostril,he knew that it would need at least eight hours for her to recover.He then examined the coffee cup which smelt poison.
Ratan immediately knew that the plan was to kill both of them to get the LINGAM which was precious to save the world.He slowly lifted Maya made her sleep on the couch,took the LINGAM in his jacket,locked the door and set out to find the negative element

the negative element.....

The evening was terrific.The time was around 7,however there was a kind of drastic sun shine spread out as if it were the last counting days of the sun dimming for some time and then again brightening up,Ratan didn't need much time to figure out that it was because of the shifting poles that the days were getting longer in this part of the equator.His mind was filled with thoughts and so were the narrow roads of Kashi which were just being fled unconditionally by dogs and cows which were wandering here and there as if being chased by someone,their owners also running behind them yelling out their names was a common site in every street.No one knew the cause,no one could stop it,but for one RATAN who was now at the reception counter of his motel.
"Who just brought the coffee into my room"he was asking the manager
"Good evening sir"he casually replied"some server from our restaurant obviously sir"he was wondering the inquiry.
"Where's your restaurant?"Ratan asked
"This way sir.."the manager guided him behind the main cabin.Ratan ran into the restaurant hoping to find the server he had not seen,he monitored the main hall which was filled with customers,however a few were starring at Ratan as if astonished to see him alive.Ratan didn't waste time he wanted to straight away rush into the kitchen to find the server who had delivered the poisoned coffee