Ramesh reaches the Wadi village by 8.00 AM. He travels around 12 hours in last night. In the journey, he did not see any greenery. No water in sight. No proper roads in this area. Lamentation in environment added sourness to his mood. He thought the temperature was soaring due to the summer season. Ramesh is a young news reporter, working for a leading newspaper. He got the new assignment to cover drought story in the rural area. He is not happy with this project. Last night, Ramesh packed his bag and started travelling to the rural area of Marathwada region.
In the journey, clouds of thoughts covered his mind. His career growth was not satisfactory as he planned. Because of his moral values and ethics, his growth is stalled. These values are outdated in today's competitive world. Ramesh knew, he never twists or hides the truth to change impact of the news. He never compromised on ethics. Ramesh never pledges boss or superior for the sake of growth. He did not have any significant finding in his career. Ramesh knew that He tried very hard to be successful. But Ramesh remains at the same position for a long time.
Tatyarao loves ranching and his byre. Bull is his favourite animal. He raised a bull named Sarja like his son. The bond between them is special and famous in the village. There is drought since last three years in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. A below average rain and no crop ruined the life of farmers. Tatyarao seats on the high amount of losses. He borrows money from bank, money lenders and relatives. Even his beloved Sarja mortgaged against the loan. He tried to repay some part of the loan to the money lender. He does not have money to pay last loan portion to the money lender. The installment is approximately Rs.4000.
Tatyarao came to know about Rs.2500 being distributed with freebies for one vote in the by-election around 10.00 AM. He battles with his ethics and values whether he should cast a vote for financial benefits.
Dinkar is a mysterious person and former Member of Parliament. Today is an important day for Dinkar considering that the elections are just around the corner after a couple of days. He manages all kinds of people with ease. His face remains invariably unexpressive. Ten years ago, he had won the election from current constituencies. In the second attempt, he did not succeed. He is trying his luck for the third time for the same seat. In his constituency, a reasonably sizeable number of people have a problem. As a Member of Parliament, he made lots of money in the different scam. He did not take any effort to improve the situation in his term. So He knows that people were fed up with his inactiveness. He also knows that his scams are going to affect him. So he tried to decoy and lure his constituency people with different schemes. He sends senior citizen on the pilgrimage. He donates a good amount of money to an ashram.
Tatyarao’s love for Sarja beats his moral values. At 3.00 PM, Tatyarao went to the place where Dinkar people distribute money. But Tatyarao is afraid to take money. He is pusillanimous to take quick decision and returns from that location. At that time, Ramesh is searching for farmers who were affected by drought. Tatyarao pixilated on the road due to confusion. Ramesh spots Tatyarao on the road. He wanted to have a conversation about the drought effects on crop and farmers.
Tatyarao explains his story and shows that how their lives are severely affected due to drought. Tatyarao mentioned that government declared Rs. 2000 for compensation against last crop losses due to drought. But he got only Rs.500 out of Rs.2000. He had to pay the remaining amount to corrupt officials. Such contrast former Member of Parliament ready to pay him more money against one vote as compared to the government would pay for crop losses.
Ramesh gets the tip from Tatyarao about money distribution. He locates spot from the distance. Ramesh is shocked to know that Ratnakar is the primary person who distributes money for Dinkar at 5.00 PM.
Ratnakar is a middle age man. Ramesh is the son of Ratnakar. But due to their ideological differences, they can't see each other. Ratnakar always thought that his son is a loser and incompetent. Ramesh knows that his father is not a good person to follow.
Ramesh meets Ratnakar at that spot and blasted a flurry of questions to him. Tatyarao listens to their conversation from some distance.
"Why are you distributing money?"
“I work for Dinkar, In fact, I am his right hand. I execute good and bad activities for him.”
"Father, why are you involved in politics?"
"Ramesh that is the long story."
"What happened to your liquor agency?"
Suddenly cold vibes come from Ratnakar.
Ramesh lowered his tone and asked the same question again.
“Son, my liquor agency business was good. When you left home due to our differences, I started to concentrate more on the liquor outlet. I earned a handsome profit, and I was happy with the progress.”
"Ramesh, why you left home?"
"Father, you wanted me to continue our liquor business and discontinue the course of Bachelors in Mass Communication. I did not like liquor business at all. The gap between our ideology differences was wide, and we never take any effort to fill the gap. Each day we fight a lot because of your liquor business issues and complication. You tried each and everything to make your outlet profitable. You never care about people's lives are affected due to that. That is the reason I am against of it.
"If your business was running in profit, then why are you working in politics?"
“Ramesh, with rapid growth other things come to your nest. I entered the club of rich people in this area. Especially Dinkar, with his contacts, I started to venture into other fields. But this success came with a price, and I need to repay it in some form.”
"Father too much greed may ruin a life."
“Son that's correct. Same thing happened with me. In the last election, when Dinkar contested the seat, he asked me to help him in his election campaign. I did so and even supplied alcohol to his campaign to woo people. Eventually, Dinkar lost the last election.”
“It happened as expected.”
“Ramesh, the story does not end here. It triggered the downfall of my business. Dinkar refused to pay the bills for liquor he freely distributed in the election. Some of my decisions went against me. That's the reason there was a crunch of money in my agency. Many people went against me and wanted me to repay their money. Due to the lavish lifestyle, it did not take long for me to become bankrupt and eventually led me to sell out my property.”
"And still you are part of the Dinkar campaign?"
“Yes, that is because I became jobless and I wanted to earn money to survive. Even though Dinkar did not pay the liquor bill, he wanted me to do all his work. Initially, I hesitated but finally agreed to join him as his activist. Gradually I earned his trust and led his campaign. I think he figured out greedy, calculative and proved my mantle in managing people qualities in me.”
“Dad you made a wrong decision and joined the wrong person too.”
“Yes, that is correct Ramesh.”
“Anna, I like to request you, please get out of this politics and help yourself.”
Ratnakar felt emotional after being called as “Anna” by his son. That triggered a guilty feeling within him about his work.
“I want you to tell me all details of Dinkar. His all his activities and his plan to lure people.”
Ratnakar ready to provide all the details of Dinkar properties, campaign details with freebies distribution. He is willing to provide all the evidence. He warns Ramesh that Dinkar will come after both of us. We need to hide until news article published in the newspaper.
Ratnakar needs three to four hours to collect all proofs. At ten, he handed over all the proofs to Ramesh after which he prepared a detailed article on the Dinkar campaign, his assets and his wrong doings.
Dinkar came to know about news reporter arrived into the village and investigating his people about the election campaign. Dinkar started his search to destroy all evidence and stop both of them to avoid further complications. But Ramesh is able to escape from village successfully with the help of farmer. Dinkar gets outraged about this news. He searched Ratnakar and news reporter in every corner of the village.
At midnight, before he left, Ramesh offered some cash to Tatyarao. Tatyarao hesitates first, but he convinces him to take it. Money is not sympathy for Tatyarao but for Sarja to become loan free again. It's kind of fee to help Ratnakar to go underground until tomorrow morning on Tatyarao field for the safety of his father.
News article with the detailed proof published in the newspaper by Ramesh. For the first time in his career, he did get breaking news on his own. Due to this, Dinkar’s application for election got cancelled by the state election commission. At seven, Ratnakar appeared in the police station himself and confessed a series of statements for the numerous crimes, and he undertook for Dinkar. As soon as Ramesh exposed Dinkar, his party distanced themselves from the campaign episode. Dinkar’s career as a politician came to end with this breaking news. Now there was only one choice left for him to surrender himself and confess his crime and scams in the court.
Tatyarao did not lose his hope and started his work with a renewed vigour. He paid the last installment to free Sarja from the loan. Besides, he needs to repay a significant amount of money, but he has the faith in himself and Sarja for the next year season. Tatyarao feels great as he did not compromise his life values in amid worst condition. Ramesh feels sad because his father will be in prison for a long time. He decided, he will reunite with father after Ratnakar gets out of jail. Ramesh got his first major journalistic breakthrough and looked forward to seeing much more.
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In the journey, clouds of thoughts covered his mind. His career growth was not satisfactory as he planned. Because of his moral values and ethics, his growth is stalled. These values are outdated in today's competitive world. Ramesh knew, he never twists or hides the truth to change impact of the news. He never compromised on ethics. Ramesh never pledges boss or superior for the sake of growth. He did not have any significant finding in his career. Ramesh knew that He tried very hard to be successful. But Ramesh remains at the same position for a long time.
Tatyarao loves ranching and his byre. Bull is his favourite animal. He raised a bull named Sarja like his son. The bond between them is special and famous in the village. There is drought since last three years in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. A below average rain and no crop ruined the life of farmers. Tatyarao seats on the high amount of losses. He borrows money from bank, money lenders and relatives. Even his beloved Sarja mortgaged against the loan. He tried to repay some part of the loan to the money lender. He does not have money to pay last loan portion to the money lender. The installment is approximately Rs.4000.
Tatyarao came to know about Rs.2500 being distributed with freebies for one vote in the by-election around 10.00 AM. He battles with his ethics and values whether he should cast a vote for financial benefits.
Dinkar is a mysterious person and former Member of Parliament. Today is an important day for Dinkar considering that the elections are just around the corner after a couple of days. He manages all kinds of people with ease. His face remains invariably unexpressive. Ten years ago, he had won the election from current constituencies. In the second attempt, he did not succeed. He is trying his luck for the third time for the same seat. In his constituency, a reasonably sizeable number of people have a problem. As a Member of Parliament, he made lots of money in the different scam. He did not take any effort to improve the situation in his term. So He knows that people were fed up with his inactiveness. He also knows that his scams are going to affect him. So he tried to decoy and lure his constituency people with different schemes. He sends senior citizen on the pilgrimage. He donates a good amount of money to an ashram.
Tatyarao’s love for Sarja beats his moral values. At 3.00 PM, Tatyarao went to the place where Dinkar people distribute money. But Tatyarao is afraid to take money. He is pusillanimous to take quick decision and returns from that location. At that time, Ramesh is searching for farmers who were affected by drought. Tatyarao pixilated on the road due to confusion. Ramesh spots Tatyarao on the road. He wanted to have a conversation about the drought effects on crop and farmers.
Tatyarao explains his story and shows that how their lives are severely affected due to drought. Tatyarao mentioned that government declared Rs. 2000 for compensation against last crop losses due to drought. But he got only Rs.500 out of Rs.2000. He had to pay the remaining amount to corrupt officials. Such contrast former Member of Parliament ready to pay him more money against one vote as compared to the government would pay for crop losses.
Ramesh gets the tip from Tatyarao about money distribution. He locates spot from the distance. Ramesh is shocked to know that Ratnakar is the primary person who distributes money for Dinkar at 5.00 PM.
Ratnakar is a middle age man. Ramesh is the son of Ratnakar. But due to their ideological differences, they can't see each other. Ratnakar always thought that his son is a loser and incompetent. Ramesh knows that his father is not a good person to follow.
Ramesh meets Ratnakar at that spot and blasted a flurry of questions to him. Tatyarao listens to their conversation from some distance.
"Why are you distributing money?"
“I work for Dinkar, In fact, I am his right hand. I execute good and bad activities for him.”
"Father, why are you involved in politics?"
"Ramesh that is the long story."
"What happened to your liquor agency?"
Suddenly cold vibes come from Ratnakar.
Ramesh lowered his tone and asked the same question again.
“Son, my liquor agency business was good. When you left home due to our differences, I started to concentrate more on the liquor outlet. I earned a handsome profit, and I was happy with the progress.”
"Ramesh, why you left home?"
"Father, you wanted me to continue our liquor business and discontinue the course of Bachelors in Mass Communication. I did not like liquor business at all. The gap between our ideology differences was wide, and we never take any effort to fill the gap. Each day we fight a lot because of your liquor business issues and complication. You tried each and everything to make your outlet profitable. You never care about people's lives are affected due to that. That is the reason I am against of it.
"If your business was running in profit, then why are you working in politics?"
“Ramesh, with rapid growth other things come to your nest. I entered the club of rich people in this area. Especially Dinkar, with his contacts, I started to venture into other fields. But this success came with a price, and I need to repay it in some form.”
"Father too much greed may ruin a life."
“Son that's correct. Same thing happened with me. In the last election, when Dinkar contested the seat, he asked me to help him in his election campaign. I did so and even supplied alcohol to his campaign to woo people. Eventually, Dinkar lost the last election.”
“It happened as expected.”
“Ramesh, the story does not end here. It triggered the downfall of my business. Dinkar refused to pay the bills for liquor he freely distributed in the election. Some of my decisions went against me. That's the reason there was a crunch of money in my agency. Many people went against me and wanted me to repay their money. Due to the lavish lifestyle, it did not take long for me to become bankrupt and eventually led me to sell out my property.”
"And still you are part of the Dinkar campaign?"
“Yes, that is because I became jobless and I wanted to earn money to survive. Even though Dinkar did not pay the liquor bill, he wanted me to do all his work. Initially, I hesitated but finally agreed to join him as his activist. Gradually I earned his trust and led his campaign. I think he figured out greedy, calculative and proved my mantle in managing people qualities in me.”
“Dad you made a wrong decision and joined the wrong person too.”
“Yes, that is correct Ramesh.”
“Anna, I like to request you, please get out of this politics and help yourself.”
Ratnakar felt emotional after being called as “Anna” by his son. That triggered a guilty feeling within him about his work.
“I want you to tell me all details of Dinkar. His all his activities and his plan to lure people.”
Ratnakar ready to provide all the details of Dinkar properties, campaign details with freebies distribution. He is willing to provide all the evidence. He warns Ramesh that Dinkar will come after both of us. We need to hide until news article published in the newspaper.
Ratnakar needs three to four hours to collect all proofs. At ten, he handed over all the proofs to Ramesh after which he prepared a detailed article on the Dinkar campaign, his assets and his wrong doings.
Dinkar came to know about news reporter arrived into the village and investigating his people about the election campaign. Dinkar started his search to destroy all evidence and stop both of them to avoid further complications. But Ramesh is able to escape from village successfully with the help of farmer. Dinkar gets outraged about this news. He searched Ratnakar and news reporter in every corner of the village.
At midnight, before he left, Ramesh offered some cash to Tatyarao. Tatyarao hesitates first, but he convinces him to take it. Money is not sympathy for Tatyarao but for Sarja to become loan free again. It's kind of fee to help Ratnakar to go underground until tomorrow morning on Tatyarao field for the safety of his father.
News article with the detailed proof published in the newspaper by Ramesh. For the first time in his career, he did get breaking news on his own. Due to this, Dinkar’s application for election got cancelled by the state election commission. At seven, Ratnakar appeared in the police station himself and confessed a series of statements for the numerous crimes, and he undertook for Dinkar. As soon as Ramesh exposed Dinkar, his party distanced themselves from the campaign episode. Dinkar’s career as a politician came to end with this breaking news. Now there was only one choice left for him to surrender himself and confess his crime and scams in the court.
Tatyarao did not lose his hope and started his work with a renewed vigour. He paid the last installment to free Sarja from the loan. Besides, he needs to repay a significant amount of money, but he has the faith in himself and Sarja for the next year season. Tatyarao feels great as he did not compromise his life values in amid worst condition. Ramesh feels sad because his father will be in prison for a long time. He decided, he will reunite with father after Ratnakar gets out of jail. Ramesh got his first major journalistic breakthrough and looked forward to seeing much more.
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