The Tribal Of Chhattisgarh - Chapter 5 and 6
Chapter- 5
Raghav with a weird beard and Raj with a weird moustache. They roamed in
the streets watching the tribal life of Birsapura. The Birsans were all busy in
their work except the senior citizens. Mein in the farming, women in animal
husbandry and children in pathshalas with guruji [ teachers or priests who were
known to be intelligent]. And all grandmothers[ammas] gossiping and laughing in
their own world. And all grandfathers sitting in line reading some newspapers
in unknown languages to Raghav and Raj. The tribal was as usual as it seemed to
be. Somewhere in the town Raghav and Raj found a religious area may be a
temple. The temple was covered only from one side and rest a was open and airy.
It has a center with a book named something in Odyssey so, Raghav translated it
into Hindi by using his phone by hiding it in his scarf. The book was named ‘ Vishawasanskriti; Birsa’ which means “Worlds culture; Birsa tribe”. Raghav
seemed to be thinking something and Raj too. Vishnu asked “Are you both
thinking about the book ?” Raghav and Raj nodded. They seemed that they were
thinking to rob the book. But, this was not fair. Snatching someone’s religious
books without his/her permission is against humanity.
On the very next day, Raghav
and raj were with whatever they were going to do for their assignment. Though, Vishnu[priest] tried to encourage them
but cannot. Raghav and Raj were fully discouraged. But, now they didn’t get a
ticket of train to go back to their respective homes. After a month, Raghav after a long time contacted his parents
form the telephone of the railway station.
After two days, they
reached Raipur[The capital of Chhattisgarh] and were referred to as rescued to
Mumbai from a naxal village Birsapura which was not referred to as fully India
controlled territory and was not included in an district. Their life started with
a new thought, with a new life. With everything new and some guilt in their hearts , they submitted their assignment
with a simple topic of ‘The Issues of Moderns Gonds and Tribal Of Chhattisgarh-
with Raghav and Raj’. Though, the guilt was still hidden in some aurora corners
of their souls….
Chapter-6
Once, Raj was surfing on the internet. He saw an article wrote by Parth Birsa
raj. He wrote on hi mother tribe “The Birsa”.
The article integrated about the morals, values, inventions, rituals,
religion , unity and stories of his father who ran with his family from the
village to shift to cities like Kolkata.
A town named Birsapura which contained more cows than humans of only a hundred
people living was united and was committed to their religion or culture. But,
the last line of the article was very emotional like a cry of blood, it stated
as follows;
“Birsans are the re-incarnated successors of the Vedic’s. We have to
conserve them, and not allow them to learn themselves in poverty’s pyre.” The statement
itself has a meaning and decoded from the writer. Raj was exhausted about thinking
of the village and called Raghav;
“Hello!!” “hello!” “Yes, Raj”
“Raghav I got an article, I think it could help you rethink about
Birsapur…….” “Birsapura?” “ OMG, the village
of beasts…you know na they , tried to kill us at a point of time”
To be continued………………………………………..
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