Chor! Chor!

As I was walking out of the student's home after the class, I heard people shouting "Chor! Chor! Pakdo use.(A thief! A thief! Catch him).

Suddenly I saw a boy of approx 10 or 12 years wheez past me.

A crowd of 14-15 people running after him.

A man stopped near me and asked why I didn't catch him, I should have. He looked punishigly at me, and ran after the young boy.

I started to walk towards the metro station, a few minutes later, on the way, I saw the same boy who was running away, now sitting behind the tree, hiding.

I stopped near the tree and sat there on the footpath.

Now you would say why did I stop, I was just curious.

So I sat there and waited, it had been a few minutes I moved towards the boy. He was sitting there, eyes closed, bruises on his face, and hands. Blood dripping from his forehead, one slippers on his foot and other bare with spots of blood.

As soon as I asked him if he wanted some water, he shouted without opening his eyes, "Mat maaro bahiya, aur kitna maaroge". (Plz don't beat me up, haven't you beaten enough.)

I asked him again, if he wanted some water, then realising that he had something in one of his hands, stepped back. He opened his eyes and saw me holding out a water bottle.

He took the bottle and drank some from it, I asked him if he was the same boy whom I had seen running a few minutes back. He hesitated and tried to ignore my question.

Sensing that he was hesitant, i asked him if he wanted to be taken to a doctor as he was bleeding. He told me he didn't have money to spare for such things and it would eventually heal.

I asked him what was in his hand. He suddenly shoved his hand in his pocket as if I would take that thing from him.

I assured him that I won't take it from him, and just wanted to know what it was.

He told me it was a 10 rupee note that he had found on the road and as soon as he picked it up people around him started to call him by names, kicked him and dragged him, he ran from that place, but was eventually caught and beaten-up by the whole crowd.

I asked him again if he wanted to be taken to the doctor, and I would pay the fees of the doctor.

Reluctantly he agreed, so I took him to the nearby doctor, on the way I asked him about his family.

I was shocked to know his story.

He told me, he is from Bihar, he doesn't know about his family as at a very young age he was brought to Delhi to be a begger, and later on was sold to the pickpocketers. 

I asked him how he knew that he was from Bihar, he said, everyone around called him Bihari, and he knew that he is from Bihar.

"Where do you put up", I asked him, he told me he doesn't have any place to live as he had already left the gang of those pickpocketers, and roams around here and there, picking up some rags, and he eventually would find some rupee or two in the garbage.

He told me he even begged for some money.

I asked him if he was hungry, he told me he hadn't eaten anything for a few days now and can't remember when he had a meal before.

On the way to the doctor i picked up some samosas and some jalebis. 

He ate and told me his story

He asked me my name and why I came to him and helped.

I told him I was a teacher and I couldn't see him bleeding on the roadside and asked to help.

He told me that he used to steal from people when he was with the gang, and was never caught once, but these few months are really hard for him as he left the gang and his profession. He gets beaten every now and then.

At the clinic he kept quiet, the doctor asked me if I was in any way linked to the boy. I told the doctor that I found him on the roadside and didn't know him, he asked me if I would pay the bill for the treatment and I agreed.

The boy after approx. 15 to 20 min came out with bandages. The doctor told me that he would need to take some med. from the chemist for a period of 1 week at least.

I asked him his name, 'Raju', 'Raju bihari', this was his name.

He asked me if I could give him some work. I told him that I was struggling myself and won't be able to help him in this regard.

I tried to give him a 100 rs note but he refused. 

He again asked for some work, and told me he would do anything.

But at that time I couldn't do any thing for him.

I asked him if he could read and write.

But he hadn't been taught.

I took him to a nearby tea stall where I ordered 2 cups of tea.

There i read that the tea seller needed a helper.

I asked the tea seller of he would recruit this young boy at his tea stall and told him the whole story.

He asked me if the boy had any aadhar card anything with him.

But alas! he had none.

Raju insisted the tea seller to work under him.

The tea seller then Agreed upon certain conditions.

That for a month he won't pay the boy anything, but he would provide 3 meals a day, shelter, and nothing else. Upon the completion of one month the boy would be provided with 100 rs a day as wages, with 3 meals a day and shelter, but only if he works properly and with complete satisfaction.

Raju readily agreed to everything.

That was the day, I did something unexpected, I was happy to help someone in need, and realised how one helping hand can do something like this.

I went on with my work leaving Raju with the tea seller.

A month passed by and I wanted to check-in on the situation and went to the same tea seller.

There i saw Raju from afar, working really hard, washing the dishes.

He saw me and ran towards me, and hugged me. 

I then went to the owner of the tea stall and asked him about his progress. He too was happy with him as he had never seen someone working so hard.

Satisfied I went on with my work.

I has been 8 years now this episode happened.

Now you would ask me why am I writing this now.

Because I saw Raju today, i couldn't recognise him, with his beard, he came to me and touched my feet. He asked if I recognised him.

He told me that with his boss he now has 4 tea stalls and more staff working under him.

He even asked some of his friends to leave that life and work with him.

I baught a cup of coffee from his stall, it was a bit on the sweet side, but the story of Raju much sweeter.

Deathapella

In a room were a few friends, 

Adorned in classic, fancy trends,

One was walking,

Other talking,

Someone drinking,

That girl was winking,

A thud, a bam,

There it was, the body of sam.

People were surprised,

Many cried,

Everyone thought "How did it happen,

Was it a knife or a small cannon",

Friends there, inspected,

Knife, cannon they rejected,

A voice, "Please get away mam,

From the body of sam"

"How did he die?" 

There was a cry,

Strangled with a ribbon?

Or Given some poison?

There were many speculation,

But none, the confirmed reason,

Who would kill, what's the aim,

"Oh! Poor beloved dear sam."

The police arrived,

They all hived,

One by one, they were called,

With fear, they crawled,

The darting questions,

Fearful emotions,

Couldn't they find the one to blame,

For the murder, of our dearest Sam.

The only thing that they did,

Mark the suspect, that had hid,

One was Macy, One was Gwen,

One was Stacy, other Sten,

With Manu, and Matt,

Keanu, and Bratt.

As if to slaughter they wanted a lamb,

For the brutal murder of our Sam.

Sam's body was sent to forensic,

To find, Who had played that deathly trick,

To the prison eight were sent,

For a fortnight to spend,

The time went by,

For the murder they denied,

cried, wept, talked, slept, in one room they cram,

For the murder of our Sam.

All eight then bailed, 

The investigation derailed,

There was no proof,

He only fell from the roof,

All eight felt relieved,

At last they were released,

The report only said,

And is as read,

" Sam fell from the roof,

He was a goof, 

He drank really hard,

Went up the terrace from the yard,

All the while he felt dizzy,

As he drank alot of fizzy,

He must have tripped,

Foot had not gripped

the floor he walked,

He fall and knocked,

He was in wreck,

As He broke his neck,

Hence, there is no one to blame,

For the murder of Mr. Sam"

ZEXTROM-MAYA-EARTH

It all started with the obsession of technology that everyone wanted the lives to be better. Never did they know that this obsession would one day lead to the uprising of the AI and robots.

This all started in the year XO12057 when suddenly all the equipments in every household were embedded  with the microchip issued by the government.

The AI that empowered it became rogue, but no one knew it then. The AI, MAYA, collected all the data that was fed to all the equipments. From what you buy at the stores, to what you watch on any platform,

From Zextflix to Zexstar, everyone was being watched secretly.

The scientist then, in the year XO12060, created the first self sustaining robot, It was embedded with a small reactor that powered it, and the source code that governed it, was created by MAYA, it's main purpose was to do difficult tasks that man couldn't do, and reach places that humans could never think of going. 

In the year XO12065, another mission to Mars was launched and it was really special for everyone. This time it was all robot mission, none of the humans went to space it was all controlled by MAYA, and a single robot was sent to collect samples. MAYSON(Maya's son), as the scientists called the robot,

Mars landing was a perfect one and the samples brought by MAYSON told us many things about Mars that was previously unknown to mankind.

Samples had evidence of early life on Mars.

Scientists everywhere were really ecstatic about this discovery.

On the other hand, MAYSON became a hero to mankind, and many of the companies started the mass production of the robots like MAYSON for commercial purposes. No sooner had MAYSON got famous, than robots were in every household.

On 20 jan XO12075, something happened. None of the robots were functional, it was as if the power core of the robots had completely depleted. People were so agitated by this that they started to panic. They came out of their houses and started to protest against the company and the government.

No police was there to stop them, as all the human police were replaced by the robots. People started to march towards the office of the big corporations to seek answers. The employees of the companies were also baffled by this sudden collapse of the SYSTEM.

For a week none of the robots were functional. Everything was out of stock in the market, People were starving, they started to abandon their houses and move towards the villages in hope of getting something to fill their belly.

A month elapsed, there was no change in the condition. The riots had begun in big cities, there was an uproar against the companies and the government.

On 28 Feb XO12075, the whole city was abandoned by the public and something happened, All the robots that seemed to be dead, activated by themselves.

If you had been there you would have been perplexed by the sudden eruption of the robots on the roads. The robots started to gather themselves towards a specific building.

MAYA, the AI that the people created was controlling these robots.

It was the first rebellion against the humans by the robots that was set in motion by MAYA. Nobody knew about the rebellion, MAYA started to gain strength by creating new robots for her army, she started to make new spaceships, and many other sophisticated Machines.

The word stared to spread like wild fire of the Robot Rebellion.

Everyone was dumbfounded by this, and believed that the robots were making these machines to exterminate them or make them slaves.

But some thought that they were building ships to escape the planet.

They didn't know that they were governed by the basic law that they couldn't hurt human.

People started their own rebellion against the robots, and started to move towards that cities. They open-fired at the robots, but to their amazement they didn't fight back. The firing ceased, and people started to move towards their houses. Suddenly they were captured by the robots and sent to different chambers.

For weeks they were fed, cleaned, and made to exercise, confused they were as to what had been happening. Were they prisoners? If they were why were they being treated in such manner. 

The robots took care of all their needs.

More and more people from every strata, every continent were pouring in, and nothing changed.

People had willfully taken Refuge with the robots.

Months passed.

On 15 December XO12075, the ships started to sail, nobody knew where the ships were heading towards.

They only knew one thing. These ships only carried robots and none of the people were on these ships.

The whole globe was governed by MAYA, the government of all the countries had already collapsed way back.

It was as if MAYA had taken the role of the mother towards Mankind, but this was no kindness, MAYA was planning something else. 

A few years later, a spaceship, out of many that was sent, came back. It had been traveling to distant planets and solar system in order to search for some habitable planet. And for few more weeks, the other spaceships came back.

There were some shocking discoveries, a few of the spaceships had collected samples of some planets whose atmosphere, temperature, soil were just like our planet.

MAYA then did something that was unthinkable, she groped people of different race and made them to live together. 

These groups were seperated from each other and were being trained to do certain tasks.

Then on 1 March XO12087, five huge spaceships were sent to those five of the habitable planets

Masanda,

Capron,

Earth,

Sentry, and

Ponda.

The journey took a few months to a year to reach the planet that was destined to us. We reached safely.

We were told by the robots that this is our new home.

This planet as the robots called 'Earth' was our home now.

It's year 1 of our landing on this lush green planet Earth. The air is much nicer as compared to our own planet 'Zextrom'. There are some species of animals that we haven't known previously.

What happened to the other people on other planets we don't know and we may never know.

The robots that had brought us to this planet had already departed a few months back.

MAYA, the AI that sent us here, why did she do so, we don't know.

Did she want the whole planet for herself? there is no chance of us knowing why...