14-10-2022, 10:08 AM
“Darker days waited for them. All the women were paraded nude in front of those uniformed men. They used to put nails, give electric shocks on women’s breasts and private parts. They used to tie their pubic hairs and hanged weight on them. Some even collapsed and succumbed to those grotesque tortures. Those men used to fill the courtyard with mud and asked naked women wriggle in that. They used unleash dogs on those naked women covered in mud which was an amusing sport for them. Those dogs used to bite those naked women as they placed wages as whose private part or whose breast the dog would maul. It was like living hell for all of them. Some of those girls were taken to work with pigs. Starved and famished women tried to eat those pigs food. Some of them died there while few survived. Since Rinzen was young and beautiful so those men ravaged her body physically every night. Sometime there were four, sometime there were six people at a time taking part in those malicious acts. She was kept naked most of the time. Seldom was she allowed to sleep. She was dragged and ravaged even in the middle of the night when all others were almost in dead sleep. All the women were fed with two dumplings, once in the morning and once in the evening. As days went by, more and more women were brought in that living hell. Gradually Rinzen came to know about that place. It was Dravachi, a notorious prison.”
“Then one day those people were disposing the dead bodies of mutilated women. Somehow Rinzen snuggled among those corpses and covered herself with their blood. The stench of the rotten corpses was too much nauseating for her but that was the only chance for her to flee from that hell. Rinzen along with those corpses were piled up in a truck and was taken to some highlands for jhator, an old sky burial ritual, where the dead bodies are fed to vultures. To ensure that all of those women were dead, those men fired bullets at those corpses. Rinzen somehow managed to hide herself under the pile of corpses. The vultures came down as well as the dogs and jackals started to tear flesh apart from those corpses. Rinzen waited till those men went away and then came out.”
The lady looked out of the cave. The storm died long ago and there was an uncanny silence in that cave as all of them were totally merged in the painful tale of that unknown lady. They sat motionless in their sleeping bags, looking at the lady in disbelief.
The lady pointed out to the sky, “The storm has subsided, we should start now else you won’t be able to reach the village by morning.”
All of them shook like a twig as if they were in a trance all the time. Devesh looked outside, although the blizzard has subsided but it was still dark outside. They were skeptical to go out with that lady in that dark but they had no other choice. Devesh pulled up all his courage and asked, “Are you sure that we should start at this time?”
The lady stood up with the help of her stick. She asked them to pack their bags and said, “Don’t be afraid, everything will be alright. I have to return somewhere but before that I want to show you the path to the nearby town.”
They all packed their bags, doused the stove and started walking behind the lady. Devesh handed a torch to her and she walked ahead of them showing the path in that chilled dark night.
Partho was very inquisitive to know the real identity of that lady, so he asked, “Did Rinzen survived? What is your name, how do you know all these?”
The lady looked at them over her shoulder and gave a painful smile as she limped. “Rinzen fled from there and started to walk south across these mighty mountains. On the way she found few deserted village. She took some clothes and a big knife along with her, but there was no sign of any food or any living being. She was all alone in that vast wilderness of that cold desert region. Then one day she found a lynx and killed that animal. There was no fire so she ate the raw meat to sustain. She knew that those uniformed men would come again so kept walking in the southern direction for several days. On her way down she had frost bite on her right leg. She knew that if she did not cutoff her leg then she will die. So one night she amputated her leg and then kept limping forward.”
Twilight was about to peek in the eastern horizon. The lady stood at a ridge and pointed downhill. There they saw a tiny hamlet in the midst of woods. All three friends were relieved to see locality after such stormy night.
The lady smiled at them and said, “You are safe now. But you have something that I need.” She pointed towards Soumitra and said, “He has something that I was searching for long time. A long elongated stone, I need that.”
All three friends looked at each other face. How does she know that they have that stone? That lady smiled painfully as she requested them to give that stone to her. Soumitra took out the tubular shaped stone and handed over to the lady.
“Thank you for finding my right leg.” The lady fitted the elongated stone shaped bone under her right knee. She then stood upright and smiled at them, “I am Rinzen Tsagnpo, the lady that lost everything and died in that cave where you took shelter. The world would have been a better place if we could cherish the warmth of our own home rather than invading others.”
The mere warmth of their blood was taken away as Rinzen slowly vanished in the twilight of the soft morning sun rays.
The End
“Then one day those people were disposing the dead bodies of mutilated women. Somehow Rinzen snuggled among those corpses and covered herself with their blood. The stench of the rotten corpses was too much nauseating for her but that was the only chance for her to flee from that hell. Rinzen along with those corpses were piled up in a truck and was taken to some highlands for jhator, an old sky burial ritual, where the dead bodies are fed to vultures. To ensure that all of those women were dead, those men fired bullets at those corpses. Rinzen somehow managed to hide herself under the pile of corpses. The vultures came down as well as the dogs and jackals started to tear flesh apart from those corpses. Rinzen waited till those men went away and then came out.”
The lady looked out of the cave. The storm died long ago and there was an uncanny silence in that cave as all of them were totally merged in the painful tale of that unknown lady. They sat motionless in their sleeping bags, looking at the lady in disbelief.
The lady pointed out to the sky, “The storm has subsided, we should start now else you won’t be able to reach the village by morning.”
All of them shook like a twig as if they were in a trance all the time. Devesh looked outside, although the blizzard has subsided but it was still dark outside. They were skeptical to go out with that lady in that dark but they had no other choice. Devesh pulled up all his courage and asked, “Are you sure that we should start at this time?”
The lady stood up with the help of her stick. She asked them to pack their bags and said, “Don’t be afraid, everything will be alright. I have to return somewhere but before that I want to show you the path to the nearby town.”
They all packed their bags, doused the stove and started walking behind the lady. Devesh handed a torch to her and she walked ahead of them showing the path in that chilled dark night.
Partho was very inquisitive to know the real identity of that lady, so he asked, “Did Rinzen survived? What is your name, how do you know all these?”
The lady looked at them over her shoulder and gave a painful smile as she limped. “Rinzen fled from there and started to walk south across these mighty mountains. On the way she found few deserted village. She took some clothes and a big knife along with her, but there was no sign of any food or any living being. She was all alone in that vast wilderness of that cold desert region. Then one day she found a lynx and killed that animal. There was no fire so she ate the raw meat to sustain. She knew that those uniformed men would come again so kept walking in the southern direction for several days. On her way down she had frost bite on her right leg. She knew that if she did not cutoff her leg then she will die. So one night she amputated her leg and then kept limping forward.”
Twilight was about to peek in the eastern horizon. The lady stood at a ridge and pointed downhill. There they saw a tiny hamlet in the midst of woods. All three friends were relieved to see locality after such stormy night.
The lady smiled at them and said, “You are safe now. But you have something that I need.” She pointed towards Soumitra and said, “He has something that I was searching for long time. A long elongated stone, I need that.”
All three friends looked at each other face. How does she know that they have that stone? That lady smiled painfully as she requested them to give that stone to her. Soumitra took out the tubular shaped stone and handed over to the lady.
“Thank you for finding my right leg.” The lady fitted the elongated stone shaped bone under her right knee. She then stood upright and smiled at them, “I am Rinzen Tsagnpo, the lady that lost everything and died in that cave where you took shelter. The world would have been a better place if we could cherish the warmth of our own home rather than invading others.”
The mere warmth of their blood was taken away as Rinzen slowly vanished in the twilight of the soft morning sun rays.
The End