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Story by Khaja Nizamuddin

He was fed up....fed up with Indian vicinity, Indian living. An opening of a daily newspaper could convince anyone, why he was fed up with India, future of India. Take any newspaper, in how so ever good mood one might be, a reading would grow in one, frustration- ‘Pesticides residues in soft drinks�, ‘Excise officer caught after retirement for his disproportionate property and wealth�,� Junior doctors on strike,� ‘S.B.H. official held for helping big money D.D. Gang�, �3 lakhs of gold looted�. ‘S.I. in ACB trap, ‘An actor abducted by Sandalwood Brigand�, ‘Sachin Tendulkar out for one�, ‘Judge held for running prostitution�, ‘D.I.G. caught red handed�, ‘I.A.S. officer’s D.N.A. proves his illicit relations with a Social Worker,� ‘An actor caught for flesh trade�, ‘Pubs raided and 17 dancers arrested for obscene dances and nudity�, ‘Minister’s hand in aircraft deal�, ‘An airforce officer raped a student�, ‘President’s security men raped a girl�, ‘S.C. hostel girl commits suicide�, ‘A twenty eight years old woman burnt alive by her in-laws�, ‘two naxalites killed in an encounter�, ‘Lecturer held in malpractice�, ’Communal riots flare up, a pregnant woman raped and killed, houses burnt, police remained a silent observer�, ‘Court set culprit free as witness turned hostile�. ‘Minister held for murder of a pregnant poet�, ‘Fake currency racket busted�, ‘Fake stamp scam. Ministers held�.

He was hopeless about the future of his young generation here in India. He decided to make his sons engineers and send them to U.S.A...He makes every attempt to make his son’s mind to be up to that.

His son completed his B. Tech. He wrote GRE., TOEFEL. He got good marks in IELT. Good amount in bank helped his son get a study visa so he flew to U.S.A. His son joined M. S. and to meet the expenses he joined part time services at two places. He joined a bakery and worked there for two hours. He worked in shoe company two hours in the evening to make some more money. Thus he earned enough to meet the expenses of his studies.

He was very happy because his son followed the tradition in U.S.A. and was not depending on him for his studies on parents like Indian boys. He received E-Mail everyday so he was very happy. He was very happy because his son was away from Indian vicissitudes.

One day he got up from bed and went to see the Indian newspaper all uninterested. As he saw the paper he was shocked. With trembling fingers he held the paper and he could hardly read the news under the photo of his son, ‘……�.was murdered by two unidentified men who demanded money, and killed an Indian engineer when he could not fulfil their demand.�