Wrong Choice - A Short Story
Wrong Choice
"You have made a wrong choice, my friend", said Ramalal to Srikanta. Both of them lived in the village Shantipur. Ramalal was a craftsman while Srikanth was a wholesaler. Ramalal's family consisted of his wife and his two children - Rima and Jagan. Rima was doing her MA from the district university while Jagan was an unemployed. He completed his MA 5 years back. Being an education-loving family, the Ramalals were keeping a watch on the everyday happenings. They were concerned with the society.
On the other hand, Srikanta's family consisted of his parents, his wife, his two sons and a daughter. His parents were old and were totally dependent on Srikanta for their sustenance. Between his two sons - one left his education after class 10 and the other was reading in class 8. His only daughter Shital was reading in Class V. Srikanta's wholesale business was running very well and his family had security - both financial and emotional, but they were not concerned with the world-matters. Only money was there main concern. Neither society nor education was their matter of headache.
Now take a look of the village. It was a diversified large village. People of many castes, classes and professions lived their. Like their condition, their nature was also diversified - good, indifferent, selfish, back-biter, bad, worse, inner-devil, outer-God etc. Ramalal was concerned about society, but did not directly engage in social matters in fear of back problems. They only set ideal nature for the society. while Srikanta was not concerned with the society but in almost every social matters he was there. So he was a well-known name in the village.
Then Panchayat Election was declared. It was known that Srikanta was contesting in the election from Zatra Party. It was the ruling party of the state. The party was the sole cause of degradation of the financial, educational, official etc. conditions of the state. Hooliganism and corruption were rampant all over the state. The party almost destroyed the good picture of the state. So, when Ramalal came to know that Srikanta filed nomination from Zatra Party, he got surprised. He could not believe that. Two days later, when Srikanta came to Ramalal to ask his favour, Ramalal said to him, "You made a wrong choice, my friend!"
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