“Overcoming Death through Mercy – A tale of a Silent Book Distributor”
By Vibhava Krsna Das
Seven decades ago in a remote Muslim village in the Kashmir valley (where a bus would come once in a day to drop the passengers) on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya, a child was born in one of the few Hindu families that lived there. Although the family belonged to Brahmin class due to their association with the local Muslims for years they gradually fell from the Brahmanical standards and became voracious meat-eaters. The boy gradually grew up very intelligent and sharp. Though the family had a lot of land and facility life wasn’t easy. He had to walk almost 5 miles to his school and cross a river in between.
As time passed the family grew and so did the problems. Finally, the family decided to separate, and the property was divided between the brothers. The situation wasn’t friendly enough and somehow, he couldn’t hold on to his share. He easily gave it up and didn’t resist.
He left his village and tried to do some business on his own which initially went very well. But one dark night everything was lost due to an accident where one of the employees lost his life. He remembered it as one of the darkest nights of his life.
With no support from anywhere or anyone he left the state to undergo a training course in electronics. He successfully completed the course and started his small-time business in the city of Srinagar. He later was employed by a television company as their service engineer for the state. By that time, he had a family of his own with his wife and two kids (me and my brother). Gradually things started to settle for him and his hard work started paying dividends. Finally, after a lot of struggle of 13 years he bought some parcels of land and built a nice house.
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