*From & To Sathish* - Thread 4 - Page 25

Redemption 264

"Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, 'Did you bring joy?' The second was, 'Did you find joy? ? Leo F. Buscaglia

Rodriguez and Perez were the first ones to regain consciousness and they came to moments after the other woke up.Both felt a terrible pain in their necks and groaned as they tried to sit up and foudn that they could not do so and looked around in the darkness and saw their mates lying besides them and all four were unconscious.

Rodriguez cursed in filthy spanish and asked Perez if he knew who had done this and why they had done it and both looked up as the moon above them was covered by a tall man who looked down at them and spoke ' i did all this and so you can direct all your questions to me and i will answer them.But,first you have to answer a few of my questions and help me with some information that i am seeking.'

Rodriguez was veteran of crimes and that too violent crimes and he knew what pain was and he had delivered pain on many of his hapless victims before murdering them.His first crime had been in this very park,ten years ago,when he had acted as if he was a male prostitute and had lured old men into sex and in the darkness had beaten them and stolen from them.Many of his victims had remained silent for they were ashamed of their homosexuality and these sort of crimes came to light only when one of the victims had fought back and had been stabbed to death and rodriguez was the person who had done that.

He sneered sarcastically at their captor ' you are going to pay for this and you will wish that you had never set your eyes on us or this park.'

The tall man bent down and both the criminals saw a man with a thick beard and he was neither white nor black but fair in complexion and both knew it was not the tourist they had been after and their curiosity aroused,Rodriguez asked the man ' why are you doing this? Are you part of some gang trying to steal from us or trying to take over our turf? '

The tall man reached into rodriguez's clothes and came out holding a large knife and a handgun and looked at both of them and using his left hand tucked the small gun into the back of his pants and answered the question
' now,like i told you earlier,i have some questions that need answering and if i am satified with your answers,i will let you go.'

Then coming close to rodriguez,he spoke with such violence that the criminal flinched in fear ' But,if i find out that you are trying to bullshit me then i will have to do what i do best but that which i prefer not to do,even on scum like you .'

Perez sneered and whispered to his leader Rodriguez ' el bas***do esta mintiendo. Solo espera una oportunidad y lo llevaremos abajo (the bas***d is lying.Just wait for a chance and we will take him down)'.

The man crouched between both of the latin thugs and spoke in flawless spanish ' No estoy mintiendo y tampoco tendrs la oportunidad de derribarme. Hoy no, nunca.( I am not lying and also you will not get a chance to take me down.not today,not ever.)'

'pero ya que dudas de mi, dejame demostrarte que estas equivocado( but since you doubt me,let me prove you wrong) ' and saying this,brought down the long knife into the rib cage of rodriguez and the six inches of steel sank like a pebble sinking in water,making a hiss noise and Rodriguez's body stiffened more in shock at being stabbed than in the pain and then his breath hissed out as life escaped and one of the most notorious and violent criminals in the history of New york died leaving the city a better place.

The bearded man now turned to Perez ' me crees ahora' (do you believe me now).

Perez nodded frantically ' ten piedad de mi ( have mercy one me).haga sus preguntas y las respondere (ask your questions and i will answer them)

The tall bearded man asked many questions and perez answered them honestly and then the man asked a very strange and weird question ' any russian mafia around this park' and perez thought for a second ' No,the russians dont deal in drugs around here for this turf belongs to the gangs of Harlem and peace has been brokered between them and the russian mafia are the ones who sell guns and ammunition to the harlem black mafia gangs.'

In the dark of the night,the bearded man spoke ' in return for what?' and perez whispered ' underage girls,they kidnap underage girls and sometimes boys and they have a place in upper westside of manhattan where the rich and powerful come and go to satiate their appetites.'

' where is this place?' and perez told him the address and the tall bearded man cursed and got up and looking down at perez spoke ' thank you for being so honest with me' and then slashed the knife sideways and sliced open the neck of perez and spoke in a strange language ' naa rudran.En courtla ungallakku manippe ille.'

Jannal oram 211


The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Anas Nin

E.P.S is the current chief minister of Tamil nadu after he replaced O.P.S and yet,the poor man after managing the state and his party rather decently through many a ugly problem,sadly still is not widely respected by the people and his own party members.

The death of the late j.jayalalitha brought to light many cracks and gaps between the many leaders of the ruling party,AIADMK which had been firmly held in check under the tough leadership of jayalalitha and by the founder and former chief minister MGR.

But as history has shown us,when a powerful leader of a party dies and leaves behind a vaccum there is always bound to be chaos and bitter infighting and although sasikala who now languishes in a Bengaluru jail was thought to be the next successor,things didnt work out like that or the plans went awry.

Whatever plot the top brass had hatched and whatever deals they had worked out between themselves,it all went kaput the moment O.P.S came out crying that he was bullied and beaten to resign from the post and a few days later the water got even dirtier and murkier when sasi 'chinnamma' was sentenced to jail.

Then hell broke loose and o.p.s was kicked out of the party and E.P.S took over the mantle of the leader with T.T.V'S support.But that partnership broke down and utter chaos ruled the political scene for a few weeks and the same was witnessed by all the tamil people.

But all that was in the year 2017 and 2018 was a bit calmer although chief minister certainly did not feel thus as he stood up and folded his hands and welcomed senior partyman and home minister Vaidyanathan'anna,vanakkam.'

Vaidyanathan hugged him with love and respect and looked at DGP Rajendran ' what raj,looks like you are doing well for yourself?'

DGP Rajendran respectfully ' thank you sir.How are you doing sir?'

Vaidyanathan ' okay dgp.Lost my only child and since then i have had no will to live.But,i am doing so for the sake of the party and for the people.'

Chennai police commissioner Vishwanathan smiled and wished him and thought to himself ' what an actor and what a performance minister? No wonder,you survived whatever Amma threw at you and stood the ground against her might while others ran for their lives.'

Vaidyanathan looked at chief minister E.P.S ' did you see the breaking news about my men who have been murdered?'

Chief minister E.P.S felt butterflies in his tummy ' Anna,i promise you that we will arrest the men who have done this murders? That is why i have asked the DGP to be present here so that we can both assure you of our complete co-operation in this case.'

Vaidyanathan thanked them both and then requested th DGP and the commissioner to leave him and the cheif minister to talk in private and after they had left,he turned to E.P.S.

Chief minister E.P.S thoughts were all on how he was going to hang on once the man in front of him broke the party in two and walked away to form another party.

But contrary to all these nightmare scenarios he was cooking up in his mind,Home minister vaidyanathan threw a bombshell proposition.

Minister vaidyanathan with a sad smile on his face looked at the chief minister ' Listen e.p.s,i know what is going in your mind right now and i tell you that you are wrong,totally wrong.I have no idea why our fellow members and ministers think the worse of me and my methods.But,it worked then and will work now.'

Chief minister E.P.S totally clueless about what his minister and senior party man was saying,just kept staring at vaidyanathan who leaned closer to him and whispered something and the chief minister's eyes opened wide and vaidyanathan looked at him ' if you wish to remain silent,i will understand and will do all the talking.But,it would be more impactful if you said a few words in the end.For,after all you are the chief minister and we all look up to you and follow your lead.'

The chief minister and home minister stayed talking well into the night and far away in saidapet Raman and his parents said bye to jeeva and her folk and walked back to their home.

Home minister vaidyanathan laid his head on the pillow and felt the emptiness on his left for his wife was now in bharat's house and he looked up at his daughter sudha staring down with a smile from the huge life portrait that hung in front of his bed.

' Sudha,you were the only soul that i ever really loved and cherished.But with you gone,i have only my political legacy and our family's reputation left and i will die before i let an arrogant upstart destroy it.
I will not allow anyone to tarnish our image for if my reputation is destroyed that stain will stick to your memory too.Just wish me the best for i believe in you more than the god who snatched you away from me.Good night baby.'

Raman stood quietly looking at the night that filled their times and hearing a movement turned to see his dad shaktivel approaching him.

' Iyya ram,it is quite late.You should go to sleep and rest both your mind and body.'

Raman ' not yet appa.the snake is moving and i know that it will not strike from the same direction that we chased it in and will not come from another direction and launch a counter strike.'

Turning to his dad ' appa,you go to bed for i have a few calls to make.'

Late into the night,Raman spoke to his sensei and best friend devarajan and then also spoke to his boss Krishnaswamy iyer.

"You must learn to see everything around yourself as your resources, your opportunities and turn them into your weapons so that everything works in your favor and helps to achieve your goal ? Sunday Adelaja

Jannal oram-212

One common thread among global journalists is technology."Today there is a huge demand for content across multiple platforms, online and offline. Deadlines for journalists used to be every 24 hours, now it's constant. There's less time for analytical reporting and fact checking. On one hand, journalists need to keep up with consumer demands, but on the other, there needs to be accurate and responsible reporting. It's a double-edged sword,"

A Double-edged sword cuts both ways

The venue to address the press,tv reporters and journalists for the web based sites had been debated and finally the chief minister had suggested that they conduct the meeting in Home minister Vaidyanathan's house and the same information had been sent out to all the relevant people by the govt's press secretary.

In today's times,when even a simple chain snatching case was being reported as breaking news,the news that many members of the ruling party had been brutally murdered and that too they had been loyal to the home minister was just too hot and juicy to miss out and every tom,dick and harry and the who's and who's of all channels and newspapers had gathered in the large hall of minister vaidyanathan and as is the norm,all of them had been well fed and served hot filter coffee and tea and now,nearly a hundred and more press people were seated after a satiating breakfast and waited for the minister himself.

A side door opened and Minister Vaidyanathan came out and greeted everybody with folded hands and then to everyone's surprise,Chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy walked out flanked by DGP Rajendran and Thiruvallur Superintendent of police M. R. Sibi Chakkaravarthi and also District collector Sundaravalli.

Chief minister E.P.S greeted everybody and then Vaidyanathan placed a huge garland on the chief minister who humbly accepted it and both hugged each other and photos clicked again and again,hundreds of times.

Everyone sat down and chief minister E.p.s stood and addressed the press ' It is a sad day for the party since six of our party members have lost their lives and their sacrifice will not be forgotten.But,i am going to let our senior party leader and my big brother vaidyanathan sir to speak about the tragedy.Unfortunately,i cannot stay any longer for i am flying to delhi to meet the prime minister regarding kauvery water dispute and GST issues on petrol and disel products.'

Vaidyanathan stood up and bent his head politely acknowledging the chief minister and his show of support and after seeing him off slowly let his eyes travel over all those who were gathered there.

' I thank you all for coming here at our request and yes,it is indeed a sad day for me and my party when six of our brothers have been brutally murdered and another is in critical condition.But,before i speak about Periya karuppan who had been with me from the time he was 19 or so and had served the party for nearly 40 years,i want to thank the chief minister for making time to be here with me on this tragic day and also i want to publicly acknowledge the great work he is doing in leading this state and party to a greater future.'

He paused and cleared his throat and picking up a bottle of water that was before him,sipped it and then continued ' When our great leader Amma passed away so suddenly,we were all like lost children and all of us felt like what an orphan feels for our leader Amma was both like our father and mother and i wish that she had lived many more healthy years.But it was not be and yet through all the confusion,my younger brother,the chief minister has steered the party and the state safely through troubled waters.People will say a lot,gossip and spread rumors that the central govt under Modi is the one who is protecting us and helping us stay in power.'

He looked at all of them calmly and all the journalists totally caught up in his speech,stared at him like students do while a professor is teaching them and again continued ' I ask all of you and all the people who are watching this live broadcast,tell me is it possible for a state govt to function without the help of the central govt.The central govt is the one who is the real power behind this great nation and it oversees all the states put together.

I have been listening patiently without saying anything about the opposition parties accusations that this govt is like a slave to the Modi led Bjp Govt.But,what were they doing when the congress was in power for ten years.What did raja do with all the thousands of crores that he got from the spectrum deal and with the help of the central govt finance minister p.chidambaram.If i start talking about what the DMK govt did and the amount of corruption they were involved in with the help of congress govt then i can go on for days for the list is so long.

Where were all these accusers when Amma was there,i will tell you where they were,hiding safely in their burrows.But today,when our Amma is gone,every person has an opinion and every actor thinks he can become a chief minister and are criticizing this govt and my brother the chief minister.'

For the first time,everybody saw the visible change and also the change of tone of the home minister as he suddenly went on the attack ' I am going to start with Ulaga nayagan Kamal hassan,who is regularly talking ill about my party and our govt and tweeting about it and so i just want to ask him one simple question.You,sir are a great actor and i myself have watched many of your films several times.But,mr.kamal hassan,just because you are a good actor does it mean that you will be a good administrator and a good and honest politician.I did not want to talk about this but recently your ex-wife vani ganapathy explained in detail how you act not only in reel life but in real life too.Also in one of her older interviews,she sadly mentioned how you forced her to abort,twice and you did that to save and prolong your romantic image.But,then a few years later,you dumped her and began to openly have a relationship with hindi actress sarika and married her in 1988 even while you were still married to your first wife vani.That is a criminal offence and bigamy.And you didn't stop there and began to have an affair with gowtami and simran at the same time and sarika walked out and then simran too walked out and now,gowtami too has walked out and has been accusing you of not paying her dues for the work she did as a costume stylist in many of your movies.

Then any given opportunity you criticize the institution of marriage and its sanctity and now in your recent interviews,you have attacked the brahmin community and the sacred thread they were.So,you don't believe in marriage,in your religion and in anything.so what do you believe in,nothing and you say you can do a good job of governing this state.

My reply to you is,first learn to govern your own life and your family and then try doing other things.If your personal life and character are in doubt,how will you survive in public life?'

Vaidyanathan roared in anger ' all these so called heroes,protectors and defenders of faith were shivering with their tails between their legs and the moment the cat went away the mice came out to play.But,Amma still lives in all of us and in this party and she still and will always remain our leader,our lioness and she will roar loud and long and will lead us again in spirit and will guide us through our toughest times.

Now,coming to the death of periya karuappan who was like my kid brother and the others,i am warning those who did this cowardly murders that a day of reckoning will come and justice will prevail.But we trust the law and will let our police dept handle the case and will talk more when we have all the evidence in our hands.'

Everyone forgot that they were journalists and began to clap at this brave and great speech and everyone in Tamil nadu sat up and took notice and in an instant,people's perceptions and views of the ruling party changed and started to climb up gathering points.

Home minister Vaidyanathan sat down and sipped more water from his bottle and then spoke into the mike ' i will take some questions now but not many and please,i request you not to disrespect the dead by asking controversial questions and importantly unrelated and out of context questions.'

He pointed to a smart looking lady,dressed in a yellow saree and she stood up ' sir,i am from Namma tamizhagam tv channel and i thank you for taking my question.Sir,you spoke about kamal hassan.Does that mean actors will not make good politicians and that they shouldn't venture into public service?'

Vaidyanathan ' I never said actors should not venture into politics' and pointed to the large banner behind him ' who do you all see in this large banner but Puratchi thalaivar Mgr and puratchi thalaivi Amma and both were from the film world.I was only trying to say that someone who doesn't have a clean family life is not going to have a clean public life.

And when it comes to kamal hassan,he always raises his voice and complains loudly when one of his films is about to release.'

He looked at the reporter ' any other questions ma'am' and the lady nodded ' yes sir,just one and that is,what were all these men,your party members who were murdered doing there in that spot last night.'

Everyone seated there looked at the lady who had asked this question and then looked at the minister for an answer and still smiling,he replied to her question ' I am not sure ma'am what they were doing there at that place at that time.But,we will know soon and then i will answer the question.But,before i move on to the next question,i would like to say that what grown up men do is their personal business and i cannot keep an eye on all my men at all times.They have their lives to live but like i said i will answer once i know more of this case.'

The lady in the yellow saree refused to sit down and posed another question ' sir,what if they were involved in some illegal activity and hence met their fates in such a horrible manner?'

If this was meant to shock and anger Vaidyanathan,it didn't and he calmly replied ' madam,that question and mention about my dead party members being involved in some illegal activity is actually highly immoral on your behalf and you should be more responsible with your questions and craft.'

He stared at her ' okay,since you want to take this line of questioning,let me ask you what your reaction will be if some of your colleagues speak ill of you behind your back and gossip on your character and link you with some colleague of yours.How will you feel and who will you react?'

The lady looked confused and struggled to answer ' see,you are not able to answer.That is what i was trying to convey and my point is do not raise false allegations without proper proof and don't judge anyone before they are proven guilty.I request the media to use their power wisely and in a proper manner and not look for quick fixes and answers for points and ratings.'

The lady journalist sat down and minister vaidyanathan pointed to a young man dressed smartly and who was wearing glasses and the youngster stood up ' sir,i am from Tamilanda web site' and everyone giggled but the minister respectfully ' yes sir,what is your question?'

' Sir,do you have any personal grievances about kamal hassan?'

' no,young man.I have no personal grievance against him or any actor.All i am saying is,people living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at others.But,whatever i have said here about him is public knowledge and is on record.Even very recently,he stated that he doesn't believe in the institution of marriage and that like vaccinations it too will disappear one day.'

He looked at everybody ' i am sorry but that is all the time i have at this moment for i have to go meet the families of the dead and convey my condolences personally.I thank you all for making time to come here.'

He folded his hands and said in a loud voice ' Anna namam vazhga,Puratchi thaliavar namam vazhga,Amma namam vazhga.'

Writing is seeing more,much more


A differently abled person is thus called for he is in some way disabled or not whole or not able to function in a normal human way.But,yes there you have it,another But from me and let me finish it.But,this is just a purely technical term coined by medicine and in the fields of body and mind.

Born with some sort of deformity of the limbs or face or born with some brain disorder like mongoloid syndrome,autism,down syndrome is enough to place you in the category of differently abled person.

But,what the so called normal human being who rapes,molests and preys on underage children.What about human beings who appear normal but are serial killers and go about their double,maybe triple lives in relative peace and calm.

What about those so called democratically elected people who call themselves politicians,who when in power loot and cheat the people and their own country and amass hundreds and thousands of crores of rupees?

In what category should these people,criminals be placed in?

Now,i will tell you about one category which is invisible and yet their in plain sight and the people of this category are supremely normal and yet are differently abled.

They are not classified under any category because their problems lie in their broken souls that never healed and mended properly and have been permanently disabled.

Starting from 5 and well into my thirties,i knew that i was broken somehow and yet i just did not know how to heal myself and so often i just led a life of self imposed seclusion and voluntary solitary confinement.

I sometimes ask my wife how she manages with me and she smiles and says ' babe,you talk about it and i don't and the truth is i am more madder than you.'

That stumped me for my wife had just bowled the most unplayable googly and took my stumps away.

Then i opened my eyes and saw that everyone,no matter how normal they looked,spoke and presented themselves were in someway broken,scarred and yes differently abled and i realised that everyone were sailing in the same boat with small or big holes in it and were slowly sinking,some sooner,some later.

This began to evoke in me great sympathy and empathy to all life around me and that is when i began to write,sorry,scribble down what i saw and what it made me feel.

I know now for certain that i can express myself much better than i can say it in words of human language.

But,i am also aware that i have a long way to go before i can call myself or tell myself ' hey sat,not bad dude.That was written well.'

As i discovered in acting and a rule which seems to apply to real life and now which i am applying to my writing and stories,less is good.Less is beautiful and less is simple and easily understandable.Less in my story means slow and easy and dwell on the moment and emotions.

To explain it better,let me give an example of an imaginary sequence that might happen soon when raman makes love to jeeva and somehow both decide they don't want the AC on and instead let the windows open.

The night breeze becomes part of their love making.The crescent moon becomes part of their love story.The curtains lifted up in the cool and gentle breeze will be like raman removing jeeva's clothes.

So,not only the characters in the scene,but even the things,little unseen and unnoticed things become part of the chapter.

Music makes up and takes up many hours of everyday of my breathing life.But,sometimes i enjoy silence too.
what we think is silence is never truly silent and i have tried very hard and failed to enjoy total and true silence.

While acting,and if it is a live recording situation then microphones are hidden in our bodies,under our shirt or behind and made invisible and i have seen for myself the torture the sound engineer suffers with his headphones on.

Thiruttu payale 2 is an example and even when we all felt it was silent and heard nothing,the sound engineer could pick up faint noises,echoes from people outside the room talking and talking softly.

It is a somewhat similar experience that i have when i wake up in the early hours of each day and that can be now anywhere between 1.30 am and 2.30 am.

I lay awake in the darkness and smile as i hear small and slightly loud noises.

The muffled sounds of thick curtain cloth rubbing against the wall.The creaks and shrieks made by the branches of the neem tree that shades my window.Water drops falling from the third floor air conditioner on to the fiberglass awning below my window and faint,vibrating noises from the teenage kid on the third floor who has tv turned on slightly and seems to suffer some shade of insomnia like me.

But,there is one constant noise,noises even that carries on throughout the night and that is the crows dropping their bombs on top of all the cars down below.

I tell you that it is rather loud and it is so because the crows have shifted to the top most branches from their previous ground floor perches because a new generation of cats have mastered the art of hunting crows for sport in the darkest hour of the night.

Maybe the cats have finally discovered their spots of their kin,the African leopard and are going about their business,but the morning always brings to light the killings of the birds by their night stalkers.

Crows and pigeons beware for my apartment cats eat pedigree cat food in daylight and eat crows and pigeons in the night.

Redemption 265

Before we follow Rudran who is in New York on a quest to find and retrieve the paintings of his ancestors,we must go a few hundred years back and see for ourselves what America was and take a peek into her history.

For over five decades starting from the end of world war two,the Soviets and Americans were considered the only true global super powers in the world and the world itself was split into two by democracy and communism and the Iron curtain that was the dividing line in Europe between the super powers during the height of the cold war.

The whole world kept their fingers crossed as many wise men thought that world war three was imminent and that the Russians and Americans would drown the earth in a nuclear war and many predicted that it would be the end of human civilization and maybe in many ways they were correct.

In the height of the cold war between Americans and the soviets in the years between 1953 to 1962,nuclear weapons had become so advanced and they were now called thermonuclear weapons.

Just for information sake,the Russians tested a Thermonuclear bomb which is also called a Hydrogen bomb in 1961 and it was called the "Tsar Bomba" and its power was equivalent to about 1,570 times the combined energy of the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki,10 times the combined energy of all the conventional explosives used in World War II.

But,clearly all that has changed and the once mighty U.S.S.R fell and shattered into many countries and what remains of that mighty state is still considered a global power but only in terms of weapons and nukes.

For,U.S.A along with China have become the true global economic and nuclear super powers with India lagging far behind.

But Trumps America and Putin's Russia are still at logger heads with each other and constantly rub each other wrongly and it is because of these two great nations that some of the bloodiest wars have been fought and are still being fought today in this century.

The Korean war,the Vietnam war,war in Afghanistan and in the gulf all have links to the differences between America and Russia and needless to say,the world and the rest suffer while these two countries go about their lives in relative peace.

On a funny note,we should remember that Osama bin laden fought against the mighty Russians in Afghanistan and defeated them and then made a u-turn and fought against America and bombed the twin world trader towers.
once friends soon turn bitter enemies and once enemies become lovey dovey pals and allies.

Yet,things were not always like this and relations between America and Russia were very cordial and co-operative and also one of the important reasons for amercians to win the revolution and their freedom from Britain was Catherine the great who ruled russia from 1762 to 1796.

The decisions made by Catherine the great and her foreign affairs advisor Panin during the Revolution to remain officially neutral, refuse Britain's requests for military assistance, and insist on peace talks that linked a resolution of the American Revolution with the settlement of separate European conflicts indirectly helped the Americans win the Revolution and gain their freedom.

Alaska,which is today a state and a part of United states,once belonged to Russia and was purchased by the americans in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars 126 million in today's terms.

Alaskans are celebrating a big milestone in 2017. The year marks the 150th anniversary of the state's purchase. In 1867, Russia handed this vast territory over to the United States for the bargain price of 7.2 million, or about two cents per acre.

But,back in the 17th century and even in the 18th century,Alaska was just an orphan,cold,frozen and desolate land that bordered British and French occupied land that is today called Canada.Britain and France fought their European wars on north American soil and only in the late 17th century Britain finally took control of Canada.

Britain via its Canadian Government tried to purchase the Alsakan property but since it was involved in a war against Russia in Europe called the Crimean war,Russia desperate for cash decided it would rather sell Alaska to America who they were on friendly terms and near allies.

I will write more about America and world history as the story grows and moves forward but for now we have to join Rudran as in the darkness he removed his disguise and changed back to the tourist look and exited central park and stepped out into 5th avenue and began to click pictures like any normal tourist and outsider visiting New York would do.

Then casually he sat down on one of the benches that lined the wall of the park and taking out his mobile googled the escort agency that Perez had named before dying and instantly the site came up.But it just had a few good looking models,dressed sexily and tastefully draping the site and the site itself was called ' Erotica and sinners' and pressed the button which said welcome.

The page changed and it a blank column prompted a mobile number and Rudran typed in the mobile number of the phone that had once belonged to the now dead Perez.

The site immediately glued into his location and showed him that the site owners were tracking his location and again the word welcome came up and Rudran touched it and waited and then to his surprise,an expensive looking car slowly drove past him and Rudran knew that the bait had been taken and the car stopped about 50 meters ahead of where he was sitting and a short but tough looking man got out and Rudran knew that he was Russian the moment he laid eyes on him and the tattoos also identified him as a former soldier from Russia but now working as security for the Russian mafia in New York as many of his comrades were now doing in and other parts of America.

The man sat down and looked at Rudran and smiled ' You not American? where you from man?'

Rudran smiled ' Israel and here for a few days on work.'

The man kept staring into Rudran's eyes and nodded ' you having passport?' and Rudran smiling happily ' yes' and showed his passport and the man looked it over and his manner suddenly eased and handing the passport back.
'okay,we do business.But we take cash only,no cards okay.'

Rudran smiling goofily,showed his wallet which held nearly 5,000 dollars ' enough or i get more from ATM.'

The man shook his head ' no comrade,this should do.Okay,what would you like,black,white,yellow,brown,girl boy anything.you tell,i keep ready and we go in my car to the place.you do what you like for two hours and you give 2500 dollars.All good,clean and healthy service.'

Rudran thought he would name something kinky to better his act but his conscious would just not allow it and he said greedily ' white,Russian,20 to 30 and good manners.She look after me well,i give her big tip.okay.'

The Russian stood up and put out his hand and Rudran took it but only gave a very limp shake and the Russian thug looked at him jokingly ' handshake very weak mister,hope your two hours are better spent and not weak also.'

Rudran smiled shyly and the Russian called someone on his mobile and turning to Rudran ' no parking here,tow area and so my driver cruising around the park and will be here soon.'

After waiting a few minutes,Rudran and the Russian got into the car and it slipped quickly into the heavy new york city traffic.

The Russian looked at Rudran 'why you wearing cap mister?' and Rudran smiled ' i don't want any cameras to see my nocturnal activities for my wife is a terrible woman and might kill me if she finds out that i am going to spend time with a Russian hooker.'

Rudran sat quietly watching and admiring New York in the night and felt that it was nearly as beautiful as it had been in the day.He thought if there were other beings,aliens looking down on new York,then they might think all the city lights were distant stars in another galaxy.

He sat in the luxury of the car and skillfully watched as the driver drove through the famous park avenue and then entered Lexington avenue and the turning right drove into the car parking of an apartment building that was named ' Golden Rise' and the car stopped and the Russian signaled to Rudran to get out.

Rudran got out and immediately two tall men again Russians came to his side and began to frisk him and check his pockets.

They only found his passport,wallet,camera and a phone( that belonged to perez) and stepped back.The Russian who had picked up Rudran in his car took 2,500 dollars from his wallet and gave it back to him along with the other belongings and pointed to a door that led to an elevator.

' you go up to the third floor and come back in two hours.'

Rudran nodded and quickly ran towards the door and all three Russians laughed at the funny sight and joked about him ' his wife not satisfying him properly and that is why the poor man is rushing towards Kristina in such a hurry.Well,he is going to be a regular customer after he has spent time with Kristina and we will be seeing a lot more of this horny Israeli in the future.'

Rudran stepped into the elevator and his eyes in a split second took in the fire exit map that showed that the building was 5 storey's high with a penthouse on top and it had four exits on the ground floor and if two were guarding one exit,then that made a total of eight in the basement for security and surely many more in each floor and he wondered how many more in the penthouse on the fifth floor.

But since this was a very expensive neighbourhood in Manhattan,Rudran knew that it would cater only to rich clientele and that there would be many more of such residences in and around New york that catered to all manners and tastes of the men and maybe even women who frequented such high end escort services.

And in such expensive places,security always would be minimum but lethal and effective for too many armed and strange looking Russian men would surely bring them to the notice of the NYPD and other law agencies.

As expected,the elevator opened and there stood one man for security but who looked like he could easily dispatch several men to the hospital in moments if it so required and he obviously had seen service in the Russian special forces.

Rudran was an army man,a trained Assassin and so recognised other trained killers by the way they carried themselves.

The man just pointed to another door and Rudran smiled a thank you and went in.

On the fifth floor,in the penthouse,the man in charge of business in that building was told that the client had entered the room on the third floor and into Kristina's room.

Rudran entered the large room and the beauty of the woman who stood before him just blew him away.She stood 5ft 7 inches,skin the color of milk,hair perfect shade of blonde and eyes the color of the blue sky.

For a second,he stood watching in awe at the beautiful and stunning woman who whispered in a russian accented english 'Hello.I am Kristina.what do you want me to be and what would you like me to do to you?'

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"Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It's not winning battles that makes you happy, but it's how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, most important ones, let the rest go. ? C. JoyBell C.

Raman kept staring at the tv and his dad who sat next to him and who knew his son's moods pretty well,used the remote to power off the television set.Shaktivel looked at his wife Valli and together they waited for Raman to say something.They knew that the wheels were spinning,churning in speed in Raman's brain as he made sense of the interview that Minister Vaidyanathan had just given and they had to admit that it was pretty hard hitting one and that there was a lot of fire left in the old lion.

Raman looked at his dad,a curious smile filling his lips and asked him ' appa,what did you make of the minister's words?'

Shaktivel wondered why his son was asking him this question for he knew that his advocate son never missed a beat nor skipped a word uttered by the person he was watching with interest.

' Iyaa,it is pretty obvious that he is hurting from losing his close party aides and that too the loss of Periya karuppan must hurt real bad for he was with the minister for nearly 38 to 39 years.I guess the man is going to unleash hell on those who brutally murdered his men and he said it in no uncertain terms.'

Raman looked at his mother ' mrs. valliammai shaktivel,what are your thoughts about the interview?'

Valli liked it when her only child played with her for in her eyes raman would always remain her baby and unlike her husbands calm perspective,she angrily let loose her opinion ' Ram,god only knows what goes on in these politicians lives and what all unsavory deals they conduct without the knowledge of the public.I think some money deal went sour and things went bad.If so many people have been killed,then it must have been done by a group of people and surely the dead men would have fought back and injured those who attacked them.I guess a thorough investigation will soon reveal the truth or just might not and it will be covered at the behest of the govt itself.'

Raman's eyes opened wide in pride and appreciation ' Mum,please don't stop and go on with your thoughts for they might just help me with my work.'

Valliammai preening like a peacock on hearing her son's praises ' Lot of possibilities and don't discount the possibility that the minister himself might have had his own men killed for reasons only he knows and god only knows what goes on in the evil minds such as this chap vaidyanathan.'

Raman clapped his hands ' amma,brilliant,simply brilliant.'

Shaktivel very calmly ' ellam okay iyya,but it remains the truth that the minister is too formidable a foe for you and all of us put together.I would advise caution,son before you do anything for when an angry lion lashes out,even a glancing blow is enough to kill its prey or foe.'

Raman looked at both his parents and then spoke to his dad ' appa,do you remember that fight i had with a senior in my 8th std?'

Shaktivel nodded ' how can i forget it for it is the only fight you got into in all your school life and there are many who talk about that even today and it is a matter of legend in your school.But,i never asked and you never told me what exactly happened for you to get into a fight.The reason i never asked is because i trust you and respect you too much and knew that if you had been forced to fight then it means you had no options left for peace.'

Raman smiled ' god,8th std.It seems so far away in the past and yet i remember every moment so clearly.'

Valliammai ' ram,what happened that day?'

Raman shook his head ' it was not just that day for it started much earlier than that and nearly two years before that day when i fought with my senior.'

' This guy balaji had been on my case from the time i was in the 5th std and he was in the 7th.But he flunked a couple of times and scraped through to his 11th and was doing badly.But,since he was much older than me,his growth suddenly spurted and he put on lot of height and weight and little hair on his face.This somehow spurred him to keep picking on me and many other juniors in our school and then things became unbearable during the end of my 7th std.And so i decided that enough was enough and that it was time to push back.'

Shaktivel excitedly ' okay ram.now it all makes sense to me.'

Valli ' shakti,enna.what made sense to you?'

Shaktivel looked at his wife ' valli,do you remember that night when our sons summer holidays started and i telling you about his strange request?'

Valliammai ' yes,i remember it very well and i also remember you wondering why our calm and peace loving son wanted to join some ashram style place and that too far away from trichy,somewhere near Kumbakonam.'

Shaktivel ' right.And the place was called Adi Kumbeswarar ashram.'

Raman ' Yes dad.It was called Adi Kumbeswarar ashram but the real person worshipped there is a siddhar and the world knows him as Agastiyar.'

Both his parents looked at their son and valli asked him ' But what has Agastiyar got to do with you going there and staying there for nearly 40 days in that ashram.'

Raman sighed as his thoughts went back to those days of his youth ' Agastiyar has everything to do with that ashram and why i went there or if i have to put it correctly,why i was called there by the Guru who was there at that time.'

He looked at his parents ' It is not well known among the public and is known only to those who practice the ancient fighting arts of india that Agastiyar was the founder of silambam and various other marital arts.
Ancient folklore says that it was during one of his journeys that on his way to Vellimalai, Agathiyar discussed Hindu philosophy with an old man he met, said to be the god Murugan in disguise.
The old man taught Agathiyar of "Kundalini Yoga and how to focus Prana' through the body's Naadi .
Agathiyar practiced this method of meditation and eventually compiled three texts on palm leaves based on the god's teachings. One of these texts was the Kampu Sutra (Staff Classic) which was said to record advanced fighting theories in verse. These poems and the art they described were allegedly passed on to other Siddhars of the Agathiyamuni Akhara (Agathiyar School of Fighting) and eventually formed the basis of the both Silambam and the Adi Murai (Southern Style of Kalari Payat).'

But,in all the 40 days i spent there,i learnt one very important thing and that is patience and more patience.'


He got up and looked at the wall clock and then turning to his parents ' The school reopened and i was in my 8th std and predictabaly,The bully Balaji began to pick on us and then during interval i went in search of him behind the canteen where he was sitting with his other useless friends who were as bad as him and there were also many 12th std seniors present near the canteen.

But,i went up to him and challenged him to a fight and also told him that if he lost,he should stop all his bullying of the juniors from that instant.He and his friends laughed at me for he was about five inches taller than me and outweighed me by nearly 30 pounds.

Thankfully,many of the 12th std seniors overheard my challenge and one of them,a pretty big guy agreed to be the refree in the fight and so it happened that evening.'

Shaktivel excitedly looked at his son ' wow,this sounds like some film scene.So,what happened that evening? did the fight take place?'

Raman nodded ' yes appa,the fight took place and the whole school was there and i didn't at that time but many of the masters from the faculty too were present for the fight.To this day,i have no clue as to who spread the news about the fight but the whole school was buzzing with excitement and when i arrived at the canteen,every school boy from the 3rd std to 12th std was present and so too was balaji along with his group of bullies.'

Valliammai could not contain her excitement ' ram,please don't stop and finish the story.'

Raman ' borema.Nothing major happened.Balaji as i thought was just a bully and like most bullies was all talk and no fight.It was over in seconds and once i pinned him and twisted his arm with a lock,he began to cry like a girl and then his three friends jumped me and met the same fate.

I stood and took them on not even for one moment thinking i was small,weak and that i was one against many.And it was due to my Guru's teachings and something he told me then that will stay with me forever.That is also the reason why i took up Judo rather than other more violent contact martial arts like karate,boxing and Taekwondo.'

Shaktivel looked at his son with pride that threatened to burst his heart ' but what has all that got to do with judo and the current situation with this minister.'

Raman ' everything appa.But i will just use one quote which will explain my mind and that of judo and that is
in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the Judo expert does not oppose such movements at all. No, he yields to them. But he does much more than yield to them. He aids them with a wicked sleight that causes the assailant to put out his own shoulder, to fracture his own arm, or in a desparate case, even to break his own neck or back.Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.'

Calmly,but with deadly intent blazing like stars in his eyes,he whispered ' Minister vaidyanathan has taken out his sword from its sheath but i have yet to pick up my weapon.And when i pick up my weapon,i will only pick it up for it will be time to strike and when i strike it will be a killing blow.'

Seeing fear and concern in their eyes ' but a weapon comes in many shapes and sizes and to a common person it might not look like a weapon at all but a word,a letter and in this case a video file.'

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And now," said the stranger, "farewell, goodness, humanity, gratitude ... Farewell all those feelings that nourish and illuminate the heart! I have taken the place of Providence to reward the good; now let the avenging God make way for me to punish the wrongdoer!" Edmond Dantes,The count of monte cristo.


Joshua Samuel Jr was the only son to his parents of whom only his father Joshua Samuel sr was still alive as his mother had passed away nearly ten years ago due to kidney related ailments.She had been 70 years old when she had died and he had been 50 and his dad an active 80 year old man.

Joshua samuel junior was a district judge and a pretty good one and was following the footsteps of his legendary father who had himself blazed through the american judiciary with an exceptional record.But he had resigned suddenly at the age of 60 and declared ' Enough.i want to live,really live a quiet and peaceful life.Catch up on reading and gardening and generally live a completely retired life away from the courts and their cases and criminals.'

Even though he had protested,Joshua Samuel sr had insisted that he wanted to live out his life in a gated community for old people and thus moved in to this rather exclusive place called "Atria Cranford" in Jackson Drive Cranford NJ about two hours drive from new york.

Joshua Samuel Jr drove down to visit his dad every sunday morning and drove back late in the afternoon.Sometimes his wife accompanied him but off late he took the train for driving alone was getting not only boring but cumbersome.

His wife opened the door and let him and gave him a hug and asked Joshua how senior was doing and he shrugged 'he looks the same and as sharp as ever.'

Catherine again picked up the tiny note of sadness,dejection in her husbands voice and not wanting to harp and needle him about it,let it pass for she knew that eventually he would talk about it over dinner or morning breakfast.

Joshua jr felt a lot better for he had unburdened his sins to his father who in turn had told him what to do and who to meet about the thing that was haunting him and eating him alive.

But Joshua jr,was not as brave as his father and lacked the courage to go to the proper authorities and tell them what had happened had decided on taking the easy way out and so slit his wrists as he sat in the bathroom neck deep in a tub of water,while his wife catherine was setting the table with her favourite 1960's british pop band,The beatles singing one of her favourite song " Yesterday" and after calling our her husband and getting no response,came up in search of him and found him dead in bloody water and that is how the cops had found district judge joshua samuel jr in the crime scene.

Joshua jr had left a note,in which he stated that he was tired of life and had decided to end his life and that no one was responsible for his death.It was a clear case of suicide and the case was closed but the cops and the dead man had not reckoned with the fire that blazed strongly in joshua samuel sr who had decided that he would do something about the confession his only son had made and so he had gone to meet some of his old contacts in the judiciary and men who still respected the 90 man year old man.An investigation team was formed and the case was taken over by an FBI team for all means of racketeering and extortion come under the RICO ACT and falls into the jurisdiction of the federal courts of America and the search for the beautiful hooker who called herself Kristina was on and after many months,the FBI team finally tracked her down to his high end escort place being run by the russian mafia in Upper east side of Manhattan.

It was the same Kristina who stood before Rudran and the whole place was secretly being monitored by three FBI teams,a rather important matter that neither rudran nor the russian mafia were aware about.

It was the same Kristina who stood before rudran who had stood before district court judge joshua samuel jr a few months ago after being charge with prostitution and solicitation and he had let her go after fining her 250 dollars since she was a first time offender.

But,her looks had blown the judge away and had stirred sexual feelings that he had thought he would never experience again with anyone and that included his wife.For many months,kristina haunted his dreams,day and night and then like a real miracle,he stumbled into her in a mall and when both their eyes met,she knew what the old man desired and so contact was made and he met her in a house later that night and under her spell managed to understand what sex and heaven meant,really meant.

Little did the judge know that all this was a set up and that kristina had been part of a plan hatched by the russian mafia to bring judges under their control and blackmail them to be lenient when important cases came up.

Joshua jr enjoyed two weeks of the wildest sex he could ever imagine and then it all went south and his whole world came crashing down.He had gone as usual to the same house and instead of the beautiful Kristina had come face to face with a Giant who called himself Boris vanya and who was the head of New York operations.

The giant with a baby face had not spoke a word and instead had gestured joshua.jr to sit down and had lifted the remote and switched on the tv and Judge joshua samuel.jr nearly had a heart attack,for on the screen was the beautiful kristina giving him a blow job and in the end he had erupted in her mouth.

He had been a judge for thirty years and knew what blackmail was and cursed himself for falling for one of the oldest trick in history and then angrily looked at the giant Boris.

Boris had lit a cuban cigar and whispered in heavily accented russian ' Krasivaya,Kristina deystvitel'no krasivaya.ona byla yeshche luchshe,kogda yey bylo 15 let.( Beautiful,kristina is really beautiful.she was even better when she was 15 years old).

Boris the little blew expensive cuban smoke in judge joshua samuel's face ' you f**ked yourself by f**king a 16 year old and now your balls are in our hands.You work for us or we release this and even more better videos to the public.My men will make contact when we need your help,do it and we will stay partners or else.Now get out for i have a better girl,even better than kristina coming here any moment.'

The call from the russian mafia had come a few weeks later and it came involving a major murder case involving a few russian men and joshua had adjourned it and had driven to new jersey to seek his fathers counsel.

Joshua.sr had without hesitation told him to go meet the concerned law agency and district attorney and instead of doing that had taken the easy but hard way out of ending his life and so it came to be that a five member team was now in the building across the Golden sun five storey apartment watching,waiting for the right moment to pounce on the russian mafia.

They had been waiting patiently for a month for they knew that if they arrested the women and men involved in prostitution,all of them charged would walk out on bail and so decided to wait and see if any underage girls or boys were brought in for that would carry much harsher jail sentence.

Kristina stood before Rudran who himself stood on the third floor in the heart of the lion's den as he planned to make his move.

kristina's robe that was tied loosely and low on her waist slowly began to come loose as she began to walk towards her client for the night.

Rudran's eyes scanned the room and his senses picked up vibrations and he knew that there were at least two cameras in the room,one on top of the bed and one in the right corner giving the watchers a panoramic view of the bed.

He smiled and stepped back and switched off the single light that came from an expensive chandelier right over his head and plunged the room into darkness.

Kristina cursed loudly in russian 'chto za chert.( what the f..k) and Rudran apologised ' Prosti ( sorry) and slapped her lightly and she screamed in pain,anger and in pure terror.

Her pain and anger were totally forgotten as fear gripped her heart for in the darkness,the only light came from two eyes as they stared at her with a greenish color.

The second set of screams were really loud and the russian moved and the head of that building peter snarled in anger and taking a handgun from his draw ran down with his men to the third floor and then the whole building fell into darkness and hell rose up in the form of one man.

Across the street,the team of FBI men saw the flashes of hand guns and machine guns before the noises reached them and they knew the moment had come and sprang into action and calling for backup charged across the road and into the compound of the golden sun apartment complex.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uneYz201p0



"Yesterday" by The Beatles

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

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Every single mistake is a blessing in disguise...there are actually untold blessings hidden within every mistake Rhonda Byrne

Alone and unarmed Rudran had dared to venture into unknown terrain of an enemy who he knew would respond with lethal and deadly intent and although this went against all that he had learnt in the army and police academy,he also knew that the enemy himself had no clue as to who he was or why he had entered their domain and the most significant and important point ally in the war was Rudran himself,for among the hand guns,machine guns,knives,the most lethal weapon in the building,walked on two legs and it had entered the room of kristina.

Having entered into the apartment complex where high end prostitution was being carried out,Rudran had switched off the lights in kristina's room and had slapped her gently but it was enough to scare the living daylights out of the young Russian and then seeing green eyes flash and walk towards her,brought her childish fears of monsters in the dark to reality and now she screamed,really screamed and screamed in russian and everyone in the building and those who stood guard outside the building heard it and reacted instantly and rushed towardds the third floor.

Kristina screamed in russian ' d'yavol,Chort'( devil,demon)' and although rudran did appear like that in the darkness,her screams for help meant something else to all the russian men in the building.

Prostitution is one of the most dangerous profession in the world for the men and women who work in this line are opening themselves to all sorts of clients and many who suffer serious mental disorders and many who have tendencies and urges that lead them to inflict violence and death on the helpless prostitutes.

Most of them go unreported because the prostitutes are too scared to come forward or just have no money to hire a lawyer for themselves.But,this was not the case in the Golden rise apartments complex where kristina and other expensive women sold their bodies for sex and pleasure but under the strict codes of security that the russian mafia protected them with.

There had been only rare instances when a client had tried to misbehave by slapping or punching one of the women in the building and the consequences had been dire for the man who had done that folly.After making him cough up a hell of a lot of money for compensation,they had disposed the man's body by killing him and immersing his body in a tub of acid and nothing remained of the man,not even bone or hair.Nothing.

Gennady was the man who looked after the affairs of that building and he had two men in the fifth floor and who handled the security through cameras and communications by phones.The bottom four floors were meant for business and each had one man handling the floor and outside the building there were four men and not eight like rudran had calculated.

So,the building had 11 men at any given time and four prostitutes who carried on with the business of flesh and sometimes if the client so desired an orgy,then more women were brought in but all this was fixed much earlier via the website.

There were twenty five such apartments in and around new york city and the income they generated has to be mentioned here.

If each high end call girl like kristina made 2,000 dollars per client for two to three hours and took on two or more clients in a day,then one girl would make nearly 6,000 dollars and total of four women would bring in an income of 24 to 30,000 dollars a day and sometimes it was double that for there had been days when kristina had slept with five men in two hour sessions and had personally brought in 10,000 dollars.

Now lean back and think of the numbers and the income being generated by all the high end prostitutes run by the russian mafia and it comes to nearly 600,000 dollars.wait,for there is more for a client is charged more when the girl is driven to his house or place of desire.

Now,on top of this structure sat Boris vanya otherwise called boris the little and on top of him sat another who made his house in moscow and on top of him sat,god only knows who,maybe the govt of russia itself.

Hearing their source of income screaming in pain and fear,gave wings to all the men in the building and leaving behind just one man for security,the other three ran into the building,while Gennady screaming and cursing in russian and with his hand gun ran down the two flights of stairs and into darkness.

Rudran had slapped kristina and provoked the russians to retaliate for he wanted to meet the top man in the building and then use him to gain information about the paintings.For that end,he had been ready to be beaten and taken to the top floor but now with this impromptu turn of event,he knew that all of them would come for him and they came.

Rudran had taken out the guy in the corridor by breaking his neck and then had swiftly removed his hand gun and a knife that was strapped tp his right leg and waited in the corridor and waited in the darkness with the dead russian placed in front of him for protection and for surprise.For he knew that in war,even a moment of surprise was enough to change the course and tide into an advantage that would result in victory.

It is in the nature of all men to panic and not think straight and more importantly forget their training.All the russian mafia men who charged to the third floor had seen many years of brutal service in the army and secret service and yet they fumbled in the darkness and made a costly error in thinking that the man who had attacked kristina was a normal and a very ordinary man.

Sadly to their bad luck,there was simply nothing ordinary about Rudran whose lineage stretched back to heroes and ancient times and most of it from another distant star in another galaxy.

Gennady used the flashlight in his mobile phone and marched with his men and saw his man in the end of the corridor and at the edge of the light that illuminated the narrow corridor and then froze in fear and shock for an arm raised itself and fire and bullets flew from the hand gun.

The Glock pistol is a series of polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian Glock Ges.m.b.H.. It entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was the top performer in reliability and safety tests.

The Glock 22 is a .40 S&W version of the full-sized Glock 17 introduced in 1990. The pistol uses a modified slide, frame, and barrel to account for the differences in size and power of the .40 S&W cartridge. The standard magazine capacity is 15 rounds. The Glock Model 22 is favored and used by multiple law enforcement agencies around the world, including the Baltimore Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Miami Police Department, Maryland State Police, Kansas City Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Alaska State Troopers in the United States, the NSW Police Force and Queensland Police Service in Australia, the Edmonton Police Service, Calgary Police Service, Alberta Sheriffs Branch, Toronto Police Service, Ottawa Police Service, and the British Columbia Sheriff Service in Canada - among others.


A bullet from a Glock 22 pistol exits the muzzle at a speed of 1180 feet per second and it carries 15 bullets in its catridge and before Gennady could react and raise his hand,bullets spat from the darkness and the first one hit his right palm blowing a hole in it and then the bullets made new homes for themselves in the five men behind him and he dropped to the ground howling in pain and fear and utter confusion now ruled the building.

The sounds of the glock handgun traveled across the street and into the ears of the FBI team that was monitoring the building and they moved and ran towards the building screaming ' FBI,FBI.Put down your weapons or we will shoot.'

The single russian who stood guard while his comrades had rushed inside to help the others was taken by surprise and immediately dropped his hand gun and raised his hands and was taken down and handcuffed.

The rest of the FBI men charged into the building and into darkness and the men who were rushing up now began to fire at them and they dived and took cover and screamed for local back up.

Rudran knew that the response time for the NYPD ( New York Police dept) was anywhere between 5 and 6 minutes and decided that it was time to leave and walked towards gennady the boss of that building and in the darkness the russian saw a pair of green eyes coming towards him and understood why Kristina the prostitute had really screamed the words 'd'yavol,Chort'( devil,demon)' and whimpered in fear ' milost,milost'( mercy,mercy) and the devil on two legs whispered back ' d'yavol ne proyavlyayet miloserdiya'( the devil shows no mercy) and bent down to grab the wounded russian and everybody in the building heard the pathetic wail that ripped through the corridors.

Gennady had never known until that moment that the arms of a human being could hold so much power and strength for the devil squeezed his neck lightly and he lost consciousness and when he regained it he realised that the devil which in fact was a man had flung him over his shoulder and was now escaping the building from the rear entrance by climbing over the twenty foot wall.

In the darkness,gennady knew that the man could not be a human for no human could sling a 200 pound heavy man like him and climb a vertical wall of twenty feet and that too effortlessly and when he saw the ground twenty feet down,he whimpered in fear and for the first time in his life prayed to god,really prayed to god 'gospodin Iisus, pomiluy moyu dushu' ( lord jesus,have mercy on my soul) and the devil heard his prayers and smiled as it carried him away into the darkness for the russian thug had many questions to answer and many crimes to confess and the night was still young and the terror that had descended into new york was just taking its first steps on its quest

The Boy who went into the dark and came back with light.

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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. Tacitus

Agreed that Home minister Vaidyanathan is not an equal to Tacitus who lived in the 1st century of Rome in either Philosophy and Law.But Vaidayanathan was certainly more than equal to the ancient Roman in the art of war and politics and even if he had never heard of the quote of Tacitus with which i have begun this chapter of jannal oram,he would have given the ancient Roman thinker and philosopher a run for his money or probably would have had him killed for daring to argue with him.It matters not which century we live in for evil is evil and good is good.

The crowd of journalists had left and he was alone in the house with his P.A and other house staff and so he went into his room and sitting on the bed stared at his dead daughters face and began to rethink and plan anew and he told himself that there would be no failure this time for he knew that another failure surely meant the end of line for him.

All his efforts had been thwarted and many of his men had been mysteriously killed and most importantly,hard evidence was in the hands of his enemy Raman.

Minister Vaidyanathan cursed in frustration at the turn of events and the audacity of Raman who was defeating him at every turn that his plan took and for the first time in his life,Vaidyanathan began to fear and the voice that had been whispering for a long time was now loudly blaring into his ear ' This is not just a lawyer but Raman and there is a reason why he is going against you.'

He looked into his daughter's kind and smiling eyes ' Does that make me Raavan? So,will i die or be destroyed by raman?'

He smiled at his daughter ' sudha kannu,all of us die.I am not at all scared of death for i died the moment you left me and this life and i just exist to keep your memory going and to look after your mother who herself is at death's door.But she too has abandoned me and has left me all alone and has crossed over to the person who i am fighting against and what do i do now,sudha? For whom am i fighting this lone war that seems to be going badly and victory is not assured.'

He stood looking through the window and saw dozens of policemen who stood guard over him and his house and turned again to look at his dead daughter who was frozen in the large life like photo ' It's okay.I have been alone and i have been defeated many a time and yet i have always risen like the sun and have fought back.It does not matter that my own wife has left me for i don't need anybody else but you my child.

One last fight,one last time and this time it will be for who i am and what my life has been.'

He rolled his sleeves and folded them neatly over his elbow and walked like a lion out of his room and towards his official vehicle.

Outside the house,nearly 500 men,party men,but men who were his faithful followers roared his name and he turned to his P.A Velan ' Has it been delivered?' and velan said yes.

Minister vaidyanathan began to mingle and talk with his men while waiting for the P.A and the other household staff to bring out the goods that had been delivered and once it was arranged in stacks,Vaidyanathan went behind the table and his men respectfully came in one's and twos and received the gifts of veshtis and dhotis from their leader and swore loyalty to him.

After he had finished distributing the veshtis and Thundus,he opened a remaining packet that contained a piece of thundu and veshti and opened it and laid it on the table so all the men could see them.

Picking up the veshti' our tamil traditions remain strong as does our loyalty to our party with our flag colors bordering our veshti.'

Picking up the thundu,vaidyanathan opened it and all his men were surprised to see both Amma's and MGR's image printed prominently among their two leaves symbol on the rather luxurious material and looking at all of them while holding up the short piece of cloth' this thundu which will be worn by me and all of you will constantly remind all of us and also inform the world that we carry our leaders and founder close to our heart and that we will remain loyal to the party until our very last breath.'

Just as he was about to get into his official vehicle,Minister Vaidyanathan stopped and called to three of his ardent followers and all of whom were from Theni district ' Rayar,Kanda and Murthy,please come with me to the fort and honor me with your presence.'

All three of them got into the vehicle and as they exited the compound , Vaidyanathan looked at all three of them ' i am thinking of striking back at those who were responsible for the deaths of our men.What do you think?'

Rayappan devar aka Rayar ' Anne,i was just about to broach the subject and you have spoke about it.'

Looking with respect and love at his leader ' we should strike and strike back real hard and remind our enemies that the fire of our late Amma still blazes in our souls for this would not have happened if she was still alive.'

Velan went one step further ' Iyaa,this EPS is a total waste and all he does is suck up to modi and to stalin.i think it is time you made a move and became the chief minister for this state will see a better future with you in its driving seat.'

Minister vaidyanathan protested and rather loudly ' chee,chee.Don't talk such rubbish for our CM EPS is doing the best he can' and winked subtly at all three of them for they knew that every word of their conversation would reach the intelligence wing that reported to the chief minister.


Podrathellam vellai,Adikarathuellam Kollai

The words that make up the title means,politicians wear white and white to show purity and to also show their respect for gandhi who wore only white and white.But,the Mahatma wore white for he wore home and hand spun khadi and cotton garments and so the tradition has continued in his style.

Although,today,Politicians belonging to the congress party wear an Angavastram or Thundu aka a shawl or stole over their upper body with the tri colors and the BJP wear white and white with a saffron thundu around their neck.

I guess marketing and branding does exist hand in hand along with the rather crude display of their party colors.

But,even though they cover their bodies with white and white and announce to the world that they are still following Gandhian principles,it is just a sham,a scam for underneath the outer white lies black,dark black of evil that fills their soul and minds.

All actions,all speech stems from the heart and if that is black,then how can a politician be pure and kind and just like the pure white clothes he wears.Seriously,do you really think that there could be one honest politician or elected MLA,MP,Councillor who are totally honest,untainted by corruption.

I guess this rather poor model of India really deserves the people they elect into power.

A hooker,a sex worker,prostitute will sell her body to feed herself and her family and still keep her soul pure and untainted while a politician will sell his soul to keep his or her body well fed and adorned with gold and money.

And the same goes to the public who vote these corrupted politicians to power after taking bribes of money for their votes.

Tell me,in this equation,doesn't the prostitute come out clean and untarnished,for she might be selling her vagina to buy milk and medicines for her children and family.

Many a time during my stint in television from 2000 to 2011,i have been witness to the sad sight of a drunk husband dropping of an actress in the shooting location and there have been so many times when my co-artistes have made subtle and sometimes open passes to me to go out with them for dinner or drop in for dinner.

I would stare in shock and at the same time blushing shyly at this open invitation and look away for i would have no answer to their query of my availability.

Sometimes i would ask them why and the what's about their life and a few have cried,really cried and the women who have cried have been from the age of 16 to 60.

Well,i cannot divulge more about these ancient happenings and will leave that story there,back in the ancient times.

Redemption 268


"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.? Edgar Allan Poe

One exceptional event that changed the way that global organized crime works in the last 25 years was the collapse of the Soviet Union. The departure of the Red Army from Afghanistan in 1989 allowed it to become the world's largest producer of heroin.Not only did the fall of the USSR have a huge effect on world drug trafficking, it led to the emergence of the Russian mafia, which dominates many important aspects of daily life of both the post-Soviet state as well as crime networks in other countries too. For example, during the late 1990's, the most powerful mafia group that emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union was the Solntsevskaya Bratva from Moscow, who counted on a boss in Rome to coordinate the Russian operations in Italy. In addition to the lack of cooperation from Russian police during investigations, the most shocking aspect that emerged from a survey conducted on Italian police for this story was how the role of the banks facilitated the transfer of dirty money. Respectable Western bankers gave Russian mob bosses useful tips on how to transfer the money in a legal way from Russia to the rest of Europe.

The geopolitical landscape and the world map of organized crime have profoundly changed, but financial institutions continue to be a central element of Mafia life.The only difference is in the extent of the phenomenon: two years ago the head the United Nation's Office on Drugs and Crime said that important elements of the global banking system survived the 2008 crisis because they accepted the cash that had come from the mob,352 billion from the drug trade have has entered the legal financial system in a short time.

The history of the Russian (or Red) mafia traces all the way back to the times of the tsar, when it was an act of rebellion to steal from the rich to feed the poor. However, little remains of that "Robin-Hood like time. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, ex-convicts and smugglers infected almost every Government institution, traveling abroad in order to establish one of the five most deadly worldwide crime organizations in the world today.

Here are five of the crimes that the Russian mob specializes in; a glimpse at what makes them so widely known and feared all over the world.

1. Kidnapping
2. Banking Fraud
3. Weapons smuggling
4. Human trafficking
5.Drugs trafficking

Rough estimates say that banking fraud and counterfeiting generates a global mind boggling numbers that are anywhere between 950 Billion to 1.3 Trillion dollars.Read it again and you will stop wondering or ever question as to why organised mafia gangs are doing what they are doing and all questions can be answered with a simple word.MONEY!

Money don't grow on a money tree
The more you take leave the less
for me
Money don't buy what you really
need
It make an iceman cry, it make a
stone man bleed

But when you get right down to it,
no matter who you are
It rules your life like virgin
queen

"Money Talks" The Alan Parsons Project

And ranking second globally,the next illegal way to income is drug trafficking which generates anywhere between 500 Billion to 700 billion dollars.

https://www.talkingdrugs.org/report-global-illegal-drug-trade-valued-at-around-half-a-trillion-dollars


So,it is bloody damn obvious,why thugs,criminals,elected govt officials,Banking systems,Police dept,highways,ports,Airports all come together in a criminal nexus.

And where there is a market,suppliers will enter and cater to the demand and so a vicious cycle is started and is now an infinite circle.Who is to blame? everybody is to blame and i confess sadly that there is no answer and there is no remedy that can cure all these evils in the forseeable future.

Yes,one thing can cure all this and that is if a new,deadly strand of a virus shows up and wipes out all mankind.Or,i say or if a huge asteroid strikes our planet and wipes out all life.

Asteroid vendam.Just watching,Jeyam Ravi's new release " TIK,TIK,TIK" is enough to kill a person immediately and the cause of death will be uncontrollable laughter or due to a massive stroke brought on by shock of the films story.


With so much money at stake,it is obvious that everybody wants a piece of this money pie and the biggest share is cut and taken by the Russian mafia that operates out of Moscow,with the blessings of the russian govt.

Why go so far as to New York,when our nearby Goa is proof of the russian mafia and their rule there and nothing is done about them or the drugs and prostitution that is carried out there.


The FBI team that entered the apartment "Golden rise" were smart enough to carry a couple of torches and since they were on a surveillance operation,all their Glock handguns came with flashlight holsted and after disarming the sole russian at the entrance,they charged in with their handguns levelled in front and primed to rain bullets on anything that moved.

The call for backup had gone out and the FBI team heard the sirens of rapidly approaching NYPD Police patrol cars and the team leader,a veteran of nearly 25 years in the Bureau,John kelly whispered ' people,please be alert and i mean it.No mistakes for i don't want to lose any of you.'

He turned to Paula rosario,the only woman on their team and a third generation latin american and asked her to stand guard at the entrance and also co-ordinate with the soon arriving NYPD men in blue.

In the light that was shining from the LED torches,he looked at paula ' also,see if you can bring back power to the building and also call for own forensic and crime scene analysts.'

Paula rosario nodded and watched as her four team members slowly moved up the building with the light from their torches shooting out like arrows that were stabbing and making paths in the darkness.

An eerie silence prevailed and not a moan or groan of pain seemed to come from the floors above and so the men knew that there would be no survivors for them to help.

Special Agent kelly turned ' whoever shot them is surely still up there for he would not be aware that we were watching the building.So,i doubt if he is just going to raise his arms and surrender.Take no chances and shoot to kill and not to maim.'

The rest of the team all looked at each other,for shoot to kill meant ' headshots' from which there was no escaping death.