Silent Suicide

SILENT SUICIDE

“ Yet again the communal clashes in the city has left the streets burning with the flames of hatred killing thousands of people all over ”.
This is Naina Sahay reporting live from Mumbai, Aaj Tak. Naina was a young, flamboyant journalist who had earned herself a lot of accolades for her brave reporting and blunt comments that supported the truth. Her parents expired when she was barely the age of 12 in an accident leaving behind a lot of responsibilities and a younger brother to take care of. As she grew up she started working at a very young age in order to give her brother the best of life she could. She gave him love of a mother, father as well as sister. And in the process earned a living through whatever jobs she could lay her hands on. Naina got introduced to the field of journalism through a friend and since then there is no looking back. Naina just kept on climbing the success ladder to earn herself a life she truly deserved. From a scratch she today owns everything a good house, car, good food everything. But what Naina truly cared for was Armaan, her younger brother. She could never live without him. A slight fever and the girl who could report under waist deep water during Mumbai floods would go paranoid. A small wound on Armaan would make her go berserk and a drop of tear from Armaan’s eyes would just make Naina depressed. Probably that’s the reason why Naina was unmarried because she could not live without her brother and would want to give him her undivided attention.
But then one incident shattered her life.
In the year 1993 communal riots borke out in Mumbai .People were behind each other’s lives. Dead bodies were lying on the roads. Injured unattended and bloody and gory sight’s everywhere. People were scared to get out of their houses yet Naina risked her life to deliver news to people. So many times the bullets must have just missed her but even through such tensed situation she would remain calm and help the injured on the streets. While doing her duty her finger constantly clicked Armaan’s number at the interval of very half an hour to ensure his safety.


Suddenly one day Naina heard a cry of help ,on drawing closer to the sound she realized there was a man badly injured and was probably taking his last breadth. The man in a hushed voice called Naina closer. Naina hesitantly went closer. The man revealed a sensational news that would rock the nation and he also had photo evidence to back his story. Naina was shocked at the evidence. Before Naina could ask him any questions the man closed his eyes forever. The man said that the current Chief Minister Mr. Chillamrao Desai was involved in the clashes of Hindu and Muslim communities and he had started communal rights in order to degrade his political rivalry. Naina had a very important evidence and also the power to stop the future bombings that were planned to kill the leader of the opposition party. Which would leave the entire city burning and spoil the situation even more.Naina hurried to her house and kept the photograph with Armaan .While she went to her head office to make arrangement for her breaking news. But what Naina was;nt aware of was the man who followed her to her house. While Naina was in the office preparing for the prime event the man entered her house.
Armaan heard the noise and went in the front room. The man attacked Armaan, Armaan resisted he tried to fight back but the man just removed a gun and shot down six bullets at Armaan. Armaan’s knees gave away he fell down and instantly his life was snatched by the cruelty of the world. The man ransacked the entire house and found the photograph and ran away with it.
Naina with her boss returned to her house. Her feet trembled, beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, she collapsed the darkness was’nt only for the moment but for the rest of her life. Seeing the pool of blood which Armaan was in, disturbed the mental state of Naina . The news was’nt deliverd but the death of Armaan resulted in the suicide of the courageous self of what Naina used to be. Yet again the politics of our country silenced the truth.She lost her mental balance, she lost her voice what was left was a silent suicide which was never recorded…….