BEHIND THE SCENES
----- THE MISSILE LAUNCH
- 1999, December 31st, 10:30pm, Andaman and Nicober Islands ………..
The night sky is clear with no moon, the light beam of the light house is shining over the sea water of the islands. there is indias secret missile launching centre in these islands.
“Kailash Nayar” a 50 years old general of the “Andaman Missile Control” , looks like he enjoying the cool breeze coming from the sea by standing on the top of the light house. He is thinking something serious.
The clock struck 10:45,he made his path down the light house and entered the missile control main cabin. He went into the main cabin and locked the door from inside. He started the advanced missile control computer ,he entered the password and finally selected a missile from the list of missiles displayed on the screen and selected to load the missile.
As the missile loading in progress it asked the target place name.
Kailash started to sweat and finally took a deep breath and typed the city name as “KOLKATA”, And locked the target.
At 10:00 PM…
At clock tower,Kolkata….
Its December 31st night ,in Kolkata city every one is anxious to celebrate the new year in 2 hours, the streets are filled with people that night. Some are staring towards the clock tower at the middle of the city waiting for 12. They all were happy as they are going to enter the 21st century in a couple of hours. The shops were brightly lit and people were busy as it was like day time .
Now time is 11:00 PM….
AtAt Chandu's bakery…!!!
Chandu is a boy of 28 years owning a bakery shop. Today he is busy in making cakes and cookies . He looks like a good and respectable person of the city. As he was making cookies he got a telegram . Chandu went to it and it read as “ STRAWBERRY CAKE TO GANDHI STREET DOOR NO: 76” . Chandu after reading the telegram packed a strawberry cake and signed the telegram pinning the bill to it. He took the cake and the bill and rode to the Gandhi street on his bicycle handing the shop to his friend Ram.
At 11:30PM….
Light house , Andaman islands.
Kailash entered missile control cabin...,
The computer displayed that the missile is loaded successfully and the target locked. General lifted his hand to click the key to launch the missile, but paused a moment. He saw a old telegram machine at the corner of the cabin. He went there and took a pen and a paper and started to write as follows:
“
Sir,
I am general Kailash nayar, I am going to launch the missile as per your orders onto my own birth place( Kolkata city ) . I promised at the time of my oath 30 years ago when I joined this profession to follow the orders of my higher authorities .So I am doing this missile launch.
But I also promised in my oath that I will fight for my country, but you made me to fight with my country for your own purpose. So for not keeping up my promise ,I am going to die the next second I launched the missile.
“ JAI HIND”
General
Kailash nayar
“
General set this paper into the telegram machine and typed two telegram address and sent the telegram.
Chandu came back to his shop earning 150Rs ,for selling strawberry cake and 30Rs for the door delivery charges. He now came back to his shop and again started to make his cookies . while chandu is busy in making cookies , suddenly there came a beep sound of the telegram. Then Ram went to see the telegram but as he is to see the telegram there came customers so Ram left the telegram aside and went to them. Suddenly there came wind from outside into the shop and the telegram flew in air and fell in front of chandu.
Chandu being busy in his work not noticed the telegram but again wind came and it fell in the hands of chandu. Chandu then read the telegram it is from general kailash nayar he sent one copy to chandu and one to other.
Chandu got up and hurried out of shop and took the telegram and hurried to commander Krishna Prasad ‘s house located at the corner of the street. Commander Krishna Prasad asked chandu what’s the matter . Then chandu showed the telegram to the commander.
Krishna prasad :oh… lets announce this to the media and they will communicate to the people to get vacant the city immediately.
Chandu hearing the commander words nodded to his words and went to the window of the room of the Krishna prasads house .
Chandu: Sir see the people how they are happy and waiting for the new year and the 21st century happily, I don’t want to break their happiness . I’ll stop the missile some how. May be it takes atleast 1 hour to reach this city even it comes with a speed of 1000mph.
after hearing chandus words commander Krishna Prasad saluted to chandu and chandu too salueted to commander and left the commanders house.
In the dark missile control cabin, kailash nayar is laying on the floor lifeless bleeding from his neck. The respected , responsible , sincere soul left into the air.
The computer in the room showed that the missile went to half the way to its target.
Chandu in his room dressed into his uniform with badge written on it chandrasekher on his shirt. He took the walkie-talkie and said to commander Krishna Prasad “ MAJOR CHANDRASEKHER reporting…… mission started”.
Chandu went to the amusement park beside the cricket stadium and met his friend Deepak and asked the giant hot air balloon of the stadium . Deepak immediately accepted and handed the giant hot air balloon to chandu . chandu also said to deepak to load the entire hot air ballon with fire works. Deepak did as said by chandu.
Chandu finally started the giant hot air balloon which is fully loaded with fire works and headed towards the direction of the Andaman nicobar islands”
11:58 pm , outskirts of Kolkata city….
Chandu glancing through the binoculars for the missile. Finally the missile came into the sight of chandu heading like a angry bull heding towards him.
Chandu took a glance towards the city from the top and said to commander Krishna prasad “ let the city be happy and they should not know about this attack by a respectable person kailash nayar they should not know about this missile attack at all ill try to cover it to my extent, jai hind “.
Chandu made his giant air balloon posing perpendicular to the missile and stopped the air ballon to move. The missile came straight into the air balloon and blasted in air the fire works in the balloon caught fire and they started to lit the sky when the clock struck 12:00.
These fire works covered the missile and air balloon blast and made the people to feel more happy by seeing the lighting in the sky with fire works. Every one shouted “ happy new year” with joy. Every one felt to begin the 21st century happily and colorfully as the fire works in the sky. Every one shared chocolates, cookies, toffies in happiness.
Commander Krishna Prasad saw the colorful sky and the happy people through the window and sheded a tear drop from his eye whispering “ the people don’t know that behind their happiness there are two great lives dead…..jai hind”.
As the commander is in sad mood suddenly there came some disturbances in the walkie talkie.
Krishna Prasad : who is this?
In walkie-talkie : “MAJOR CHANDRASEKHER reporting sir… mission completed …..”
Chandu is seen hanging to the tree with his parachute struck into the tree glancing towards the colorful sky.
Krishna Prasad : now what the next mission?
Chandu : to find the evil persons “BEHIND THE SCENES” of this missile launch…….
( to be continued……)
Written by
-SARATH KUMAR
