Mach: The light (chapter 1)

Mach was an Indian man who had been living in Africa for over thirty years. At the age of eight, he had come to Africa with his family for a vacation, but a natural calamity had taken the lives of his parents and siblings, leaving him alone in a foreign country. Despite facing numerous challenges, Mach had managed to survive and build a life for himself. However, he had never forgotten the pain of losing his family and the hardships he had faced as a child. Growing up, Mach had worked in various jobs, but he had always been mistreated because of his skin color. Despite the racism and abuse, he had never given up and had always fought for what he believed in. One day, however, he lost his best friend, a black boy who was tortured to death by his racist owner. The incident had left Mach heartbroken, and he had decided that he would no longer tolerate racism. Determined to make a difference, Mach had worked hard to earn money and had started a charity organization to help the underprivileged. He had become a well-known figure in the community, and people looked up to him for guidance and support.

One day, Mach had come across a young Indian girl named Yami. She was just ten years old and had been orphaned. Mach had taken Yami under his wing, and she had become like a sister to him. They had a close bond, and Yami looked up to Mach as her elder brother.

Years went by, and Mach had found love with a woman named Ana. She was a volunteer doctor in a charitable hospital, he saw her heartwarming helping nature towards black people. Mach felt an unique feeling whenever he looked at Ana. He would now himself go along with survivors of racism victims rescued by his team. He won't miss any chance to be around her. His sister Yami soon noticed her brother's interest for dr Ana. She decided that she would try to help her brother to get Ana.

One day, Yami visited Ana's clinic. She introduced herself to Ana that her brother for last few weeks visiting this hospital with the victim survivor's and asked Ana whether she noticed her brother. Ana smiled and said I know him who always looks at her with eyes so wide open. Ana said I know what he does and how she likes his personality & working nature but she also said that it's upto him whether he would make the first move or not. Yami smiled and said I don't think my brother is that free in sharing his feelings. She added, we both need to plan for revealing his inner thoughts for dr Ana. Ana asked Yami why don't she enrolls her brother and his team for the medical awareness camp for the tribal community happening in the next month as volunteers. Yami said wonderful. She will definitely make that happen.

In the next month they left for the tribal community in the jungles and Yami came to see off her brother a

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lso. In the camp many tribals enthusiastically attended the camp & raise their issues regarding hygiene & illness but few of the tribal members were unhappy with the medical camp. Ana being the head of the campaign they targeted her & tried to attack her but in between them there was Mach who stranded like mountain & protected Ana from all the bad people & destroyed their plans. Ana feels safe in Mach's arm. But she fainted in his arm after running for so long for saving herself from the bad tribals. Mach carried her back to the camp side. Soon when she regained her consciousness, she thanked Mach for being a savior. Mach softly fastening her bracelet on her wrist said, I saw this bracelet in the woods & I suspected that you must be in trouble & hence he ran the woods searching for her.

While Ana was recovering Mach would every day come & sit beside her after taking the medical awareness class for the tribals in Ana's absence as she can't take the classes in this condition. Ana asked Mach how he knew all these medical things. He looked at her and said he was doing these for many years before forming his own team & he knew all these things very well from his years-old experience. & He knew that her sister Yami created this scenario of his coming closer to Dr Ana. But he said nothing to Yami as he loves his sister very much, hence he can't say no to Yami's this plan of enrolling him in this course. Ana gave a smile & thus they gradually fall in love. 

As Mach's reputation as a social worker grew, he became a thorn in the side of the white political powers. They saw him as a threat to their control and began to plot against him. They appointed a corrupt police officer to frame Mach and put him behind bars.

Meanwhile Mach decided to a build a modern colony for his native people where they would have all the facilities from good education to hospital to transport to well furnished house for every family. He has his income & savings but it was very less, so he decided to request all from government authorities & big industrialists to raise funds but he faced rejection. He being heartbroken sat near a sea beach their his love Ana came, he started crying on her shoulder. He looked at the sky he saw the bright full moon showering the light over the sea, what a splendid view. The sea is looking wonderful now. He saw carefully that the moon which showers light in night, that moon also has scars on it. He realized that If he want to create a society where everyone will be treated equally then he can't achieve it by keeping your hands clean, he has to put your hand in dirt to clean the dirt. It will definitely leave a mark on his soul but it's very small cost to create a healthy society.