The Gift.!

In the far northeastern parts of India lies beautiful states. A band of seven sisters. The seven states of Northeast India. Nagaland was one of these states. Nagaland was atop the hills that were shrouded with glorious clouds making the whole state look like a piece of heaven had fallen on earth. She is also known as the Land of Festivals. Rightly so as the sixteen tribes living in the state had sixteen different festivals. There was one festival in particular. Where all the tribes came together. It was the Hornbill festival. This festival united the tribes and also invited International tourists. In the pandemonium of the festival, a little boy's life will forever be changed.

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DSP Abraham was well known in the vicinity where little Ares lived. He was well respected too. People were always in awe of his charm and his persona. Ares also always imagined himself to be a great figure like Abraham. The DSP was a loving legend of hard work and honesty. He was also always a symbol of righteousness to the youths. Every aspiring youth wanted to be like him.

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During the full furor of the festival, Ares' father met with a tragic accident that ended his life and making Ares left alone. His mother had died when he was still a baby. Ares went to the celebrated DSP to seek for help. It was suspected that the accident was a hit and run case. To the utter disappointment of little Ares, he could not meet the DSP. Day after day Ares made several attempts to let the DSP know the wrongs that occurred in his neighborhood, to let him know the pain and misery he was going through! After several months had passed by. Ares finally met the DSP. He had come to the realization that the DSP was never in his station. Still, he mustered the courage to face the famed DSP. Ares was about to face the most unlikely spectacle.

He saw his childhood hero all drunk and beaten down with life. And all he received from the DSP was no sympathy or any assurance of justice but a mere one thousand rupees.

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Such cold action coming from the famed officer with a biblical name. Such dispassion. Was the society wrong, and blinded by the money he had. Was he wrong in believing the tall tales? In any circumstances. The one thousand rupees gift was the amount that transformed little Ares into a man from a little boy. The amount changed the perception of Ares of this world. A gift that transforms.