The Shot

All the characters and incidents in the story are purely fictitious and not hurt anyone.

I have used some Tamil thirukkurals meaning in the story to show the values available in the precious literature thirukkural.

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story starts:

Ankith read one verse from thirukkural and its meaning of committing a crime will create destruction that turns into enmity and for this reason we should not commit a crime.

Ankith is sitting in his chair at the cash counter and reading the thirukkural book and a customer called sir here is the money and bill.

Ankith comes back to his senses and hands him the change.

Ankith runs a small hotel in the area of Alaknanda in Delhi and his workers in the hotel are Deva, pooja and these two are working part-time there and studying.

His cook Malaiyappa and Vedanayagi along with Deva, pooja, and himself from south India and well versed with dishes from south India along with north Indian dishes.

Ankith's cook comes to his table and puts the vessels thud and thud in front of him.

Ankith asks what Malaiyappa brother why so much anger?

Malaiyappa replies this is the third day we are not having profit and the food cooked is left.

Ankith smiles ok let us give it to the nearby orphanage and smiles.

Malaiyappa takes the vessel and puts it again in the kitchen.

Ankith along with Malaiyappa goes to the orphanage and gives the food to the children there and says Malaiyappa  

"Brother, we can get the money by changing the business tactics but see the happiness in the children's face."

Malaiyappa brother let us change the tactics and see the change from tomorrow.

Ankith goes to his home and sleeps but feels his heart beating faster and hears a gun sound in his ears.

He tries to take his phone to call Malaiyappa and the phone falls down and reaches the house of Malaiyappa on the down floor and knocks on the house door.

Malaiyappa opens the door and sees Ankith holding his chest and asking to take him to the hospital.

Malaiyappa takes him to the nearby hospital and heart specialist Manasvi Devi attends the case.

She asks the nurse to take immediate tests like MRI and bring the reports faster.

She accompanies him to the lab where the test is taken.

After getting the results, she checks his chest and heart region for any swelling and sees a scar in his skin over the heart region.

She sees Ankith blood pressure increasing because Ankith is tensed and she talks to Ankith for some time and he gets back to normal.

She understands he is affected with post-traumatic stress disorder along with arrhythmia which causes his heartbeat to fasten or slow down or irregular heartbeat.

Ankith gets to know these problems and Manasvi gives him the medicines to be taken for treating arrhythmia.

The next morning, Ankith goes to get the report along with the medicine prescription and thanks to the doctor, and she gives a look at him.

Ankith tries to see Manasvi's eyes but could not.

Ankith walks out and Malaiyappa asks what owner, Ankith tickles Malaiyappa and says, nothing brother.

I met her, I met her 

Finally, I met her 

My mind Is happy and thinks of her always 

Her words make me strong and 

The journey with her is starting and I felt what love is today. 

Ankith goes to the hospital and invites her to his newly renovated hotel.

She comes in a beautiful yellow saree and Ankith looks at the beauty of Manasvi and stands.

She moves her hair falling on her face with fingers and Ankith goes to her holds her hand.

She asks what and he tells 

I am happy to hold the hands of my lover to start the journey with her. 

Manasvi smiles and says ok.

 Love is something that does not have conditions 

And he took the hold of my hands to make a journey with him. 

I felt happy. 

 Suddenly a man tries to get his hand on Manasi, Ankith catches his hand and hits him in his face.

That man falls down and Ankith says 

try to feel the love and do not lust anyone, you idiot.

Ankith takes her into the hotel and serves her the best dishes in his hotel.

They speak to each other and Malaiyappa comes to him and he shows his hand to Malaiyappa to not come there.

The next day, Ankith goes to a nearby village for getting a catering order and on his way, he sees a child walking suddenly faints.

Ankith gets there quickly and gives him water by taking his water bottle.

That boy thanks him and walks but Ankith asks him where are you going and that boy says to school and Ankith drops him.

Ankith drops him in school and that boy says thanks.

Ankith moves and a gang watches this and informs their leader can we catch the target.

The leader says wait for the right time. 

The next day, Ankith sees the same boy in his hotel and asks what is your name da? And the boy says Gowtham.

Ankith serves him idlI and that boy asks what is your name brother? And Ankith smiles saying "Ankith".

Ankith and Manasvi go to a temple that evening and Manasvi asks Ankith about his family.

Ankith says I have no one and lies down on Manasvi's shoulder except you.

Manasvi pats his head and they leave the temple.

Ankith drops Manasvi in her home and says bye.

Suddenly Ankith hears the noise of the car and turns to see Gowtham crying for help in the car as it moves.

Ankith takes his bike and follows the car.

The car stops at a bridge with a river running under both sides of the bridge.

Ankith gets down and sees the rowdies getting down from their car wearing face masks.

One rowdy comes to Ankith and says finally you are here.

Ankith understand who send them.

Ankith smiles and hits the rowdy and he falls on the bridge barricade.

Ankith walks front to one rowdy turns back and hits one coming back.

Ankith Gets hold of one rowdy and pushed him towards others.

Suddenly one goon hits his left leg and Ankith wails in pain.

It is a prosthetic limb and it falls down separately.

Ankith falls down in pain shouts.

All starts to hit him with the iron rods and Ankith wails in pain.

All walk back and Ankith takes his prosthetic leg and fixes it himself and gets up.

Return back the boy safely.

One rowdy comes to hit his left leg.

Ankith steps back and hits with his right leg.

Next Ankith hits all and their leader comes and Ankith uses both his hand to punch him and the leader falls down.

Ankith calls Gowtham to come and Gowtham fears but Ankith gets hold of his hand and drops Gowtham in his home.

Ankith goes to his house treats his wound and takes some files he has hidden in the secret door that was made by him in the wall and starts working on it.

Ankith recollects one thirukkural and its meaning that the things we plan should not be known by anyone and in this way, we can defeat the enemy.

Ankith stops working on his files and keeps them again in the secret door and sleeps.

The next morning, Manasvi comes to Ankith's house and asks Ankith do you hide your pain and problems from me.

Ankith says sorry Manasvi and I wish to forget those incidents but it gets reminded often.

Manasvi asks what is the wound scar in the skin over the heart and folds her hand.

Ankith starts to narrate his story.

7 January 2015 Chennai

We welcome all to the awards function exclusively for authors all over the world and here Is the most awaited award for the best fiction novel and the winner is Ankith Swaminathan for his novel "thorns to thrones".

Ankith gets the award on the stage and feels proud for his widely recognized work.

Ankith goes to his home along with his father and mother.

My father Swaminathan is working as a chemist in z and z beverages and my mother Devi is a housewife.

My brother Angath is a lawyer and known for fighting many loyal cases.

In a hospital, a child is getting treatment for the stones in the kidney, and another child having a tumor in his brain and crying in pain.

The doctor calls Angath and shows the medical report of both the children showing the reasons for their problems as adulteration of milk and adding a dangerous chemical in sweet.

Angath sees the problem and files a case in court for a secret raid to be conducted by food safety officers all over the city.

All officers conduct the raid and see more dangerous chemicals mixed in the food items that people are crazy about.

They file a case and all the owners of the shop get arrested and angath earns respect from society.

I left for Delhi to finish a book with my co-author.

I came after two months and saw my brother and father sitting at the entrance of the house.

Their faces are sad and I asked why?

My father shared the happenings in his company.

 My father found harmful chemicals in the product of the Company.

He asked the boss, is this the accident and the boss says yes it was accidentally mixed.

But my father does not get satisfied and he researches further on the chemical content of all his products.

He finds all the products contain harmful chemicals that cut down the production cost by the quality and makes the nutritious contents valueless.

My father quietly filed a case with the help of my brother.

The case comes in favor of Shravan stating that no concrete evidence to support the case and the case is dismissed.

Angat resumes someone has blackmailed our father for the evidence he has or else the whole family will be punished.

Angat and Ankit make sure no one can hurt their parents.

That night, a gang enters their area and angath sits in the house.

Ankith puts on the cycle helmet to protect his head and wears a face mask and also takes an iron pipe.

The members take all wood made objects to hit them.

The gang sees a person sitting on the steps of the house.

Two of the rowdies come and another one rowdy follows.

Ankith hits one and moves back to make the other rowdy miss his aim.

Ankith hits that rowdy with a rod and the rowdy who follows him with a kick.

Ankith hits the next rowdy in his leg and pushes him to the other side.

The remaining gang members leave the place.

Ankith gets up the next morning and hears a police jeep sound.

Ankith comes out and sees police entering their house.

He asks why are you entering my house, sir.

Police say to arrest your father for mixing harmful chemicals in the products of the company he worked for.

Swaminathan gets dizziness and cries.

Ankith cries and Devi cries to Swaminathan what is this?

Police arrest Swaminathan and put handcuffs on his hand and Swaminathan thinks of the award he got as the best chemist for finding products that saved lives and now looks at the handcuffs.

Swaminathan falls down and closes his eyes when he steps down from the house.

Devi cries out my beloved husband and police officers lift him and load him into their jeep and tell Ankith to accompany.

When they reach the hospital and the doctor comes and checks.

Sorry sir they say to police officers and Ankith.

Ankith cries and touches his father's feet.

Angath, Ankith, and Devi sit in their house crying and angath says we should not accept our defeat and we should fight and goes to the secret door he made in the wall and gets some documents.

Ankith looks here, I have got this evidence against all the companies that adulterate with help of my friends and doctors. This is our last hope.

Ankith goes out to the medical shop to buy some medicines for his mother.

Ankith returns home and feels strange.

Ankith gets in and sees his mother and brother shot with a gun and blood dripping from their body and insects flying over their body.

Ankith goes near his mother's lifeless body and cries "Amma" and goes near his brother and sees his head injured by someone hitting him.

His brother inhales and exhales heavily and pointing out the letter he wrote last lying under the table.

Ankith reads the letter "sorry Ankith tried to save our mother but could not, do not think that shravan is the only culprit and 

There is another devil in the shadow of the devil we know.

Please be careful and make use of the secret door in the wall.

My best wishes to you".

Ankith kneels down and cries aloud.

Ankith finishes the last ritual rites of his mother and brother.

Ankith takes the secret documents and leaves by the bus to Andhra.

Shravan finds it and uses his rowdies to bring Ankith near Vandalur.

Shravan burns the evidence in front of Ankith and Ankith escapes but Shravan shoots at Ankit's left leg and at Ankit's heart.

The last sound I heard was the gun sound and I found myself in the hospital with Malaiyappa his wife Vedanayagi.

The doctor said due to infection my left leg is removed and my heart is safe with the bullet's trajectory damaging the riskless area in the heart.

But this injury could cause serious problems in the later part.

I left Delhi with Malaiyappa and Vedanayagi who do not have any children and we found Deva and pooja whose parents could not afford their fees.

So, I gave a part-time job to them.

This is my story.

Manasvi now it is your choice.

Manavi asks did you find the culprit who you said you do not know.

That is what I am doing now and I neared him.

Shravan scolds the goons for letting Ankith escape and asks them to catch him quickly.

Ankith opens his secret door and sees his family photo with the happy smiles they made and which could not be made once again and weeps.

His temper reaches a peak but he recollects his brother's words 

Our family is destroyed and it could not be changed and if you respect me and our father did not kill anyone and make them realize the mistake or bring out the truth.

Ankith cries and his legs start to pain and he removes his prosthetic limb.

He tells Malaiyappa to remind him to go to the hospital and change the prosthetic limb.

Malaiyappa gets down.

Ankith gets to a government hospital and changes the prosthetic limb in the evening.

Ankith sees a person following him and gets to his bike and starts it.

The person also starts the bike and he starts to follow Ankith.

Ankith goes by the road along the Yamuna river and goes to the restricted forest in Delhi.

The fellow sees Ankith bike alone standing there and he steps back and hears the sound of feet crushing leaves.

He shoots there and takes his phone for a torch and hears the same sound thrice and shoots at all the places he suspected.

He shouts what Ankith rat hiding in your hole come out you a coward and I have two bullets remaining.

That fellow shoots in anger to the two places where he suspected the presence of Ankith.

When he tries to load the gun, Ankith comes out and hits him, and kicks the gun away from both of them.

Ankith hits him to make sure he cannot move.

You bloody criminal, what wrong did our family did to you?

Your criminal brother destroyed the life of a girl and my brother fought for justice and got him hanged.

You, criminals, are given a punishment in jail to understand the mistakes you committed and change into a good person.

Your brother got the punishment and you are going to and calls the police.

Delhi police arrest him and Ankith gets back home.

Ankith files a case in Delhi court on the adulteration of food, medicine, and products.

Sharan comes to Delhi and goes to Ankit's hotel and asks Ankith how is your leg and health Ankith.

Ankith gives him the food he ordered and Shravan asks you have lost everything Ankith and I learned you gained something in the hospital be careful.

He pays the bill and leaves the hotel.

Ankith again like his brother uses his friends and doctors to collect concrete evidence that shows the real adulteration.

And when this process is going to be completed and Ankith receives a call from Shravan.

Shravan says well Mr. Ankith Swaminathan and I think you do not want to lead a happy life it seems.

Please come to your beloved lady's hospital.

Ankith gets there and in the operation theatre, Swaminathan sits with his few rowdies, and Manasvi is tied to a chair.

Give back all evidence and take her home.

Ankith sits in the bed and relaxes.

Shravan asks  you are not scared.

Ankith smiles I am not having the evidence and a special person is taking it to court now.

Now to court, what I cannot understand.

Ankith says and shows a photo.

 No, no this is not possible shouts Shravan.

It is his own daughter taking the evidence to court after Ankith explains the real truth with evidence.

Ankith says go and stop here and when Shravan takes the gun and loads but Ankith gets the gun and points at Shravan and Shravan says shoot me, please.

Ankith recollects one thirukkural and says its meaning in my life whatever I felt as problems, I should not give it to anyone else.

I do not want your family to miss you by me even though you are a criminal let the court make the final judgment.

Ankith puts the gun down.

The court finds the evidence submitted is correct and arrests Shravan under false allegations and for the crimes he committed.

The court orders the government to check all the products that are consumed by people and make them safe without any chemicals.

Ankith marries Manasvi and starts a life with love and happiness.

Fight adulteration not only for society and fight for you because you too live in the same society.