Seven Sisters State

NOTE AND DISCLAIMER: This story is based on Author’s fiction. It’s based on multiples of true incidents that’s happening in Seven sisters states and other parts of India. It’s not intended to hurt any people and religion’s sentiments.

27 MAY 2022

On 27th May 2022 Nivedha Gowda(28-years old), the spokesperson of ruling party. She participated in a debate on the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute on a television channel. The opposition speaker passed derogatory remarks on Hindu god Shiva and by many Muslim personalities on social media, she replied regarding Muhammad and the age of one of his wives, Aisha, noting that Aisha was 6-years old when married, and 9 when the marriage was consummated.

A day later, the video clip of her comments were shared by Muhammad Zubair, the co-founder of Alt News, a fact-checking website, on social media. Gowda later alleged that it was a “heavily edited and selected video”, which was denied by Arjun Sinha, the other co-founder of Alt News.

“The video was unedited and also included a longer clip which showed the context.” Sinha later stated to the media. They deleted the video of the program from it’s Youtube channel the next day. Nonetheless, Sharma defended her comments and accused Zubair of heavily editing the clip. The next day after this incident, Sharma received rape and death threats prompting Delhi police to provide security cover.

A police FIR was registered against Gowda, in Mumbai’s Pydhonie Police station, on the next day. She was accused of “hurting religious sentiments.” A second FIR was registered in Thane on 30th May on the same grounds. Another FIR was registered by the AIMIM leader Naseeruddin Owaisi in Hyderabad for using “abusive, false and hurtful” words against Muhammad and the Islam religion. Several other FIRs were registered at other locations in the country.

Gowda’s comments were also widely shared internationally, on social media. Protests and violent incidents took place in several Indian cities- Kanpur, Ranchi, Howrah, Maharashtra and Udaipur. Many people were arrested for causing public nuisance. By 4th June, “insult to Prophet Muhammad” was trending among the top 10 hashtags in all the countries of Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) and Turkey. On 9th June, 2 weeks after the speech and the diplomatic event, Delhi Police registered cases against Nivedha Sharma and Pavan Kumar Jindal, who served as the ruling party’s Delhi media call head. He was expelled from the ruling party. The Delhi police have also filed a case against AIMIM chief and MP, Naseeruddin, and Hindutva leader, Narsingh Jadhav, who is out on bail in the Haridwar hate speech case.

FEW DAYS LATER

JULY 27 2022

KASHMIR, INDIA

Around 6:30 AM amidst the cold winds and severe rush, Mission India Forces(MIF) of the Indian Army completed their routine training jobs. After returning to the office, Lieutenant General Pulkit Surana received a call from foreign anti-terror agency.

“Lieutenant General Pulkit here.”

“General. This is from Anti-terror agency squad of Russia.”

“Yes sir.”

“We recently arrested two bombers in Russia. They are from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, ready for the terrorist attack in India.” The agency further said that, “One of them was based in Turkey. The agency added that, “The terrorist wanted to kill the recently suspended leader Nivedha Gowda.”

FEW DAYS LATER

12TH AUGUST 2022

ARUNAHCAL PRADESH, 7:30 AM

After facing blatant trolls and criticisms from many people in India and around the world nations, Nivedha Gowda is depressed. Though suspended, the ruling party protects her with Y-security category fearing for murders and rape. Meanwhile at the time of Nivedha’s depression, her close friend and love interest Harjith(29-years old) comes to meet her from Bangalore.

An unemployed young man, Harjith attempted UPSC examinations, which he failed at last time during the interview. He is a brilliant student, who have general knowledge about Indian History, culture and secularism. However, his father Krishna scolds him for being a failure since his childhood days. He is an above-average student in college, whose family is quite caste-fanatic. They firmly believe in culture and few more religious sentiments, which Nivedha’s family too believes in.

Nivedha’s family knew Harjith very-well since his school days. Because Harjith and Nivedha’s love were strong since those days. The couples met co-incidentally during their athletics coaching. Upon notcing her depression, Harjith said: “Nivedha. Why can’t we go for a long journey?”

Staring at him, she questioned him: “In this big problem, should we have to go for a long trip?”

Harjith smiled and said in her ears, “He is going to Seven Sisters state, which is the long dreams of Nivedha since her childhood.” To forget about the problems she is facing now, she agreed to accompany with him in his Royal Enfield bike. While going in the bike towards Arunachal Pradesh-Assam highway, he still sees Nivedha upset.

Looking back at her, Harjith said: “Look Nivedha. What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” After reaching Arunachal Pradesh, Harjith and Nivedha books a room, where they stayed for one day. The next day, they started their journey to Bogibeel Bridge and then to Dibang river bridge.

While trekking in the Dibang river, Nivedha looks at the steep water-flow of the river. Looking at the river, she asked Harjith: “Harjith. What do you feel from this river’s flow and sound? How it looks like?”

Taking the waters, Harjith seems to feel nothing. While, she says to him: “Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” When speaking with her, few terrorists take position in the banks of Dibang river. As Harjith came along with Nivedha, they started to fire heavily when Harjith was about to take the bike.

SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA

12:30 PM

“Nivedha. Hide.” Harjith looked everywhere around the place. He rushed with her in the bike. When he reached Shillong, some drops of blood drops comes from the arms and right chest of Nivedha. He realized that, some bullets have hit her although he managed to rush.

Nivedha fell in Harjith’s arms. Looking at her, Harjith said: “Nivedha. Nivedha…” Harjith shouted in agony and frustration. He called his senior friend Adhithya, who also came for a short-trip.

Adhithya healed Nivedha’s wounds inside a secret house. Since, taking her to hospitals could cost legal troubles from the ruling party as well as the opposition government. Harjith however said: “Brother. This place is not at all safe for Nivedha.”

Adhithya said in a low voice looking at the nearby places.

“Try to understand Harjith. This is not Bangalore or Pune. It’s Shillong. A place full of Drug smugglers, Rough Terrain and Cultural differences. Anything could evoke trouble for both of you.” Nivedha waked up to find herself in a safe room. She finds Harjith. He emotionally hugs her and said that: “He will take care of her with affection and love from now.” Meanwhile Harjith meets Adhithya in a secret base, where at a forest area, where he asked him to be careful and keep him updated about the identity of the assassins, who tried to kill him and Nivedha.

“Actually, this is not my job. Since, I am neither police nor a traveller like you. But, it’s my duty. Let me keep you updated about those people.” Adhithya said and proceeds to walk out from the forests. Nivedha searched for Harjith at the same period of time. He reached out to her.

Nivedha is asked by Harjith to choose which place she wanted to go in Seven Sisters state. She chooses Dispur, a famous place of Seven Sisters state. As they started their journey to Dispur, some strange assassins blocked them in the mid-way of Assam-Meghalaya borders. Being masked, they threatened Harjith to get down from his bike. He is beaten up severely by one of the terrorists and left unconscious.

The terrorist holds Nivedha at gun point. Reciting the slogans from Quran 8:12, a terrorist said: “Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam.” As the terrorists neared a feared Nivedha to gang-rape her nearby the fields like Girija Tickoo in Kashmir. When one of them was about to strip her naked, Harjith wakes up steadily amidst the rains.

Exercising himself in the amidst of severe rains, he went towards the fields, where the terrorists were about to gang-rape Nivedha. Looking Harjith, one of the terrorist said: “Hey. Whenever opportunity arises, kill the infields wherever you catch them(Quran 9:5).” The terrorist holds Nivedha’s hair tightly and she shouts in pain.

“No. No. Harjith. Run from the place.” Nivedha alarmed him. But, he doesn’t listen. A gun shot sound is heard. It’s the terrorist, who fell down dead. Harjith have shot him in forehead. Combing his hair stylishly, he moved forward to fight with the terrorists. He said: “If you will not fight this righteous war, then you will fail in your duty, lose your reputation and incur sin. This is what 3:1 Bhagavad Gita said da.” Using Karate skills he learnt, Harjith combats with the terrorists. When they hided nearby with their guns to shoot him, Harjith took his double Desert Eagle gun, with which he carefully examined the location of those terrorists.

As they united to shoot him, Harjith fired against the terrorists, thus killing them brutally. In the amidst of rain, one of the terrorists said: “You can’t escape from us da. Whatever reformatory measures your country could try, we would make war on infields living in your neighborhood.(Quran 9:123) Hail Allah!”

Holding his wounded chest tight, Harjith said: “Even your religion people are opposing the terrorism da. Whatever evil measures you take, you can’t defeat our Indian nation. Go to the hell.” He shot him to death. Nivedha feels relieved.

As she saw gun in the hands of Harjith, she confronts him about the same. Harjith initially refused to tell anything about his profession to her. But, later on tells: “I have hidden a fact from you Nivedha.”

As she looked in shock, Harjith said: “I am an Indian Army officer. Not jobless. Except my father, everyone else in my own family doesn’t know about my profession.”

FEW YEARS BACK

AUGUST 2017

After graduating with Bachelor of Law, Nivedha went on to practice law at the age of 24 years. While, Harjith prepared for UPSC examinations by attending the academy in Bangalore. However, he failed in the examinations the next year. Henceforth, he undergone a change by taking physical training in gym. From there, he applied for Indian Army and received training for more than one and a half years. After the training, he became Major and took part in major part of missions in Kashmir. Especially- 2019 Balakot Airstrike mission.

Having finished three missions successfully, his senior officer Lieutenant General Pulkit Surana is impressed. He posts him to special force: Mission India Force, through which the army officers killed the JKLF terrorists and few more extremists in Pakistan. At this point of time, things changed. As Colonel Balaram Tripathi along with his wife, son and four other soldiers: Nadeem Ahmed, Anshuman Tripathi, Rajesh Varma and Prakash Sen of 46 AR in Churachanpur(a place near Manipur) has once again brought the continuing insurgencies in the Northeast to the fore.

At the same time, the controversial statements of Nivedha Gowda sparked rage and anger all over India. Terrorist organizations of Pakistan and the ruling party of Gulf nations threatened to cause problems to the minorities of their nation. Left with no way, the ruling party were forced to suspend Nivedha. During this point of time, Pulkit Surana was informed about the attacks against Nivedha from Russian agency. To keep this mission a secret from the public and media, Pulkit pretends to suspend Harjith for unruly behavior and published this as a news.

Harjith then proceeds to come for Nivedha’s house.

PRESENT

ASSAM BORDERS

“For what have you came here with me Harjith? What’s there in this Seven sister’s state?” Nivedha asked him in tears. Now, they are in Assam borders, where Adhithya appeared in front of the couples.

“Because, we have to inform about the issues and problems in North-eastern region of India to the ruling party.” Adhithya tells her that: “He is also an undercover agent, sent with Harjith.”

FEW DAYS BACK

2022

North-east India is the easternmost region of India and comprises eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Tripura. The Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal with a width of 21 to 40 km, connects the North-eastern region with Mainland India and is critical to India. The region shares an international border of 5,182 km, with the neighboring countries, 1,395 km with Tibet Autonomous region, in the north, 1,643 km with Myanmar in the east, 1,596 km with Bangladesh in the South-west, 97 km with Nepal in the west and 455 km with Bhutan in the north-west.

Pulkit Surana said to Adhithya and Harjith: “What distinguishes these states from the rest of the country is the sensitive geographical location with diverse ethnic groups with different historical backgrounds. As a whole, it is not a single entity with a common political identity.” Harjith were informed about various anti-national organizations working in the Seven sister states.

North east comprises many other tribes, each with their vision of their political future. The NE region of India is of immense geopolitical importance to the sub-continent due to it’s terrain, location and peculiar demographic dynamics. It is one of the most challenging regions to govern and is the gateway to Southeast Asia as it is bordered by Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and China.

PRESENT

At present, Nivedha becomes emotional and she is shell-shocked. While, Adhithya and Harjith remained silent for a while. Adhithya said to her: “The tribal communities in Northeast India live on the fringe of three great political communities: India, China and Burma. Some of them played roles of buffer communities, and others as bridge communities between these three great political communities.”

“I worked as a tea shop worker and sent Adhithya as an undercover officer to an Anti-terrorist organization of Arunachal Pradesh state.” Harjith said.

FEW DAYS BACK

MID FEBRUARY 2022’S

(This story goes as a first-person narration mode to make this scenes even more effective and intense.)

Post-Independence, the history of this region has been marred with bloodshed, tribal feuds and under development. Protracted deployment and operations by the army and the Assam rifles have been instrumental in diminishing violence and restoring the security situation to ensure civil governance elements can function.

I remember having read a report last year stating that in 2015, at least 80,000 tonnes of contraband was seized from the northeast which was being smuggled from Myanmar and Bangladesh to Central and North India from this route. There are candlelight marches and half-marathons held from time to time in the known cities of the northeast such as Shillong and Dispur, but none of this ever receives any coverage from the National media as a result of which a lot of the Indian population knows all about the drug problem in Punjab but nothing about the one in North-east.

Adhithya joined Xing’s ULFA gang, who is operating for China. Though they know well that, “Northeast India was never part of neither India nor China…They used to do business with China since the ancient times as they were connected through the ancient silk trade route.”

Businessman from Xinjang used to visit the Kamrupa kingdom of ancient Assam frequently. Tribes have many demands, often they are not fulfilled. So, they take up guns, which I got from Adhithya very soon. Due to this guerilla warfare, the whole of NE is suffering extortion, strikes, ambush, etc. are ruining the whole life of people.

Every tribe is having their own terror group, who are practically doing no good to their clan but are a havoc to them.

ULFA: Union Liberation Front of Assam,

NDFB: National Democratic Front of Bodoland,

NSCN, GNLT, MNF, KLFT…many such notorious groups. As Adhithya investigated about the source of terrorism, I deeply gone through the major problems in the states of NE. From this I got to know that: Lack of Quality educational institutes, Lack of Industries, Corruption, Difficult Topography, Corruption and Negligence from center were the main issues alongside the racism.

One day when Adhithya was passing an important information to me about Xing’s plans to wage up an attack with the help of Bangladesh immigrants and terrorists, one of Xing’s men comes to know about it and captured Adhithya.

They subjected him to brutal tortures and forced to reveal the identity of the other person, who’s undercover in NE. Unable to bear the brutality, Adhithya revealed my identity. Finding a right time, he attacked the henchman of Xing and killed them brutally. Then he lived a hidden life hiding inside the forests, eating animals like tiger, bear and lion to survive. At the same time, he informed me about the eventual failure of mission and asked me to go for hiding.

PRESENT

(The first-person narration ends here.)

At present, Adhithya said to Nivedha: “When we’re in Indian Army, we work within the territory. But, when we’re undercover, we have to work beyond the territory nevertheless of risks and problems. Because we have to work for the nation and die for our nation. It’s our main duty.”

“During this time, I learnt from my senior Pulkit sir that, you was suspended from the ruling party. I got to know about your remarks against Prophet Muhammad. Through investigations, I learned the exact reasons due to which you made such a remarks. Prime Minister asked us to give you a special protection although he appointed Y-Security to you. I took you here and came to know that, terrorists are everywhere to attack you as well as me myself(Xing have funded them). So, I am now to protect you and the nation.” Nivedha emotionally hugs him.

A few hours later, she asked him: “Why are people from North East India still referred as Chinese?”

Adhithya laughed and replied: “North-east Indians typically have facial structure like Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, etc. To amateur eyes, they would look like the same. Now, why aren’t they called Japanese or Koreans? Answer is simple. Most Indians are infatuated to Chinese dishes.” When speaking about this, Adhithya asked Harjith to hurry up along with Nivedha from the place. Since, they have to change the places frequently.

When going towards a forest jungle of Cherrapunji, the terrorists of NSCN attacked Harjith, Adhithya and Nivedha with their weapons and dangerous guns. Safeguarding Nivedha, Harjith and Adhithya hides inside the trees and plants of the forest. They stabbed the terrorists and killed them off brutally. Surprisingly, Nivedha too stabbed and killed them using her martial arts skills. Having killed everyone using hide and seek tactics, the trio recites in peace.

Now, Adhithya received call from Xing who tells: “Don’t be too glad. Our terrorist organizations are there everywhere in and around the Indian nation. You can’t escape from all of them.”

“Xing. Everything has an end. Today you are dominant. But tomorrow, anyone can be dominant in this world. Like our present Prime Minister, who made your pants wet. Get ready to face our Mission India Force’s next mission. Jai Hind!” Adhithya and Harjith said to Xing, who breaks his phone in frustration.