Mahabharata retold :duryodhan's POV

The Dawn of Justice

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         I still vividly remember this incident. I was 8 years old I was running as fast as could and hid myself behind the curtains, huddled, panting heavily ,sweating ,blood trickling from my broken nose and tears blinding my vision.

       I was hearing footsteps approaching me,terror filling me,I was shivering all along. I was praying that it should not be him . He is a giant meatball if he finds me he would probably break me like a stick.  

     A great wave of relief when I found that the sound of footsteps belonged to uncle Sakuni. I ran towards him and hugged him. I was barely his hip high,he patted me affectionately and my breathing stabilised a bit.

    "My son! What's wrong with your nose? You are bleeding very badly." He asked.

 " Bheem."I weeped." He is hurting us all. He is beating us to pulp." I was barely able to speak,emotions were choking my throat. " I was very glad when I heard that the Pandavas were returning to the palace from their forest dwelling, I was happy that I gonna get 5 more brothers to play with. But now ..." I was crying very badly now. I was partly ashamed of myself for crying like a baby.

    "He is beating us for no good reason and he is eating all our food. We are spending half our time hiding and protecting ourselves from the meatball." 

    Surprisingly uncle Sakuni was laughing so hard. I don't find anything funny. I am beaten up and here he is laughing at me.

      "Listen up my boy!" He said. " The pandavas,they will never see you as their brother. You are in fact a potential enemy to them. There has been many conspiracies going on the the kingdom for the past decade. "

   "Never trust anyone expect for your brothers,me and your parents. " he said 

    " What about Phitamah Bhism and uncle Vidura?? They have always been good to me." I asked.

   " Uncle Vidura??" He asked and started laughing once again. " Your uncle Vidura was the one who wanted you dead the moment you were born. He said that you would bring doom to the kingdom. He said that the day you were born was not auspicious." 

" Is it not the same day that Bheem was born? Probably he is the one he is gonna bring doom upon our kingdom." I said angrily.

Uncle Sakuni never minded what I said.He repeated " Trust no one." He was too deep in his thoughts.

   Now he held my hand tight inside his and said " You know why you have been named Suyodhan?" He paused. "Suyodhan means great warrior .You have won a few wars even before setting you feet on earth. You have survived all these conspiracies and made it alive." 

    I became silent and was listening to every word he was uttering.

   "It's your duty to protect your brothers and sister at all cost. Everything is going to change. You have a great destiny my boy. You have to get to the throne your father was denied. Your father was discriminated in spite of having a great potential to become a king. You should fight against discriminations and bring justice to talent and merit.

 " You, Suyodhan should be the DAWN OF JUSTICE." He said and moved out of the room.

That day was too much for me to take in. I was wondering all night about what I had heard from my uncle. Before dozing off I decided to the change that the world needed. Whatever that meant.

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