SARJA (Marathi)

SARJA, AN OX, TELLING HIS STORY. A VERY SAD INCIDENCE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THIS STORY. SARJA AND HIS MATE RAJA HAVE A FRIEND, KHILARI. SARJA IS MORE ATTACHED TO HER. THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AS THEIR OWNER HAS SOLD THEM DUE TO THEIR AGEING. THE CONTINUOUS DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE ADDED TO THE MISERY OF THE FARMER, WHO IS UNABLE TO FEED HIS LIVESTOCK. PACKED IN A TEMPO, THE TRIO SETS OUT ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN LAND AND UNKNOWN DESTINY. ON WAY, KHILARI IS MADE TO DISEMBARK AT SOME UNKNOWN PLACE. SARJA AND RAJA ARE FURTHER TAKEN TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE. UPON REACHING THERE, SARJA SENSES THE STRONG EVIL VIBES OF DEATH AND MANAGES TO RUN AWAY. SARJA, WAS CALLED AS SHAMBHOO BY HIS ORIGINAL OWNER. THE OWNER SELLS HIM TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO NAMES HIM SARJA. THERE, SARJA MEETS RAJA AND KHILARI. A SPECIAL BOND DEVELOPS BETWEEN SARJA AND KHILARI. AFTER A WHILE, THE OWNER SOLDS SARJA, RAJA AND KHILARI. THIS IS HOW THE TRIO GETS SEPARATED. SARJA SUCCEEDS IN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE. HE MEETS UPASHYA, A POOR FELLOW. UPASHYA, IN TURN COLOURS SARJA AS A `NANDI BAIL` AND STARTS EARNING MONEY. A FEW DAYS AFTER BEING WITH UPASHYA, SARJA MEETS KHILARO. UPASHYA UNDERSTANDS THE BONDING BETWEEN THESE TWO. HE THEN TAKES THEM BOTH TO AN INSTITUTION WHICH LOOKS AFTER AGED LIVESTOCK.
SARJA, TOUCHES THE SOUL OF READERS WITH HIS FEELINGS AND EXPRESSIONS. A MUST READ.