VAVTAL by VYANKATESH MADGULKAR

THEY HAD NEVER THOUGHT FOR ONCE THAT ALL THEIR NEIGHBOURS WHO WERE STAYING CLOSE TO THEM, HAD THEIR HOUSES NEXT TO THEM WOULD ONE DAY BECOME THEIR ENEMIES. THEY ALWAYS RELIED UPON EACH OTHER, SOUGHT EACH OTHER’S HELP IN DIFFICULT TIMES, WERE ALWAYS THERE WHENEVER NEEDED. BUT TODAY, THESE SAME PEOPLE HAD BECOME THEIR ENEMIES. FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY REALIZED THAT THERE WAS DANGER FROM THESE VERY PEOPLE. IT WAS INDEED A SHOCK. THEY WERE SHAKEN TO THEIR CORE. NEVER BEFORE THEY HAD REALIZED, BUT NOW THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE ORPHANS. THEY HAD NOBODY WHOM THEY WOULD CALL AS THEIR OWN. NOW THEY HAD NO GUARANTEE OF ANYTHING. AT WHAT TIME WOULD DESTINY TAKE A TURN AND IN WHAT WAY WAS SO VERY UNSURE. A BIG STORM WAS THE CAUSE BEHIND THIS