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The Prince’s Journal
Yashodhara wants me to keep a journal. I tell her that there is no point because nothing much happens in our lives. She was ecstatic about the baby’s first words this morning. She gives this as an example of what should go into a journal I am not sure I see her point but anyway make my first entry in the journal : Rahul utters his first words - Ma. With time, I record other milestones in our life like Rahul’s first walk etc . But occasionally I also scribble in some of my observations like on the day when one of our ministers suddenly disappeared and nobody gave me a proper answer.
I am getting bored and want to go out. Yashodhara has other things to do. I ask Channa to saddle the horse. He is afraid that when my father returns, he will be taken to task. I assure him that nothing will happen. As we go towards the market, I notice a strange man. He is so different that I cannot help staring at him .The royal guards notice my interest and hurriedly take the man away.
What is this creature with white hair, sunken eyes and a stick in his hand ? Channa tries to distract me but when I force him he says that the man is a person who has lived for a long time. When I go back to the palace I write in my journal : I saw an Old man. Yashodhara sees it and asks what is so great about it and whether it really merits an entry in the journal.. She says that everybody is destined to get old and starts caressing me. I try to forget the face of the old man but it comes back after we have finished making love. I get up and write : Everybody gets old. I manage to have another outing with Channa without telling her. I see another strange creature this time. And I write in the diary that night: I saw a sick man.
There is a spring festival and Yashodhara is busy with other ladies. I take Channa with me again. As we near the end of the town, we see a person on a stretcher followed by people in tears . Channa puts his hands in front of my eyes but I still manage to see. When I get back I make my entry : Today I saw a dead man. Channa tells me that everybody - Yashodhara , Rahul and me - will die one day . I cannot sleep. I again write in the journal. What is the meaning of all this suffering ? I have no choice but to leave now and find what it is all about.
I go back to the bedroom and take a look at Yashodhara and Rahul. I leave the journal by her side . May be she will understand my anguish.
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Yashodhara wants me to keep a journal. I tell her that there is no point because nothing much happens in our lives. She was ecstatic about the baby’s first words this morning. She gives this as an example of what should go into a journal I am not sure I see her point but anyway make my first entry in the journal : Rahul utters his first words - Ma. With time, I record other milestones in our life like Rahul’s first walk etc . But occasionally I also scribble in some of my observations like on the day when one of our ministers suddenly disappeared and nobody gave me a proper answer.
I am getting bored and want to go out. Yashodhara has other things to do. I ask Channa to saddle the horse. He is afraid that when my father returns, he will be taken to task. I assure him that nothing will happen. As we go towards the market, I notice a strange man. He is so different that I cannot help staring at him .The royal guards notice my interest and hurriedly take the man away.
What is this creature with white hair, sunken eyes and a stick in his hand ? Channa tries to distract me but when I force him he says that the man is a person who has lived for a long time. When I go back to the palace I write in my journal : I saw an Old man. Yashodhara sees it and asks what is so great about it and whether it really merits an entry in the journal.. She says that everybody is destined to get old and starts caressing me. I try to forget the face of the old man but it comes back after we have finished making love. I get up and write : Everybody gets old. I manage to have another outing with Channa without telling her. I see another strange creature this time. And I write in the diary that night: I saw a sick man.
There is a spring festival and Yashodhara is busy with other ladies. I take Channa with me again. As we near the end of the town, we see a person on a stretcher followed by people in tears . Channa puts his hands in front of my eyes but I still manage to see. When I get back I make my entry : Today I saw a dead man. Channa tells me that everybody - Yashodhara , Rahul and me - will die one day . I cannot sleep. I again write in the journal. What is the meaning of all this suffering ? I have no choice but to leave now and find what it is all about.
I go back to the bedroom and take a look at Yashodhara and Rahul. I leave the journal by her side . May be she will understand my anguish.
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