“Nobody can ride your back if your back’s not bent.”

[smiittenz]

In an era long past, with the British were ruling the world and the rest were cowering under its might, a mistreated village, lost in the vastness of India, stood up to it and dared defy it, led by one lone, young man

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[beautyofgrey]

Beautifully told!

[smiittenz]

Thank you! :)

[kagomeshuko]

Ah, money makes the world go round?

[smiittenz]

I suppose that's one way to look at it?
I should've probably mentioned somewhere that the taxes were paid in grain to the British.
Either way, what I gathered from the story was overthrowing the helplessness and injustice of having to give away all the food they grow.

[i_17bingo]

I kind of held my breath reading this. So too, did nature it seems, until the big, satisfying win.

[smiittenz]

Yep.
It seems even the rains waited until the villagers brought change to their district.
Thank you for reading! :)

[halfshellvenus]

This reads like a legend, and it would be exactly that kind of moment-- the triumph of the downtrodden against heavy odds, and goodness prevailing in the end.

[smiittenz]

That is the effect I was going for - I'm glad it came out that way.
Thank you for reading! :)

[whipchick]

This was so inspiring, and it gives me a new appreciation for the Indian love of cricket!

A small typo - "cowering under it’s might" Either needs to be "British Empire" + "its" or no "Empire" and change the "its" to "their." (Probably from editing on your phone :) )

You have some great phrases here, too - the clouds blessing the village with only their shadow, the rain coming at the end of the match, so beautiful.

Now I have to go watch Lagaan!!!

[smiittenz]

Thank you so much!
Ah, yes. Now that you pointed it out, I realised I must've overlooked from the first draft. The edit will have to wait until I can access my laptop though. My phone will mess the formatting up.

Thank you! I really wanted to bring the impact of the imagery used the movie into my writing. So happy it worked!

Oh, you absolutely must. It's an amazing story told perfectly as a movie.