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….
आपल्या घरांना लागून असलेली घरे, अडीनडीला आपली मदत घेणारी, आपल्याला मदत करणारी, आपल्याच गावातील ही माणसे आपली ‘शत्रू होतील, असे त्यांना कधी वाटले नव्हते. त्यांच्यापासून आपल्याला धोका आहे, ही जाणीव त्यांना आज पहिल्याप्रथमच होत होती. हा धक्का अगदी अनपेक्षित होता. त्याने ही मंडळी ळापासून कलली होती. कधी नव्हे ते त्यांना वाटत होते की, आपण अनाथ आहोत. आपले असे म्हणायला कोणी नाही.आता कशाची शाश्वती नाही.केव्हा काय होईल त्याचा नेम नाही! एका ‘वावटळी’मुळे हे सर्व घडले होते...