She closed her beautiful green eyes, glimpses of her father take her to the market appeared, her mom feed her home made ice cream emerged, her teenage friends walking across the garden in Sinjar collecting flowers made her smile.
Another deep breath as she pulled the trigger, peace prevailed and ended her three month ordeal. The three months of horror from her abduction by the evil heads to her being sold in the market place, the old man checking her teeth, stomach and eyes, her being snatched, shared and eaten like a piece of meat by a pack of wolves night after night in the name of what they called religion that permitted to do so.
She smiled again peacefully as she pulled the trigger one more time this time harder than before. The strong, over sized body that stole her identity, her confidence, her right to pray lay lifeless in front of her, she stamped it, kicked it and ran faster than her tender feet could.
Peace as she learnt in school was freedom from disturbance and for her peace now prevailed as she saw the border of her village like a horizon she could reach, the rescuers waiting to relieve her.
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Peace is not always a positive connotation. As the last emotion of Navras, I bring forth peace in a different light. Again a non-fiction, a reality of todays’ times. Thousands of Yazidi women are taken as sex slaves by the ISIS terrorists who believe their religion permits killing men and abducting women. August 2014 saw a mass massacre of around 5000 Yazidi’s in the Iraq town of Sinjar.
I pray for people suffering and may God grant them peace always.
A big thank you to Shashank for standing by, being there patiently though restless is his synonym through the entire series. Will make up for all the lost time j. Read an equally powerful emotion on his blog here.
And a very big thank you to all my friends who provided constant motivation through reading all posts and posting comments.
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Sad part is that not many find peace like this girl in the story. Well penned, Shweta!
so agree Vinitha, many Yazidi Women have committed suicide but there are so many who have escaped as well….its more about the ones who had the courage and faith to win over.
Very powerful ! In my first read, I thought she committed suicide, because that seems like a normal thing to do in these cases. I was glad to re-read and find it otherwise :).
The setting and the narration reminded me of one of my own works when I wrote on a similar theme with a fictitious account of the Delhi rape case convict.
Let me know what you think of it…
http://www.prateek-mathur.com/2014/09/the-prisoner.html
P.S. please be more active on twitter. I love your writing but miss out on posts as I don’t know where to find the links!
Giving up life is an easy way out but to live it is difficult, I agree in reality too thousands of Yazidi women have committed suicide, but I wanted to depict victory over evil, victory for peace. Thanks for the link Prateek, will surely check it out 🙂
Despite the sadness in narrative the end soothed me..
the end delivered peace, thanks Richa for liking it 🙂
Very well written. Powerful post indeed.. !!!
thank you Hema, happy you liked it 🙂
What a wonderful post! Loved the narration..! and the picture which you have added just intensifies the narration of the post further..
thank you Arun, hapy you liked it 🙂
Wish every girl is like this! Very well written.
Thank you Indrani, happy you liked it 🙂
This is extremely powerful writing, Shweta 🙂
A great read.
Firstly apologies I have not been able to keep up with my reading of your work since I was in India, have loads to catch up babe. Thank you so much for liking it 🙂
Great Read Shweta.Powerful post.
Cheers,
Sriram & Krithiga
thank you Kritiga, haven’t spoken to you since a long time, ping you soon 🙂
Fire burns in her eyes. The amazing picture of the girl i saw for the first time in SPAN an American magazine many years back. Your tale leaves an impact!
Yes Uppalji, it is a very popular click by Steve McCurry as mentioned by Mridula, thank you so much for liking my post 🙂
What I liked about this post is interweaving creativity for a better cause humanitarian…we as writer and blogger have tremendous power to influence too…
So rightly said Chaitali, we bloggers have a power to convey our thoughts and make a difference. Thanks for liking the post 🙂
I always wonder ,how can you say so much in 5 sentences
I used to have the same question some time back too Sadhvi, since I love long fiction and am a woman of words, but now i like FSF too, give it a try babe 🙂
Dark, dark and dark! Dark is menacingly beautiful at times. Dark is peaceful too. Just love your posts for their sombre tones. They always make me read them twice. Once hurriedly, to see what’s in the store and then slowly, savoring each word and trying to feel the emotions of the protagonist.
You never disappoint, neither cease to amaze, ma’am! A very beautiful story. Just love the series by you and Shashank. 🙂
Dark it is….and that’s what makes me write…till the time there is hope and light at the end of it…it is worth going through the darkness 🙂 Am happy I am able to live up to your expectations Rakesh 🙂 Well this is the second series we are writing together, it is fun to write with him 🙂
…and a treat for the readers! 🙂
So beautifully written!
thank you Hema 🙂
A different kind of peace as you very rightly pointed out in the end. Narration that is full of agony and pathos. In one word, BRILLIANT….(the The last two lines need a spell check….)
thank you so much Sunaina for liking the post, and a special thank you to you for being there constantly to motivate me to do well. (thank you for bringing up the typos, I corrected them) 🙂
Thanks to you Shweta for adding so much beauty and sensitivity to this world that seems to be rotting these days…
Excellent post…brilliant!!!
thank you Mani, happy you liked it 🙂
Nirveda….nice 🙂 Shant Ras!!!
rightly saif Ami, it is the shant ras 🙂
You’ve expressed the meaning of five letters in five sentences. Well, done Shweta.
thank you so much Fayaz, happy you liked it 🙂
I agree with you, bestie. People who devastate the life of other human beings in this way, peace is rightly served to them…
So rightly said bestie….it was her moment of silence, and peace in her heart, an end to her ordeal.
You did put peace in an entirely different light. And that is a world famous photograph by Steve McCurry!
Thank you so much Mridula for liking my work and ofcourse an ace photographer would know the source of the image 🙂
Beautifully written Shweta. I love that photo btw.
Thank you so much Kalpanaa, glad you liked it 🙂
Powerful. You brought peace in a different light indeed. The happiness to relive the normal again, that seemed quite impossible. Such a strong message capturing the evil of the world today. Brilliant Ananya. Adding to that, this is such a memorable series for us going through the emotions, catching up, and well, pushing each other to finish it. I am glad we did it together 🙂 Many more to come j
thank you so much j, for liking the post and walking by me through the series. On second thoughts do you know we took more time to write nine posts than all of April we wrote A-Z seeeeeee 🙂 (pulls your leg and runs away)
Such beautifully written!
thank you 🙂
beautiful post
thank you Pamela, may I have your site address would like to read your work 🙂
Hii Shweta, you can see my work on https://everycornerofworld.wordpress.com/
Beautifully written, powerful words. One could just visualize them while reading loved it to bits and thanks for your stand
thank you so much Datta for such amazing appreciation…thank you liking the post so much 🙂
A beautiful yet powerful take on peace…
thank you Arpita, happy you liked it 🙂
Beautifully written Shweta, heart breaking too. Every time I come across things like these, I wonder what makes people do such heinous crimes. How could some principles laid down by some random people cause so much of destruction and why doesn’t it work the other way round?
Why isn’t the good set of instructions stopping all these crimes? There sure is something lacking in the latter.
where there is good there is evil Ranjini, and good always triumphs 🙂 happy you liked the post 🙂
Freedom brings ultimate peace.An excellent piece of writing Shweta ! Loved it….. 🙂
thank you Priyashi, long time….where have you been babe?
Hey Shweta, got busy in work… Thank you dear….:)
Hii Dear my blog url is https://everycornerofworld.wordpress.com/
Peace and justice rightly served! Vivid piece of writing:)
thank you Maliny, glad you liked it 🙂