Imagine being born on midnight of 15 August 1947 i.e., when India gained independence
from colonial rule and celebrating 75th birthday on 15 August 2021. Think of a very
innovative plot to put your story in form of a story. Give your story a catchy name and
design a cover page for the same. It can represent any genre (drama, comic strip,
suspense, fantasy, mystery, sci-fi, thriller or fiction). Be Innovative!! Top authors will get a
chance to get their story books published. (Story writing, at least 1000 words)
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Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children follows the life of Saleem Sinai, who was born at the exact moment when India gained independence. HT goes on its own quest to track people born on August 15, 1947. The house stood at the dead-end of a narrow, serpentine alley in Khair village. We knocked on the wooden gate. It was the third day of our search for Delhi’s Midnight’s Children – born on August 15, 1947. It had brought us to a nondescript village on the south-western periphery, around 30 kilometres from the city centre.
A young woman peeped through the gap between the doors. “I am looking for Shish Ramji? Is he your relative?” we asked.
“Why are you enquiring about him?” she replied, with a question.
“We are looking for a girl child who was born on August 15, 1947, in Khair village. Her father’s name was Shish Ram as per government records.”
“Shish Ram was my husband’s grandfather but he died long ago,” she said. “My father-in-law would be able to tell you something. He lives outside the village next to the pond near the bus stand. His name is Azad Singh. He retired from DDA. Ask anyone there, they will tell you the exact location.”