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Summary. Tiger King – Kalki Story of an Indian king who pledged to kill 100tigers to challenge his fate. When he was 10 days old (or 10 days new) an astrologer predicted his death at the hands of a tiger.
Tiger King – Kalki Story of an Indian king who pledged to kill 100 tigers to challenge his fate. When he was 10 days old (or 10 days new) an astrologer predicted his death at the hands of a tiger.
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When the king of Pratibandapuram and his queen had their first baby ten day old the astrologers made a prediction that the child would grow up and one day meet his death. While others heard them sadly, the baby prince asked a very wise question as to what was new in such a prediction as it is a universal truth that everyone should die. When the child grew up and became the new king, he was nicknamed The Tiger King because he went on a tiger hunt to kill the hundredth tiger to remove his fear of death. Gradually the tiger population in his country went dry. To hunt further tigers he married a princess whose father’s forest had tigers in it. The hundredth tiger was not very easy to hunt down. The king became furious and mad and dismissed many of the officers. Being a wise man, the devan knew the country would pass into the hands of Indian National Congress and that he too would lose his position, he decided to bring an old tiger from the People’s Park in Madras. Instances of Satire The courtier’s feeling sad on hearing that the child would one day die; the king’s marrying a girl for tiger-hunt; The king’s decision to hunt tigers; The king’s spending three hundred thousand rupees to please the British officer; The king’s doubling the land tax for the villagers. Finally, the king’s ultimate death just because of a wooden sliver and the doctors’ considering his death as a matter of no importance.
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The King – The maharaja of Pratibandapuram deserves to be called a maharaja in every case. He was strong enough to kill the wild tigers with his bare hands. He was brave enough to think about killing not one, but hundred tigers. He was bold enough to stand against a British officer by refusing him permission to hunt in his forest. He was wise enough to please the officer by pleasing his wife and was rich enough to send fifty diamond rings to the good lady of the officer. He was even cunning enough to arrange his marriage with a princess whose father’s forest had the maximum number of tigers. Yet he appears to be the opposite of what he had done and what he was because this powerful king was finally killed by the sliver of a worthless wooden tiger! His death brought him great shame. His boldness, cunningness, strength and bravery failed miserably at the hands of an insignificant wooden tiger. He can also be laughed at for his blindly believing the astrologers, for the dereliction of duty as a king, for imposing tax on the villagers out of rage, for forgetting the sanctity and meaning of marriage and for dismissing his officers for no official reason.
The First Astrologer – A great astrologer (or very much fake!). He had deep knowledge in astrology and was a master at that. Logical but a little foolish at predicting people’s fate.
The Second Astrologer – Probably the son of the late astrologer. Equally great or fake as his ancestor was. He accepted a bet from the king and agreed to abandon his profession to become the most infamous insurance agent – a weird parallel for astrology.
Devan or Prime Minister – The Diwan, king’s chief minister, is the comedian in the story. He was a man of tactics and availed the benefits of his brain only under emergency such as the loss of his office. He was well aware of the king’s fury. While standing in front of the king’s brandished gun, the old man imagined a bullet piercing his heart and out of this fear he was thrown into a state of imbecility. The British Officer – No such a British officer as gentle as he could be met. You call him John Tigerwoods or Peter the Photographer, he was gentle and a peacemaker. Like tigers had their sway on him, his wife had powers on him.
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This story revolves around the king of Pratibandapuram, Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur. It is said that he questioned the chief astronomer about the manner of his death when he was just 10 days old. And the astronomer told he will be killed by a tiger as he was born during the hour of Bull. Years rolled on and when became the king, He killed a tiger. Now he sent for the astrologer. The astrologer said his death will be due to the hundredth tiger and if did not happen, he would become a policy agent. Maharaja went on for the tiger hunt breaking through all the barriers imposed. He had to gift the British officer's wife rings worth three lakh and later married a princess from a kingdom with many tigers.But the 100th tiger wasn,t easily found. It was brought from the People's park by the Dewan without the knowledge of the king. The king took a careful aim but the bullet whizzed past it. The tiger fainted but men thought it was dead. Later it was killed by a hunter.The king bought (actually brought) a wooden toy tiger for his son for his birthday.As it was not carved artistically the slivers of the wood wounded him. Infectious it was that the king had to get operated. But the king died.
Finally the 100th tiger took it's revenge on the tiger king.