FROM BULB TO TELEPHONE- THE STORY OF CHANGING EKSARI VILLAGE

The Year Was 1986… The Whole Village Eksari Would Be Immersed In Darkness As Soon As The Evening Fell.

The Flame Of The Lamp Would Keep Moving In The Courtyard, And The Children Would Keep Circling Around That Light Like Moths.

But There Came An Evening When The Pillars Stood Still, The Wires Hung Down, And The Bulb Showed Its Peeling Face For The First Time.

The Villager’s Standing Under The Bulb Were Saying In Surprise- Hey, There Is No Need To Put Oil In It.

Children Would Touch The Bulb With Their Hands And Watch As If A Small Sun Had Settled Inside.

The Elders Would Stand In The Courtyard Like Elephants And Say With A Proud Smile- It Seems The Colours Of The City Have Spread To Eksari Village As Well.

Over Time, My Son Developed A Magical Habit Of Light. Then Came The Year 1993…

One Day, A Black Box Arrived, Covered With A Layer Of Glue. The Villager’s Asked, What Is This?

The Answer Was, Telephone. Everyone Started Thinking, How Does The Voice Enter Through It And Come Out?

The First Call Was Made- A Voice Came From Another Village Hello 

The Reply From Here  Yes We Are Speaking… Did You Recognize Me?

And When The Line Was Disconnected, The Whole Eksari Village Started Shaking 

Its Head To Look At The Receiver, As If The Voice Had Got Stuck Somewhere Inside.

From That Day On, Not Only Light Started In Eksari Village, A Series Of Sounds Also Started.

The Bulb Would Glow At Night, The Telephone Bell Would Ring During The Day, And The Eksari 

Village Understood That The Times Are Changing, And We Are Standing In The Midst Of That Change. 

Today The Light Bulb Has Become LED, Telephones Have Been Replaced By Mobile Towers… But In 
The Corner Of The Eksari Village, An Old Pillar And A Rusted Telephone Box Still Stand- Reminding 

Villager’s How Precious The First Step Of Change Was.








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