The Story Of Ayodhya

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Tadu Vijayakrishnan is Yadu a filmmaker, cinematographer and writer. At the age 19, he worked as one of the cinematographers of the Brazilian film Feio, Eu? and went onto make several short films before his graduation. He directed and produced over twenty historical documentaries and a fifty-episode travelogue series for the TV channel where he worked for two years. Subsequently, he directed the riveting documentary 21 Months of hell, which garnered widespread media attention for portraying the torture methods employed by the government during the Emergency. After working as the cinematographer for two films, he made two horror web-series before directing the Sanskrit movie Bhagavadajjukam. Yadu has been on the juries of the Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India, Bangalore International Film Festival and Chitra Bharti National Short Film Festival. The Story of Aydohya is his debut novel.

It has been few months since the regime of the kingdom changed. The former king somehow escaped from being executed. Most of his guards and soldiers have already perished. Those guarding the castle and training at the barracks are not natives of the region. A few soldiers were patrolling the city when a bald man came to them seeking attention.

"I am Digambar. I own a pawn shop here," said the bald man.

"So what?" asked the soldier, clearly irritated for no reason.

"A stranger came to my shop to sell some jewels. I saw royal emblem on them. I belive he is a thief who has stolen the jewels from the palace. Don't worry, I have tied him up in my shop. Please come and take him away. I will share the reward from the king with you," replied Digambar.

The soldiers followed Digambar to his pawn shop. He quickly unlocked the door of his pawn shop and stormed in, only to find no one there. The backdoor was wide open.

"He escaped!" said Digambar, exasperated.

Looking out from the back door, scanning through the cluster of mud buildings, the soldiers saw a man running. "It's him! The thief!" Digambar shouted.

The soldiers started to run, chasing the stranger.

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