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Follow your heart

Sashakt Tripathi 2017A7PS0051P

Once upon a time, there was a clan named Gorans. Gorans was one of the few ethnic
communities of the Harappa civilization. There were around 30 people in the clan. All the
important decisions were taken with each person’s consideration with equal weightage to
everyone’s views. When Harappa was destroyed by the deadly rains these were the people
who decided to move east. The clan decided to settle in the fertile lands of river Ujana. The
Ujana lands proved to be better for agriculture than any of them expected, an abundance of
food led to an exponential increase in population. As the population increased people who
controlled important resources started to dominate others. Common people of Doran were
now not allowed to participate in deciding important issues.

Slowly it started to happen that the number of dominants got smaller whereas the number of
people whom they dominated started to increase rapidly. This was because of the sheer nature
of the groups. The Dominants always wanted to be fewer and wanted more people whom
they could dominate. Slowly they started to Remove competition amongst the Dominants by
killing them hence making the less powerful either accept their superiority or flee the clan.
The rich started exploiting the poor because of this poverty, unemployment and other social
evils began to rise. Everything was going right for the Masters. They had formed a union that
controlled all the resources and they made the slaves work for the prosperity of the union and
hence for themselves. On the other side, people in the kingdom were starting to feel the
effects of poverty and unemployment. But they feared the Masters, they knew what had
happened to those who tried to oppose the masters. Love, family, and responsibility stopped
the people from doing anything against the powerful Union. But there was one, his name was
Yara, he didn’t have a family to love and hence no personal restraint, he started to gather
people in the streets, shops, and common corridors.

He started to talk about problems the poor face, he started pointing the masters for these and
tried to get people talking about it. The masters thought the problem was not big enough to be
paid
attention to. Yara was a great leader, he started to lead people into the rebellion against the
Union, he made people realize that their sheer number was multiple times the number of rich.
One morning when the union meeting finished and Masters took to streets to return back
home from the great chambers, people crowded the streets and killed the masters. Union was
abolished and Yara was declared the leader of the clan. The news spread like fire to the
neighbouring cities. The union in these cities decided to look forward to this serious situation,
they felt even they may face if not taken care of. They analysed the problem, the solution was
put forth, the Masters wanted themselves to not get blamed for the wrongdoings and
problems in the city. They decided to create a third party with the name Rupee. The systems
were changed such that now slaves would not work for Masters but for money, all the
problems they face will be bestowed upon the availability of money. This system seemed fair
to the union and they decided to make a central authority through which they controlled the
flow of money which in-turn controlled the people.

Masters still exist in today’s world. Don’t follow money; follow your heart.

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