Senthilnathan have heard two things about Karthi from others and through the press till then. One, the intellectual, the other, even though his father, his brother were successful in politics but not involved in politics. A few months ago, Karthi publicly declared a social welfare scheme to be nonsense and it became clear that he don’t think twice before making honest comments. The denial that he had been misunderstood by journalists in the following days, and the absence of any vague explanation for that comment, further heightened his value.
He did not need to know more about him. But today Senthilnathan started searching for a lot of information about him on the internet as it seemed necessary to get to know him deeply before starting his job of tracing his disappearance came up. The result was beyond awe. It seemed that there were no fields he had not touched. From science to theology, he spoke and wrote profusely. His friends and teachers had said a lot about him highly. Some people had uploaded his speeches on YouTube at some college shows. Not once in the three-and-a-half-hour, one-hour talks did he look at the piece of paper. In each of these speeches he quoted a lot of books, research, scholars, Hindu and world events with statistics. The things he spoke without trembling, without shouting, quietly, sincerely, were intellectual, creative, and socially caring. After all, one thing that fascinated him was that he did not seem to have the slightest hint of arrogance unless he knew great self-confidence. Unbeknownst to him, he had become a fan when he finished reading everything.
He had heard that Selvarangan had failed in Class X. He also knew that his wife was not highly educated. The eldest son is arrogant as per his own experience. He left the house wondering if there was such a child in the house.
The boredom of having to go all over the place, despite the goodwill that Karthi had on top of him. He and the politicians never agreed. They behave disgustingly when not in power. They were the ones who behaved in the most disgusting way when they came to power. The mentality of enduring it did not come to him after many years of experience. Many politicians who speak on literary quality as a re-enactment of dignity on the podium will be dazzled when speaking in private. They will speak in the singular, without even looking at the officer. He will be conducted like their own house aide. Many times he has gotten the worst transfers in response to it. Some people enjoy keeping their servants do the talking without they themselves talking directly with him. There have been incidents where he has beaten some of their close aides in front of those politicians. Relocation or suspension. With these experiences he will always be ready for relocation.
The two state administrations that preceded the Rajathurai’s administration were daily hells for him. After Rajathurai came to power, the situation improved to some extent, though not completely. Rajathurai is very fashionable. One who does not unnecessarily offend the next person, whether alone or in public. His ministers were controlled by him to the point where he could say they were okay, even if they weren’t in league with him. There was a certain dignity in speech and conduct. The interventions were not large either. Uday's intervention came at a time when he was beginning to believe that everything had improved and that the situation in Tamil Nadu had changed. Even worse than that, Senthilnathan has faced many previous regimes that have provoked the rage of 'again'. That rage had not completely left his mind, despite the transfer and promotion.
This time Senthilnathan is in direct contact with Selvarangan’s family. He himself did not know if there would be another transfer as an issue.
He reached the door of the jeep Selvarangan’s bungalow.
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It was getting dark when they arrived from Pune. The female scientist is from KCGTRAC. She went straight to the researcher's room so that no one would suspect her. But the director is mostly from Pune. The director only came to the room after talking to some of the center officials about the fact that he had come for an office job as it would have raised many questions in the minds of others if he had only met the researcher on his unexpected arrival as a high official.
Upon entering, the man who had locked the door asked the woman who had come directly to the matter without any inquiries.
"Have you seen them?"
“No. I was waiting to see them together, ”said the woman. It was obvious to him that it was a difficult thing for her.
The director smiled and told him to leave the interlocutor.
"Show those pictures soon."
He began to display the pictures he had taken apart on the computer on a large white screen. He and the woman looked on with excitement.
Although the images were taken in the dark of the new moon, the quality was very good as the images were taken by the state-of-the-art camera equipment from the KCGSAT Space Research Center. But there was still a problem of darkness.
Early images showed a young man exploring the sky with a telescope at the top of the mountain. Subsequent pictures showed a car approaching the foothills. Some pictures later showed someone getting out of the car.
The director asked the researcher. "Do you know who that guy is?"
“I don't know sir. They were unexpected.“
The director said. "See if you can find the car number."
“I have tried Sir. He should have turned off the lights from a distance. In our program, we focused the cameras, on the mountains, not the foothills. ”
The director stared at the picture of a person who came out of the car, bent over to pick up something inside and his upright picture with a cardboard box and said "Looks like there is another person inside the car. Focus on that guy. ”
He did just that. But the head of the grey haired man’s face cannot be focused in the darkness of that new moon. They were unable to arrive at a conclusion other than an old grey haired man was sitting inside the car.
The man getting out of the car was seen climbing the hill in the next pictures. It was at that moment that a black bird was seen approaching the mountain fast. In one of the subsequent pictures, Karthi, who was at the top of the mountain, was seen turning the telescope at the bird.
"Focus on that bird," the director shouted excitedly.
The researcher did just that. That black bird filled the screen. All three looked at the bird in awe.