Turning the other Cheek

TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK owner, Mr salahuddin, knew of a person called Panday who answered the descriptions given by the police, but he was not aware of his full name. The police then tried at another shop close by called the Kamal Cloth house. here they were able to get the information they required. The full name of the murder victim was dev narain Pandey. he belonged to Faizabad but lived in delhi, where he worked polishing mosaic floors. The investigation of the murder proceeded. More missing links were brought to light one after another. Forty years ago, it was discovered that the murdered person had taken a man’s life to redress some personal grievance. one Mahendar Kumar Choudhery, a nephew of the murdered man, was brought up in an environment where he repeatedly heard that Pandey had murdered his uncle. he decided, therefore, that he should avenge his uncle’s murder. To carry out his plan, he came to delhi and pretended to become friendly with dev narain Pandey. one day he got the opportunity he had been waiting for and lost no time in murdering him. The police finally took him into custody, and he confessed. he found himself in this terrible position because his family could not bring themselves to forgive the murder even after the lapse of forty years. it is a sorry truth that in all societies, people have some cause or the other for complaint against those with whom they come into contact. however, retaliation is no solution to this problem. The solution lies instead in rising above such feelings of vengefulness. The deliberate overlooking of such matters can diminish the existing