The runaway Knight & the city of darkness.
As a kid had read this story in hindi which was written by Bharatendu Harishchandra, अंधेर नगरी चौपट राजा . The writer, a satirist had written the story on the absurdity of socialism during 1880’s. The scene, chirpy, bright morning, a monk with his disciple enters a city with empty roads and shops, as night fall the activities begin.....more of a modern day call centre routine. But the goods sold were fixed price, anything and everything for a cheap price. The disciple got excited, he thought he has found a cheap paradise but the monk was worried, he did not share the same thought and wanted to leave the place quickly. Inspite of the monk’s statutory warnings, the disciple stays. After a few days, a thief steals goodies from a rich man’s house and while eloping with the loot, falls victim to the fragile house wall and dies. The thief’s brother files a case against the rich-man of sheer negligence at the King’s court. Now the King summons the rich man and the case ...