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it
hi
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thi”-
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cmannerpor tr
ay sthe
char act eroft hepr ot agoni stTar apada, aboyofar oundf ifteeny earsofage.Tar apadahas
beenconst ant l
yintriguedbyt hebeaut yandbount yofnat ure.Inf actitcanbesai dthathe
himsel fbecomesoneanduni fiedwi thnat ure.Hei sinconst antpur sui tofknowl edgewi th
undaunt edzeal tolear nandexpl oret hewor ldandhi sl ustf orwandercompel shi m
tor epeat edlyr unawayf rom homel eav i
nghi sfami l
yindespai r
.Thegr oupofacr obat sthat
hei ni t
iallyjoinsf ai
lst oquenchhi st hirstforknowi ngt heunknown.Sohef ur t
hermov eson.
Onedayhecomesacr osst hezami ndarofKant hali
yavillage.Hi snat ural virtuousness,
i
nnocenceandspont aneityattractt hezami ndarandhi swi fe.Hispl easantv oiceand
char mi ngpr esencecastasweetspel lonev eryoneexceptt heirenv i
ousdaught er
Char ushashi whof ailstoendur eTar apadaoutofsheerj eal ousy .Char ui sf oundt ohov er
bet weenf eeli
ngsofl oveandhat red,possessi venessandgent l
ebehav iour .Tarapadaset tl
es
wi tht heZami ndarf ami lyinthei rv i
l
lagef ort woy earsandwi nsthehear tsoft hev il
lagersby
hischar isma, empat hyandper spect ive-
takingt owar dsot hers.Char ushashi '
ser r
ati
c
tant rumsenchantTar apada.Lov est artstobl oom spr eadi ngi tsshypet als.Zami ndar
Mot i
babuf i
xesChar u'smar ri
agewi thTar apada.But ,thedaybef oret heweddi ngnightt he
call ofcl oudsusher ingi ntheint oxicat i
ngf ragranceoft hef i
rstmonsoonr ainfil
lsnature.
Ev err estlessTar apada, breakingal l theshackl esofsecur it
y ,comf ortandat tachment
disappear sagai nwi t
hanoper aband.Endowedwi ththespi ri
tofsel f-act ual i
zati
onandof ten
transcendent al,Tar apadasomewher eal soappear st obeanar cissistengr ossedi nhi sown
self
ThroughTar
apadaTagorehaspor
tray
edani
dealchi
l
dofNatur
e.Hecannotbetieddownby
humanbondsoflove.Hecust
omari
lyhasamissi
oni
nli
fe,
sometasktoful
fi
ll
,some
probl
em out
sidehi
m
Tarapadai
snowher
etobeseen.Hehasonceagai
nhimselfi
ntothefathoml
essunexpl
ored
unknownworl
d,l
eavi
ngbehi
ndtheshackl
esofcer
tai
ntyandsecurebondofrel
ati
onshi
ps.
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hnat ure.Heexperi
enceswhatmaybecal l
ed
as“peakexper i
ence”ormy st
icexper i
ence,Tar awasjustan„Atithi‟
,aguest,
whowasher e
tostayforj
ustaf ewday s,
notfor ever
.ThroughTar apadaTagor ehaspor t
rayedanideal
chi
ldofNatur e.Hecannotbet i
eddownbyhumanbondsofl ove.TheboyTarapadat her
eini
s
quit
eanat t
ractiveafi
guresuchadearandf reeandjoyfulchi
ldofnat ur
etowhom t he
tr
ammel sofcommonl if
ewoul dhav ebeenani nt
oler
ableagony .Hecustomar i
l
yhasa
missioninl
ife,sometasktof ul
fi
ll,someprobl em out
sidehim whi chenl
ist
smuchofhi s
energy.
