Kaveri

By Vaishnav Shravan

Kaveri, a girl who believes in destiny, is confined to her house by her mother's love, which is being manipulated by an uninvited politician, their neighbor, Padmaja. She's homeschooled by her guru, Sahasra, who induces the idea of empathy and charity to Kaveri. Kaveri discovers her destiny. Hindered by her mother's emotions, she has no other choice but to wait for her time to come. Will she cross her hindrance and make her dreams come true?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vaishnav Shravan
• Release date: Apr 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9781540161123

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KAVERI

VAISHNAV SHRAVAN

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

The Origin of Kaveri

The Seed of Charity

A Faint Path

Hindered by Love

Authority

Set Free

Towards Destiny

A Tree of Empathy

Mother Comes First

The End of a Destiny Begins Another

About the Author

The Origin of Kaveri

Kaveri lived with her family in a hut, in a remote village a few kilometers beside the river she had been named after. Being eighteen, she was protected by her mother from any sort of external exposure, never would her mother allow her to even play, with the boys, in the street.

I want to go out there and play, Kaveri would plead.

Listen to me, Ponni... Karuli, her mother, would say. It’s not safe. I want you to stay in the house. And the reason her mother would not allow her to explore—Padmaja, the manipulative woman who lived next to their hut. By disapproving Kaveri’s freedom, she would manipulate Karuli’s love for her daughter. Padmaja’s sadist attitude really got on Kaveri’s nerves.

Protect her from those lust minded demons, she would hiss at Karuli. Protect your Ponni from them. Padmaja was being the uninvited politician between Kaveri and her mother. Karuli’s naive mind would fall for Padmaja’s wicked talk and hence her intention to keep Kaveri home.

As Kaveri was restricted and confined to their hut, her only exposure to the world had been reading books, which were given by Sahasra, the only teacher in the village, who had been home-schooling Kaveri and had been teaching her theology, social science, and culture.

The Seed of Charity

Sahasra would bring her books from the thrift shop just outside the school she worked for. One such book was Mother Teresa’s biography. Kaveri couldn’t even pronounce the book’s name. But the seed of charity was sown deep into her mind by the book Sahasra had given her. So deeply that she decided to serve people. Having born in one such family, she naturally understood the situation of people affected by poverty.

Her mother’s restrictions made her feel desperate to go out, explore her passion to help people. The yearning to reach her destiny made her dream. She would dream about places which she would go once her time comes. A place where she could be free. A place where she can