The Monk

The Journey A Misnomer The Monk

She whispered that life is beautiful, cuddled in his arms in the makeshift bunker, dead scared. The small bulb flicker due to the vibrations of the heavy bombing. Holding her tight he prayed, oh God, not her, please not her. The Japanese bombers ensured Singapore's troposphere should smell death in the billowing smoke on this moonlit night; the year 1942. The light went off. Darkness embraced Ashit and Avanthika, his darling, the angelic Chettiar girl. Ashit's destiny as a freedom fighter took him from his picturesque village in Bengal to Rangoon, to Kuala Lumpur, and lastly here in Singapore. At the crossroad of his destiny, will he succeed as a soldier in his mission, or he had to let her go?Will he survive the uncertainty, or!?