Part 19

The Sage lives. He lives as a learned man; part learned and part guru. But the word ‘’guru’’ was a poor choice of words to describe him with. The Sage lives in the psyche and the collective consciousness of the villagers. The Sage was trusted. The Sage was in the next village. He had spent a prolonged stay of three months there, making consultations and some negotiations on the villagers’ behalf.

The day, the Sage had arrived at the village there was a meeting between the village king and it’s elders. The reason for this meeting was the notice the local government had handed to the village head. There was to be a cessation of all farming activities on the lands set aside for the new pipeline networks right of way. The elders were as one would expect, slow to respond to the state government’s directives. they thought they could get the government to negotiate and increase their monetary compensations as well as allow usage of some parts of the lands set aside.