His flippant answers infuriated them. They smacked him, repeatedly punched him on the face causing him to lose consciousness, suffer a fractured cheek-bone, laceration on his cheek and bleed profusely. He ran for his life, but was trapped in a ditch. Almost half-dead, he lay motionless…

Sch. Arul SJ

The author is pursuing second year theology at Arulkadal Regional Theological Centre, Chennai.