User:SonalSehgalghb/Salt inspector

Namak Ka Daroga is a short story written by Premchand. It tells the story of an honest salt inspector who raised his voice against black marketing. This story is about the victory of religion over money. The ideal form of human values ​​has been shown and honored in the story. Integrity, religious devotion and devotion to duty have been described as rare qualities in the world. In the end, it is taught that even a dishonest master is looking for an honest employee.

The story is before independence. A new department of salt was formed. The overhead earning in the department was very high so everyone was eager to work in this department. At that time, Persian was dominant and instead of higher knowledge, people used to reach higher positions only by reading love stories and love poetry in Persian. Munshi Vanshidhar also studied Persian and set out in search of employment. The financial condition of his house was bad. His father explained a lot to him while leaving the house, the essence of which was that he should do a job which has high earning and take bribe after seeing the man and opportunity.

Vanshidhar takes blessings from his father and goes in search of a job. Luckily, he got the job of Inspector of Salt Department in which the salary was good and the overhead earning was also high. When the father came to know this news, he was very happy. Munshi Vanshidhar captivated all the officers with his efficiency and good conduct within six months.

One night during winter, Vanshidhar was sleeping in his office. A mile before his office was the Jamuna River on which there was a boat bridge. He woke up to the sound of vehicles and the noise of sailors. Kept the gun in his pocket and sat on the horse and reached the bridge. There a long queue of vehicles was crossing the bridge. When he asked whose cars they were, he came to know that they belonged to Pandit Alopidin. Munshi Vanshidhar was shocked. Pandit Alopidin was the most prestigious landlord of the area. There was business worth lakhs of rupees. When Vanshidhar investigated, he found out that there were sacks of salt in the vehicles. They stopped the vehicles. When Panditji came to know about this, he went to Vanshidhar with confidence in his wealth and asked him about stopping the vehicles. Panditji bribed Vanshidhar and asked him to release the vehicles but Vanshidhar remained firm on his duty and ordered to arrest Panditji. Panditji was surprised. Panditji also increased the bribe but Vanshidhar did not agree and Panditji was arrested.

The next day this news spread everywhere. Pandit Alopidin was brought to the court with handcuffs on his hands. His head was bowed with guilt, anger and shame in his heart. Everyone was astonished as to how Panditji came under the grip of the law. All the lawyers and witnesses were in favor of Panditji, Vanshidhar had only the power of truth. There was partiality going on in the court of justice. The trial ended immediately. Pandit Alopidin was released due to lack of evidence. The court expressed grief over Vanshidhar's arrogant and thoughtless behavior due to which a good man had to suffer. He was asked to be more clever in future. Pandit Alopidin came out smiling. Rs were distributed. Vanshidhar had to endure the sarcastic arrows. Within a week, he was punished for his lack of integrity and was removed from his job.

Defeated at heart, distressed with grief and regret, he set out towards his home. When we reached home, father spoke bitterly. The old mother also felt sad. The wife did not speak directly for several days. A week passed. It was evening Vanshidhar's father was chanting the rosary of Ram's name. Just then a decorated chariot came and stopped there. The father saw that it was Pandit Alopidin. He bowed before him and started talking flatteringly, and also cursed his son. Panditji told that he saw many rich people and officials and made everyone a slave of his money power. This was the first time that a person had defeated him by his devotion to duty. When Vanshidhar saw Panditji, he welcomed him with self-respect. They felt that Panditji had come to embarrass them. But after listening to Panditji's words, the filth in his mind was erased and he considered Panditji's words as his generosity. He told Panditji that he was ready to do whatever he ordered. On this, Panditji produced a stamped letter and asked him to accept the prayer. When Vanshidhar read the paper, Panditji had appointed Vanshidhar as the permanent manager of his entire property. Vanshidhar had tears in his eyes out of gratitude and said that he was not worthy of this post. On this Panditji smiled and said that he wants only an unqualified person. Vanshidhar said that he did not have the intelligence to do this work. Panditji gave the pen to Vanshidhar and said that he does not want a scholar but a devout person. Vanshidhar signed the management paper tremblingly. Pandit Alopideen happily embraced Vanshidhar.