The Scalpel - Medical Thriller

He looked outside from the eastern window of his Paris mansion, the resplendent Champs-de-Elysees Avenue was glowing at is best from Eiffel Tower on one end to the Arch-de-Triumph on the other. Men, women, old, young, children were strolling with gay abandon, hand in hand, in pairs or groups, at leisurely pace

There was laughter, joy, gaiety all over. Giggles were rising in waves from the girlie-groups — savoring hot chocolates, cold ice-creams, tangy mustard-sauce hot-dogs or sipping steaming hot coffee from thick paper cups.

He glanced at his wrist watch – a Torsag Royale – the costliest in the world, a watch with 106 diamonds and platinum at those places where diamonds could not be moulded. He was woken up at 3 AM, by a call from President's Palace in New Delhi. "You are under a direct threat Mr. Khan…. There is something very sinister…." The words were spoken torrentially, like a hail storm. They came from a man in tearing hurry, a man in panic, a man soaked in his own sweat. He could hear the panting and the palpitation the caller was experiencing. He wondered at caller's willing spirit to take that risk, something which could jeopardize him for ever, put him behind bars for rest of his life. He smiled and threw his head back in bewilderment.

Life is an enigma he muttered. There are people who put their lives at stake to take mine…… and there are people who are willing to stake theirs to protect me. What a world! What a Life! He shook his head.

The dye was cast.

That was an epoch–making moment, a turning point. A turning point for the world around him, a moment, which would change the lives of many million men in the decades to come.

Hate is the most intense emotion. It is more intense than love. A man can hold back his love but no man can hold back his hate—whatever it may cost him.

Soma struck the weapon in Bodha's abdomen and cut the body horizontally in two halves. Chest and abdomen were separated.

Ratna, cut away the arms and legs. It is easy to cut human body along the joints, where hard bones are connected to each other by soft thread-like tissues called tendons. The half dozen odd body parts were flung in the air at random. They fell feet apart.

Revenge is the sweetest of all human experiences, its sweetness stays forever.a