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The Judge

"I believe in a world out there where we all will be judged, for every good and evil we have done. For what we have done to others will not go overlooked. Our every deeds will be calculated and the...

Published10 November 2014
Reading Time 1 mins
Author Stories of Nepal
Location Nepal
The Judge

"I believe in a world out there where we all will be judged, for every good and evil we have done. For what we have done to others will not go overlooked. Our every deeds will be calculated and the...

"I believe in a world out there where we all will be judged, for every good and evil we have done. For what we have done to others will not go overlooked. Our every deeds will be calculated and the consequences will be determined by that Judge. And once he orders your consequence there is no looking back, for eternity."_x000D_ Is there anything in particular you think you will be judged for?_x000D_ "It’s not for me to say, but my friend fell off a cliff three years back and died. He had asked me to borrow some extra rope to carry the luggage up the cliff but I did not give it to him because I needed it myself for something. And sometimes, late at night I ask myself, 'Would he be alive if I’d given him the rope?'."_x000D_ _x000D_ Tilak Prasad Pandey, Faiti 2, Bajura
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