Ormakalude Golden Jubilee / ഓര്‍മ്മകളുടെ ഗോള്‍ഡന്‍ ജൂബിലി

<p>&hellip;with the haunting thought &ldquo;He deceived me&rdquo; and with a heavy heart I returned home.</p><p>I had no one I could truly call a close friend- no one with whom I could share my sadness. &nbsp;And even if I had such a friend it wouldn&rsquo;t have made any difference. Afterall what could anyone do to solve the five rupee problem? &nbsp;I didn&rsquo;t have the courage to tell my father about it either.</p><p>Two or three days later my father asked about the book. &nbsp;I didn&rsquo;t tell him that I had handed over the money to my friend and that the friend cheated me. &nbsp;Instead I lied: &ldquo;I gave the money to the School but the book hasn&rsquo;t arrived yet&rdquo;.</p><p>A couple of days passed and my father asked again about the book. &nbsp;That was when I truly began to realize how right he had been when he said &ldquo;once you tell a lie you&rsquo;ll have to tell a hundred more to cover it up&rdquo;. &nbsp;Faced with his questions I was forced to tell even more lies&hellip;</p>