When the suspicion arose that the son might have been endangered by the research being done, the idea prevailed that the son might have been relieved if he had been normal without being a genius. The son's knowledge has caused embarrassment many times over as much as it has added pride. Not only sound education but with his alertness and dedication, Karthi will point out the wrongdoings of his own household persons like a no-nonsense judge delivering the verdict.
He would ask his mother Gnanam to stop behaving rudely towards their household maids.
He will say, "Why are you being harsh towards them who have to work all day for their survival?" .
When Selvarangan ignores the people of his own constituency, he will tell harshly “Don't you ever forget how you came to this position. Life can be harsh sometimes.”
From time to time he would scold Uday who treats others with arrogance.
"Do you deserve anything other than a minister?" Don't just play. ” What he says will be true to the slightest shake of conscience. Sometimes it even feels like a slap in the face. But they could not be angry with him forever, who the next minute turned into an image of love as a son and a brother.
One of the most annoying events for Selvarangan took place a few months ago. Rajathurai had then announced a free scheme in view of the local body elections. When Karthi was speaking at a science seminar at a college, a reporter asked him about the free scheme. Karthi did not hesitate to say that it was a stupid plan. The news was widely reported in newspapers and on television. Opposition parties had a field day. Selvarangan was petrified, went to his son Karthi and erupted into a volcano for openly criticizing the Rajathurai whom he holds so high as a leader and a brother.
"What do you think of yourself .." He talked for half-an hour and finally told his son who was patiently listening without interrupting "Go immediately and apologize to him."
"I will not apologize to anyone for telling the truth.” He left quietly and went to his room..
At last Selvarangan was the one who went and fell at the feet of the Rajathurai and apologized.
Rajathurai lifted Selvarangan and said, "It’s okay. He must have been right." with a lively smile. Selvarangan was amazed and moved by that greatness.
At a press conference the next day, a reporter asked Raathurai about Krish's criticism “Perfect democracy begins in our own home. ” He said with a smile, “I have no hesitation in doing that if the poor benefit from stupidity. I will gladly do it again and again. ”He moved on to the next question.
Unable to compromise on anything like this, Karthi was reluctant to even do anything he did not believe in. He did not cooperate when Selvarangan and Gnanam tried to do what Parameswara Panicker had told them to do. Karthi did not agree with what the Panicker had told him to take him to pilgrimage for astrological remedies and to do some homams there.
Gnanam begged her son. He did not listen to it. Selvarangan asked him many times.Refusing Karthi said at last.
“If you want to do something then help those who are unfortunate and struggling for their survival. That too with your hard earned money only. That is the true virtue. Let's see if it saves me. "
Although Selvarangan scorned at his son, he did not know how to do anything other than what he was told. He selected 23 poor students who got good marks in government school examinations in his constituency and accepted the responsibility of giving them the full amount for their higher studies. Each of them received a pledge not to tell outsiders that he was helping for any reason. The families wondered if he was such a good man among politicians who did nothing good without publicity. Selvarangan used only his direct earnings for that charitable cause. He prayed fervently to God that the charity he would do for the poor children to acquire intellectual wealth would save his intelligent son.
He now does not know whether his request and dharma were accepted in the divine sanctuary.
He reached the Chief Minister’s house by car.
The young man told the grey haired man.
"Selvarangan has gone to see the Chief Minister."
This information irked him.
"Why does the man run away to chief minister no matter what he does?" He asked with a smirk.
He did not like Rajathurai entering into this affair. Rajadurai He is a person who cannot be predicted at all. Not only him but no one can say for sure when he will make any decision and how he will handle it. The involvement of such a person in this case from the heights of power seemed to him like a knife over his head.
Karthi's body was not found, and the hired killer was bitten to death at the spot where the snake was said to have bitten Karthi, receiving a call from hired killer’s phone and hearing the same ghostly sound he heard near the entrance of the mountain. Now Rajathurai’s involvement is an added headache for him.
"Will Rajadurai order a police inquiry?" grey haired man asked the young man's opinion.
"Yes. There is a possibility ..." he said without hesitation and asked his suspicion. "How many people are there in the Crime Branch in our payroll?"
Grey haired man always ha these information at his fingertips. He said without guessing. "Six, in CBCID".
"Four people"
The grey haired man's cellphone rang. Heart pounding he saw who he was calling. H. K Picked up the cell phone with shaking hands, handed it to the young man, and gestured, "Speak."