Nacklace

Raj, a sanitation worker, makes his living by cleaning urban manholes. His life is bound to
the same routine every day. He wakes up in the morning, cleans manholes, returns home
exhausted, spends some time playing cards with friends in the evening, and then goes to
bed for a peaceful sleep. This is how his life goes on.
Suddenly, an unexpected change disrupts his simple life one day when he discovers a shiny
gold necklace while cleaning a manhole. The necklace seems to consume all the simplicity
of his life. He becomes captivated by dreams of a luxurious life. Greed, laziness, fear,
anxiety, and doubt begin to take root in him. He loses sleep at night, can’t focus on his
work, skips meals, and starts seeing his lifelong friends as enemies. He becomes restless
over losing something whose rightful owner he doesn’t even know. His shabby little room
doesn’t have a proper place to hide such an expensive necklace, so he decides to sell it.
However, the jeweler, judging by Raj’s disheveled appearance, realizes that the necklace
doesn’t belong to him. The jeweler suspects him of theft and chases him away. Frightened,
Raj leaves without being able to sell the necklace. In the end, Raj realizes that the necklace
is a curse on his life. Driven by moral responsibility and the desire for inner peace, he
throws the necklace back into the dark manhole where he found it.
"Necklace" is a profound philosophical story that portrays how the life of an ordinary man
can be transformed by an unexpected windfall. It’s an extraordinary reflection of human
greed, dreams, and moral conflict. "Necklace" raises a critical question: can a life’s
simplicity ever be truly compensated by any gain?