![]() Their job was to keep everyone ELSE out of the Wonder in order to secure longer holds for their Lead.īlocking teams had to coordinate with the other Blockers and coordinate with Main. While the Main rallied and tried to hold, the Blockers had what was often a more complicated job. Supporting the Main alliance were Blocking alliances, usually up to five. Success hinged on holding the Super Wonder for the longest time over a course of three to four days. Hours upon hours of Core crafting, training, research and more. So much work went into getting their accounts ready for the Super Wonder. Famous examples of these include StayAlive, School Bus, XxCtessexXDN, and many others. “So many memories…so much snoring on Discord at 3am.” His mind wanders as he takes a long trip down memory lane… The Mains/Leadsįor many alliances, the player who was going for the win was selected weeks in advance, or was already a defender for their title. He contemplates upcoming battles, and realizes that the Super Wonder will be arriving soon! “Ahhh, the Super Wonder,” he sighs. After Independence, he worked in Delhi at a private motor car agency, before finally getting a government job in the labour department.Evening falls in the castle as Darius sits at his desk, candles flickering and casting long shadows on the wall. Under parental pressure, he finally married at the age of 37, considered quite late then. He fervently participated in the Quit India movement and suffered three-year imprisonment. While he finished his graduation, he was attracted towards the Gandhian way of protests, and served and lived at Sabarmati Ashram for two years, busy organising the camps of Satyagrahis. The raid was duly conducted and Pran Nath had a providential escape. Pran Nath’s mother lit a small fire lest curious neighbours smelt a rat and thus was busy the whole night burning revolutionary literature as well as his college books, as she couldn’t distinguish between the two. The officer insisted on doing his duty but relented enough to let Pran Nath’s family be forewarned, while he waited for the early morning light to break. They, therefore, implored him to go back. The relations panicked, as any family found out to be acting against the interests of revolutionaries was socially ostracised, such being the patriotic fervour at that time. In the evening, he accidentally disclosed the purpose of his visit. It so happened that the police officer sent to search his house in the village had a relative living there. The needle of suspicion pointed at Pran Nath, too. The methods used on the young boys were spine- chilling. The police tortured all and sundry, anyone even remotely suspected to be connected with the movement. The active members and sympathisers went underground. Soon after, Saunders was shot dead and the cycle was used to escape by the revolutionaries. One day, a contact of the famed revolutionary Sukhdev approached Pran Nath and borrowed his cycle, confiding that it was needed for a cause. The hostel was often frequented by sympathisers of top firebrand leaders and his room was occasionally used for secret meetings. He became a regular subscriber to the published revolutionary literature. The revolutionary movement led by the iconic Bhagat Singh was at its peak, and he, too, like so many other young men, was swept off his feet. Being bright in studies, Pran Nath joined DAV College, Lahore, and was staying in the college hostel. His father, Dr Hari Chand, was well known in the area. ![]() Pran Nath hailed from Kunjah village in Gujrat district of Pakistan. I found him to be a simple, khadi-wearing, self-effacing and unassuming person, not easily opening up about his daring deeds during the freedom struggle. As friends we would often visit each other’s homes and that’s how I met this devout, fearless freedom fighter. I met Pran Nath Puri when I was in DAV College, Chandigarh, in the late sixties, through his son Parminder who was my class fellow, and later a good friend.
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