Chapter 43: Greatness

Me " It is not what you are thinking. I just had something in my eye that caused me to tear up a bit. It is just a coincidence that it happened at the exact moment that you said the name of your son."

I came with a flimsy excuse as fast as possible.

I could not very well tell them that it was due to me hearing the name of the most decorated general of the Maratha empire.

I could not explain to them, that the kid he had just married would go on to become one of the only three warriors in the world to have never lost a war.

I could not tell them that the kid they had just married would single-handedly bring down the reign of the last Nizam with half the forces that the enemy had.

I could not tell them that the kid they had just married, would have a love story epic enough to contend with the likes of western marvels like Romeo-Juliet or the traditional Heer-Ranjha.