Concluding
Part
"How
my friends at home will be amused and amazed, when a I
go back and tell them that in the far off Lady land, ladies
rule over the county and control all social matters, while
gentlemen are kept in the Murdanas to mind babies, to cook and
to do all sorts of domestic work and that cooking is so easy
a thing that it is simply a pleasure to cook!"
"
Yes, tell them about all that you see here."
"
Please let me know, how you carry on land cultivation and how
you plough the land and do other hard manual work."
"
Our fields are tilled by means of electricity, which supplies
motive power for other hard work as well and we employ it for
our aerial conveyances too. We have no rail road nor any paved
streets here."
"
Therefore neither streets nor railway accidents occur
here," said I. " Do not you ever suffer from want
of rainwater?" I asked.
"
Never since the water balloon has been set up. You see the big
balloon and pipes attached thereto. By their aid we can
draw as much rain water as we require. Nor do we suffer from
flood or thunderstorms. We are all very busy making nature yield
as much as she can. We do not find time to quarrel with
one another as we never sit idle. Our noble Queen is
exceedingly fond of Botany; it is her ambition to
convert the whole country into one grand garden."
"
The idea is excellent. What is your chief food?"
"Fruits."
"
How do you keep your country cool in hot weather? We regard
the rainfall in summer as a blessing from heaven."
"
When the heat becomes unbearable, we sprinkle the ground with
plentiful showers drawn from the artificial fountains. And in
cold weather we keep our room warm with sun heat."
She
showed me her bathroom, the roof of which was removable. She
could enjoy a shower bath whenever she liked, by simply removing the roof ( which was like the lid of a box) and
turning on the tap of the shower pipe.
You
are a lucky people!" ejaculated I "You know no want
. what is your religion, may I ask?
"
Our religion is based on Love and Truth. It is our religious
duty to love one another and to be absolutely truthful. If any
person lies, she or he is -----."
"
Punished with death ?"
"
No, not with death. We do not take pleasure in killing a
creature of Good, --- specially a human being . The liar is
asked to leave this land for good and never to come to it
again."
"Is an offender ever forgiven?"
"Yes, if that person repents sincerely. " " Are you
not allowed to see any man, except sacred relations?"
"No
one except sacred relation."
"Our
circle of sacred relation is very
limited to, even first cousins are not sacred."
"
But ours is very large, a distant cousin is as sacred as a
brother."
"
That is very good. I see purity itself reigns over your land.
I should like to see the good Queen , who is so sagacious and far-sighted and who has made all these
rules."
"
All right," said Sister Sara.
Then
she screwed a couple of seats on to a square piece of plank. To
this planed she attached two smooth and well-polished balls.
When is asked her what the balls were for, she said, they were
hydrogen balls and they were used to overcome the force of
gravity. The balls were of different capacities to be used
according to the different weights desired to be overcome .
She then fattened to the air-car two wing-like blades, which,
she said, were worked by electricity. After we were
comfortably seated she touched a knob and the blades began to
whirl, moving faster and faster every moment. At first we were
raised to the height of about six or seven feet
and then off we flew. And before I could realize that we had
commenced moving we reached the Garden of the Queen.
My
friend lowered the air-car by reversing the action of the
machine, and when the car touched the ground the machine was
stopped and we got out.
I
had seen from the air-car the Queen walking on a garden
path with her little daughter (Who was four years old) and her
maids of honor.
"Halloo!
you here" cried the Queen addressing Sister Sara. I was
introduced to Her royal Highness and was received by her
cordially without any ceremony.
I
was very much delighted to make her acquaintance. In course of
take conversation I had with her, the Queen told me
that she had no objection to permitting her
subjects to trade with other countries. " But " She
continued, " no trade was possible with countries where
the women were kept in the zenanas and so unable to come and
trade with us. Men, we find, are rather of lower morals and so
we do not like dealing with them. We do not covet other
people's land, we do not fight for piece of diamond though it
may be thousand fold brighter than the Koh-i-Noor, nor do we
grudge a ruler his Peacock Throne. We dive deep into the ocean
of knowledge and try to find out the precious gems, which
Nature has kept in store for us. We enjoy Nature's gifts as
much as we can."
After
taking leave of the Queen, I visited the famous Universities,
and was shown over some of their manufactories, laboratories
and observatories.
After
visiting the above places of interest we got again into the
air- car, but as soon as it began moving I somehow slipped
down and the fall startled me out of my dream. And on
opening my eyes, I found myself in my own bed room still
lounging in the easy-chair!!
