In the heart of a jungle, a monkey lived in harmony with her surroundings. The jungle was her world, a place where she found everything she needed—ripe fruits hanging from the trees, cool streams to quench her thirst, and the endless freedom to swing from branch to branch. She was content, her life simple and fulfilling, untouched by the outside world.
But one day, that peaceful existence was shattered. A man came, a figure unknown and foreign to the jungle. With cunning and force, he captured the monkey, tearing her from the only home she had ever known. The jungle’s comforting embrace was replaced by cold, confining bars as she was taken to the man’s home and placed in a cage.
At first, the man provided the monkey with food, though it was nothing like the fresh, sweet fruits of the jungle. Days passed, and the man’s intentions became clear. He expected the monkey to perform tricks, to obey his commands. When she refused, longing only to return to the freedom of her jungle, the man withheld her food, using hunger as a cruel tool to break her spirit.
As the days turned into weeks, the monkey’s heart ached more and more for her home. The cage, no matter how spacious, could never replace the boundless skies and dense trees of the jungle. She longed for the days when she could leap through the air without a care, when her life was her own, dictated only by the rhythms of nature.
This is not just a story about a monkey and a man. The monkey represents something much greater—a people, a culture, or a nation once free and self-sufficient, now confined and controlled. The man, in turn, symbolizes the forces that seek to dominate and impose their will, using coercion and deprivation to bend the spirit.
In this metaphorical tale, the monkey could be seen as Nagas , yearning for the freedom that was once hers, while the man represents those who sought to control her destiny.
KUKNALIM
LONGTILI C SANGTAM