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Rebellion is not like playing Chess
August 2At times we think about the strategy and how best to defeat the British and what clever ways can we use to halt their advance; and for some it might feel like a game of chess!
Except that there is real blood being spilled and the the consequence of losing the “game” is death!
This is not an even sided game. When we win, we know for sure that most of the British will be let go, released so they can go back to England or may be stay as the guest; but I know that, god forbid, if they win, they will hang us or tie us to a canon and blow us up.
Think about it when you are following the happenings in the rebellion. As the subedar said, this is not a Sepoy mutiny anymore; it is an uprising against a foreign power.
I am just a lowly sepoy, literally and figuratively a pawn in the game. Fortunately our strength is that we have a lot of pawns on our side.
Nicely put!
If British win, they can leave; they are “guests” but if they win, they HAVE to kill the sepoys to ensure that they don’t rise again and as a lesson to anybody who wants to try it in future.
Freedom isn’t cheap.
Thanks for remind us all.
Is this an historical chess set? I remember that there was one by Tatya tope that was intricate.
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