How Long to Read Agni

By Geetha George

How Long Does it Take to Read Agni?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read Agni by Geetha George

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

THE FIRST LULLABY!The absence of the confetti of stars didn't look just eerie that night but also there was something ominous about the third prahar of the night! Foreboding coyotes had been howling all night as if to express the pain that the Queen Neelambari was trying to suppress through her gritted teeth. She had been in labor for four morning prahars and three-night prahars and yet there was no sign of a new life emerging anytime soon. Her body twisted and twirled in response to the excruciating pain that shot through every molecule of her body as the next contraction hit her. One of the half a dozen midwives thrusted another ball of opium through her gritted teeth! Opium was a new medication that was passed over from the Mughals in the Northern part of Hindustan!As the opium released a tingling juice to the opening of her throat, calming her nerves and masking her physical pain temporarily, she felt more anxious about having her first child! What if he was wrong? He couldn't possibly be wrong, he said I would give birth to an heir, didn't he? She tried to move her lips to offer prayers to Maa Bhavani to shun away the inauspicious thought. She knew the King wanted a boy, an heir to the throne, to carry forward his legacy. She had had a series of miscarriages over a course of their five years of marriage! She was lucky he hadn't considered taking another wife. If she gave birth to a girl now after all these years of unfortunate incidents, she would lose her place in his heart and in his palace. For the first time, opium failed to help reduce the pain and her heart thumped behind a fragile cage!It wasn't just her heart that was about to break out of the cage and jump out of the mouth. The royal astrologers and soothsayers shared the same emotion while they paced around the corridors outside the King's chamber and waited eagerly for their predictions, intended to please the king, to come true. But they had a premonition that a double-edged sword was hanging above their heads since they were dangerously closer to the ill-boding hour of the night. As per their calculation, based on the movement of stars and the planets, it was time for evil to wake up from its deep slumber aiming to do the unspeakable! One of the midwives, moved between the Queen's legs with a bowl of castor oil. While she dipped a piece of clean white cotton cloth in the oil, two other midwives held the Queen's legs apart. But before she moved any closer, she felt a dampness pooling around her knees as she knelt. She looked up at the head of the midwives and she knew what the look meant. They switched places quickly while signaling her helpers to get ready. The room was poorly lit but her experienced hands moved around tactfully and quickly.It was now the fourth prahar of the night, one of the maids in the Queen's chamber turned the sandglass upside down and with that the sky broke into a blinding flash followed by a deafening thunder! There was a loud howling; people outside the King's chamber didn't know if it was a coyote, or it came from the Queen's chamber. King Mallasimha tramped out of his chamber with a goblet of wine in his hand and a look of concern on his face!The women in the Queen's chamber were less than certain about the origin of the sound too when the head-midwife got up to her feet holding a slimy bloodied mass in her arms. She asked one of the maids to bring the lamp closer and the baby began to cry as the unbeknownst swept across its face. Nevertheless, the midwife wanted to confirm the presence of a supreme phallus first! As a maid held a lamp closer, she realized there wasn't enough light in the entire universe to the turn the night in to the day sooner. She turned to look at the Queen not knowing how to break the news to her, but she was still, and her eyes showed no signs of life! They gasped in unison!

How long is Agni?

Agni by Geetha George is 177 pages long, and a total of 45,489 words.

This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Agni Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read Agni aloud.

What Reading Level is Agni?

Agni is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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