In the potter's village

This is a story that came to mind during repeated listenings of an instrumental theme from MF Hussain's beautiful movie, 'Meenaxi'. (Music by AR Rahman!)
The track is titled "Potter's Village", thus the title to the story.

It has grown and twisted and turned over the last 96 hours, and now stands as one of the most compelling indulgences of my life thus far.

Chapter 1 posted prior to this intro, stands here.
Subsequent chapters:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

Cheers duniya.. :)

PS: The track that inspired this little adventure may be found here.