Benaam Rishta:An Invisible String

Chapter9

"You know..just because I'm a girl and wanted...wanted to be educated..from my childhood..I was subjected to people's barbarity, taunts, accusations, disgustful glares...still I didn't care. I didn't lose hope. I...I was never discouraged. never distracted from my aim. I faught...each and every second in my life. But.....but ultimately I failed miserably..and they won... their false ego...." Her breathing became uneven. Hands violently rubbed her face. Anirudh instantly grabbed her hands to stop her from hurting herself. He himself was in pool of tears

"Rakesh Banarjee" he heard her continued again..

"Rakesh Banarjee..father of my hu..husband...he deliberately put that condition that day to snatch my dream.to punish me..to cut my wings... I don't know why but they're way scared because I wanted to be a Barrister. Because of my dream they treated me so ruthlessly. Tortured me to an extend that I used to for.. forget how to cry. My husband used to ra..rape me like a monster. A devil..he was" Anirudh squeezed his eyes shut letting the trickling tears to flow. one hand was holding hers tightly.

"They burnt my books so that I could.. could not study...burned my ha..hands so that I could not hold a pen..pen and write..burned my feet so that I could not go outside. But still I fought...for my dream. And when nothing worked they killed...they killed my unborn child....a father killed his own child inside his wife's Womb. I...I saw...I saw my dead baby..dead figure of my baby laying infront of my eyes and with my baby my dream also died..the aspirants Bondita died.. died that day itself.that's why I was compelled to ran away from them to save my second child...the Bondita now infront of you isn't the real one. this is same Bondita yet so different.this Bondita is weakest...scared...voiceless. Who is standing in sunlight but her life is covered by dreadful darkness.....only darkness..........."

Anirudh was in a daze to think or react properly hearing her heart-wrenching revealation..past!he didn't know what to say...what to do! just pulled her into his secured embrace. Hugged her as tightly as ever possible.To protect her from drowning into the plathora of anguish. patted her head and back in an urgent attempt to provide needed condolence...warmth. Bondita also wrapped her arms around him with all her vitality. and bursted into crying. he let her to cry...her heart out. To threw all the agony,angst away her heart she had been hiding for years.

"Sorry...sorry....sorry........" He just kept murmuring sorry over her head. Unstoppable Rain of  tears his eyes were pouring soaked her silky hair and hers his chest but He did least care.

"Kri..shna..kr..ishna...kris..hna..."Anirudh heard her mumbling "Krishna" pressing herself more to him. He wondered whose name she kept chanting being in such condition! Was this Lord Krishna or someone else?.... anyways..at that moment All he could think of was Bondita...the broken girl in his embrace. He wanted to take all her pain if it was possible. he never knew..never saw this shattered Bondita undercover the plastic smile.

Her life was more horrifying, tormented and arduous than Hell...!!

She called herself weakest!he smiled through teary eyes. pulling her closest.....only if she knew how much strong, courageous and composure she was...!A real warrior..!

After that day...Anirudh collect Bondita's Barristry certificate and degree from her University and gave to Bondita. She refused to receive that. He tried in so may ways to make her understand but all was in vain.

One day...

"Bondita, you are so strong. if you give up like this then who will fight?you have to fight..give justice to your dead child and those thousands mother, women who are facing these cruelty since ages. You have to be the voice of thousands women............"

But Bondita's reply didn't change. Neither her decision.

"Okay...being a Barrister...even after enduring so much if you don't want justice. If you don't raise your voice for yourself then what even I can expect from others! No problem.stay caged!stay silent! No one is going to bother you ever........" He turned to leave that's when his eyes fell on their two Babies.