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Neeya goes to say something but feels a hand around her wrist. She turns around to find Ma holding her back nd motioning her to stay quite. Anirudh turns to the old man nd makes him stand, "aap uthie. Kya hua? Mujhe bataie."

The old man joins his hand crying,"Agar mai paani na peeta to mar jata pyaasa. Mujhe bahut jyada pyaas lgi thi. 2 din se kuch khaya bhi nhi hu. Yaha aaya to maine peene ke lie paani manga to is bacchi ne mujhe pani pila dia....mujhe maaf kr dijie-" "-are ni. Kaisi baat kr rhe h aap? Paani peena kya paap h? Aap maafi mat mangie."

"Isko saza milni chahie!" Trilochan says. "KYU NI? PAAP HI H!" Trilochan kaka shouts. "Hum jaise oonche gharane ke log ka paani peena paap h. Hum oonche kul ke h. Brahman h hum."
Anirudh turns to Munshi,"Munshi kaka aap bataie. Aapki jaat kya h?" He hesitates but answers,"Hum brahman hi h." "Dekha. Hum barabar hi h. Phir bhedbhav q?"
"HUM OONCHE KUL KE BRAHMAN H." Trilochan turns to Koyli,"poore ghar ka shuddhikaran karwao. Is admi ne humare ghar ka paani peekar ashudh kar dia h. Aur ye paani bhi phikwao aur is ghadhe ko bhi phek do. Koyli! Jao! Aur is admi ko nikalo yaha se."

Anirudh stops Koyli and before anyone do anything to the old man, Neeya runs to the old man and escorts him out. She also give him some money that she had which didn't go unnoticed by Anirudh making him smile.


"Ye galat h. Ye oocha neecha kya h? H to ek hi jaat ke na?" He turns to others,"Aap log bataie. Kya jaat h apki? Aap log ko insaan ni, uski jaat ko dekhte h uske kul ko dekhte h. Aur isi cheez ka faida angrez log utha rhe h humare desh mai-" "-ANIRUDH! Maafi maango Britishers se." Binoy scolds him. But Anirudh ignores him.

"Nhi kaka. Ye kaisa bhedbhaav? kisi ko pyaas lagegi to kya wo paani bhi na pie? Mar jae? Ye kaha ka niyam h?" "Yhi dharm h. Yhi hota aaya h. Neeche kul ke log humare yaha ka paani to kya, humare ghar mai bhi ni aaskte. Aur ise koi ni badal skta." "Q ni kaka? Q badlaw ni la skte hum? Kya apne kabhi koshish ki? Nhi na? Kaka hum ise badal skte h, jaroorat h to sirf prayas ki. Aur mai yaha usi prayas ke lie aaya hu. Is samaaj mai badlaw lane ke lie aaya hu."
Everyone stare at him.

Saudamini gets sad,'mujhe laga tha ki tum mere lie aae ho yaha. Humare lie aae ho par tum to...'

Neeya looks at him impressed smiling. 'Mujhe khushi h ki koi h jo baba ki trh sochta h'. She smiles. But his next step shocks everyone.

Anirudh picks the same pot and pours it on himself to drink. They all get shocked. He empties the pots and falls down. Neeya worries for him. "Anirudh!" Trilochan worries nd runs to him. Anirudh says panting,"Mai theek hu."

Trilochan gets angry and turns to everyone joining hand,"Bahut tamasha ho gaya aaj aur mujhe iske lie shama kar dijie. Par ab ye karyakram samapt ho gaya h. Aap log kripa krke jaie." The Britishers nd other guest goes from there except Mukhiya family and Neeya. Anirudh also gets up. Everyone goes inside except Saudamini, Anirudh, Indra and Neeya. Koyli and Sujata also goes in for household works. Indra looks at Neeya wid hungry eyes as it was the first time he saw her in saree.

"Tumhara dimaag kharab h kya Anirudh? Kya jaroorat thi ye sab tamasha karne ki?" Saudamini says in anger. "Mini. Ye jaroori tha. Accha tum hi batao ye galat nhi tha kya ki use uski jaat ke adhar pe paani peene pe itna kuch hua? Ye kaisi soch h Mini? Ye galat nhi h kya?" Anirudh says irritated. "Mai ye nhi keh rhi ki ye shi h par tumhe pani peene ki kya jaroorat thi us budhe ka? Faltu mai itna tamasha kia party mai." "Ha chote malik, galat kia apne bahut. Ye jo h niyam, dharm ke virudh h. Trilochan kaka ne jo kaha shi kaha. Us budhe ko to saza milni hi chahie tha. Usko to-" Neeya interrupts. "-Bas Indra! Mujhe nhi lagta ki jo Anirudh ji ne kia wo galat kia. Shi kia unhone. Agar samaj mai badlaw lana h to kisi ko to kadam uthana honge. Lekin tumko to sirf maarna-" "-Neeya!" Indra holds her wrist tightly nd glares at her. He was scared that she will split out about her baba death and his eyes on her. Neeya glares at him back. "Haath chodho mera." She hisses.

Anirudh notices Neeya uncomfortable. "Indra! Chodho use." He smiles at her nd then leaves her hand. "Maaf karna. Neeya ka bhi sapna h samaaj mai badlaw lana aur iske lie mujhe ispe garv h." He holds her close by shoulder nd rubs her shoulder making her feel disgust. Anirudh smiles. "Tum dono jante ho ek doosre ko?" He ask. "Ha. Lekin humare beech kuch-" "-hai." Neeya looks at him shocked as he interrupts her. He puts pressure on her shoulder making her wince. "Hum dono shaadi karne wale h." Neeya was now very much shocked nd scared. Saudamini gets happy on hearing this as she was scared that Neeya may take her Anirudh away from her. "Accha! Congrats." Anirudh hugs Indra. Neeya wanted to tell Anirudh truth but she knows Indra will make things up nd will do anything to not let him know about the truth.

Bihari comes out,"chote malik, apko, Saudamini bitiya aur Indra ji ko bade malik ne bulaya h andar." Anirudh nods and Bihari goes. Anirudh and Mini goes inside.
Neeya also takes step to go in to her Ma but Indra stops her by holding her hand nd push her to the near room nd lock its door. Neeya gets scared nd looks at him. "Kya kr rhe ho tum?" She ask in anger. "Aj itni sundar lag rhi ho tum. Tumhari khubsurati ko to nihar le jara." He holds her by hand and pins her to the wall. His face near her ears.
Neeya can feel his breathing on her exposed neck. She tries to push him away but he holds her wrist so tightly that she winces in pain. "Aaj itni sundar lag rhi ho tum. Tumhari sundarta dekh kar to mai hosh mai hi ni rehta. Kya jadoo kia h tumne." "Chodho mujhe." She again tries to push him away but he again pins her to the wall.
"Bas. Yhi gussa, yhi jidd h tumhari jo mujhe tumhare aur kareeb lati h..." He Caresses her cheek with his hand. Neeya feels so disgust. She just wants to run away from him. Oh! How much she hates him. 'Koi madad karo meri..durga ma..'
"waise ek khabar sunani thi. Mere baba humari shaadi ke lie maan gae h." Neeya felt like someone has stabbed her with the knife in her heart. She looks at him. "Aur mere baba aaj hi tumhari ma se baat krne wale h...ya...shayad kar chuke honge.." his devil smile makes her more scared.

*Knock-knock*

Neeya looks at the door in relief. "Indra! Andar ho kya? Kamal kaka bula rhe h tumhe."
Its Anirudh. Neeya goes to shout his name but Inda covers her mouth. "Mai aaraha hu." He turns to Neeya with anger look nd hisses,"agar tumne kisi ko kuch bhi bola, kuch bhi kaha chahe wo Anirudh ho ya koi aur..yaad rkhna mujhse boora koi ni hoga. Jo haal tumhare baba ka hua whi haal mai phir tumhari ma ka bhi karunga.Aur tum acche se janti ho ki mai karunga jaroor." Neeya looks on with tears in her eyes.

*Knock knock*

"Indra..!" "EK MIN." He turns to Neeya. "Apna huliya shi kro." She controls herself nd wipes her teaes away.
Indra opens the door nd goes from there. Anirudh looks at him going and then Neeya. He sees her scared. 'Itni dari hui kyu h?' "Neeya?" She smiles at him. She sense tension. Tbh Anirudh felt lil jealous seeing Neeya in room with Indra but ignores it. "tum theek ho?" Neeya comes out of room. "H-ha Anirudh ji. Mai theek hu. Aap bataie? Kya hua? Pareshaan lag rhe h." Neeya ask worried. "Nhi..koi baat nhi h.. wo bas aaj jo hua..wo shi ni hua.." "mai samajh skti hu. Par apne jo kia wo shi kia. Agar aap sahi kar rhe h to darne ki ya pareshan hone ki koi jaroorat nhi h. Bas khud pe bharosha rkhie." He smiles. "Mujhe khushi h ki tum meri dost ho. Mera sath dogi na?" He ask holding his hand out. Neeya looks at it with a smile and keeps her hand on his, "Humesha." They smile at each other.

They goes inside to find her Ma nd everyone standing there. "Aao aao.." kamal welcomes her. "Aaj mai aap sabse kuch kehna chahta hu." She notices Indra smiling at her. Nd yeah, it happened of what she was scared of the most. "Mere bete ka vivah agle mahine Neeya ke sath hoga." Everyone gets happy nd celebrates. Neeya just looks on. Over there both Saudamini nd Indra smiles devily looking at each other. Anirudh, he didn't know whether he was happy or not but somewhere, he didn't felt right. Neeya looks at her Ma who looks down at floor.
Neeya felt her heart broken into pieces. She wasn't getting how to react. She cant even tell or share about her feeling to anyone. 'Agle mahine!?' Her body shakes nd she stumbles nd falls on her knees. She slowly closes her eyes drifting off to unconsciousness. '...babaaa..... babaa...'
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