"Maa,juttiya bandh do."Rai shouted a bit to make herself audible to Bondita who was in the kitchen,preparing tiffin for Rai.Bondita shouted,"Haan aayi."She opened the lunch box to keep the food in it and closed it.She ran upstairs and kept the lunch box inside her bag after entering her room."Maa,juttiya...."Rai was now irritated.Bondita closed the chain of her bag and kneeled down to tie her shoe lace.A memory flashed in front of Bondita.She remembered the way Anirudh used to bind her shoe laces, the first day he bound her shoe laces, when she went to school.How he used to kneel down and never felt disgusted to touch her feet,inspite of being a husband.

Anirudh knelt down and sat in front of a twelve year old Bondita,who did not get why he knelt down.He held her feet to make her wear the shoe when Trilochan shouted,

"Anirudh pao chod,pao chod.Arey ek pati apne patni ke paer choote hain kya bhala?"

Anirudh creased his eyebrows, comprehending what kind of religious belief was that.Bondita felt embarassed when she heard Trilochan saying this and thinking Anirudh's touching her feet to be wrong,she immediately took back her leg.Anirudh was startled by her behaviour and understanding her insecurity, straightened his shoulder before replying,

"Kyun nahi chu sakta main kaka?Agar ek patni apne pati ke paer chuye to usey swarg milta hain,to agar ek pati apne patni ke paer ko chuye,to usey swarg nahi milega kya.Batyiye na kaka,yeh ek patni ka hi farz hota hain kya,ki woh apne pati ka saath de.Ek pati ka koyi farz nahi hota hain kya?" She looked at him proudly.It is not only she who makes him proud but he too makes her proud sometimes.She gets all her inspiration to argue,to raise her voice against the wrong,from him.Her Patibabu fights for her,fights for the women of her country,made her proud and she thought herself to be blessed to get such a supportive husband. Trilochan was left with nothing but silence.What more could he say when the famous Gold Medalist Barrister Anirudh Roy Choudhury was arguing.

He held her feet in between his palm and made her wear the shoe and bind the shoe laces with all the care a father possessed for his daughter.Though she felt a bit awkard when he touched her feet in front of all the family members, especially her Kaka Sasurji,but the excitement of going to school for the first time,made her forget all awkardness.Anirudh looked at Bondita and both of them smiled at each other widely,showing all the set of teeth they had.After making her wear the shoe,he stood up.Bondita too stood up and started jumping and clapping her hands,the way she used to do everytime she was happy.Anirudh too clapped his hands and looked at his little bundle of joy with all love and affection.Her giggles and sounds of claps filled him with joy.He dreamt of the day when she would get her very own wings and would fly high above the sky.He looked at her shining face which had the ability to show a way of success to all the women.The little shine which she possessed within her today,could be as shiny as the sun and could wipe away all the darkness.His Kraanti ki Mashal would one day turn to be a forest fire and he himself would not be able to have his control over that.

Breaking off his thoughts,he gestured Bondita with his eyes to take blessing from Trilochan.After taking blessings from Trilochan,she,with her bag pack on her shoulder,headed towards her school.Today she is the first girl of Tulsipur to go to school and one day she will be the first woman to be the first Barrister of Tulsipur,breaking all the barriers that would come on her way.His ears dreaded to hear all the people utter,not with shame but with proud dripping from their eyes,'First Women Barrister of Tulsipur, Barrister Bondita Anirudh Roy Choudhury,our pride.'

Rai's vigorous shook brought Bondita back,whose eyes were welled up with tears which she was unknown to,to come back to her senses."Kya soch rahe the aap?"Asked Rai innocently,trying to read her mind but failed.

"Kuch nahi."Bondita said while plastering a smile on her face.

"Apne maa ke baare mein soch rahe the kya?"Rai asked as she thought Bondita must be thinking of her mother.

"Nahi.Maa nahi.Main to apne bhagwaan,apne sansaar ke baare mein soch rahi thi.Pata hain,jab main choti thi na,tab mujhe bhi juttiya bandhni nahi aati thi,aur woh mujhe bandh dete the yeh juttiya."She said while tying up her shoe laces.

"Woh kaun?"

"Koyi nahi.Chalo ab deri ho rahi hain tumhe.Yeh lo bag."She hung the bag on Rai's shoulder and held her hand and made their way to downstairs.

"Maa,main baba se milke aaun?"Rai asked.

"Baba!!?"Bondita was shocked.How could she meet Anirudh now?Where did she find Anirudh?Bondita looked around and again looked at Rai quizically."Apne baba ke pass kaise jayoge tum?"

"Kamre mein hi to hain na woh.To kyun nahi jaa sakti main?"Rai frowned at Bondita.The latter,after sometime,understood Rai was addressing Chandrachur as her father."Nahi..."She immediately responded,making Rai shiver a bit.
"Kahi jaane ki zaroorat nahi hain. Hume der ho rahi hain."

"Par maa,baba gussa nahi karenge?" Rai asked making a puppy eyes. Bondita looked at her innocent face, and chuckled thinking that she did not have the ability to even imagine how much damage that man already did to her.Addressing him using the most filthy word would also be less to describe his character.And 'baba' is a word which he was not worth calling. A father protects his child but he would never even think of protecting Rai.Bondita could not let this society harm her innocence.She would go to any extent to save her innocence,just like the way Anirudh did.

"Nahi bulaoge matlab nahi bulayoge." Bondita sounded a but strict.Tears welled up in Rai's eyes and she removed her hand from Bondita's grip with a jerk.

"Kyun naa bulau main unhe baba? Woh to kitne pyaar karte hain na mujhse.To main kyun nahi bula sakti unhe baba?Main bulaungi...bulaungi bulaungi."Rai showed her stubborness.Bondita again chuckled painfully and murmured which was inaudible to Rai,"Pyaar....pyaar nahi nafrat karte woh tumse.Istamaal kar rahe hain woh tumhe.Usey pata hain ki tum ab meri kamzori ho.Aur tumhe istamaal karke woh mujhse woh sab kuch kara sakta hain jo woh chahta hain."

"Rai..."Chandrachur's sound came from behind.Bondita immediately hid Rai behind herself,standing like a protective shield in between Rai and Chandrachur and gave him a fierce look,earning a smirk from him which was followed by a do-whatever-you want-but-you-can't-hide-her-from-me look.

"Baba..."Rai whispered,sniffing.

"Nahi Rai."He approached Rai but Bondita showed her index finger to him,warning him from touching him. He moved back but Rai hugged him tightly,trying to get the necessary fatherly warmth which she got from Anirudh back then,now from Chandrachur too which she could never get. Chandrachur patted her head to show his fake concern. Bondita rolled her eyes not willing to see the drama which would begin in just a few moments.He would shed some crocodile tears and win Rai's innocent heart,only to break it afterwards. Bondita was no longer unacquainted with the drama which he did to her as well.

"Rai..."He cupped her cheeks and wiped off the warm salty tears that made their way through her cheeks from her slight pinkish eyes,which had turned pink due to her muffled cries.Bondita tightened her grip seeing him touching Rai.

"Rote nahi beta.Yeh aansu tumhare chehere pe bilkul accha nahi lagta."

Again a drama!!Wasn't he the only one who was responsible behind all the tears she had shed in these days? And now he is here saying her that he doesn't like the tears on her face.

"Maa mujhe aapko baba bulane se mana kar rahi hain.Aap batayiye na, kyun nahi bula sakti main aapko baba?Main agar unhe maa bula sakti hun to aapko baba kyun nahi bula sakti?Maa ka pati to baba hi hote hain na?"She was too innocent to understand how cruel the society was.

"Rai,tum mujhe baba mat bulana. Shayad tumhare maa ko accha nahi lagega.Kaku hi bulana tum mujhe. Thik hain?"Rai nodded her head unwillingly.Bondita held her hand and dragged her outside the house. The environment of the house,made her to suffocate.The fresh air outside the house was needed for her to freshen her and also to refresh her mind.She had never liked to remain within a certain limit,like a caged-bird. She had always wished to fly freely, high above the sky.But today she felt like a caged bird,who was bound to stay in limits and could only get out of her cage when she was ordered to,and again had to return to her cage as she had no destination of her own where she could fly to.Her wings are clipped today and one day they will be cut off,thus making her dependent and caged forever.

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Precap:

"Ek hafta school kyun nahi aaye tum?"He shouted at her,making her to shiver.

"Woh...woh..."Rai looked at the floor,finding some words.What should she say?Her mother had instructed her not to say anyone outside the house about their personal matters.

"Jawab do...."He again shouted but she remained quite as she could not lie to her teacher.Suddenly her eyes widened seeing him picking up a scale.That incident flashed in her mind.Will she be now beaten in her school too?She froze at her place and was unable to make any movements.He,without a word,held her palm tightly and hit her with the scale."Aauchh!!!"She screamed in pain.This was the first time she was beaten in her school,that too by her favourite teacher who had never even scold her.

"Aaahh!!!Maa...."Rai screamed in pain when another blow of scale was placed on her soft and gentle palm,making them red and swollen.Again two blow of scale were placed straight on her palm with a great intensity.Her eyes were closed and she was squeezing her eyes tightly,allowing all the tears to flow down.The torture was too much for her to bear.So she fainted then and there.

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So this is the next chapter.Hope you liked it.This book is mainly about Bondita's journey,how she would break all the barriers and overcome all the hurdles.

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