Akasmikam Page #2

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ln that state one night Bara Ruchi

lied down under a tree one night.

ln that tree lots

of gods were residing.

At night when gods started

to talk between themselves...

...Bara Ruchi heard that.

You know what they said?

Nearby a lower caste woman

had given birth to a baby girl.

This Brahmin who is lying

here is going to marry that girl.

That is what they said.

Hearing that Bara Ruchi got shocked.

How can he being a pure

Brahmin marry a low caste girl?

That is never possible.

Bara Ruchi decided that.

What did he do?

He went straight to the king.

He told the king a big lie.

What was that lie?

lf the baby girl of that

lower caste woman remains alive...

...this kingdom will get destroyed

when she turns three years old.

Due to that the baby should

be killed as soon as possible.

She is a small girl. lsn't

it a crime to kill that? lsn't it?

So what did the king do?

He decided to make

a hole on her forehead.

By tying a rope to that he

decided to make a hole on land...

...and put her inside that...

The parent's of this

child cried like anything.

But there was no use.

The servants of the king made

hole on the forehead of the child.

- Did that child die?

- Don't be in a hurry.

She slipped inside

that hole little by little.

Have you come, dear? Come.

This is the one

about whom l told you.

Do you know who she is?

She is Pratibha.

Pratibha!

An old style name.

How does she look?

Super.

This is the PRA

about whom l told you.

Pranav, Pratibha.

Both names start with PRA.

But l don't understand one thing.

She is studying in government

school that too in Malayalam medium.

Why does she need to come

to Shailaja teacher for tuition?

lt is we who need Malayalam tuition.

That is what l told you.

Her father is in such a job where

he has to work on Sunday's too.

Seeing him he has an eccentric look.

l have come here once before.

l don't know whether

you remember Shailaja.

lt was some years back.

l remember very well.

lt is not some years, Bala.

lt is 18 years back.

When my mother died.

But that time also you had

this beard and Kurta, Balendran.

Hear this, father.

Balendran was the hero of

the studious students in college.

He used to sing, draw, write,

and act. He had all this talent.

To be precise a ten headed Ravan.

Then he eloped with one Uma who

was studying for Malayalam degree.

l also remember

the story of your marrying her.

Where is she? Her mother.

There are lots of stories. l'll tell.

Like the love stories which

you read in some weekly's.

lt can't be said so quickly.

Now l only have her as mine.

That is the end of the story.

You come here, smart girl.

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