When 10 year old Lolita finds a diary amidst the hatred of World War 2, she gets acquainted with three Characters Anirudh and Bondita and the person who has written the diary Batuk Roy Chowdhury.
Set in 20th century India, pre-independence era, Batu...
Batuk's Pov After taking down all notes from Amar, when I reached home it was already 7 pm i.e 3hours after departure.
As I stepped in Dada came running to me. Everyone was present in the hall itself and looked at me with a lot of hope. Dada held my both shoulder, "Bondita kaha hain?"
This question made me so puzzled. I replied to him, "Bondita? Mein to ek dost k sath tha, 3 ghante pehele hi chutti ho gaya tha".
Dada left me and backed off with a jerk. I was too confused to understand anything. I could see Dada's eyes turned teary and he rubbed his face in stress and worry.
"Batuk, Bondita ghar wapas nehi ayi abhitak" said Som dada. For me, these words were much hurtful. I looked at everyone in shock. Bondita is missing? How could this possibly happen?
"Akeli ladki, dekho kisi ladke ne kuch kar to nehi diya" Sampoorna maa spoke out of nowhere.
"Sampoorna!" Dada yelled at her and went towards her, "mujhe iskadar majboor maat karo ki mein ye bhul jau ki tum riste mein kya lagti ho".
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I could see the pain in his eyes, in his voice, on his face. Was it just out of responsibility?
"Dekhiye ap, apka beta mujhse kis tarha se baat kar raha hain," Sampoorna maa complained baba but as usual he took her side, "Anirudh pagal ho gye ho kya? Kis tarha se baat kar rahe ho."
"Haa hu mein pagal, ho gaya hu mein pagal, meri Bondita mil nehi rahi aur apki patni anab shanab keh ja rahi hain" he screamed on top of his voice.
His words made me so shattered that day but I noticed a subtle smile on kaka's lips when he said that.
"Anirudh tu aur Som jaa uske dosto se puch jake, mein aur Binoy afsar(officers) o se baat karte hain" kaka suggested dada.
"Dada mein bhi jaunga" I requested him to take me but he asked me to stay at home and left for her search.
How could I sit idle when Bondita is missing. As soon as everyone left, I rushed outside too. I decided to ask some of my friends.
I went to Paras's house first but found no useful answer.
Anirudh's pov My world had already collided to the ground. Although I shouted at Sampoorna but somewhere her words had shaken my soul. That could also be possible but I wanted to think only positive.
We went to many houses. At first all were shocked to see their Chote malik in their house but when they came to know about it, they felt sorry for us.
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