The Curtain Pullers
It was dark. But the car could easily be spotted in the flickering street light which was promised to be fixed by the local works department last week.
She stepped out of the car and waived bye to her co-passengers. She could also be spotted in her knee length skirt, white shirt and laptop bag through the small gap of curtains which did not belong to her house.
She went inside. Noises could be easily heard of an old age couple, may be scolding her daughter for coming late.
Next day she was the girl with western inlfunces.
After couple of days the kids had to suffer the torture of letting her play along with her "same sex" friends. The worried old couple of that night showed no signs of worry. They smiled at her each laugh. They kept looking at their girl with all the love and affection.
But from behind the curtains her bare legs in shorts could also be seen. Her loud noise of laughs and giggles showed her carelessness. Mumbling could not reach her but it was construed of words which implied how she was a bad influence on kids.
Next day she was the girl with bad manners.
A movie had crossed the media created benchmark to be declared as blockbuster. But she was disappointed with it. According to her it lacked the story. She was opinionated and audible enough on the gate of her house. That day also old couple showed no signs of worry. They were happy seeing their, jeans t-shirt clad daughter imitating the hero of masses who had just made another ton of crores.
But through the gap of window the guy on the bike was also visible who came to drop her at her house.
Next day she was the girl with questionable character.
Then the unfortunate night came. It was noisy. Red-Blue beacons lit the whole area. The noises drew more and more curtain pullers towards the house. Mostly self-proclaimed males. However the gaps behind the windows could easily be spotted. Mumbling aunties knew this was coming. Street light still flickering.
And parents? This time they showed no expression, no worries. They sat like dead bodies.
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Next morning in the hard hitting newspapers
An employee of multi national software company was brutally raped and beaten to the death last night by some unidentified group of people. From the early investigation reports of the police, it seems to be the case of gang rape. The girl, who was employee of the famous multinational software company was admitted to the local hospital where she was declared dead. The police is still looking out for the culprits. Ex-leader of the state government has blamed the opposition where as the present leader has condemned the crime and called for an meeting to discuss about the same. Our sources reveal that at many occasions she came late at night.
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© Jayendra Dubey, 2017
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