Ashaangi Short Stories

Ashaangi OS Riots

Backstory: Ashwin's family owns AK Institution of Arts & Commerce (AKAC) and AK Group of Schools in Coimbatore. Ashwin is a professor himself at AKAC and also the director of the college. Sivaangi is the second-year transfer student. She's an excellent student and a star debater. Ashwin and Sivaangi get into a banter now and then as they come across often.

In this story AKAC students goes to Madurai for a cultural competition. Sivaangi and her debate team participated too. Ashwin was their chaperone as he was also invited as a guest there.

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Ashaangi OS Riots

Sivaangi and her debate team from AKAC came to Madurai for a debate competition along with other AKAC students where Ashwin was invited by the college as a guest. An ex-minister was the chief guest. The debate topic is about politics and just like always Sivaangi had impressed the audience with her speech. But the ex-minister wasn't. In one of her argument in the debate she has spoken against the minister's party and its rule. So, the ex-minister and Sivaangi got into an argument.

Ashwin saw the look of the ex-minister whose face is twisted with anger. He knows Sivaangi has offended the minister so he quickly asked one of the hosts to cut the debate and get Sivaangi out of the stage. The Debate competition was the last event and so the minister stood up. He has already scolded Sivaangi while they were arguing.

"Nee ena insult panita la. Iru una pathukure" The ex-minister glared at Sivaangi and walked down the stage. (You have insulted me. I'll deal with you)

Ashwin pulled aside Sivaangi as soon as she is off the stage. Sivaangi looked at Ashwin, puzzled.

"Ena achu Ashwin sir?" (What happened?)

"Ena panitu irundhinga, Miss. Sivaangi? Why did you argue with him? Look at the way he left! You have pissed him. Why do you always have to argue?" Ashwin chided Sivaangi. (What were you doing?)

"But avar panathu thappu dhaney, Ashwin sir. Atha na-" Sivaangi said but Ashwin cut her in middle. (But what he did was wrong, Ashwin sir. That's why I-)

"Silence. Not a word more. Let's get the valediction get over. We are leaving from here soon" Ashwin said glaring at Sivaangi.

Ashwin knows it's never ends well to get into arguments with politicians. They can do anything so he wanted to take proper safety measures. Sivaangi looked at him with a I-have-messed-up-and-I'm-sorry look. Ashwin sighed.

"Panrathayum panitu face ah ipdi vacha epdi ma" Ashwin heaved a sigh "Come. Let's get you some water" (Its no use in making faces now)

Ashwin shook his head in disbelief before taking Sivaangi along with him.

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"How dare that girl spoke to me that way?" The ex-minister sounded pissed as he walked out of the campus "Avala ethachu pananum. She has to learn how to talk to someone like me" (I have to do something to her)

"What do you want us to do sir?" One of his men asked.

The ex-minister thought for a while.

"Get our goons into campus. Make sure they enter inside like students. Ask them to rebel against the staffs and hit other students. Make sure it looks like students riot and then take care of that Sivaangi. Romba vendam, I want her hands and legs broken" (Not too much)

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Ashwin was talking to his mother when he heard students screaming. At first, he thought that the students are screaming during valediction. But the noise kept increasing. Now it's more like a scream for help. He was out of the event venue to talk to his mother and left his students inside for the valediction. He rushed inside.