When it Drizzles
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The next day early morning Anu woke up early for her college tour. It’s a two weeks trip. At first they will visit Athirappilly and Vazhachal waterfall. From there they will go to Banglore. One week they will explore there. Then to Hyderabad in train.
Everything booked. Morning Anu said good bye to all and Anand dropped her in front of college gate. One tourist bus was waiting for her there. Anu gave her trolly bag to the cleaner boy and she entered into the bus with her laptop bag.
Friends welcomed her with claps, songs and whistles. She was still in a gloomy mood because of the death of her Nichu. Bus started. Students started singing and dancing in the bus. Slowly Anu also got matched with the vibe.
On the way to Athirappilly, Acres of lands were filled with Palm trees. It looks like a place in Jurrassic Park. Through that palm lands river was flowing beautifully.
Their bus parked in a beautiful place which was a palm farm. Students walked towards the river. Anu also got excited by seeing the river. She walked on the bank of the river and stood on a rock. Athirappilly waterfall was visible from there.
River was full then. Water had dangerous flow.
“Anu, get down from the rock. It is slippery. Come here.”
Her friend warned her. Anu waved her hand and continued to stand there.
After some moments somebody pushed her shoulder roughly and she fell into the river. She didn’t know how to swim. She gulped a lot of water and cried loudly.
Her friend saw her moving with the water flow. She cried and alarmed the boys. Two boys jumped into the water and saved Anu.
“I told you to come back from that rock. But you didn’t hear.”
Her friend scolded her.
“Jiya, somebody pushed my shoulder, so I fell down.”
Jiya ignored it.
“It is your imagination. Nobody was there.”
But Anu was sure about it. She still feels that person’s touch in her shoulder.
Her thoughts and worries always roamed around Kiran only. Other than him nobody was stalking her. But why he wants to kill her?
Afternoon they moved towards Banglore. Next morning they reached there.
Cleaner boy downloaded everybody’s luggage from the bus dicky.
Anamika waited for her trolly.
“Everything unloaded. No other bag inside the luggage place.”
Cleaner boy told.
“What? Where is my trolly? I gave it to you. Didn’t I?”
Anu raised her voice.
“You check it by yourself. There is nothing in the luggage place.”
That boy ignored her and gone.
Anu checked the luggage place. It was empty.
“Where is my trolly?”
Already she was worried by Nichu’s death and yesterday’s river incident. Now her bag is missing mysteriously.
Her full dress and belongings are inside that trolly. Now only her laptop, and phone is with her.
She entered into the assigned room and opened her laptop bag. Then a paper slip fell down from its side pocket.
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When It Drizzles
RomanceAnamika( Anu) getting disturbed after reading a news in the newspaper. In Uthar Pradesh ( UP, India) a dalit ( lower caste) woman got raped by her own teenage son. He was forced to do it. Some upper caste men pointed gun to his mother's head and th...
