Nirupama

Nirupama-11

Nirupama

(Some Secrets May Better Remain Secrets Forever)

'I cannot bear this', 'I want to pluck my eyes out' only these two sentences were the clues which the late girl Nirupama left in writing one on a wall and one in a book quite unintentionally and involuntarily to know about the reason for her committing suicide. Her father Ranganath, detective Smaran and his niece Menaka along with Nirupama's friend Sukanya pretty well understood that Nirupama did not want the said secret to be known to anyone else. But since her father Ranganath hell bent upon knowing about the said secret, detective Smaran and his niece Menaka ruthlessly investigated the matter only to unearth the said ghastly, shocking and astounding secret which the dead girl terribly wished to keep only with her in her grave forever.

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"So, there is nothing material you have got so far." Looking into the eyes of Menaka, Smaran said.

"I am sorry." Menaka leaned back in the chair and said.

"You need not. There is still time. I am confident that we can solve it." Smaran said.

"Do all the detectives be optimistic like you?" Menaka asked him.

"All we need to be optimistic to some extent." Smaran laughed. "We have discussed this topic many a time."

"Any you are incurably optimistic." Menaka smiled. "I just cannot understand whether this Nirupama is a fool or intelligent. In my opinion no intelligent person commits suicide."

"You must change your opinion. Very great people also committed suicide. Sometimes circumstances compel even very clever people also to commit suicide."

Menaka did not say anything. It appeared to her that her uncle was going to launch on something.

"We can divide people who commit suicide mainly into three categories." He paused for a moment looking straight into the face of Menaka whose forehead was with straight three frowns.

"Number one: These people commit suicide whatever you may do. Nothing can stop them from doing that. Their only aim would be to commit suicide and escape from the trouble. Even they have been stopped on one or two occasions, they end their lives at the earliest possible opportunity. People who have been suffering from painful diseases, debts, etc. are the example"

Menaka nodded her head with a smile.

"Number two: These people commit suicide on sudden impulse. If they think clearly at that time and postpone that ghastly act, they may not commit suicide again. If someone interferes with them and reason with them, they may not try suicide again." Smaran paused for a moment. "These people also do have reasons to commit suiside but not as strong as the first category. People who failed in the exams, women subjected to rapes and gang-rapes and those who cannot fulfill their aims however much hard they tried are come under this category."

"And the third category" before Menaka said anything Smaran said. "People who come under this category do have no problems. Just because of complete boredom and not knowing what to do with their lives, these people do commit suiside. People who commit suicide only to make other people talk about them and create sensation also do come under this category."

"Really! I just cannot believe it!" Menaka with a smile said.

"It may be surprising but there are such people also" Smaran nodded his head.

"So, in which category in your opinion our Nirupama does come?" Menaka asked him.

"Undoubtedly under the second category." Smaran's voice was firm