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PART 1
Bondita's p.o.v
I used to see him once a week at least. It never really felt like he left me all by myself. He was there for me, whenever I needed him. He came to me with just a mention of him. Whenever I couldn't or wouldn't find Pati babu, he was the one I'd rely on. He'd do what I wished he would. He'd make me laugh if I'm sad, he'd give me advice when I'm lost and he'd help me choose when I'm confused. He was my solace. He's always been my solace. Seeing him in a totally different avatar, I thought I'm hallucinating yet again. But the look he was giving my Pati babu... I knew that wasn't the case. My Baba would never look at his Jamai babu like that... with so much hatred and rage. Just like that, I knew it wasn't my Baba!
"Baba? Prasonjit Das?" Pati babu broke the uncomfortable silence that suffocated me.
"Nikesh. Nikesh Babu" the imposter replied curtly.
No... He can't be Baba. But I've never known Baba having a twin.
"Matlab ap Bondita ke baba nahi hai?" Pati babu tried again.
"Yahan sawal ap nahi hum karenge Barrister babu. Ap sirf jawab denge" Nikesh babu snapped.
"Kaun hai ap?" I find myself asking, my voice barely audible.
"Ap bhi Barrister Bondita Roy Chowdhary, sirf jawab"
"Kaun hai ap?! Ap mere Baba ke tarah keise- Kya ap mere Baba ko jante hai? Ap kya keh rahe the ki mein apki beti-" I couldn't complete.
"Meine kaha na Barrister Bondita? Yeh apka adalat nahi hai. Yahan mein sawal punchunga aur ap donon jawab denge" he warned again.
"Ap aise mujhe chup nahi kar sakte, mujhe apne sawalon ka jawab-"
Bondita" Pati babu chastised me "Theek hai. Kya jaanna hai apko?" he enquired, crossing his arms.
"Mujhe bhashan dene ki aadat nahi hai. Isiliye seedha mamle par aa jate hai. Governor Greenwood se kya sambandh hai apka?"
"Greenwood se mera sambandh? Iss se apka matlab?" Pati babu chose to be defensive. But I was taking none of it.
"Greenwood ki patni Jessica meri saheli hai. Unse zyada shayad uss parivaar se mera sambandh hai" I interrupted them.
"Sawaal apke liye nahi the Bondita ji" One of his lackeys warned.
"Humpar sawaal karne ka haq humne ap sabko diye the?" I snapped.
"Bondita... shaant ho jao" Pati babu consoled from beside me but I watched the man's eyes flitting with a sort of emotion that I couldn't comprehend for he switched back to indifference quickly.
"Khaamosh!" The imposter raised a hand in authority "Shayad humari galti thi, humne khudki parichay nahi di... Hum Anushilan Samiti ke sadasya hai. Apke Mahila Ghar mein jo visphotak dikhe the, woh humare hai. Hum sharminda hai ki apko uske liye jail jana pada lekin usko baad Greenwood ke sath milkar apne jo kiya, woh theek nahi kiya!"
"Matlab Grahati ke Pati bhi ap sab ke sath shaamil hai?" Pati babu enquired "Aur meine kiya kya hai?"
"Humare logon ne ap donon ko uske ghar se aate jate huye dekha hai. Ek baar nahi balki baar baar. Aur dekhi jaye toh Greenwood ke aane ke baad ka ap donon ke mamle bhi kuch theek thak nahi hai"
"Muh mein jai hind aur peedh peeche desh droh. In ahimsavaadiyon se kya ummeed rakhe!" his lackey spit out.
"Yeh dekhiye, ap sabko galatfaymi hogaye hai. Greenwood se mera rishta ache se alawa baki sab hai. Haan, pichle kuch maheenon se jo kuch bhi horaha hai uss se aise lagte toh nahi hoga lekin sach toh yeh hai ki uske-"
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Anidita : The Flaming Flambeau
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