1st book in the series "Ray Barir Bouma"
"She is over twelve years of age Young Master! Her body reeks of sin and only by marrying Brahmin will she be forgiven!" The Pandit(priest) spat.
"Fine then! A Brahmin is needed right?" Madhav steps in front...
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"Nayak Moshai eto lethal lagbe na. Ami to ei pashe r nodi te ektu ghurte jachi." I said waving my hand, dismissing him.
(Nayak Moshai, I don't need so many gaurds. It's just a visit to the river nearby.)
"Na Mej Babu, dinkal thik nei jodi Dakat hana deye tokhn ki korben? Ami Kotta ke ki jowab debo?"
(No Sire, what if you get attacked by dacoits? What will I say to the Master?)
"Eije Diganta ekhane ache. O apnar shathe jabe. Oke antoto niye jan, ei chottor or puro gule khawa. Kono osubidha hole apnake baciye niye ashte parbe" Nayak Moshai pleaded with joined hands.
(Please take Daganta with you. He knows this place really well and if any issue arises, he will escort you back safely.)
"Acha, thik ache, apnar moner Shanti r jonno ami Diganta ke niye jacchi" I sighed.
(Okay, for your mind to be as peace I will take Diganta)
"Cholo hey Diganta" I commanded.
(Let's go Diganta)
"Agge Kotta"
(Yes Sire)
I can't understand the hesitance of Nayak Moshai to let me out alone, especially at this time of the night. The last time someone from my family went out at night without any lethel, didn't come back home, or rather didn't come back home alive.
"Eije kotta, amra eshe gachi." he said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
(We are here Sire)
"Hmm thik ache, tumi dure r theke pahara dao ami ektu eka hatte chai."
(Hmm okay. Follow me from a distance I, want to be alone for the time being)
"Agge Kotta" he said moving back as I started walking past him.
(As you wish Sire)
Taking in the refleshing of wet mud after rain, I carefully walk by the river bank. Lost deep in my thoughts.
"Huh" i exhaled slowly.
The past few months have been tedious...an exhausting half a year. Everything around me came crashing down, ...but-but I was somehow still expected to keep standing tall and strong, as if I can't feel the pain. I shouldn't be feeling pain. As if the world i had created for me to live in peacefully hasn't been forcefully broken down.
Stress! Tremendous stress was what I am experiencing right now but i can crumble down because of I do, what will happen to everyone whose responsibility I have taken on my shoulders?
Droplets slowly start forming their way into my eyes but I stopped them. I am a man tears don't suit me, stress doesn't suit me!
"Stress isn't something a man should feel. Are you a woman?"
