The River Between Us

"Aapmein maharani ke har gun hai Swara, par aap maa nahi ban sakti... to hum aapko raajya kaise saup dein?"
(You possess every grace of a queen, Swara - but if you cannot bear an heir, how can we entrust the kingdom to you?)

"Hum Unnati ko hi ye raajya saupenge."

(We shall crown Unnati as the heir instead.)

"Ye raajya humara hai! Humne apna poora bachpan ek uch maharani banne ki siksha mein gawa diya!"

(This kingdom is mine! I spent my entire childhood learning to be a worthy queen!)

"Aap humare saath aisa nahi kar sakte, Pitashree!"

(You cannot do this to me, Father!)

Tears streamed down my face.

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"Ye bachha hai humara utraadhikaari....Humne aapko utraadhikaari de diya hai... ab ye raajya humara hua."
"This child is my heir. I have given you a successor... now this kingdom belongs to me."
I said, holding Shauryaveer tightly in my arms.

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"Aap humari patni hai... aapke kadmon par to hum apni jaan bhi rakh sakte hain."

(You are my wife... I could lay down my life at your feet.)
My hand began to bleed.

"Par ye samrajya humari maa ka hai... agar isse kuch hua, to unhe dukh pahuchega, jo hum bardasht nahi karenge."

(But this empire belongs to my mother. If it suffers, she will be hurt - and that, I will never endure.)