After a long time i was going back to a place where i started my schooling ,my Father has been posted there again after 6 years….Along…., a place in Arunachal…. Deep valley… dancing river on one side and huge mountains on the other side….untouched beauty in India …. unexplored …famous for its Orange garden….
Finally we reached there unpacked the whole things ….. and after a couple of days i have been to a local market there … i saw a small girl wearing a red frock with lot many patches…. very thin , dusky….. and she was a carrying a baby on her back… may be taht was her work… and suddenly one huge lady shouted at her … "Mamoni, wat r u doing there … i asked u to follow me…carry anu carefully… " and she started following that lady with her small steps…
For a moment …. i felt i heard this name somewhere …. in a moments time i recollected who is she … where i heard her name …. She is daughter of Moni… who used to work at our home …. the same way she used to carry mamoni on her back… would be doing all her household work…. and keeps on singing songs … that time i never liked her …. she use to come for 3 days and then 2 days gap… and finally mom will keep someone else… and wen she will come … mom will keep her back…. i dont know why but Mom really liked her …. she will always have new excuses to tell….. short short stories… huh!! her husband used to beat her like animals .. but she will say …. "Aunty i felt down from Bogdo " .
Actually she was not from bad family, my sister and moni were in same nursery school … her father was compounder in govt. Hospital… but her mother absconded with someone after that her father died out of shame… he doesnt had enough courage to face this word… after that these three sisters shifted with her Uncle…. and i think they are responsible for wat happened with her… He really ruined her life …
After that she married someone who was wood cutter …. he died in a years time … she again married and he made her life like hell…. he compelled her to do things which a gal would never do… finally she left him…. and by that time my father got transfer to eastern part in Arunachal… Later we heard from one of our staff that she is missing or she ran with someone … but she really love her daughter and would never left her alone ….. she wanted to make her daughter a Clerk in government office… that was her biggest dream…..
And now she is standing in front of me …. doing the same thing wat her mother used to do in her age…. Sometimes i feel we are also part for this condition of Mamoni…. we only say that …. "it was really bad … god was not fare with her "…. but arent we part of this society … wen ppl used to say that Moni is bad gal… i just hated her … i never spoke with her nicely… i was rude … am sorry … am really sorry ….
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