Rahini looks at the driver with utmost fury. The driver did not care about her and instead he kept commanding the little girl.
"I am asking you only. How dare you speak to this girl like this?" shouts Rahini
"How dare you speak to me like this. Who are you? You know who I am?" screams the driver in a rage.
"Whoever the hell you may be, I don't care. Even if you are the Lord of this world..." Rahini suddenly feels irritated by a smell from the driver.
"Gosh, he is drunk!!! How it is possible? A drunkard driver that too, to pick up a little girl from school. What a careless parents!!!"
"Hey you, just run away from this place otherwise..." says Rahini in a warning tone
"Otherwise What will you do?" asks the driver in a conceited tone "tell me what will you do?"
"I will never tell but will do. Let me call the police" Rahini takes her mobile and dials.
The driver gets raged and his eyes turn red.
"How dare you...." he tries to grab the mobile from Rahini and she resists with him. The driver catches hold of her hand and Rahini slaps him. The driver falls down on her slap. His anger aggravates and he gets up again to attack her. When he was about to attack her, a hand stops him.
Rahini looks at the person who stops him. The driver whom Rahini met on the day when she met Trisha.
The driver shouts to the drunkard, "You have again shown your arrogance. Get away from here.". The drunkard still does not back off and again tries to attack her. But the driver stops and he too slaps the drunkard.
"Bhayyaa!!!" screams the drunkard holding the hand in his cheeks. The driver says to him "Leave the place before I slap you again. I asked only one help but you did me quite a lot". The drunkard leaves the place looking at Rahini angrily.
The driver turns to Rahini, "I am really sorry Mem Sahib. I did not expect this. Hope you are not harmed" asks the driver concernedly.
"I am fine. No problem. But what is this, I really don't understand. When Trisha said driver will come to pick her up, I expected that you will come. Who is that idiot?" asks Rahini angrily.
"Mem sahib. He is also a driver like me in my mistress' house. Initially he was only picking choti mem sahib from school. But since he was too much drunk, Mem sahib appointed me for picking up. Today I got struck up in traffic. Hence I called him to pick up and drop her at home for today alone as I thought it will be late to reach. But I did not know he was drunk. When I called him to ask if he dropped choti mem sahib at home, he did not reply me properly and was saying he is on the way in drunkard state. I got scared if he would drunk drive. I rushed up and came here and you know what happened." says the driver in low voice.
"But why would your mistress has to keep him at job when he is a drunk driver. Why she does not terminate him?" asks Rahini angrily.
"Mem sahib. He is directly appointed by Master. That is why Mem sahib was not able to dismiss him.He is also very arrogant because he knows that no one can terminate him other than Master. That is why he behaves rudely." says the driver
"But..."
"Already it is very late. I have to drop choti mem sahib. Let me leave". The driver rushingly lifts Trisha.
"Mem sahib, Please do not tell my mistress that he came to pick her up. She will terminate me from the job if she comes to know about this." said the driver in the trembling voice and leaves with Trisha.
Rahini looks at Trisha who was much terrified by what happened now.
Rahini feels very bad and sad for what happened just before. She collects her belongings which got scattered during the problem and leaves from the place with Arjun.
Rahini is walking with Arjun and thinks about the incidents. She reminds how Trisha was very sad and scared right from the beginning she met her. "What is wrong with that girl, Why she is so scared and trembled? Do I imagine anything or is she really like that? Who is the stupid Master who does not terminate a drunkard driver troubling a small girl. How is he related to Trisha?"
"Amma" says Arjun
"Yes da Kanna" ('Da' and 'Kanna' - affectionate way of addressing young people by elders or among friends)
"I am asking you only. How dare you speak to this girl like this?" shouts Rahini
"How dare you speak to me like this. Who are you? You know who I am?" screams the driver in a rage.
"Whoever the hell you may be, I don't care. Even if you are the Lord of this world..." Rahini suddenly feels irritated by a smell from the driver.
"Gosh, he is drunk!!! How it is possible? A drunkard driver that too, to pick up a little girl from school. What a careless parents!!!"
"Hey you, just run away from this place otherwise..." says Rahini in a warning tone
"Otherwise What will you do?" asks the driver in a conceited tone "tell me what will you do?"
"I will never tell but will do. Let me call the police" Rahini takes her mobile and dials.
The driver gets raged and his eyes turn red.
"How dare you...." he tries to grab the mobile from Rahini and she resists with him. The driver catches hold of her hand and Rahini slaps him. The driver falls down on her slap. His anger aggravates and he gets up again to attack her. When he was about to attack her, a hand stops him.
Rahini looks at the person who stops him. The driver whom Rahini met on the day when she met Trisha.
The driver shouts to the drunkard, "You have again shown your arrogance. Get away from here.". The drunkard still does not back off and again tries to attack her. But the driver stops and he too slaps the drunkard.
"Bhayyaa!!!" screams the drunkard holding the hand in his cheeks. The driver says to him "Leave the place before I slap you again. I asked only one help but you did me quite a lot". The drunkard leaves the place looking at Rahini angrily.
The driver turns to Rahini, "I am really sorry Mem Sahib. I did not expect this. Hope you are not harmed" asks the driver concernedly.
"I am fine. No problem. But what is this, I really don't understand. When Trisha said driver will come to pick her up, I expected that you will come. Who is that idiot?" asks Rahini angrily.
"Mem sahib. He is also a driver like me in my mistress' house. Initially he was only picking choti mem sahib from school. But since he was too much drunk, Mem sahib appointed me for picking up. Today I got struck up in traffic. Hence I called him to pick up and drop her at home for today alone as I thought it will be late to reach. But I did not know he was drunk. When I called him to ask if he dropped choti mem sahib at home, he did not reply me properly and was saying he is on the way in drunkard state. I got scared if he would drunk drive. I rushed up and came here and you know what happened." says the driver in low voice.
"But why would your mistress has to keep him at job when he is a drunk driver. Why she does not terminate him?" asks Rahini angrily.
"Mem sahib. He is directly appointed by Master. That is why Mem sahib was not able to dismiss him.He is also very arrogant because he knows that no one can terminate him other than Master. That is why he behaves rudely." says the driver
"But..."
"Already it is very late. I have to drop choti mem sahib. Let me leave". The driver rushingly lifts Trisha.
"Mem sahib, Please do not tell my mistress that he came to pick her up. She will terminate me from the job if she comes to know about this." said the driver in the trembling voice and leaves with Trisha.
Rahini looks at Trisha who was much terrified by what happened now.
Rahini feels very bad and sad for what happened just before. She collects her belongings which got scattered during the problem and leaves from the place with Arjun.
Rahini is walking with Arjun and thinks about the incidents. She reminds how Trisha was very sad and scared right from the beginning she met her. "What is wrong with that girl, Why she is so scared and trembled? Do I imagine anything or is she really like that? Who is the stupid Master who does not terminate a drunkard driver troubling a small girl. How is he related to Trisha?"
"Amma" says Arjun
"Yes da Kanna" ('Da' and 'Kanna' - affectionate way of addressing young people by elders or among friends)
"Poor Trisha.Did you see how she got scared?" asks Arjun
"Yes beta. Even I am thinking about that"
"Amma. You know. Trisha does not have mother. Her mother went to god like our Papa when she was born"
Rahini gets shocked on hearing this. "Really?"
"Yes amma. She also told me that her father left her when she was a small girl.How poor she is. Isn't it?" Arjun exclaims sadly.
"Oh my god", Rahini thinks to herself. "A poor motherless girl who is abandoned by father. God, why are you testing this girl like this in this small age. Had the girl's mother was alive, would she let her child suffer like this! What can I do for her?"
Rahini reminds of the driver earlier saying that girl is his mistress' grand daughter and how she is her life and could not bear if something happens to her.
"Oh yeah. Trisha is raised by her grand mother. May be the Mem sahib shall be that grand mother. Fine. One day I will meet her grand mother and talk about Trisha's condition. Thank God. She does not face the same fate which I have faced. At least she has somebody to care for her."
Rahini feels better and she leaves with Arjun in her car.
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HINDUSTHAN BROADCASTING NETWORK
Rahini comes out of the studio after her afternoon program 'Hindusthan @ Afternoon' and leaves to her cabin. On the way she is interrupted by a girl
"Mam" calls the girl
Rahini turns back and comes to her. "Yes baby" with a smile
The girl also smiles at her and says "Mam, your flight ticket for Delhi trip and your guest house stay pass.And your total tour plan schedule is included in this". The girl hands over a cover and Rahini gets it from her. "Mam, I was told to inform you that if you have doubts and clarifications you can contact our Travel Manager."
"Ok, sure. Thanks for the information." greets Rahini and leaves. Rahini walks to her cabin where she is stopped by a loud male voice.
"I know about these girls dude. I have quite a lot of experience. You can never change the attitude and behaviour." shouts the male voice.
Rahini gets annoyed by the statement and more by the voice.
"Hey Pratik dude, what, you are making a final declaration. What is up?" asks another male voice.
"You know universal truth meaning, like we say 'Sun rises in the east'. Similarly 'Girls run behind money' is an another universal truth. All the love, affection, bonding everything has become a delusion. Only Money, Money, Money which finally exist for them.Nothing else" says Pratik.
Rahini did not move a single inch.
"I don't know who recruited this idiot. Always speaking nothing else but only against women. Why the hell he is doing this?" thinks Rahini
"Dudes, we cannot deny the statement. Even my girlfriend, makes me to spend from my purse every time. When we get into any fight, then I am finished. Either she fight or I fight I have to get her a gift and she will not listen to me until I gift her something. That too she is not satisfied with small gifts. Only costly gifts" says another guy
"Yeah. Even my wife always speaks about getting new TV, new fridge, new AC, new mobile that too latest model etc. If I say I don't have money,then she will start scold me and will start singing what type of life she is supposed to live and instead how she trapped in a life like this and blah,blah,blah and song will go till evening. She never asks me if I had my lunch, had dinner and all. What to say?" says another guy in sad voice.
"See,What I told. These are today's women. They go behind people who can spend, nope, throw money like paper piles in the air. Have you seen flock of crows? When you throw some food somewhere, these flock will simultaneously fly there and eat the food. No matter what food it is. Likewise, when some rich guy throws money on the floor, the group of girls simultaneously fly to him and do anything underline 'a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g' for him for the stuff he throws. And you know one thing, group of crows are also called 'Murder'. May be such name should be given only to girls, 'Murder girls'".
Pratik and all other guys with him laugh at the statement as if something funny he told. Rahini's face turns red by the words said by Pratik.
"Gosh, what is this. This guy not only stops within himself but also spoils the others. He is literally polluting the environment.If this goes like this... No, I have to do something"
Rahini leaves the place in anger. She enters into the cabin and goes to her seat. She looks at the pile of papers. All are stories need to be reviewed for the forth coming week's edition.
Rahini settles in her seat and starts with her review work. She looks at all papers and takes one of the story. She goes through the full story and her anger further increases. She rings the bell. A peon comes in.
"Tell Mr.Pratik to come to my cabin immediately" Rahini instructs him and the peon leaves.
Rahini keeps the paper aside and starts to work on other paper. Time goes and Pratik does not show up yet. Rahini again rings the bell and the peon comes in. "Did you inform him what I told or not?" Rahini yells at the peon
"Yes, Madam. I told him what you told me." says the peon
"Then why he is not coming. Go and tell him again. And tell him, if he does not come to my cabin immediately he might face the consequences." yells in anger. Peon leaves hurriedly.
After few minutes, Rahini's cabin door knocks. "Yeah come in." tells Rahini. Pratik enters inside the cabin. Rahini looks at him. Pratik holds a chewing gum in his mouth. He blews a mini balloon in it. Rahini gives a disgusting look.
Pratik sits in the chair before.
"Did I ask to you sit?" asks Rahini with controlled anger.
"Then why the hell you have the chair here. To use it as wood for cooking?" replies Pratik.
"Is this the way you talk to your senior official? And I would like to remind you that I am your boss"
"So, that does not mean I have to bow in front of you" Pratik does not look into her eyes and speak.
Rahini stares at him. She has never met such an arrogant guy in her life.
"Whatever. By the way, What is this?" she gives the paper to Pratik.
"This is a paper. You are seated her without knowing that?", Pratik pokes at her and laughs.Rahini looks irritated.
"I did not say this is a pepper. I am asking about your story. The lead which you got is very good. But the way you presented is not something I feel good. I have mentioned some comments. Make the corrections and bring it back."
Pratik looks at the story. "No correction required. Just approve it." Pratik commands Rahini
"Oh, hello, Don't you hear what I said." Rahini raises her voice. "Go and make the corrections which I told and bring it back."
"Did not you hear what I said. I told no corrections required." Pratik raises his voice too.
"For your information, I am your boss and you are supposed to obey me. Without that necessary corrections, I am no way approving it. Understand?"
"Why you will not approve?"
"Because your story does not comply to the rules of a journalism. Don't you remember what I said on the orientation day?"
Rahini and Pratik look at each other
Rahini continues, "A good journalist stops till fetching information. He/She is not supposed to instill their own thoughts and views. But you have completely violated the rule. You have totally covered story in a biased way against women which is not acceptable. Do the changes and come"
"Oh really. Just because it is against women, you see it as biased. Had I written the article against men, you would have simply approved without asking a word, am I right?" PRatik asks Rahini in a derisive tone.
"According to me this article is unfit even if you have written against men also. Men or women, as a journalist I have no bias over anybody. For me only one thing matters. Truth. And I expect the same thing from the people who work under me."
"Then why do you refuse to approve my article. This is an absolute truth which was happened. I did not write anything extra apart from that. This article surely complies with your so called rules"
"What truth you have written? You have lashed the girl who was the victim of a gang rape. Instead of covering what happened you have written how the girl provoked those animals for rape. And you are criticizing women for not dressing properly. You are saying this as neutrality?" shouts Rahini.
"Yes. Had that girl dressed properly and decently, why would those guys have raped her? Is it not her mistake then?"
"Oh, so it is correct to rape a girl who does not dress properly. Why don't you guys can turn your head when such a girl comes in your way? Why don't you people treat girls like her as sisters? Is there any rule written in Indian Penal Code like the girls can be raped if they do not dress properly?" asks Rahini in angrily.
"I accept there is no rule like that. But I would like to tell you that those who provoke to commit a crime are more punishable than those who commit the crime. This is a law in Indian Penal Code. In this case, the girl indirectly invited them to rape her. That is what is the case? If few girls are imprisoned and booked with nuisance cases, surely the rapes would reduce. And moreover.."
"Stop your nonsense. I wanted the changes, which I told, to be done immediately. Else first level approval will not be done. Get lost" Rahini looks at him and Pratik looks at her. He takes the papers and leaves.
Sometime later...
Rahini works on the papers which she has on the table. The door knocks. Rahini says "Come in..."
The peon comes in. "Madam, Chief told you to come to his cabin now"
"Now?" asks Rahini
"Yes Madam. Now only"
"Ok. Fine. You may go now"
The peon leaves the cabin. Rahini rises from the seat and leaves the cabin.
Rahini enters inside the Chief Editor's cabin and gets shocked.
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