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Hi, next song of Lata Didi in your radios, song is playing... Lag ja gale...

Wow what a melodious voice she has. Yes, Sudha replied to her sister Kaveri.

Cover windows of your room Sudha, its raining outside; her mother shouted from the stairs.

Yes, I am doing.

Go and help mother prepare food Go fast Sudha said to Kaveri.

Sudha settled into her room and went down side to help her mother and aunty.

Sudha….

Yes, aunty ji

Sudha go and bring this stuff from market

Take this umbrella with you in case again rain starts.

Sudha went out as per her aunt’s word.

She purchases everything that was in the list.

But when she was going back to her home, one boy started following her in fear; she turned to the other road instead of her home.

The boy was continuously following her and she was walking fast She reached near radio station and suddenly someone pulled her aside and took her inside the radio station.

She was shocked and have no time to react but before she could react, the boy who pulled her said,

Relax I know that boy is following you; I watched him from terrace of this radio station.

Thank you so much, she said to the stranger.

Dinoo bhaiya bring some water, he orders to the worker of radio station.

He offered her some water.

She was about to leave from the radio station when rain started.

You can wait here, a stranger said, but she replied, No, I can't; my family must be waiting for me

Ok then wait a minute.

She started waiting for the stranger and when the stranger came, she saw he brought umbrella with him.

Thank you for bringing this but I have one.

No this is not for you; this is for me See, due to rain, street lights are off and no one is on road either, so I am coming to drop safely on the main road.

They opened their umbrella and went out.

Heavy rain with a storm is creating problems for them while walking.

And the main problem started when, because of the storm, the umbrella of Sudha flew away, and a stranger gave his umbrella to her.

What will you do now? Sudha asked.

Don’t worry, I love rain.

Please you can come inside this.

Sudha requested her many times, and finally he came inside the umbrella. They both adjust themselves in one umbrella.

They started walking, and their shoulders touched; they started looking at each other.

Their eye lock are going smoothly but suddenly they heard the sound of thunder and they started waking again; they were both wet now. He gives her umbrella and drops her off at the main market. He started moving back to radio station and Sudha moves forward for her home.

They both turned back and looked at each other and started walking again for their way.

Sudha reached home safely.

Where were you? Her mother asked.

And see, you are totally wet instead of having umbrella. Wait, whose umbrella is this and where is yours.

Mumma while I was coming, rain started, so I opened my umbrella, and after some time my umbrella flew away because of storm, so one girl has two umbrellas; she shared one with me, Sudha replied.

Ok then tomorrow I will say to Shiva, bring one pair of umbrellas for you, her aunt said.

Ok aunty I will return her umbrella I know her home.

May I ask you how you know her.

Because that girl is me, Aunty's voice came from door; she was vaijanti sudha’s friend.

This is my umbrella aunty.

Ok then why are you saying girl, take her name, her mother said.

Because she was angry with me as I said no to her for visiting college; she wants to go tomorrow, but I don’t.

Give some attention in home too; this is what you have to handle after marriage.

Give me your dupatta Sudha please, if you have extra in red color, I have to go out next week.

Yes, come with me Sudha said.

They went inside sudha’s room and closed the door.

Why you said this is your now how I will give it to the owner, sudha said.

I did all this to save you; see, I will take this umbrella with me If anyone in my home asks, I will say this is yours and see, you can easily come to my home, so you can come to my home and we can go together to give it to the owner.

Wow nice idea and today is the first time I am feeling that you have mind,

Leave this and tell me who was that handsome boy.

Handsome boy….

Whom you are talking about?

One who gives you this umbrella

Oh, I don’t know his name; he is a stranger for me. But wait, and how do you know he is a boy and not a girl?

because I know everything.

Oh, really, he is stranger for you and you were sharing umbrella with him?

how do you know that? we were in one umbrella sudha questioned.

wait, that means my thoughts were right i have seen this in movie.

See, I went to the market and one boy started following me; he helped me This is what I can tell you exactly about him.

Where you meet him?

I think he works in radio station Sudha said, but tell me first how you know about all this.

Because I was in market when I saw both of you together.

Well ask him tomorrow if he has smart and handsome friend like him for me.

Stop it, Vaijanti; he was just helping me and if you will do love marriage, then your family will definitely kill you.

True, but love has no boundaries or fear.

This is 1960's, not 2000's; they will be lucky, vaijanti said.

But what if the society will not change till then? You know, Vaijanti, nothing is permanent but I feel cutting down all the threads which are stopping girls from giving a perfect life will not come easily; it will take a century to change society.

Very true,

Ok give me dupatta fast I have to go home My father is in Sharma's uncle’s home.

I have to go there.

She takes her dupatta and umbrella with her. 

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