And The World Became Silent Again....

 

Early thursday morning huge crowd had gathered near Ram Milan Mithaiwala's shop at the Kacchi  Mitti  lane. The Kacchi  Mitti  lane has been famous since the British Era for it boasted of selling agricultural products.Kachi mitti  sold everything that came directly from the soil and so the name "Kachhi Mitti". Right from soil to  pesticides , vegetables  to grains, fruits and pulses Kachi Mitti had it all. People would flock in from villages and other states to get  agricultural products at a cheaper wholesale value. But this thursday it was different. People had gathered in numbers  and were pushing each other to have a glance .Some said  it was a hit and run accident case. Some gossiped it was a cold blooded murder. Some were asking to get in the police .Some rushed in to get the ambulance. The  victim had succumbed to injuries. Some were trying to stay away fearing the interrogation. Everyone around were clueless.

Anuj was in a hurry. He was late by minutes today. He avoided the crowd. The pleas for help fell on his deaf ears. He was in a hurry to reach the bus stop.

 He would daily arrive in at the exact time at the bus stop hoping to see her.

She would be there exactly at the same time to catch her bus to college

She was beautiful, attractive and graceful. She had those soft curls touching her soft cheeks

Her hair would fall on her face when she would smile and laugh.

She had the most beautiful eyes ever he had seen. Her eyes had a hundred tales to narrate.

She would carry a hand woven satin peacock blue bag ,and it just added more elegance to her persona. She had a penchant for multicoloured glass bangles and they would make the clinking sound everytime she tried to tuck her locks of hair behind the ears.

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  She would be waiting whenever he would rush in to the stop. He craved for a  glimpse of her  everyday . He would be mesmerised and lost in her till the bus took her away.

She would look at him and smile at times. He seemed to be lost in the chaotic crowd. He knew he was madly in love with her.

The world was always a noisy place for him but he found solace in her.

Thursday too was the same  for Anuj. He came in rushing to see her. She  was no where to be found. He crossed the road and went to the bus stop and waited for an hour but she was no where to be found. By this time the crowd  near the Ram  Milan Mithai stores had dispersed.The victim's body had been rushed to the hospital.

Her bus came in at the usual time ,picked up the passengers and left.

He was dejected.

Hoping  to see her again the next day  he walked back again the Kachi Mitti lane .

On his way back, his eyes fell on something on the road.

The peacock coloured bag soaked in blood laid scattered on the road with books and pages strewn all around.

The colourful bangles all broken into pieces surrounded the bag. They had stopped clinking forever

And  the world was silent again!!!