Soukhya’s Story

Soukhya walked home with Pravallika and Anusha. The trio was silent as each was immersed in their own thoughts. The day had been very exhausting for them all. They had been silent for different reasons. As they came to Soukhya’s house, they went in and sat under the mango tree. The cool shade of the tree calmed their nerves. Soukhya went in and returned with some onion pakodas.

“We seem to have fallen from the pan to the fire!” said Anusha. “What kind of a college is that? It seems even worse than our previous college.”

“At least we could introduce ourselves normally,”said Pravallika.”I died with shame trying to introduce myself. The boys kept lifting my skirt the whole day. I couldn’t do anything at all.”

“What about you, Soukhya? You are the rebel star here. What happened to you in the class? We never saw you during the day.” asked Anusha.

“Oh, the usual shaming, nothing much,” responded Soukhya in an off hand manner. “You will be bored.”