silver ,gold n... blood

Her long black plait swayed as she sadly twirled before the mirror thinking of him. . . It was time for her to be shown off to the prospective in-laws... Even as she stepped out into the hall the haggling began.. 60 pounds .. and a bike to go to office, and ofcourse the usual bureau, grinder mixie etc... but we can give only 45 pounds for now pls adjust...rest we ll give it after the marriage.. no no... tats not possible.. we ll not take anything less than 55 on the day of marriage.. maximum we can manage is 50 ... do i really have to get married this way.. keep quiet its a good place we cant let go.. i wont be happy there , they probably eat silver coins instead of food...shut up we know whats good for u..u absolutely have no idea.. why not him.. whats in a name.. so what if it doesnt sound our religion.. dont make us hang our heads in shame.. do u know what the society ll say? your conduct is not good...a boy from different religion.!! dint we bring you up properly.. ???(sniffs).. and what ll happen to your younger sister...its the past don think of it now.. dint he move on.. he left u and went abroad dint he... tat was because u threatened to kill yourself..he would never hurt me in any way.. stop it they might hear u..nope they wont hear anything but money...hmmm..since u plead we 'll accept.. but not a gram less than 50..thank u very much... And so she got married to a man whose first love was gold and second money.. every day her in laws hovered over her like hawks demanding things as she spoke over phone to her parents.. why isn the bureau here? this bed is smaller than what we asked for... and your parents have got a platina.. i wanted a splendour...what happened to the silver...Her parents' debt increased and so did her misery.. Her screams went unheard and the lashings never stopped.. but finally she did manage to escape to her house when they threatened to hurt her baby girl...why did u come back.. we were going u to send u the money...dont send me back.. they will kill us both.. idiot why did u let her escape now... we have a function n we need her.. atleast till your brother becomes the bishop... go get her...we can finish her and tat useless girl child of yours once we get the rest of the money.. but your sister's in laws are coming tomo what ll they think... once we have settled all that we intended to they will keep you happily..you r crazy to think i'll be happy there.. i really should 've run away instead of coming here... slap! slap! is this the way you talk to your father... go back to your house with the money and stay there atleast till your sis's in laws leave.. Aunty i'm sorry for all this trouble.. I had some problem in the office and took it out on her.. pls let me take her back home..i promise not to hurt her.. thank you son.. we were really worried.. pls give this to you mother.. Go now.. he is being so nice to you.. have you ever seen any groom falling at his in-laws feet..why do u complain.. u never really were the adjusting type..
Two days later when the function got over.. he pushed her into a room and hit her head with a lamp... She dropped down onto the floor... her long plait bathed in blood lay still .. lifeless.. And worse he also killed his one and a half year old child because it was female....a hinderance if he were to marry again..a wealthier girl. The mother's tears couldn bring back her lost daughter's life .. Her unfortunate daughter had slipped on oil and hit her head on the grinding stone. The impact had killed her instantly... Everybody knew it was a lie ... just like the way the perfectly healthy baby had died in its sleep...but they were powerless ... if only they had married her off as she had wished she would have been alive tat day.. with them... the society that scorned love, that they so respected and feared, dint help them save their daughter.. it also forgot about the incident as newer more juicy stories popped up... only her parents never slept after that....