Author: Hermione

:CHAPTER 16: This time around, when Anirudh was back at the campus, he felt more waves of homesickness than before. As he turned around a corner, he almost collided with three familiar faces. Anirudh mentally groaned. It was Amrita Dasgupta, Avik Sen and Aditya Pal. Again. These three were probably among the most hyperactive students. It wasn’t that he didn’t like them. They were very good students. Straightforward and even well-behaved. But these three took him way too lightly, making him feel like his friendliness as a teacher was being used. “Hello Roy Chowdhury sir!”, Avik said. Of course. The…

CHAPTER 15 When Saurav came to meet Anirudh the next morning, at Roy Chowdhury mansion, he found Anirudh raging in his study, muttering obscenities and pacing around the room, a highly enraged look on his face. “Hey! What’s wrong? Who’s on the receiving end of your anger? Who’s doom days are ahead?”, Saurav asked light-heartedly. Anirudh whirled around to look at him, his lips set in a thin line. Saurav held up his hands in surrender. “I did nothing”, he said, shaking his head. His friend could be quite brash, when angry. Anirudh stood silent for several moments, taking deep…

CHAPTER 14 Bondita had finally got some time to have a chat with her Sakha Babu and even he said that he was free for two days. They’d been texting back and forth, for the last one and a half hour, talking about their favourite TV shows to movies and music and sports etc. It was their topic for today— their favourites in every field. Their tastes were similar in a lot many things. But they also enjoyed their differences, because their texting banter was fun, as each tried to persuade the other, that their favourite was better. But yesterday’s…

CHAPTER 13 “Why are you silent, Bondita? Say something please. Anything!”, Srijit cried out, holding Bondita by the shoulders. “Uhh…”, was the only thing Bondita was able to say, though. Srijit had just now dropped a bombshell upon her. It had been a while since they became friends. But Bondita had never thought that this friendship would take such a drastic turn. “I think I’m in love with you, Bondita. What do you feel about me?”, was all it took, for Bondita to go limp. Her brain nearly stopped working. Feeling dizzy, she felt like she would faint. She…

CHAPTER 12: EACH OTHER’S SHIKSHAK BABU Bondita’s parting sentence about working on his lessons, had rankled Anirudh’s mind all day. He really wasn’t cut out to teach. He could lecture and give explanations well. But, when it came to theory and making the students understand the fundamental, he faced difficulties. He really wasn’t good at planning. It was always Saurav, who helped him with planning everything. Even his study routine was planned with his help. But now, he had to be headstrong. With a renewed vigour and determination, Anirudh entered the classroom. “Ok, students, I have something to say to…

•Solid To Spirit• Please Note: Admittedly, the Barrister Babu timeline is pretty messed up. The first time it was set in the 1920’s and then we noticed the date 1942, I guess. So I am going with 1942 as the starting point. The story is set post-independence, after nearly 26 years of 1942. On 12 November 1968, Anirudh Roy Chowdhury realised that human beings could transform from flesh and blood into some sort of translucent mist in a matter of seconds. No, scratch that. It took half a second. He just discovered that. Just half a second ago, when he…

CHAPTER 11: DANCING UNDER THE RAIN            April had come to an end, giving way to a much more sweltering and humid May. The weather had been boiling hot. Throughout the campus, students and teachers alike, would be having a hand fan with them all the time. Fans and ACs were being used exorbitantly.            Although today, fate seemed to be in favour of the heat-tormented people. Because, today, the scorching hot loo, was replaced by a cool refreshing breeze. The sky was dim and dusky, instead of bright and sunny. Anirudh…

 •Fate•            Whooshhh… Cold air whirled into the small, dimly lit hut through the lone window there, settling a sense of dread and peculiar peace within the woman residing inside, making her shiver. Barrister Bondita Anirudh Roy Chowdhury sighed, glancing at the fragile figures laying on the miniature cot beside her. Her babies. She leaned in to kiss the foreheads of her five months old twins, salty droplets of tears wetting their cheeks. Her gaze turned to the cloudy, dark night sky with barely a star in sight. The crescent moon shone upon her face through…

A missing moment that I feel could have been shown. The incident is set during the elopement track, when they were in a hut in Chandannagar. Enjoy! 🙂 ~~~ This was all Anirudh Roy Chowdhury had ever wanted since the moment he realised his innermost feelings about his Bondita. Oh, how he craved to hold her in his arms lovingly; gaze at her, so that he would be looking into her gloriously beautiful soul. And finally, he thought, this was probably the moment.  His letters had not been in vain. Bondita replied to his letters. She asked him to meet…