Sunday, 20 March 2016

The GB Road reassurance

Posted by abezayprose on 00:58:00 with 2 comments
It is a cold winter night but the city is still alive. It doesn’t really give you the feeling of being in New Delhi, the heart of the capital of India. A foul smell of public toilet, garbage thrown at every side of the road, shouting and crying of people all over. The rickshaw walas and auto walas are fighting to get the passengers, well it doesn’t seem to be a very good night for them. Many people are gathered here and there in front and besides of tea stalls, stopping and drinking hot tea and moving on. No one talks with another yet it is so noisy and everyone is scared being there at the moment yet unknown of what they fear of. The street is crowded and people are rushing in and out in rickshaws and autos which move making way through the dense mass of people walking by. And while making way they sometime hit people and even hurt them. But there is no system of apologies, both of them are convinced that it’s either’s mistake, curse each other and return to whatever they are doing. This is the every night’s story but today it is going to be somewhat different.

Today on the crossroads of the New Delhi stands a man with no business to be there at all. His name is Sagar. And Sagar here is going to provide some contentment to these obscurities. There is going to be a little show for everyone tonight. The tricky thing is he himself has no idea that his life is going to change completely and he is going to change someone else’s as well. He is a man of average built with white skin. He is dressed very well with a corporate attire. He is wearing a black blazer underneath which is a well ironed white formal shirt with black pant. A golden Rado is shining in his left hand. He outstand the crowd with his postures and attitude and every one passing by gave him a hate look. Few rickshaw walas have already approached him asking where he wanted to go and each time they only bought him back to consciousness, he had no idea where he wanted to or supposed to be. He had rage in his head, he was trying hard to hide it with silent. The city was a complete mute for him, he had his own noise superseding. He was just walking on along with the crowd and had just stopped at the crossroads. People were taking different direction of their purpose from there. But he had no purpose of his own. He stood there confused what to do with his life without any purpose any longer.

“Want some entertainment?” A middle age man appeared grinning with low voice.
Sagar stared at his face for a while as if he was some alien. He looked around, he was standing at the entrance of GB road. He had come to this place a lot of time but never dared to go inside. Every time there was someone whom he admired and believed going there would be betrayal and unethical. This feeling of betrayal to the beloved always built a fence between him and a lot of his fantasies. There was always someone that would be betrayed if he did what he really want to. He quit his music love because his dad didn’t want him to pursue it and doing it against his will would betray him, he didn’t go hiking because his friend has altitude sickness and going without him would be a betrayal to him. There was always someone between him and what he wanted to do. But there was no fence today. There was no one to betray. And some warm body would surely do some good to his freezing body, he thought. Suddenly a lot of things came rushing to his mind. He felt the rush of the thought, he realized his mind suddenly started working and it was stopped before. He felt headache, his skin felt chill. He realized he was staring at the man for too long.
“What have you got for me?” He asked.
“Come with me and you shall get the night of your life you shall never forget.” The man said.
“Are you a pimp?”
“My name is Chaudary. We call it broker here, it is a nice word.” The man grinned. “I would like to be called that.”

They went through the street of GB road. He had heard that there are hardware shops on the ground floor and brothels on the other floors. The houses were old and had all attached together. It was like one very long house. The street lights lighted the road and he could hear girls laughing and calling for customers. He looked above to the houses, there were girls in each windows with flying kisses, smooching their breasts calling for customers to come up. Sagar had never come to this street. He always returned from the entrance. But he always fantasied it to be some place with big discos and bars. There were few restaurants and bar at the entrance of the road but they were not like he had imagined to be. And the most disappointing was the girls he saw were all old and ugly. He again looked towards the houses; all doors were numbered. The man took him inside the door number 64. It was like entering into a rough dark alley. Then there was a wooden staircase, very narrow and it creaked while they climbed up. It opened into softly lighted narrow hall. There was a counter in the corner and there were girls of different ages lined up beside. There were sofa sets on the other side of the counter where few other men sat. They also were some customer waiting for their turn as the rooms were filled.

A fat and ugly lady sat behind the counter. She was shouting and swearing some names again and again and ordering to make it quick. It was only her noise that sustained in that place. Everyone else was silent. Sagar glanced towards the girls, there were seven, and most of them were women of around age 30 to 35. Sagar always thought that the girls who work in places like this are forced to do so, and no one likes the life like this. One of his purpose of coming here was to see that people live miserable life though they don’t want to, but they are living it. He wanted to console himself that he was not in worse situation and he can still get out of the mess he had created. But to his surprise all the girls were smiling and cheerful. It seemed as if they were living the dream. As if wearing revealing clothes and waiting to be sold for the night was the life they dreamed of and finally attained. He realized that there was no people happier than these whores. His rage boiled. He saw Manisha’s face in those whores. She was also so cheerful when she left him. He suppressed his anger and looked towards the whores again. In the soft light he could see them flirting with the customers. The men in the sofa used to stand up and try to pull the girls. The ugly lady in the counter shouted at them and ask them to pay and do whatever they liked to do, but inside, not in front of her. Two men came out with a young women from a small door and another couple went in. People were there for a lot of reasons. They wanted to get out of their frustrating life for few time and fuck a women. Some were fed up of their life, some of their wife, some were fired from job, some were unemployed, everyone had some frustrations and those girls were the relief. There were every type of men, from rickshaw wala to big shots. The difference was the big shots were given more attentions and good looking young girls of their choice and rickshaw wala had to wait for their turn for the old whores. The only thing mattered there was money. Sagar wondered what were the names of these whores, what caste did they belong too. Nobody cared of caste or race or background of those whores. He thought the girls were free here. Outside of this road, the girls were judged on lots of basis. Her caste, creed, skin color, background, if she ever had a boyfriend, even by the display picture of Facebook etc etc. And why was she judged? For getting married; which in most cases turned out to be sex slavery that the society allowed. Sagar’s rage shifted to the social traditions and rules. He saw flaw in everything but he never tried to act against it. And he was also hunted down by the social rules, clean bowled.

“Her name is Kamala Bai, She runs the place”, Chaudary whispered. Chaudary signaled Sagar to sit on the sofa and went off to talk at the counter. Kamala Bai gave a glance at Sagar and smiled.
“So, the young man wants to have fun?” She asked loudly.
The girls laughed at Sagar and started their erotic act.
“I cannot wait in line!” Sagar gulped. He was already very scared and couldn’t resist everyone staring at him.
“Looks like young boy is in hurry.” Everyone laughed loud.
“I see everyone waiting in line for going in. Looks like you are short of rooms.”
“Oh no, young man, we have plenty of rooms for customers like you. Choose one girl and you are good to go.” She laughed loudly.
Sagar looked towards the girls. They were all old and ugly. Their breasts were wrinkled, ass was dislocated and either they were too skinny or very fat. He couldn’t decide what to do. Now he wanted to quit and go away, it was the stupidest idea but they wouldn’t let him. He knew he had got himself into trouble. He got so scared that he started to tremble with fear. Suddenly a middle aged man rose from sofa and pulled a whore near him. He was a dark complexioned man, wearing a yellow shirt that was now stinky and brown with the day labor.
“I will take his room. This kid cannot decide.” He shouted.
Kamala Bai Suddenly jumped out from the counter. She looked fierce and full of rage. The hall was filled with commotion. Sagar almost got a heart attack.  He was already feeling a severe pain in heart due to fear. The ugly lady kicked the man out of the building.
“Pay your dues first, motherfucker!” She shouted.
The man fell down the stairs straight to the streets. She was strongly built and looked uglier when she was angry. The sudden incident had caused a chaos and had disturbed the arrangement of the room. The man sitting on the sofa had stood up, few man and women came running from inside, maybe they thought of a police raid. The girls standing on the line were now disbursed. Sagar slowly looked around the room only moving his eyes. On the farthest corner from the counter behind two ladies there was a girl, her age not more than 17. She was pale with fear. She was slightly dark complexioned and with beautiful eyes. Her hair was braided and she wore brown kurthas. She was short and that had helped her till now to hide behind the old ladies. The girl’s eyes that were also slowly revolving around the room and matched Sagar’s, as he was staring at her; she suddenly looked down. Sagar smiled; he hadn’t smiled since he last remembered. Kamala Bai had now settled behind the counter but was still blabbering with irritation. The environment was settling slowly.
“That girl in brown kurthas,” Sagar called out.
The girl froze. She couldn’t hold her head up. She could hide no more. The day had come when she had to finally start the heinous journey her life was destined to. The other ladies gasped. No one chose the little girl before. Even if someone did, Kamala Bai never let anyone touch her. But she was always kept in display. The icon or model for advertisement she used to call her. Young boys are attracted seeing pretty girl but they can be easily manipulated. So if the pretty girl was kept for display, boys would rush in and she would easily land them with other whores; that was the strategy.
“She is only for display, young man,” Kamala Bai answered. “There are plenty other women for making your night memorable. I guarantee they are the best in this, what you call it, ya the specialist.” That made all other women chuckled.
“Come to me my gentlemen,” the women in the left corner said. Another women beside her came forward and touched his penis. She hold his hands and kept them in their breasts. Sagar withdrew from her and moved aside.
“But I want her,” he shouted. He couldn’t hold any longer.
Chaudary rushed to his side and whispered, “Kamala Bai never lets this girl to anyone. She is like her daughter. You are creating a trouble for us both.”
“But I want her and no one else”.
“There are so many other. You can take two if you like. See, that’s Lalita and Resma, come on today have double fun.” Chaudary signaled and two girls came forward to Sagar.
“But if she is here, she is going to start someday. You are not going to keep her as display item forever anyway. Give her to me today and I will pay you double.” Sagar was desperate and this was the one war of ego he wanted to win. He wanted to fuck the whore he chose.
“Ten thousands!” Kamala Bai declared. “And she is virgin. You cannot complain or ask for refund afterwards.”
Sagar took out his wallet and cashed down ten thousand bucks and said, “I won’t complain. I am virgin as well.”


(This story is a part of my untitled novel that I have started in my Wattpad profile. I will keep updating the story of the novel there. Follow me in wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/user/Bezayoli to know what happens next.)

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

The River

Posted by abezayprose on 00:38:00
When we were little kid, my brother and I used to go to a river side few km away from our home. It was one of the major rivers of our zone and there were huge open grassy fields all around it. We used to take our cow to graze in the field, tie it to the nail and go to the river banks. It was like the ultimate destination of excursion for us. It was our picnic spot, our playground and our safe haven when mom used to chase us for the mess and mayhem we used to create. We used to play in the sand, make pictures, write names and then fight with each other, rubbing each other’s art. We used to run in the bouncy sand and get to different islands of sand in the river. There was a strong connection of the river with us. It was very childish like us. Someday it would be real happy and calm like us. We used to get into it and feel the water passing through our legs. We would feel so strong blocking the river. Some days the river would grow in size and be real big and messy that even adults fear to come near. The river used to play with us, take us in its arms and throw us to the other side. There was nothing special on the other side, more grassy fields, thorns and vermin. Even though going to the other side challenging the river was our greatest expedition. My brother was my best friend and since he was much younger than me he used to follow all my directions however crazy it was. We had many cousins and we all used to live together but I remember only few instances going to the river with them. It was always my brother and me. To be honest we were restricted to go there. Our friend, the river was considered danger by our parents. We were strictly instructed not to go there, but no one could stop me at that age where logic was just a word and my brother never left me so we both used to go to the river regularly. So since we were anyway going they used to send the cow with us. And taking the cow with us was another happiest thing for us. The cow we had been considered the real devil. No one could come near it. Once it fractured my father’s leg hitting by its horn. But it was for the surprise of us all; it obeyed every word of my brother. And I must tell you my brother didn’t even have learnt properly to speak. I wonder now if they had any telepathic connections. The cow was our protector from stray dogs and other cows and buffalo we used to encounter in the way. Some days when I used to be in school and if other cousins won’t let my brother to play with them, he used to go the barn and talk with the cow. He used to tell the cow how bad the cousins were and he would complain me about them in the evening. The cow was the real enemy of the cousins, it used to chase them anywhere it saw them. And I was always there for my revenge seeking little brother. We had a different way of revenge. I was the eldest among all the cousins so I used to prompt them to go to the river in the evening and they had to obey me. I used to tell them the stories about the ghosts we saw the other day in our way. After reaching the river my brother and I used to hide in the tall grasses and make ghostly noise. The river used to help us in our revenge by making noises. After scaring the hell out of them we would laugh our stomach out and take them home. Once due to that act one of my cousins fell terribly ill and I got the scolding of lifetime. My parents never hit on me but that night I saw fury blazing on my dad’s eyes. It was scarier than the river ghost. I cried the whole night and my brother also cried for no reason, maybe to give me company. Then we never took the cousins to the river but we went regularly till this event happened.
It was a normal Saturday, there was no school so my brother and I took the cow and went towards the river early. In the way we found the cousins who had bought new dummy guns for the Tihar and they were showing us cockily. We had been arguing with mom for such guns but she wasn’t buying us so we were raged when we saw them boasting. My brother and I cursed them the whole way. After reaching the bank we tied the cow to graze and went to the river and started collecting white pebbles. The river had grown in size due to last night’s rain. We couldn’t find much white pebbles this side of the river. So we decided to go to the other side. My brother signaled the increased water level but I was just unstoppable. I steely signaled him to stay there if he was scared. But I knew my brother was not going to leave me. As always we hold hands and went inside the river. Slowly we started to cut the water current. We didn’t know how to swim but were experts on crossing the river. We were moving very slowly and blocking the water flow with all strength. But our strength was nothing compared to the water current and suddenly my brother slipped and we both were flooded with the river. Our hands hold was split and we both were doused into the water. I was stunned of what was happening and struggling to breathe. I was trying to go upward but the weight was pushing me downwards. My head was inflating and my eyes were shut and hurting and the cold was piercing through the skin. Then I suddenly remembered my brother. I realized he was inside the water and going through the same situation. Glooms and fear surrounded me and I felt the most desperate. Then I used my all strength to move and suddenly I felt like I was given a big push and I found my brother’s arm and next moment we were in the bank on the other side. We had crossed the river but we had floated a huge distance. It was a miracle that we were alive and unhurt. It took a moment for me to come to my senses. Then I looked at my brother, he was sobbing, and trembling with cold. I knew he was angry with me, because he had warned me about the river, but he didn’t say anything. He just looked into the river and cried. He knew that the river had saved our life. I was going to get into a bigger trouble when I would reach home. But I wasn’t scared, I was grateful that we both were safe. I felt sorry for my brother and for myself. I felt guilty for my stupidity. I looked down to the river. Our friend had saved our life.
Then we walked through the bank and finally found the place where the river wasn’t so wide and we crossed. We went home and I told mom everything. My brother was surprised because he was seeing the honest side of me for the first time. My mom just holds my brother in her arms for a while and started sobbing. I felt different that day, I hadn’t felt ever in that way, and I realized that was a change. After that we never went to river again. But I never forgot that it gave me a second life. And it will remain my friend and savior all my life.

Inspired by: To Kill A Mockingbird
Tribute to Late Harper Lee.