CHASTE GANGES {10} Nihal broke into a cold sweat seeing his pet sister. Nithyayuvani rolled her eyes. Nilanjali was dumbfounded. None of them spoke. The two elder siblings were still unsure of how much she had heard. ‘Did amma and appa really have to bring her on this earth?! She is always a spoilsport!’ muttered Nithyayuvani. Nihal’s threatening look stopped her from saying anything further. He swallowed hard and took a few steps towards Nilanjali. He adored her more than Nithyayuvani and pampered her like his own child. Being a decade older than her, he was more like a father figure than an elder brother to her. She was still naïve and he could not guess how she would react to him being gay. ‘Nilu… when did you come?’ he asked softly. Nilanjali was stoic. Nithyayuvani walked up to her. ‘Aey, what are you doing here? Why didn’t you sleep?’ she bullied her. ‘You have a boyfriend!’ said Nilanjali widening her eyes. ‘Yeah. So?’ ‘You too have a b...
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CHASTE GANGES {9} Nithyayuvani sat down on the courtyard of the temple and gazed at the gopuram of the Arulmigu Kapaleeshwarar temple. The ornate monumental tower always mesmerized her. She was dressed in a simple off white cotton churidhar against her mother’s wishes of draping a sari. ‘What is wrong in draping a sari? You are going to a temple!’ Devayani glared. ‘I would have draped a sari, if I were to go to the temple for God’s sake. Today I am going there to meet this guy you have chosen for me. Let him see me the way I am every day! He should not be under any false impression that I would be draping a sari on a daily routine,’ she said rolling her eyes. She could not help smiling remembering the conversation with her mother. The argument could well have been avoided, yet she never let go of any opportunity which kept the two women in the house at loggerheads. Her heart was filled with a sudden tenderness thinking about Devayani. I love you, amma… ...