Arushi Sinha

  I was very much disappointed about leaving the village and everyone I know here, especially Kamal. I don’t want to tell him anything about yesterday; I just wanted to spend some time with him. So when grandma, uncle and aunt were busy I slipped out of the house and went to Kamal’s house. We took long walks together, went to the lake and sat beneath our favourite tree. When it was time to leave we hugged each other and promised never to forget our friendship. I went towards our home where grandma was already waiting for me, I thanked my aunt and uncle for everything they did for me after my parent’s death and we set off for Majuli, our new village.   It was not too far and grandma said we will reach their next morning. When we reached I was fast asleep, grandma woke me up and we were in our new house. It was a small house of one room, one kitchen and a hall. It took us whole day to arrange everything, me and grandma were very much exhausted so we decided to sleep early. We ha...

I had eyes full of water saying truth without any doubts. My grandma looked at me with disappointment. I had full faith on her that she would surely help me out. She stood from the bed and looked out of the window into the fields. She said, “The girl will return to me and once again take me into the woods.” Hearing all this was like shattering me into hundreds of pieces. My grandma helped me to sit on the bed. I asked grandma,” will the devil ever leave me.” My grandma replied,’’ the only way is to forbidden the fields. Not only in the night but in the morning too.” I knew that devils don’t come in light so I was little confused. My grandma touched my wound and said to me to stay away from that river. She holded me and made me lean on the bed. I asked her why she would do so. “No one knows it” she replied and continued she is not a devil and would never scare people. She is a girl who takes children away. I was not at all clarified with my questions but I also don’t want to know the an...