Shokha suddenly felt a pang of pain inside him. He had this realisation that Shokhi would soon be married and he won't have her around him. He never used to express but Shokhi understood. The fun, the fights, the arguments, the secret secret talks, gigglings, teasing testing each other, all this Shokha didn't want to loose. He and Shokhi now often talked to each other for hours together from their growing up to their present. Shokha was five years younger to his beloved sister but their amazing chemistry made that equal. Shokhi narrated him the incident of 1st January'77.
Manas left late for office that day. Their Babu Mama too left home for some work. It was Moni, Shokhi, Shokha only a year old, and Shokhi's heartthrob!! her grandmother. Winter afternoon it was. Dida (dadi) was in the balcony. Shokhi, Moni and Shokha were in the drawing room.
The door...