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A Young Woman
October 13, 2024
Mindani was very beautiful. When she was born, her parents died in an accident. She was brought up by her grandmother. She used to blog from a young age. In which her grandmother used to support her a lot. She left her studies after tenth class. After a few years, her YouTube channel had become very famous. Now she had also started earning online. Now she used to travel to new places with her grandmother. She used to create new blogs. She used to get a lot of views and likes. After a few days, Mindani goes to the market to buy vegetables. A young man named Sonich. Who was a drug addict. He used to harass some girl every day. He comes to her and says:- Will you have sex with me. At first, Mindani is surprised to hear this. After that, she gets angry and says no to him. Sonich used to watch porn videos and take drugs every day. Due to Sonich's bad habits, his father left him and settled in another city. His mother had already passed away. He used to work as a clown in a circus. That was his livelihood. It was night time. Mindani's grandmother was fast asleep. It was 1 o'clock in the night. Her grandmother was fast asleep. Mindani was unable to sleep. So she was watching reels on her smartphone. There was silence all around. She started hearing loud noises from the door of the house. When she looked through the window, she got scared. Sonich, dressed as a clown, was banging the door loudly. He had an axe in his hand. Sonich sees Mindani. He looks at her with a scary smile. After that, he starts hitting the wooden door with the axe. Mindani's face fills with fear. Without delay, she calls 100. The police station was about a kilometer away from here. So the policemen reach here very soon. The door was broken. Sonich was about to enter the house when the policemen caught him. Mindani feels relieved. Even now the grandmother was fast asleep. In the morning. She tells the whole incident to the grandmother. Hearing this, the grandmother gets very scared. After this incident, Mindani donates 25 percent of her earnings to orphanages. She also helps the needy. By doing this, she feels a different kind of happiness. One month later. Mindani and her grandmother go for a walk in the forest. The grandmother told her many times:- We should not stay here at night. How could the grandmother leave her alone? Both of them made a tent and spent the night. Necessary things were present in the tent. Three days ago. Sonich got released from jail by giving a bribe of twenty five thousand to a policeman. Immediately after his release, he started searching for Mindani. Now Mindani was listening to stories with her head on Dadi's lap. Both of them were unaware that Sonich was present in the forest. The moon was shining in the moonlit night. Some things were visible in its light. Sonich suddenly enters the tent and drags Mindani out. She screams loudly. Sonich hits her on the head with a stick. Due to which she gets injured. He attacks her to satisfy his lust. But Dadi hits him on the head with a stick and injures him. Dadi picks up Mindani and says:- Daughter, run away from here. I will take care of her. Mindani starts running away from there, falling down. Then Sonich gets angry and ties Dadi's neck with the rope tied to the tent and starts pulling the other end to the tree. Dadi starts suffocating. He hangs Dadi with a noose and ties the other end to the tree. Grandma writhes in pain for some time. After that she dies. Now Sonich starts following her. Mindani reaches near a high waterfall. Mindani pushes a stone into the waterfall and hides somewhere. Sonich comes there. He heard the sound of someone falling into the waterfall. He goes near the waterfall and looks. He feels that the girl has jumped into the waterfall. He was regretting not being able to satisfy his lust. He thought. At least I will find another girl. He moves his feet to go from there. Then his foot slips and his head hits a stone hard. He falls from a height into the waterfall. After writhing in pain for some time. He dies a painful death. His dead body was floating in the fast flowing water. Mindani comes near the tent. Seeing Grandma hanging from the tree, she faints and falls down. In the morning. The forest officer comes there and brings her grandmother down and sprinkles water on Mindani, bringing her back to consciousness. She is taken to the hospital. After a few days, the bribe-taking policeman is removed from his post. The grandmother's body is buried in the ground. Now Mindani sells that house and starts living in an orphanage, spending time with the children.Third Person
October 13, 2024
Remu, the elder son of the parents, had developed a habit of addiction. Most of the time he was busy in gambling online and consuming drugs. His parents scolded him many times. But he would not listen to them. Nor would he pay attention to what the family members said. The parents thought - why not get the elder son married. Maybe with the arrival of a daughter-in-law, he will improve. They started looking for a match for him. After looking at many girls. Finally he liked a girl. After a few months. They got married. Both of them were happy. After a few days. Remu's wife - Vasuna. Goes to her maternal home. Remu was unaware that a third person had already entered between them. Vasuna had fallen in love with her real uncle's son Siduram. Vasuna and Siduram had started loving each other since childhood. When Vasuna passed the tenth grade examination. The talk of her marriage started in the family. Due to which Siduram once found Vasuna alone, applied sindoor on her maang and ran away from there. Now Vasuna's post-wedding rituals were being completed at her maternal home. As soon as Siduram saw Vasuna, he kept looking at her. His eyes were not moving away from her. He was just looking at her. Remu left his wife at her maternal home and went to his home the very next day. When all the rituals were completed, Vasuna was sitting alone in the room, enhancing her makeup. Then Siduram comes in the room. Vasuna and Siduram look at each other for some time. After that he comes and sits next to Vasuna. Both talk for a long time. After that they both have sex. After a month. Remu brings her back to her in-laws. Vasuna goes to her maternal home on every festival. This sequence of Siduram and Vasuna continued. After Remu and Vasuna's relationship for many months. After about eight months, Vasuna gives birth to a child. Who is named Taruni. After a few months, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law start quarreling. The daughter-in-law also leaves the household work, puts the child to sleep or hands over the child to her father-in-law, and spends most of the time watching TV. When she feels like it, she does a little work. She talks to Siduram on the phone in such an excited manner that Remu starts suspecting her. Due to which Remu scolds her many times, pretending to be her second sister. But it does not have much effect on her. Remu was still looking for work. His wife now insists on going to her parents' house every two or one and a half months. Due to which Remu gets angry many times. After a year, Vasuna divorces Remu and after abusing him, fighting with him, she takes her daughter with her to Siduram. Remu stands there sadly and watches. After that, Remu and his family also come to know about this. Siduram was also an unemployed youth. His father used to sell smartphones. She tells Siduram- Now we can get married. Siduram says- I cannot marry you. Siduram leaves from there. In reality Siduram did not love Vasuna. He was just pretending and satisfying his lust. At that time Vasuna started regretting a lot. She sat down on her knees. Slow rain started falling. Tears started falling from Vasuna's eyes. Her parents also did not allow Vasuna to stay in the house. A few weeks after this incident, Remu went out to work. Three years later. Seduram had opened a shop by taking a loan from the bank. But it did not work and he drowned in debt. Remu now works in a company on a good salary. On the other hand, Vasuna lives in a rented house and feeds herself and her daughter by doing sewing work. Sometimes Remu comes to meet his daughter. I would buy the things she needed and show her love.Chandralekha
October 13, 2024
In the 16th century. The king of a small kingdom was Chandrasej. The name of his kingdom was Satnampur. The kingdom of Satnampur was flourishing. Chandrasej had an only daughter. Whose name was Chandralekha. She was about 20 years old. She was an expert in dancing. She was also very beautiful. Her dance and beauty were discussed all over the kingdom. Chandrasej and his wife were very worried about her marriage. They were always afraid that some other powerful king might attack our kingdom. A few years later. It was the day of Diwali. The whole kingdom was shining with the light of diyas. The festival was being celebrated with great pomp. A spy comes panting and says- A ruthless king Nagavannam is moving towards our kingdom with his huge army. He is so ruthless that after conquering the kingdom. He kidnaps all the women present in the kingdom and burns the rest alive. Hearing this, the happiness and joy of the people of the kingdom vanishes in a few moments. It is also said about him that a year ago, he killed his father and became the king himself. Chandrasej had enough time to go far away with his family. But when he saw the sad and scared faces of the people of the kingdom, he decided to fight. Chandrasej said to his daughter - Chandralekha, you take your mother and go far away from here on a fast horse. But his daughter refuses to run away from here and decides to fight. Many people of the kingdom start fleeing from here. At the same time, many people of the kingdom are ready to support the king. After some time, a series of screams and shouts start in the kingdom. The war had started on the dark night of Amavasya. Soldiers were fighting from both sides. On the other hand, Chandralekha had also taken up the sword in her hand. She was somehow fighting the soldiers with her sword in the light of torches. Nagavannam's eyes fall on Chandralekha. He gets mesmerized by her beauty. The soldiers are ordered that no soldier will make any lethal attack on that girl. After a few hours, King Chandrasej loses this war. King Nagavannam gives orders to his soldiers in front of Chandralekha. After that, Nagavannam's soldiers, along with her father, pour kerosene on the remaining soldiers, people and children and burn them alive. The whole Satnampur reverberates with screams. Tears start falling from Chandralekha's eyes. After a few minutes, everything becomes quiet in this dark night. Nagavannam and his soldiers kidnap the women of the kingdom. For many days, his soldiers forcefully quench their thirst with those women. Nagavannam had heard a lot about Chandralekha's dance. But I had never seen her dance with my own eyes. King Nagavannam had forced her to dance many times. But she did not listen. Every night, Nagavannam would force Chandralekha to satisfy his lust. Also, if she did not listen, he would beat her body with a whip. Wounds had appeared on her body. Chandralekha had stopped eating and drinking. Day by day, her body was getting weaker. She thought to herself. If only she had listened to her father that day, then perhaps she would not have to see this day. It was midnight. King Nagavannam, after having his meal, went towards Chandralekha's room. When he opened the door, he saw that Chandralekha was hanging from a noose. After that. King Nagavannam started to remain drunk and worried most of the time. After a few months. When the king did not come out of his room for two days, the ministers broke the door and went inside. They saw that King Nagavannam was sitting lifelessly on a chair. When the doctor comes and examines them, it is found that they had died of a heart attack two days ago. After the death of the king, a rebellion begins in that kingdom. In which the commander and many soldiers are killed. After a few weeks, this rebellion calms down. Later it is found out that Nagavannam's younger sister Nagendi was behind this rebellion. The commander himself wanted to become the king. That is why Nagendi planned this rebellion. Nagendi becomes the queen of that kingdom and starts ruling. Chandralekha's mother fainted in the battlefield. Due to which the soldiers thought that she had died and they left from there. People hiding far away treated her mother and saved her life. When the news of the death of her husband and daughter reaches her, she drowns in a bottomless ocean of sorrow. But after a few days, Chandralekha's mother says in anger - Just as he has destroyed my family, in the same way I will extinguish even the last lamp of his family. The painful death of her husband and daughter had made her ruthless. Six months later. Chandralekha's mother Hemvati reaches Nagendi's kingdom. After a lot of effort, Hemvati gets a job as a maid in her palace. Queen Nagendi had a son who was only seven years old. Due to Hemvati's concentration towards work, Queen Nagendi also used to praise her many times. In just a month, she had become quite friendly with everyone. It was evening time. The queen's son was playing on the roof of the palace. There were dark clouds in the sky. It was about to rain. So Hemvati was taking down the clothes from the ropes. Hemvati's eyes fall on the queen's son. She throws the clothes on the ground and forcefully picks up the queen's son and throws him down from the roof. There is a loud thud. The queen looks towards the roof. Hemvati also jumps down with a scary smile. Due to falling from a height, Hemvati dies on the spot. The queen runs to her son and picks him up in her arms. There was a lot of blood flowing from his head. But fate had something else in store for him. His breathing was slow. But both his legs were broken. Without any delay, he was taken to a senior officer. After three years of treatment, he recovered. But his legs were no longer alive. Now he could never walk on his feet. Also, there was a possibility of brain injury sometimes. Her son was now ten years old. The people of Satnampur state get this news. After that, he was attacked many times. Now the queen was very scared about her son. She gives her palace to a trust for orphans and goes abroad with her son. It is said that after that, Queen Nagendi never returned to her kingdom.

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