by KAVITA KRISHNAN
Nirupama Pathak/PHOTO/IBN
She had fallen in love with a classmate, Priyabhanshu, and intended to marry him. Her father had written her a letter, reminding his daughter that in his eyes, social laws were defined not by the 60 year-old Indian Constitution but by centuries-old ‘Sanatan Dharma’ – according to which a ‘girl from a high-born family’ was not allowed to marry a boy from a caste ‘lower’ than her own. Since Nirupama was a Brahmin, and Priyabhanshu a Kayastha, a match between them was unthinkable, he said, and counselled them both to give it up.
A civilised letter from a ‘high-born’ father! Quite a contrast to that post mortem report which testifies to the fact that three people (including, probably, her mother) in Nirupama’s home got together to overpower her, and smother her with a pillow over her head!
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(Submitted by Mukul Dube)