Nikah At Night- Part one

Nikah at Night

Chapter 1 Place with multiple names.

As usual, she was standing their outside her house, waiting for the customer. It is hard to use the word 'house' for the place she was living in. It was just a shabby, old, rotten place where even window was considered as luxury or if I put in the words of societal morality and values that house or the area was sinful, debauched, and vicious where even air refrains to enter, it does not want to get the label of pervert, corrupt or unrighteous. The condition of the place was not at all suitable for the human dwellings. It was just an enormous structure having lots of unfurnished, unventilated rooms. In the name of the furniture, each room had a chair, an old bad, one mirror to get dressed, and lastly a bathroom. That's was all. It cannot just be called a room for the people living there. For them it was their home, office, shop, factory or even mandir or masjid. It was their whole world. It was the place where all well reputed, well educated people of the society wanted to spent some time, though for the society they are living in , that place is considered as morally incorrect and against the structure of the value based society. It was the charm and aura of the place, when any one used to enter there, they automatically and voluntarily left the luggage of their belief system  at the entry level and transformed themselves into  a probable customer who is ready to pay some sort of money in return of the given service. That area has many names in different languages. In English it is called ' Red light area', in Urdu ' Husna Bazaar' and in Hindi ' Randi Khana.'

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                                   Chapter 2: Bride.

She was still waiting, but has not encountered a single customer for the day. She thought that something is missing; either sari or make-up is not properly done. At last she decided to change it. She went inside. She had deep liking for the yellow colour, so chose or selected yellow sari in replacement of the sari she was wearing. It was the irony of her and other girls living there, that they daily used to get dressed to get undressed. The whole purpose of wearing shining and attractive clothes and captivating make up was to attract customers,  who will show interest in removing their clothes and do the thing for which they have landed there, in just return of some filthy money. She wore the sari, put the bindi, applied light red lipstick, arranged her glossy hair, they were not tied up into a bun, unlike other girls , she used to keep them open and straight with one thin curl hanging on the side of right cheek. She had purchased one golden chain and a pair of ear-rings. They were also a part of her get up. This way, it was daily schedule of getting dressed as bride. She was looking gorgeous and bitterly beautiful. She was looking more beautiful and alluring than the usual bride. Though she was looking bride, there was no least chance of getting her married. Only one element of the marriage was there in their life and that is celebrating first night. Bride used to remain the same while bride groom changes on daily basis. She went out to resume her business.

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Chapter 3 Rape in the disguise of reward.

Her name was Aafiya. Because of the virtue of the place, she was living in; they were awarded with different names: Prostitute, Vesya, Randi. Having a name it was just formality, there no one was bother with the name, whether your are Reshma or Rashila, it doesn't matter. Since five years she was living there. Before landing there, she had spent her life in an orphanage. She was found laying astray in the railway platform. When she started crying, it came into the notice of the crowd present there, they took her and gave her to the railway authority. They announced again and again for her parents to come and take her back, but when after several announcements parents have not turned up, they understood that she was deliberately left there. After they informed the police and submitted her to their custody. At that time she was only five to six days old. Police admitted her into an orphanage run by the NGO called ' Every human is needed'. The condition of the orphanage was pathetic. The prevailing atmosphere was very harse and depressive. All the children living there were deprived of even basic facilities of life: good and healthy food, nice and clean clothes. Their life was quite different than the normal children. It was not that children living there were deprived in terms of food, clothes or education but they were also deprived in terms of love, care, feelings, relations, and sense of belonging. Life was very difficult and tedious. When she was admitted there she was taken a good care till she become one year old. The reason behind that was police used to ask about her condition on regular basis, with time they stopped that practice. Time went on and she became five years old. The works at the orphanage was divided into two groups. One group contained children below fifteen years of age and other above fifteen years. Those who came in the former group were responsible to look after the cleaning of the place and cooking for all the people living there, while the latter group had to work as labourers in the cotton factory from 7 am in the morning till 9 pm at night.They were in total 30 children. The Orphanage had made a contract with the cotton factory near by it. As per the established rule, when Aafiya turned fifteen she was enrolled in the factory as labourer.She was working hard. She was very beautiful and charming. One year passed, Factory owner was very fond of her, not with her work but for her body, her extravagant beauty. He wanted to have physical relation at any cost. One night when all had left or almost returned home, factory manager came to her said that the owner is very happy with her work and wants to reward her for that. He has asked to visit his office. She with a smile dashed off towards the office. Office was very dark and its formation was such nothing can be heard outside it. As soon as she went inside, he closed the door, pounced on her and brutally raped her for whole night.

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Chapter 4 Pre Planned Arrangements

Mr.Qayyum, the factory owner had good tie with the orphanage manager. He was indulged in many illegitimate trades other than the cotton factory. Factory was only for the symbol and showing its source of income. Under the ground he was running many illegal and felonious activities such as flesh trade, running bars, running gambling houses, and human trafficking. He was running brothel of his own. He had good relations with the orphanage manager. Manager, in advance was aware about what happened to Aafiya that night. He was given 1 lakh rupees for that. To show nothing wrong has happened, and to remain on the safe side, he lodged a missing FIR in the local police station. He was quite confident that no actions will be taken in such trivial matters as lots of people get missed on a regular basis.

To be Continued