The Rule Breakers by Preeti Shenoy

Author:Preeti Shenoy [Shenoy, Preeti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789387578678
Publisher: Westland
Published: 2018-09-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 21

October 1996

Joshimath

My dearest Veda didi,

You have no idea how elated I felt after I read your letter. That’s the way to go! Honestly, didi, your last few letters had me worried. It seemed to me that you had given up on life.

But now, I can make out that my old Veda didi has returned. I can see the enthusiasm you have from your letter and the way you described it all, didi. I badly want to come to Pune and see Sankalp for myself.

I want to meet Kajol, Sanju, Aishwarya, Zinia and all the others you talked about. It seems to be such a wonderful organisation to be a part of. I also want to meet Kanika. Please convey my greetings to her.

College has started off well. It is very different from school—but you already know that. I remember how you used to describe each day, when you first started college and I was still in school. It is exactly like that. Nothing much has changed from when you were here. Some of my classmates have gone to different cities to study, but many are from my class itself. So it feels like an extension of school, but where the teachers are not that strict. The best part about college is, no more uniforms. I love wearing different outfits each day. I mix and match the salwars. I have also secretly managed to buy jeans! Ma had given me money for college shopping. I went with Deepali, and we bought some smart clothes. I love the fit of the jeans, and we managed to bring the prices down by bargaining. I plan to change into jeans at college and then change back into a salwar kameez before I go home. That way, Papa will not know, and it is just easier. I can’t understand why he has silly rules like girls should not wear jeans. I agree it is not very common—but why can’t I be different from others if I wish to? One or two girls in my class do wear jeans.

Didi—I have already bunked college and gone for a movie in the neighbouring town. Don’t be shocked! I know you may not approve as you were always a rule follower. But I think rules are meant to be broken, or at least bent a little. (Ha, ha—I can see you frowning, Veda didi. Don’t worry, I do know my boundaries.)

I have become friendly with Kunal Saini. (You remember him from my class, right?) Didi—he drives his own Ambassador car to college. He invited me and Dipu for a ride, along with his friends, Bharat and Naveen. All five of us bunked college and went for a nice movie, and I got back home at the usual time. He drove safely didi, don’t worry. We had a lot of fun. It was an English movie, but it was dubbed in Hindi, and we laughed at the dialogues! The translated version was ridiculous. I think that in college, it is important to have this kind of fun.

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