BALI

YOUNG RAMU HAS A GARAGE IN THE VILLAGE. THERE ARE A FEW HOUSES NEARBY. RATAN, A SCHOOLGIRL WHO HAS RECENTLY ENTERED WOMANHOOD, STAYS IN ONE OF THOSE HOUSES WITH HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, TWO UNCLES AND AN AUNTY. THE GRANNY AND THE YOUNGEST UNCLE WORK OUTSIDE. RATAN COMES HOME AT NOON DURING THE LUNCH BREAK. SOMETIMES, RAMU VISITS HER HOUSE TO HAVE A GLASS OF WATER. SHE OFTEN SMILES AT HIM ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL OR WHENEVER SHE IS PASSING BY HIS GARAGE. ONE DAY, SHE WRITES A CHIT TO HIM, ADMITTING HER LOVE FOR HIM. HIS MARRIAGE IS ALREADY FIXED, BUT FOR SOME UNAVOIDABLE REASONS, IT IS DELAYED. WHEN RAMU CONVEYS THIS, SHE REPLIES THAT SHE WOULD NOT MIND BEING HIS SECOND WIFE. RAMU, HOWEVER, FEELS SHE SHOULD MARRY SOMEONE ELSE AND LIVE A HAPPY LIFE. THEY CONTINUE TO WRITE TO EACH OTHER. MANY TIMES, RATAN HELPS RAMU FINANCIALLY. IN BETWEEN, SHE EXPRESSES HER WISH TO COMMIT SUICIDE NOW AND THEN. RAMU IS NOT AWARE OF THE CAUSE BEHIND IT.
WHEN RAMU PURSUES IT, SHE FINALLY TELLS HIM THE REASON. HER ELDER UNCLE TUKYA HAD BEEN EXPLOITING HER FOR MANY DAYS. WHENEVER SHE REFUSED, HE WOULD BEAT HER MERCILESSLY. THOUGH HER PARENTS, GRANNY, AUNTY AND YOUNGER UNCLE ARE AWARE OF THIS, EVERYBODY IGNORES HER. RAMU CANNOT TOLERATE THIS. HE BEATS TUKYA BLUE AND BLACK. HE QUESTIONS EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY. THIS LIMITS TUKYA, BUT NOW RATAN’S FAMILY STARTS POLICING HER. A FEW OUTSIDERS, TOO, DO THE SAME THING. EVERYONE SEES TO IT THAT RATAN WON’T MEET RAMU EVER.
FINALLY, RATAN’S MARRIAGE IS FIXED. RAMU’S WISH THAT SHE SHOULD LEAD A MARRIED LIFE IS GOING TO BE FULFILLED. NOW, RATAN AND RAMU BOTH HAVE TO SUSTAIN THE PAIN OF SEPARATION. DOES RATAN GET MARRIED? WHAT IS THE END OF THIS UNIQUE LOVE STORY?