Toba Tek Singh Part 2

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It had been ten years after the death of Bishan Singh, profoundly known as Toba Tek Singh, and his wife, two brothers and the daughter were well settled in the Ludhiana city in the state of Punjab in India. After his death, they had opened up a small restaurant at their own small cottage on the side of a highway that joined Ludhiana to New Delhi, the capital. Day by day the business grew with the locals as well as the travelers stopping by to eat the Punjabi food, the lassi, and the mango pickle. The growth enabled them to open up ten more restaurants at number of locations. This turned the small cottage owners to highway restaurant owners to one of the richest people in Punjab who had the name and fame among the local people.
Bishan’s daughter, Roop Singh, was young, beautiful, and charming and most likely young enough to get married. Her uncles had been discussing to one of their friends, Hari Banerjee, about the possible mingling. Hari was the chief of the Janajagriti Hindu Party with a strong hand in politics. His son was presumably the next political personnel marching onto father footsteps. The prophet of Hari’s family told that the marriage between Roop and Mandeep was not possible until three months due to ominous signs. Both the families followed the phophet and conducted engagement ceremony and postponed marriage for three months. Mandeep liked her very much but she did not care much. Few days after engagement, Roop decided to go to Shimla with her friends for thirty days. Her family disagreed. Mandeep also did not like her decision very much but she convinced them to let her enjoy her time before marriage.
The sunny day in a cold weather was very fascinating. Roop and her fifteen friends were enjoying their trip to Shi...

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...d for the past. All of them were having a good time. Suddenly, this news of coming together is printed on the newspaper. People were shocked. Hari’s son, a political figure, was furious. He gathered his party members and headed to Roop’s parents house. The crowd entered the house forcefully. The family called for the police protection but the situation was uncontrollable. Hari’s son climbed to the second floor of the house from a ladder at the back. Moving in to the lobby, he confronted the whole family. He pulled out a gun from his jacket and shot each of them dead including the little child. Further, he dipped his hands where he had shot Rehul and wrote on the wall *“Hindu aur Musalman ki Saadi nahi ho sakti! Agar phir kisine kiya toh yehi hal hoga” This was what happened to Rehul’s by marrying that Hindu girl. Do you want to follow the path of your dad’s brother?

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