SS: Interpol (Part 31NEWWWW Pg. 53 Taj Mahal) - Page 16

I was waiting for your story for a long time, please post it , ignore the negatives

Originally posted by: moonkli

Hate? I have just pointed out what you have done. The mods should not allow such platforms to be used for serving one's ideology.

You need to get leave my thread or I will have you banned.

Originally posted by: Marybarton

You need to get leave my thread or I will have you banned.

Stop threatening me. I won't comment henceforth. I just expressed my opinion which I have full right to.

Originally posted by: moonkli

Stop threatening me. I won't comment henceforth. I just expressed my opinion which I have full right to.

Your opinion is not welcome here. I am the OP and I am telling you that you are not welcome here. No one gets to preach intolerance and hate on any of my threads.

Sorry for the delay guys, I was distracted by some hate comments. Someone had to come to a SS in Indian daily soap forum to pontificate about my so called "leftist agenda" which apparently should not be allowed here in IF where I have been a member since it wasn't even a website, but a blog (that's 16 years more or less). I will clarify this agenda of mine before I continue with the story.

I am not Indian and neither is my family. I am a foreign political theorist who has always enjoyed Bollywood movies and media. I speak Hindi as a foreign language. I did research on the Romani people of Eastern Europe who are originally from North India (Rajasthan mainly) and in my work I ran across the presence of neo-Nazi right wing groups who actively work to oppress the Romani people who live in the likes of Hungary and Romania. There are people who look Romani/Indian who can get beat up on the outskirts of these places and the governments actively work to oppress them via laws. I have personally visited many of these countries which is why I thought I had enough understanding of the politics to add a little spice to my SS. The reason was that I wanted to show that Aditya had reached the big leagues of journalism by having him cover this international story - only to learn that Imlie already dominates the international secret service scene here. This was supposed to be empowering for both characters.

As for the mention of the WWII Muslim princess, Noor Inayat Khan, she was a real person who fought Nazis and the kind of person anyone researching Nazi activities and politics in present day should know about. So Adi knew about her as he's a good journalist. I do not think it is leftist to be inclusive. If the leads of this show can be inclusive and respectful, I do not understand how it has acquired fans who would sympathize with Nazi politics that I reference in my story. I had no idea I would have to justify showing a fictional dramatization of modern day intolerance and neo-Nazi behavior here of all places. This story was written to be a love story across time and place to show how deeply two people can love each other. If a reader does not see that and instead wants to sympathize with people who beat about people who look like Imlie and Aditya, namely the Romani people, I really have no patience for that in my thread. I also want to be inclusive of people of other faiths. I want to hear from readers but no, no one has the right to preach hate on my threat. That's all.

Part 11:

Imlie snatched her hand back, laughing nervously: Oh, this old thing, just some old beads I put together. It's nothing (she pulled her sleeve over it). Oh! Look at the time, Emmy needs her afternoon nap.

She got up to leave, but Aditya yanked her back down on the chair.

Aditya, slowly and deliberately: Let me see it.

Imlie, swiftly: You are being nonsensical. What do you want to do with an old bracelet? It's just beads.

Aditya: Beads that once belonged to your mangal sutra.

Imlie shot up and went for Emmy. Aditya stalked her like a tiger on prowl. His heart was beating very fast, he felt enraged, like he could rip everything to shreds.

Aditya: What are you doing wearing that after all these years when you are wearing another man's rings on your fingers!? ANSWER ME!

Imlie clutched Emmy to her chest as the baby looked up at Aditya in awe: You are scaring the baby.

Aditya: I am sorry, I am sorry, Emmy. Honey, it's okay.

He picked up the baby, hugged her, and then put her back in her pen: Mommy will be right back.

Aditya grabbed a hold of Imlie and pulled her back to the kitchen.

Imlie was crying now, she couldn't muster the courage to look at him.

Aditya brushed his shaking hands through his hair as he fought to control his voice before speaking again.

Aditya in a grave voice: Look at me. Imlie, look at me.

Imlie looked up at him. His eyes were bloodshot. She had never seen him that angry, not even when she had made him lose his job because of the case or the time she fed all the strangers at their dinner table.

Aditya: Tell me the truth. Whose rings are those?

Imlie struggled to speak through her cries: I bought them when I moved here, cause...cause these are the symbols of marriage here. I didn't want anyone getting...the wrong idea.

Aditya uttered some strangled sound like he had been hit in the gut and fell on his knees. Imlie dropped down in front of him in alarm.

Imlie: I am sorry, I am sorry, I didn't know about the baby and the divorce.

Aditya bent down and clutched at the ground gritting his teeth and growling in repressed rage: All this time...all this time, I have been killing myself over the thought of you breaking our marriage - our relationship and you have been maintaining it with your stupid faith like it was a marriage between you and Sita Maiyya and not a living, breathing person! You let me BELIEVE you no longer believed in us. You let me LIVE like that for ten years! Banned me from ever contacting you by making me take your kasam. That's why I never dared to look for you when you lived in the SAME city with me for years! Are you so heartless, Imlie!? How could you!?

Imlie begged: I didn't know! Please forgive me. I didn't know. I wanted you to move on with your life with Malini Di and I thought you were happy. I didn't want to know about your life, I couldn't take it you were with a family of your own. It was self-preservation, pleaseee...

Aditya wiped off his angry tears and sat still for a while against the counter.

Aditya: And you wouldn't even tell me now when I have been asking you for days... How much venom do you have, Imlie!? I know I have made unforgivable mistakes, I know that, but you were not like this.

Imlie cried clutching at him: I was afraid! I did not want to admit that I maintained the marriage because I thought you were with her! I didn't know, I swear I didn't know until Alex sent me your file last night.

Aditya remembered the file Alex mentioned: You have been pushing me all day to confirm those details like I am one of your criminals to play with...(he sniffed and said determinedly) I don't recognize you anymore. You took ten years from our lives to keep up your act. You took my best years. When we could have been happy... Are you happy now? Was your payback worth it?

Imlie shook her head in desperation: It wasn't like that. I wanted to stay away from your life so you could be a good father to that child.

He didn't say anything.

Imlie clutched at his shirt and pulled piteously: Please, believe me, it wasn't out of revenge. I wanted you to move on. But I had made a promise that I would always wear your mangalsutra, be it 5 years, 10 years, or 20 years after you left me. I was just keeping that promise, Babusaheb. Please, please believe me.

Aditya was breathing heavily as he turned away from her: I don't care about your sacrifice for that child anymore. You may not see it, but you wanted to pull yourself away from me to punish me for believing Malini more than you when I was just trying to cope with the rape by blocking its possibility (Imlie let out a cry at the accusation). You put up with so much hate in that house due to my mistakes that it all built up in your heart and you had to lash out. It was convenient that you got to be the good one by leaving too. How nice. Then you had to make sure I never got to see your face again by making me swear on your head. I made mistakes and attempted to fix them, but you blocked all paths for me. You missed out on the marriage we could have had, the children we could have had, the life we could have lived by making all our decisions for us. You used the power I gave you. God, did you use it...(he shook his head as the pressed his hands against his forehead).

He was silent for a long while: I spent 10 YEARS waiting, praying that I would see you again if I couldn't seek you myself. I dealt with depression, loneliness, I gave up my family, my peace... (He looked straight at her) I hate you. I HATE YOU with every fiber of my being.

Imlie froze.

Aditya grabbed Imlie's hand and ripped her bracelet/mangalsutra off. Imlie's scream had Emmaline burst out in tears in the living room across from them, frightened that her mom was somehow threatened.

Aditya got up and said slowly: We are done. We are really done this time.

He went to soothe the baby as Imlie lay on the floor, crying.

I would like to hear from people on this piece. Is it reading well or should I add something?

Write your thoughts about Part 11 please.

It was good. He has the right to be angry at her for taking away 10 years of his life, their life, their marriage and their love. When she had walked out of the house in the beginning, it was her self-respect and it was really appreciable, but the sacrifice she made after, wasn't.

It's been going good so far. Today, I feel more for him than for her. Let's see what's ahead. It'll take some time and as you yourself said, there's a sort of role reversal here at play with Adi and Imlie's characters which I really really liked.

Okay so one question answered.

What about the baby though?

Originally posted by: Ps143

Okay so one question answered.

What about the baby though?

That will be the next part.

Thank you for the previous feedback. I couldn't say it better myself. Adi has a right to be angry because Imlie's decision to not look back and not let him ever contact her cost them a lot unwittingly. Aditya is in his early 30s now, so these 10 years would be massive to him cause those are prime years in a man's life.