Wow! This was something beautiful as a story and something so disturbing if perceived in a real life situation. You beautifully summed up people's thought process about anuj. Some believe people like anuj exist, some believe there is no one like him in this real world. Then there is anupama, who has faced so much and still came out of it as strong willed woman, we keep commenting that she is weak, emotional fool but never think actually what would happen to a woman who is subjected to years to torture, abuse and insults.
That last line...anuj, merely a mirage of her alternate realty...it shooked it me to the core as what people suffering from mental trauma suffers from...heart breaking.
You really did fantastic job with the concept.
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