Anaya

"Your a taboo in my family " my father spits out seeing me

I stand there my head held high ,inspite of tears running down

"No girls work here , got it " he looks at me sharply

"You marry Narula , he's a good wealthy man " he throws the photo of him on my face

"Your my daughter , you will listen to your father " he warns

"Offcouse she will listen to you ,Anaya baby say your father you will marry the guy ,your father shows "

I look at my mother ,watch her helplessly pleading me

finally I look upto him ,my father

Throughout my life I was living in a cage but it didnt suffocate me not until today .

they love me ,they care but i cant do this anymore

i had to plead my father let him finish my degree telling him , I'll be focused only on studies .

girls here in our country side ,small town are either married or staying in house with there parents.

but I dont wish that life.

I want to live it and I have fought so hard to complete my studies in top ranks , I applied in Bruno agency , I have been selected .

my dream job ,but now my father wants me to marry a stranger and spend rest of my life according to the man wishes .

its patriarchal society, no doubt but doesnt mean I have to die here

"No father "I finally give voice to my thoughts .

my mother falls down sobbing

"What did you say " my father takes a step forward

"I said ,I dont want to marry and I would like to persue the job " I tell him ,meeting his eyes

"I didnt raise you like this "

I hear his unfiltered accuses on me , running in my mind

I gasp loudly as I wake up

It's been a month since I moved out of my parents and came here .

it's been a month where I actually living my life .

I haven't heard of my parents since

"If you live now, you will never come back .Your dead for us "

his voice still runs in my mind

I splash cold water , look myself in the mirror

tear Mark's on my cheeks .

I'm used to this dream and this effect on me

but nothing can change my decision.

I wear my pink suit and call for a taxi .

Bruno groups , I work here as a assistant.Its a advertisement agency .

if I hadn't got this job ,I wouldn't have got the courage to leave .

They wanted people across the world to show there diversity program and I was fit , a country Indian girl.

but I dont mind , if they see me as a alien outside the planet who doesnt fit there requirements or anything else .

I walk my head high until I work for everything I get from my hardwork .