VANISHED HOPES !!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The victory party was going on.Everyone is very happy.They were celebrating the party by opening champagne bottles and saying cheers. Renukha was the happiest.It is she who got first rank in the university exam.After the party  she goes to her house.There was another party awaiting for her.Her father,mother,brothers,relatives,family friends etc were there.At the end, there was a declaration made by the father that Renukha is going to get married soon,to his friend's son Rakesh.

                            Poor Renukha, was shocked as she came to know about this.After the party,there was a family meeting.During it Renukha revealed her decision that she is continuing her studies.But her decision was not agreed upon among others.She decided to defy their decision.But they black mailed her emotionally and she had no choice but to listen to them.She kept herself in her room and denied to eat anything.But her father and brothers were very cruel.They were not ready to change their minds,since the alliance was from a wealthy family.

                               Rakesh was a nice person.Even her in laws were nice to her during the first month after marriage.But then they began to show their true nature .Renukha was made to work all the day and they didn't give her enough food to eat.Her mother in law kept on demanding everyday.She ended up giving her all ornaments .After two years, there were nothing left for her.But her mother in law never stopped harassing her .Renukha was asked to go house and bring more.Only after four years did she gather a little courage to tell her mother in law that she will have to stop this.She was a girl with plenty of dreams in mind,they were all shattered .She wanted to do something in her life,but she couldn't .She thought of having a better life everyday.Her husband was always busy and didn't have much time for her.

                            She just obeyed her parents when they wished to marry her.By doing that she lost her right, even the one to dream. She is now living a hopeless life .When her mother in law demanded money, she refused to give.On hearing this mother in law dragged her to the kitchen and burnt her but every one believed that it was an accident,even Rakesh believed it.

                         After a few days one morning when Rakesh was at the bathroom, he heard someone outside.He thought that it would be his mother.After his bath he found his shirts,shoes etc were arranged perfectly.He thought it would be his sister .But both the sister and mother denied it.After he left, there was a huge sound from the kitchen.Everyone ran towards there.There they found someone burning.But they couldn't recognize who it was and soon the burning figure disappeared .They all became nervous. When Rakesh came back they said about it.But he didn't believed them.The second day after Rakesh left, there was a huge explosion ,but today the burning figure  was their own daughter.After her funeral , the mother became mentally disturbed. She began to see Renukha here and there.She was fully disturbed and put in a mental hospital.After a week's treatment she was discharged. One day later ,when all of them were at the house , there was a calling bell .Rakesh went to see who was it.But he didn't see anyone.So he came back ,he was shocked to find her dead wife there.

                       Actually Rakesh loved her. But he couldn't express it, due to his negligence. She told him everything about her life in his house.He felt so sorry for her.But he wanted his mother too.So he begged her for his mother's life.Mother  had changed a lot.So Renukha let her free and went back with her hopes vanished.................      

                                                                     Shilpa Babu