Translated fiction: Aditi is forced to stand up for herself when love and expectations are betrayed

Bengaluru!

Yes, the same Bengaluru from Banglore Days, where Nazriya Nazim, Dulquer Salmaan and Nivin Pauly made the city feel like a land of freedom and possibilities. For many Malayalis, probably after this movie’s release, Bengaluru became the “city of aspirations”.

The train finally pulled into the station at six in the morning, nearly an hour late.

Achan’s relative, Das Uncle, had asked her to wait outside the main gate, so she made her way through the station, dragging her luggage behind her.

The entrance of every railway station in India had the same familiar chaos – drivers calling out to passengers and offering rides, while cars and bikes arriving to pick up friends and family started clogging the road. Almost half the people getting off her train seemed to be either working professionals like her or college students. But what caught her attention was the number of strikingly handsome young men walking out of the station. She couldn’t help but wonder why not even one of them had been in her compartment. She was lost in thought when a loud honk snapped her back to reality.

Her uncle had pulled up in front of her.

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