Paheli- Scene I

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here was some hustle in room. It was informed that Mrs Arpeeta Aparajeet Deb was to come here to take up a press conference on her new book “Anamika: A Tribute”

Well who didn’t knew Arpeeta Deb in this small world. She was one of the most famous , radical and best-selling author. One don’t understand how someone can be so talented that one can give such a huge variety of books and all of them to best sellers. Her success story is not small, it includes “Kitchen Tables vs. Conference Tables” a famous book on conflict over women on choosing their priorities; “Tiffanies and Ambrosias”, a critical book desserts from all over the world and ones list can be endless s this only makes her most known writer of England and too just at the age of 35.

                      And here people were busy arranging the event in the best possible way. She was to arrive at 3 pm and everybody knew she is always in time. It was 2:45 when her personal security entered. From her security one could easily come to know that today she would we accompanied with Aparajeet Deb. The man behind her, beside her and because of him she existed and the man of her life. He is very famous businessman with a world around business. Some say that what “Dandy's” doesn’t produce.

                        The arranging staff was just retiring from sideways. They saw the glimpse of the lady. She was wearing white saree with broad red borders in typical Bengali pattern. She was also wearing lots of jewellary, looked not more than her 30s and the man looked in his late 40s and looked quite old. And this was expected as Arpeeta was the second wife of Mr. Deb.

                        She entered the room, the press reporters gave her a round of applause for her for winning the most prestigious Bookers Prize for the category of Ficiton and then started their questionnaire as she was famous for answering every question and none of her answer was   “No Comments”' journalists also enjoyed her interviews. One of the most common question and interesting question was “People don’t like to remember their Sautens or co-wives and you wrote a whole tribunal novel over her. How’s is it possible?”

                       She answered confidently and her answer stunned everybody a lot, she said “Who says I am sauten of Anamika dii, she was my elder sister not my co-wife. I am just her shadow.”

Things went back to 13 years earlier date, the date was 5^th October 1997.