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the daughter of one of Axle’s dad’s close friend.<br />
Although both of them had come together in<br />
circumstances which looked ancient and even anomalous<br />
in terms of today’s norms, Axle knew she was the one<br />
for him. Both of them had been gre<strong>at</strong> friends since<br />
childhood. As soon as both of them hit their teens, the<br />
search for their partners had begun like any other boy<br />
and girl in their fr<strong>at</strong>ernity. Luckily for Axle, his family<br />
narrowed down on Tanya. After a prompt ceremony th<strong>at</strong><br />
followed, Axle was knotted down with Tanya. As Axle<br />
grew up, got educ<strong>at</strong>ed and became more aware he<br />
realized wh<strong>at</strong> had really transpired with him. He had<br />
been subjected to child marriage. For sometime after he<br />
realized wh<strong>at</strong> he had been through, Axle had a hard<br />
time accepting it. But as he eased into it and started<br />
thinking about it objectively, he recognized th<strong>at</strong> Tanya<br />
was the best girl he could have ever got. This thought<br />
became ever more concrete after he entered IITK and<br />
saw guys like Mariyal d<strong>at</strong>e girl after girl just for fun.<br />
While he had a different Aura on the outside, Axle knew<br />
he was very traditional when it came to things like<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ionships. He just couldn’t see himself in the shoes of<br />
guys like Mariyal. Morever looking the ease with which<br />
girls were letting go of rel<strong>at</strong>ionships with Mariyal Axle<br />
was very relieved to be with Tanya. Not only was she<br />
very sweet, she complemented him in every regard.<br />
Although Axle had never explicitly asked her about her<br />
opinion about their marriage in the teens, he assumed<br />
she was ok with th<strong>at</strong> as she never said anything against<br />
it. Even after getting a Fakka, the reason why Axle was<br />
able to laugh and take things easy was because he had<br />
someone who was always with him. Axle was just<br />
starting to think about his last meeting with Tanya when<br />
the song “khallas” from the movie “company” started<br />
coming into prominence. It was coming from a<br />
loudspeaker in the IITK community center.Loc<strong>at</strong>ed just<br />
adjacent to the market, IITK community center was the<br />
place for events like marriages, engagements, Religious<br />
congreg<strong>at</strong>ions, bridge competitions etc. It was mostly<br />
utilized by professors and IITk staff (And sometimes by
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