Reporter: Eailya
Characters- Shabanu, phulan, mama, dadi, murad, sharma, rahim-sahib, and mithoo.
Setting- 1. Five days after fleeing Mehrabpur, the family returns.
2. After twenty days the families begin to prepare for the wedding and enjoy festive celebrations.
Plot- 1. When the family return to mehrabpur, they are surprisingly greeted by Rahim-Sahib and he gives shabanu beautiful jewelry but, Shabanu thinks that its his way of trying to buy her. 2. When twenty days have passed, Phulans preparation for the wedding begin, but surprisingly in the midst of all this, Phulan has forgotten about Hamir and continues to remain cheerful and optimistic. 3. Meanwhile, Sharma tries to convince dadi that Rahim-sahib is the wrong choice for shabanu claiming that he will despise, abuse , and eventually grow tired of her but it backfires. 4. After everything that has happened, Sharma has guided Shabanu into making her realize in the end it is her own choice of her fate. 5. The mahendi celebration occurs, two days before the wedding. 6. Shabanu secretly hopes she doesn't begin to menstruate because if her parents were to find out, they would contact Rahim- Sahib to set a wedding date. 7. When her period does eventually start, she tries to hide it almost after a month passes but eventually her parents figure it out. From knowing what will happen to her future she decides to run away that night just as the bughti girl did. 8. Mithoo follows her on her trip but unfortunately, along the way he breaks his leg. Knowing that she cannot leave him behind, she decides to wait for Dadi to find them. 9. When he finds Shabanu he beats her mercilessly, while shabanu holds her self in and decides to accept her marriage but with the choice of how she interprets it.
