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THE ADITYA KUMAR TRIPATHI I KNEW

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"Hashtag se channel chalte hai sir, desh abhi bhi kisaan se hi chalta hai." That was my first introduction to Aditya Kumar Tripathi, the go-getter chief executive reporter of Bhaskar Times. 'Barsaat mein kacchi sadkon pe ghumnewala'.  A visit to Pagdandiya, two events (one when he sees Satyakam, the mysterious rebel standing up for the villagers who are refused to fetch water from the well and second; his forced marriage with an eighteen-year old girl Imlie) and his life turned upside down. Destiny laughed at the man who was always firm that  'hum kuch bhi ho sakte hai par beimaan nahin ho sakte hai; naa apne kaam mein naa apne rishton mein.'  It is said that where there's anger, there's always pain underneath. But never ever let this valid emotion take your control! Unfortunately, Aditya took the bait and ended up being a man guilty of bigamy. Yet, that still made him no less than human. Of course, he had a heavy price to pay by constantly being prick...