PHOTO PROMPT © Shaktiki Sharma
Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grindstones and Gold
©September 14th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
The dowry covered the basics: A grindstone for godumai mavu, another for makkacholam, and a stone idli mavu-grinder, plus the usual assortment of stainless steel kitchen necessities. Kavita also brought a gold necklace, pearl-and-coral earrings gold bangles, and silver anklets.
The groom’s family pronounced themselves satisfied.
What did it matter that the groom was dull-witted?
What did it matter that Kavita was pregnant with her low-caste lover’s child?
Did it matter that on her wedding night, she wept?
And did it matter that the next morning she was dead?
At least, they had the grindstones and the gold.
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