Undercover (ending)

The punishment was now on for 15 minutes and Shonalee felt she would faint if she had to stand in murga for another minute. She felt compelled to move her butt, but the pain of the strokes had not yet receded. She tried to calm. She closed her eyes for a few moments to gather more strength. If she ever tells her friends she was given murga at this age, they will laugh their pants off.

Then the principal did something peculiar. He gently touched his stick on the buttocks of every girl. Like a caress. The being caressed clenched her butt anticipating a whack anytime. But he did not hit, he just touched their butts, like applying jam on a bun.

All girls had started to sweat. Their armpits especially were giving them hell now. Shonalee wanted to flap her arms in order to abate the nuisance her armpits were giving her. Just like a murgi. But she did not. After a while a peon came to inform the principal that a phone call had come for him. The principal adjourned their punishment and went to his office. Shonalee got up, her legs were crammed and she could not even walk properly. She got back to class.

“Learned a good lesson?” the teacher asked.

“Yes, miss.”

Shonalee went to her seat and sat. her whole body was in pain.

During the course of her 2 months Shonalee received several punishments. Almost ten times she was made to do uthak baithak for not less than a 100. Kneeling down with hands up, ears held was also very common. She got murga many times. 2 times in assembly and many times in class that she had lost count. Caning of the hands was also done on one occasion. Ear pulling was a commonplace. The teachers pulled ears so harshly that they felt like they will come off the face. One ear pulling left pain for almost a week. The peons also had the authority to pull the ears of students caught bunking. Shonalee was once caught bunking, a peon pulled her ear and dragged her to the principal’s office. The principal slapped her and made her murga outside his office for an hour.

After 2 months, she was face to face with the education minister.

“Are they giving corporal punishments in govt schools?” the education minister asked from the whole team of 20.

“No ma’am, it is very rare.” Shonalee answered. All other agents agreed to it.

The end.

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