3 Murgis

They were three sisters. Natalia was the eldest, Dania was younger than her 1 year and Myra was 6 years younger than Dania.  Natalia and Dania had started schooling together and they were in the same class now. They would be completing their high school this year. Their family hailed from Pakistan. Myra was born here only, in Sydney. Their lifestyle was completely Australian so were their accents.

Natalia had short hair; she was gracefully thin and taller than Dania. Her complexion was milky white. Dania had sallow skin but hers was smooth and silky as if you could slip on it. She was not as thin as Natalia but she had a very shapely body. She had kept her hair long and did not like flaunting her legs like Natalia did with her shorts and miniskirts.

Both sisters were very competitive with each other in terms of fashion. Each wanted their younger sister, Myra to follow her only and not the other.

“Dad, can we have a car when we join university next year?” Natalia asked.

“Of course no, I cannot afford your extravagance on the car as well, your clothes and accessories are enough for my pocket.”

Natalia and Dania knew they will be asked to do something, their father never refused anything they asked him, he just like to make them do something and he gets it for them.

“Okay, what will it take for us to get a car?” Dania asked being a straight shooter.

“What, maybe an A, overall.” Their father replied.

“An A! But that’s impossible, we both have C averages right now.” Natalia said.

“If you work hard enough you can get it, I can even arrange home tuitions for you if like.”

Natalia and dania could not negotiate any deal. Their father insisted if they get A’s they will get a car. But this meant they will have to work extremely hard. They both talked to eachother about it and agreed to get the home tuitions.

Their home tutor was a Bengali Indian, Karuna. She was in her thirties and looked very smart. She had a full body. Graciously dark complexion and fine long hair reaching her buttocks. She wore shalwar kameez most of the time, and sometimes jeans with a t-shirt and a jacket.

Natalia and dania got along very well with her. She had great great sense of humor and joked with both of them very much. She explained every concept with great detail and both comprehended instantly. The atmosphere in which all three worked was very friendly and candid. Having a home tutor in Australia was very expensive, both girls knew that. And they were already intent on working hard to get A’s. They always did the assignments which Karuna gave them and listened to her very carefully. They had started to like karuna, less as a teacher, more as a friend.

One day both Natalia and dania did not finish their assignement karuna had given them. They had gone to  aprty of their friend. They had been up all night and slept all morning and day. They did not get the time to complete the assignment before karuna came in the evening to teach them.

“both of you did not complete the essay, what happened?”

“we had gone to a party and slept all day.” Dania said carelessly.

This irked karuna a little. Not the uncompleted assignment, but the carelessness in her voice. At that moment karuna felt worthless. Like these girls don’t give a shit of respect to her. She felt like doing something, To show them her anger and her power.

“Both of you had heard of murga punishment?”

“Yes.” Natalia replied, dania looked up but did not say anything.

“I want both of you to become murga right now.”

“what , you cant be serious karuna.”

“I am seriuos, get in the murga position both of you.”

Both natalia and dania were confused as to what to do. They could not imagine their bodies molded into that pretzel pulling their ears. But nonetheless both got up and stood a little astide. Karuna thought they will become murga now. But they didn’t. they kept standing and looking at karuna’s face.

“what are you thinking? Get down now.”