The rope which was hoisting me up left me suspended from the ceiling in such a mannerthat only the toes of my black 4 inch heels touched the floor. Th...e hard metal of the handcuffs cut into the skin of my wrists and a burning ache traveled through the muscles in my arms and shoulders. I felt totally helpless, totally vulnerable and yetstrangely aroused. Standing ten feet away from me was the man who was about to take great pleasure in introducing me to the whip. I heard thewhistle of the lash. But that didn’t work so we launched a program to recruit women. I set up a local health clinic and an aanganwadi and later a school with the help of the panchayat and the government. We had over 120 women working with us and they worked all across.My factory even received awards for taking this initiative. My wife and Dad played an important role in all this. After their demise in a very short time, all the responsibility fell on me. I was worshipped by my staff and everyone made sure that I. “Good to know, for a second there I thought you were.” With that he shoved me towards the door, I left with a smile on my face.The other two teams didn’t fare too well in the Saturday games, the JV squad was demolished yet again, the varsity team also lost, but only after extra innings.Monday everyone was talking about the game summaries in the newspaper, it had given breakdown of the box scores and a game summary from the reporter who had attended the pep rally:Although the head coach for. No. Not now.She began carefully undoing the ribbon, folds of black fabric falling across thighs so translucently white that they threatened to put milk to shame. After what seemed to be an eternity, the ribbon fell away completely, a shimmering black pile on her lap, and the box was as a shucked oyster, ready to be opened. “Open it.” His voice was both hesitant and commanding, anxious and affirmative all at once.A sharp gasp shattered the quiet of the room as she removed the box lid..