Avenging Act

By Tushar Mangl

“You raped by body, not my soul, I will rape your soul, not your body.” This is what Abhita promised to the two men, who had raped her. The Avenging Act is the story about 23 year old Abhita Sahni. Brutally raped, in a busy locality in New Delhi, she decides to fight those people, who caused irreparable scars on her soul. This is a chilling account of her journey to achieve justice, against all odds, what she loses and what she gains out of it.

With her on this journey is her ex-boyfriend Anik, who himself is in dilemma as to how to handle this situation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tushar Mangl
• Release date: Jul 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311273628

Tushar Mangl

Tushar Mangl is a storyteller, political analyst, and social commentator. An avid reader, he spends most of his free time watching TV shows, reading, writing and traveling. He is the author of The Avenging Act, The Thakur Boy, Footsteps on the Sands of Time and The Reluctant Scribbler.

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The Avenging Act

Tushar Mangl

Copyright 2012 by Tushar Mangl

Smashwords Edition

ISBN: 9781311273628

Title: The Avenging Act

Author: Tushar Mangl

Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.

What readers say for The Avenging Act

Rockin Rita September 3, 2010

Great story..Fabulous writing! I will for sure follow along!

Mingled Minds April 25, 2010

Man...u write great..Speechless actually..

KD June 12, 2009

Good work boy...

Netika Lumb February 4, 2009

Hi Tushar,

Needless to say, there hasn’t been a chapter where I haven't cried. Not one moment passed when I wasn’t terrified. No, I am not telling you that it scares women to death, I understand you know that. But, I just wanted to thank you for this post. Not that, I dint realize this earlier, but it did make my more cautious now.

Thanks :)

Aditi February 24, 2009

hey you kept me glued to the story.....strong characters and an even better storyline...I was terrified while reading most parts.....its scares to even read it....god only knows what it must be to experience it.....well...you keep writing.....maybe on a nice topic this time.....because you write really well buddy....keep going!

Aditi February 24, 2009

Ans also you made me take these things seriously and become more alert when I am traveling alone....thanks a ton....

http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999109812234869178

Arnav March 16, 2009

A story which should spread like fire...

Such stories inspire victim's to fight it shows them the courage they need...

How I wish, everyone had the courage the protagonist had.... The courage she reflected is rare.

Amazing Narration....

siddharta January 22, 2009

it was great...I mean...not what happened in the story with the girl and all....but after reading it u can just realistically sit down and think that dude these things happen and something needs to be done about it....that feeling doesnt come after reading such things off the newspaper...honestly...

http://www.careforalltoday.blogspot.in/

Anonymous January 23, 2009

I truly stand up for u first of all, that actually u could write it in such way. I have read many novels, many books, but I can say with ease that this was the best piece of writing I have come across. I am extremely blessed that I came across ur blog, really wish that it does play it's role in making our senses work for such horrific acts. Please if u can put ur email Id, would definitely like to hear more from ur side. It was really great, continue with ur good work, wish we will be able to make difference to this world...and make it better place to live.

Vijayshryaln January 27, 2009

Man..... rockin!!!

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J(Z)ubin January 27, 2009

Yeah this is zubin here..I had posted comment above...I am really happy to read this.Keep it up yaar

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A S February 27, 2009

hii

Very touching post....in this crime (rape) the victim has to bear all the hatred...without any fault of hers....even verbal abuse can affect the mental balance of a girl.Abuse is abuse, in any form.We need to open our eyes and need to respect the ladies.

future mantra April 8, 2009

Nice. Only the willingness to debate and respect each other’s views keeps the spirit of democracy and freedom alive.

Thank you,

The Future Mantra

Armwrestling4Life June 4, 2009

Tushar, my name is Ginu … Great theme and premise on the novel

Books by Tushar Mangl

Fiction

The Avenging Act

The Thakur Boy

Poetry

The Reluctant Scribbler

Non – Fiction

Footsteps on the Sands of Time

Cookbooks – with Archana Mangal

Desserts Magic

Dedicated to,

Sanjiv Mangal

&

Archana Mangal

My parents

Acknowledgements

There are several people who played pivotal roles in development of this story into a book. First and foremost, Team Blogger and Team Microsoft Word deserve a mention for the wonderful platforms they have created. My friends who have supported me in this writer’s journey I owe a huge thank you to them. My acknowledgements also go to my family for the support. Also I would like to mention a big thank you to Shruti for the foreword.

Foreword

There is a reason why Delhi is called the rape capital of our country. Almost every girl you meet here would have had at least one or two experiences of sexual harassment. Most of them are silenced, others… well, they learn to make peace with it. And then there are some who haven’t had it that easy. They were probably raped in the public toilet while you were talking on the phone with your spouse about today’s meal. Sad, but true. The Avenging Act is only a mirror into what a woman goes through when every single part of her body is violated for the sake of men’s big-bang theory. It is not only the woman who goes through the trauma, everyone who is close to her feels her agony when she is not able to find her old reflection in the fistful of water with which she splashes her face!

The psychological impact of such an event is so drastic that one is not able to come out of it for a long-long time! The society in which we live has conditioned us in a way that we turn a blind eye to such events even though we claim to be a modern lot. Unfortunately, education or class awareness does not guarantee a more effective reaction to a taboo called rape. We are accustomed to read about it so often that we have easily accepted its existence and instead of fighting against it, we sit in our living rooms and nod our head to the TV news about another rape victim.

One would never know what a rape victim goes through when she goes back to bed at night and cannot sleep because she still feels those bruises which map her devastation.

Shruti Singh

5.09.2012

Contents

That Little Girl in the Print Floral Dress

Chapter – 1 The Girl We’ll Talk About

Chapter – 2 The Happenings That Happen

Chapter-3 Of the Tragedy’s Aftermath

Chapter-4 Of the Avenging Act

Chapter -5 Of Anik venting out

Chapter – 6 Of Life & Times of Abha Chopra

Chapter- 7 Of Detective Retd. Major Anuj Kapoor

Chapter - 8 Of Confrontations that happen

Chapter – 9 Of Thoughts and Thinking

Chapter - 10 Of a Major Breakthrough

Chapter – 11 Of a Love Story that happened

Chapter-13 Of Times in which we Live In

Chapter - 14 Of One Down and One more to go

Chapter - 15 Of the Decisions to Make

Chapter - 16 Of Luncheon, Verdicts and New Beginnings

Epilogue

That Little Girl in the Print Floral Dress

The girl sat on the floor, with what seemed to be her school books lying all around, though in her hand she held a story book written by Enid Blyton. She was a fair, chubby girl with long brown hair and large brown eyes, and adorned a very simple white cotton dress with pink floral print that hung on her body up till her knees, looking very much like an old fashioned frock in its shape. The only difference was that below the waist, the dress opened up like a skirt and not a frock. At ten, her