Dirty Marks

 Rukna entered in the home and began to call her mistress. The mistress had ordered her to bring Mango tree sticks for the Hawan.

" Malkin! Where are you?"

She was searching her mistress in the home. She was having a bundle of Mango tree sticks for Puja.

Looking for Mistress , She hurriedly entered in the Pooja Ghar.

Mistress was here! The mistress was doing preparation related to worship and Hawan which were to be held in Evening.

The mistress, had herself , cleaned the pooja room thoroughly by washing and wiping it. Smooth stains and scratch marks had made the floor look dirty. Removing these spots was not an easy task. The mistress used some old tips and Sprinkle baking soda on smooth stains and wiped it with a wet cloth.

The floor was glowing like new floor. She did the make over of the floor.

Rukna hurried entered inside the Sacred Pooja kaksh.

Seeing Rukna's dirty feet, the mistress was furious.

"How did you enter into the Pooja kaksh without asking?"

“Malkin , you had ordered this mango wood.” She replied in deep fear. 

Even Being a Maid-Servent, Mistress used to consider Rukna as daughter but today she was scolding her badly.

She frightened and immediately pulled back her legs. Her dirty footprints were visible on the wet clean floor.

After being scolded, Rukna was deeply disappointed. There were drops of tears in her tiny eyes. She started thinking that she belonged to a lower stratra of caste, that's why the mistress did not like to enter into the Puja ghar.

By then the mistress's teenage daughter Tanya also came hearing the noise.

"What happened mom?" She entered the room and tried to pacify the screaming mother.

Mother stared at Tanya and then looked at her feet, "O God! You too with dirty feet... entered into my Thakur ji's room.

Tanya's mother blew a fuse.

She picked up one of the wood stick brought for the havan and ran to beat Tanya.

Tanya ran away. Rukna laughed and said, "Don't worry, Malkin, I will clean the floor."

The mistress said, "You clean the area which is messed by your feet , Tanya will clean up the mess she herself has done."

Rukna thought, “How wrong I had misunderstood My Malkin. She was not scolding me for being a low caste but she was upset with the dirty marks on the clean floor.”