Antara became a journalist because Anjali wanted her to become one.
"Leave Purulia at once, enough with the UPSC. I know your excellent academic quality. I've seen the way you prepared, studying 15-16 hours a day for three years. If that wasn't enough to get a govt job, you'd never get one. Whatever course you can find, journalism college or whatever, leave at once. Don't stay at home."
ii. From her childhood, Ajit had taught Antara that she would have to leave for Delhi/settle in Delhi at some point in her life. "Nothing could be achieved till one lived in Delhi, it was advice from a chap I knew in Kolkata. His name was Dulal Chandra Dalal, he knew everything. Don't worry, you'd end up in Delhi."
iii. This was the primary reason for marital arguments at Antara's home. "Everyone at ABP was laughing at us, who shifts to Delhi," the spouse had repeatedly raged.
"But my father said that was the only way out, one had to move to Delhi, he wouldn't have it any other way," Antara would reply.
It might seem quaint to Avril Phaedra Douglas Bakshi but Antara was obeying her parents' advice to become a journalist and shift to Delhi. Those who attacked her livelihood had attacked Ajit-Anjali.
Avril Phaedra would also notice that Anjali cared about Antara's future and was not any Prussian conspiring within the White House in DC. Thus, whatever the Prussians attempted, Anjali was never to be considered a Prussian, her support couldn't be assumed.
June 12, 2025.
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