Letters to the Queen.
Sister,
Is he good to you?
Your brother,
The crown prince.
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Brother,
He is the best there is and will be. He loves me. We spend time together, he holds my hand when i reminisce about our dear Kundinapuri. He made a Gauri temple in the palace, an exact copy of the temple I used to favour, just to make me feel at home. How are you? How is everyone else?
Your sister,
Rukmini.
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Sister,
It sounds as though you are happy. Father and mother miss you terribly. They are forlorn that they could not perform all the rituals for your marriage. Our brothers fare well. I suspect Rukmabahu has walked on your path and fallen for someone else, as well. Rukmanetra no longer speaks to me. Rukmarath does not look into a mirror anymore. You two looked so alike, he misses you even more when he sees himself. Rukmaketu only writes about you in his poems.
Tell me, is your family good?
Your brother,
Prince Rukmi.
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Dear brother,
I wept when I read your letter and my mother in law held me in her arms and offered to take me to Vidharbh, to meet you all. I hope you can find their goodness from this gesture alone.
Tell our parents that I will always welcome them. Tell our brothers that I will always love them.
I love you too, brother.
Your sister,
Rukmini.
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Little sister,
It will be almost a year of your absence from our home, soon. I miss you with every breath. I wish to beg for your forgiveness but i do not deserve it. I dream of you, sitting in that newly made Gauri temple, dressed in white and playing with a lotus, talking to the goddess as if she were your friend.
Come home, little sister. Let me see the purpose of my life. Come home, come with your husband, so I may ask for his forgiveness as well.
With love,
Your brother.
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Dear brother,
Await us.
With love,
Your only sister.
