Some bonds in life are not planned—they just happen, quietly weaving themselves into the fabric of the days. Among Yug, Siya, and Nandini, a strange but beautiful triangle begins to take shape. It isn’t just about friendship—it is about a shared dream, a promise to stand together against the discrimination and exploitation that the Badi community has endured for generations.

At just fourteen, Yug’s world crumbled with the sudden death of his father. Left with his Amma and little sister Pritha, he watched helplessly as debt swallowed their only home and forced Amma into endless days of cooking, cleaning, and sweeping in strangers’ houses just to keep them alive. Each sacrifice she made broke Yug’s heart, but there was no other way.

In the village, Nandini was Yug’s closest friend—the one he shared everything with. Their parting, when Yug had to leave for Kathmandu, left both of them hollow. But the city brought a new turn in his life. At a mathematics Olympiad, he met Siya Badi, a girl from the so-called untouchable community. Brilliant yet shackled by cruel discrimination, Siya lived a life of silent suffering until Yug stepped forward, fighting against the injustices that caged her.

Budding Bond and Battle is a story of poverty, loss, and resilience. It is also a story of friendship that binds hearts across distances and struggles. As Yug stands between Nandini and Siya—two threads of his life tied by love, trust, and pain—the novel opens the path for the sequel, where their evolving bonds will reveal where destiny truly leads them.