Chapter 16

              Part - 14

Maan calls back...

Geet picks up the call and remains silent...

Maan: Geet

Geet: sogaye?

Maan: kaise sotha? Tumme bhi neendh nahi aayi haina?

Geet: hmm

Maan is so happy...

Ab mein bhi akela nahi hoon...mere batein sunne ke liye bhi koi hai...

Maan: toh itne jaldhi meri yaad kaise aayi?

Geet: woh...aapne kaha na, issiliye meinne missed call kiya, warna aap gussa karthe, haina?

Maan: kya?

Geet: apne kaha na? aapko bahut gussa aatha, meinne bhi dekha hai

Maan: tumne kab dekha?

Maan has tried to be nice with her all the time...

Geet: woh...jab pehle bar meinne aapko dekha tha, uss summer class, aapko yaad nahi?

Maan kaise bhoolega?

Toh Geet ko bhi sab yaad hai...

Maan aur kush ho jaatha...

Geet thought that what's there to talk with Maan, after all he told her everything he wanted to tell her then itself and Geet too told him everything...even her fight with her family...

Now what's there to talk?

Slowly they began to talk...

Started with good morning , what's the dinner?, Good night...

Is it raining in Delhi? Hoshaiarpur mein barish ho raha hai...

But to her surprise they had a lot to share...

They kept talking every night...

Kabhi kabhi Maan gusse bhi kartha...

Geet gets used to it...ye aaisa hi hai...

Geet: aap meditation try kyun nahi karthe?

Maan: what? I'm not that old, aur mein Vivekananda nahi banna chahatha

Geet: aap ko Vivekananda ki asli naam patha hai?

Maan thinks for a while...

Ye kya hai? isse hummare marriage ka kya lena dena?

Maan: nahi

Geet: kya? aap ko ye bhi nahi patha?

Maan: Geet, ek business man ko history se kya lena dena?

Geet: Narendar Nath Dutta hai

Maan: teek hai, ab tum meditation ke barein mein baat kar rahi thi?

Geet: haan, kehthe hai usse aap gusse ko control kar sakthe

Maan: meinne bhi suna hai

Geet: toh phir try kyun nahi kiya?

Maan: zaroorat nahi padi

Geet: kya?

Maan: ab toh mujhe apne gusse ko control karna hi padega, mein kal hi isske barein mein patha lagatha hoon

Geet: aur ek baat

Maan: kya?

Geet: aapka GK bahut weak hai

Maan: kya?

Geet: mein aapko swami Vivekananda ki biography bhejthi hoon, aap zaroor padho

Maan: Geeet

Geet: aap mere liye ye bhi nahi kar sakthe?

Maan: teek hai, bhejdho

Aaise shuru hui batein ...

Maan joined a meditation class...

Geet actually sent the book...

Maan kept it safely in his drawer...

Geet may come and ask about it , what if he lost it?

Better keep it safe...

Maan told her aboput his jungle camps...how he roamed about in the jungle carefree without any fear...actually he never cared for his life much...

His encounters with the animals...

And how once he had to face a single elephant all alone...

That was considered to be the most dangerous encounter to come across in a jungle...a single tusker...

Maan thought that it's the end of his journey and he was ready to die...

he had nothing to lose, no one to care whether he is alive or dead ...

He just remembered Dadi, but Kiran will take care of dadi...

He told Geet that he would be careful in future...he has this new responsibility...marriage?

Maan also told about Sameera...

Geet inturn told about how she was attracted to one Rahul in a train journey...

That was when they went to the southern states in the college days...

This Rahul had three four degrees to his credit and could talk about anything...just anything...

He talked about Vivekananda...and a whole lot of socialists...

The flaws of Nehru...the current politicians greed...

About Mother Teresa...she came from a foreign land and sacrificed her life for the people of Kolkotta...

But Indian girls are only concerned about marriage and are good for nothing...

Geet felt insulted at this remark...it's only the men who want to enslave women in the name of marriage...

He was from Bengal...and is on a journey all over India...

He is now going to kerala for the Pooram festival...he visists every state...

Kite festival in Gujarat...Rajasthan and even Kashmir...

Geet ka sapna toh yahi tha...

She told Maan that if she had been a boy she would have gone with that Rahul...

Maan said that he was lucky that Geet is a girl...

Now he understood why didn't Geet have a crush on MSK...while so many girls drooled and wanted to marry him...at college...just like Sameera...

Maan never had this interest in girls but for his Mishty...

If it isn't Geet then Maan would have remained single lifelong...

Sagaayi ho jaathi...

Next week...after the sagaayi...

Maan had this urge to meet his Mishty...

Just talking over the phone is not enough for Maan now...

He wants to get closer, you know chat with her live...

No more wireless contact...only actual contact...

Maan decides to go and meet Geet...alone...

Maan ko akhele dekhthe hi sabko patha chal gaya ki woh yahan kyun aaya hai...

As usual he had come to see his mishty...

This time since everything is finalized they let him meet Geet in her room...

Geet is playing catch catch with Gia...

No one bothered to inform her...

Since Gia was with Geet they directed Maan to her room...

Maan waits for a minute and knocks...

Geet thinks that it's Preetho...

Geet: andar aao

Maan enters and finds Geet playing ...

Maan keeps staring her...

Geet senses that it is not Preetho but some one else...

She turns back and finds Maan...

Maybe her imagination...

She continues playing...

Maan gets near and snatches the ball...

He is standing very close to her...

Geet gets goosebumps...

Ye toh sach mein Maan hai...

Maan gives a chocolate to Gai and Gia is busy eating it...

Maan has access to his Mishty now...

Geet is still recovering from the shock...

Aaisa koi kissi ladhki ke kamre ke andar aatha hai kya?

Maan gets closer and Geet steps back till she hits the wall...

Maan is almost touching her...

He just pushes her hair aside to look at her beautiful face...

Just that mere touch turns her on...

Geet ko bahut kuch hotha hai...

They are lost in themselves and little gia just finished her chocolate...

Gia: Geeet

Maan steps back...

Time's up...

Preetho comes with snacks...

But she leaves immediately...

Maan knows that he has to leave now...

He just starts to move towards the door...

Geet wanted to talk with him but couldn't...

She felt so shy...

Gia: unlce

Maan stops...

Gia: aap Geet ke saath nahi kheloge?

Maan: zaroor, par ye chote bachchon wale khel nahi...

Maan gives a dirty look...

Geet apna nazar jhukathi...

Maan: apne bua se kehna ki tayaar rahe, mere saath khelne ki

Geet blushes hearing that...she also had a little smile on her face

Maan: chalo tumne hastho liya, aaj issi se kaam chalatha hoon, magar agle bar aaise nahi chalega

Maan winks and leaves...

After sagayi Meera is very busy shopping and helping Geet get ready for marriage...

She visited Hoshiarpur often and Geet too bonded very well with Meera...

She was like an elder sister to Geet...

Meera also tells about Maan and how he hated marriage before he met Geet and how he automatically agreed for the marriage seeing Geet for the first time...

How would Meera know about Maneet previous meetings?

Geet also didn't tell anything about her knowing Maan much earlier...

Meera said that Geet is so beautiful and as Maan said Geet doesn't need extra make up...

And also Maan hates artificial make up...why go for fake looks? You are what you are? And the one who loves you won't mind your fake looks...one who minds your fake looks won't realy love you...

And she had some tips for Maan too...nowadays even men go to the parlour...Maan won't agree for that, atleast he can maintain his good looks, haina?

Meera asked Maan to stay out of the sun as he is no match for Geet's fair skin and wanted him to atleast look a little fairer...Dev suggested Maan tried some men's cream...

Maan is annoyed...for some reason Maan is upset for the past one week...

What happened? Shadhi ki tension?

Ya phir se shadhi mein interest nahi hai?

Aaise nahi ho saktah...Maan loves Geet, haina?

He is worried about Geet...

She has not talked to him properly since last week...

Maybe sagaayi ki tension...

But now that it's over she should start talking with Maan, but no, no call from her...

Whenever Maan calls she just answers in a yes or no...

This is not his Mishty...something is wrong...

Yes, there's trouble...

Geet had over heard buaji demand dowry, 10 lakh, 10 lakh ki gadhi...

Darji accepted her demands happily...

Aap fikar mat kijiye...hum bhi aapse kuch kam nahi hai...

Ye ladhkiwlae bhi peeche nahi hai...

They also spend a lot...this is the time to show off their riches...

That's why. Fat Indain Wedding!!!!

She is dead against dowry, that too aaise demand?

Meanwhile Maan had booked a foreign car and that had arrived...

Maan wanted Geet to see it...after all it's for her...

He goes to see Geet...he also wanted to know why she is not talking with him...

But that was not a good idea...

Geet thought that's the 10 lakh gadhi...

Maan takes Geet for a ride...

Geet is very angry...

Maan ko patha nahi kya baat hai...

Geet: aapne Indian gadhi kyun nahi liya?

Geet thinks...Indian gadhi sastha hotha haina?

Maan thinks that she is angry that he didn't consult her before booking it...

But what does Geet know about cars...she has only seen her Darji's ambassidar ...

Silly girl...still believes in the Indian cars...

Then they had to pass thru a kacha lane...

Maan hesitates...his foreign car is not ready for that bumpy ride...

He stops the car...

Geet: kya hua?

Maan: kyun na hum isske aage phaithal hi chalein?

Geet: issilye kehthe hai ki Indian car chahiye, Indian roads ke lie wahi best ahi

Maan parks the car...

Geet: aap aarahe ho ya apne gadhi ki guard bankke yahi rukhthe ho

Maan gets out and walks alongside Geet...

If it were some other day Maan wouldn't have keft his car parked near that so called play ground where future men in blue were busy with their net practice without the nets...

Geet ka gussa abhi bhi hai...aur usski satyagraha bhi jaari hai...

Maan knows that it's no use arguing with her now...

Maan would also get angry and that is not going to help...

Chalo, ussko thoda time detha toh Geet kudh apna zidd chodke batein karne lagegi...

Pehle shadhi hone do, phir dekthe hai ki ye mujhse dhoor kaise rehthi?