Chapter 70

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Part – 68

Geet finds a solution for Pummy's problems…

Geet decides to offer a place for them at Hoshiarpur…

They can stay at the Handas’ farmhouse…

Pummy can look after the farm land, she can grow some cattle for her income, the kids can join the local school….

They will be safe there, even if that Rahul tries to reach them, the village people will never let him go anywhere near them… a village is like one big family and everyone stands up and protects the others… And knowing that Pummy is Darji’s guest, the whole village will look after them like it’s their own guest..

Humanity is still alive in the villages…

Geet books the train tickets for them and herself…

Geet accompanies them to Hoshiarpur….

During the train travel…

Geet tries to befriend Sunny and Rinku…

Geet: what do you two want to become when you are grown up?

Rinku: I want to be a police officer so that I can protect my family

Geet is happy to hear that… Geet likes her bravery and belief in herself….

Geet turns to Sunny…

Geet: see your sister will be an IPS officer one day, what about you?

Sunny: I want to work and take care of maa and Rinku

Geet is proud of that little boy’s responsible reply… but then she understands the pressures he has over his little shoulders…

Geet: very good, but for that you have to first join school and get educated

Sunny: my papa was not educated, he worked to take care of us

Geet: you are right, but he was old enough to work, this is your age for studying

Sunny: who will take care of the family?

Geet: your mother will

Sunny: she doesn’t get any work

Geet: I’ll give her work

Sunny looks a bit hopeful…

Sunny: you give me work too

Geet: that I’ll when you are well educated

Sunny: where are we going?

Geet: to my home, that’s where I was born, that’s where my Darji lived

Geet is reminded of Darji…

She remembers the train journeys that she took with Darji during the holidays…

Darji would come and take her to Hoshiarpur every holiday…

During the journey, Darji would be interacting with the co-passengers and introducing Geet to them fondly…

Geet would just smile and go back to hearing her music…

And at the Chandigarh station Darji would get Geet her favourite lacha Parathas from that little eatery at the station…

Geet liked that very much and Darji never missed to get her what she liked…

Darji was the one who knew Geet very well, he knew about her likes and dislikes…

Darji knew that she wanted to be on her own mostly, but he tried to make her more open, so that she could share her feelings with someone…

Geet spoke her mind to Darji for he was the one she had spent most of her time with…

Darji told her stories and fed her dreams… He introduced her to the story world, where everything was perfect… life was only filled with roses there… and Darji was always there to take care of everything while Geet could enjoy her books and live in her storyland without any fears of the real life…

How good it would have been if only she had her Darji by her side like always?

God should have been kinder to let her have her Darji at least… but no, she had to survive alone in this world on her own which she was not used to….

But she learnt to live on her own in the harsh way and having lived alone for so long has made her so lonely that she is afraid to let anyone in her life… be it Maan or anyone from the Khurana family, Geet has not been able to share her feelings with anyone like she used to with Darji… she is missing her Darji the most…

Rinku doesn’t like Geet’s sudden silence….

Rinku: didi, didi

Geet comes out of her thoughts….

Geet: kya baat hai?

Rinku: aap chup kyun ho gayi?

Pummy: Rinku, yahan aao, didi ko pareshan mat karo

Geet: koi baat nahi, tum chup thi, issiliye mein bhi chup thi

Rinku: hum aap ke ghar jaa rahe hai?

Geet: haan

Rinku: aap ke ghar mein kaun kaun hai?

Geet is silent for a moment….

Geet: woh, ab hum wahan nahi rehthe, hum Delhi mein rehte hai, ab aap log wahan rahenge

Rinku: thanks didi, aap bahut achche ho

Rinku comes and hugs Geet….

Geet takes them to their farmhouse…

They have a small bit of farmland…

Geet goes and meets the sarpanch ji…

He is very happy to welcome Geet back…. He has huge respect for Darji and his family…

Infact, everyone has a huge respect for Darji…

Geet tells him that Pummy is a distant relative, and that she is going to stay at their farmhouse taking care of the farmland…

Geet also tells him that Pummy is a widow and that he should help her and ensure her safety when she is in their village…

Sarpanch promises their safety as long as they stay in Hoshiarpur…

Geet thanks him and goes to the farmhouse….

Pummy is waiting for Geet, she is very confused still…

Geet: Aaj se ye aapka Ghar hai, yahan koi aap ko pareshan nahi karega, aap befikar yahan reh sakte

Pummy runs and falls on Geet’s feet…

Geet is shocked, she stops Pummy….

Geet: ye kya kar rahe ho? Aap mujhse bade ho

Pummy: par aaj aap ke wajhe se humme jeene ki umeed mila hai

Geet: babaji haina? Woh aaise hi humme hamesha madat karte

Geet shows them the farm, she then gets a cow and two goats from a neighbour…

Rinku likes the cow and she names it “billu”….

Geet introduces Pummy to the villagers and she tells Pummy that everyone will be helpful if she asks them anything…..

Pummy can take care of the farm and the animals… it will make her financially independent too…

Geet has given some money for now, and they have got household supplies for a month…

Geet is at Hoshiarpur, and the news of her arrival after a long time has made the villagers happy….

They are really looking forward to seeing Geet, they were worried about her after the mishap, If only Darji was alive, she could have come home to Hoshiarpur, even without Darji, Hoshiarpur will always be her home, these people would have taken care of her like their own family….

They wanted Geet to stay with her bua, Kiran, they thought that Geet would obviously be taken care of the Khuranas, as they were pretty close and also business partners….

Everyone was shocked to know that Geet has been taken by their mamas, they even were angry with Kiran for letting Geet down at such a time when the poor little girl needed the support and love of her bua…

Later the news of her wedding came as a big surprise for them, a few of Darji’s well wishers were a lot disappointed that they couldn’t be a part of Geet’s wedding, however their blessings are always with Geet…

When they learnt that Geet is here and she has come with some unknown lady and her kids, and that too she was requesting the Sarpanch ji to help them stay at Hoshiarpur, there is a lot of speculation about her unexpected arrival, they are doubtful that she has come to live here as there is some problem with her marriage…

Geet met some of them and is surprised to see that she is being remembered fondly as Darji’s favourite pothi and loved so much even after so many years of her absence…

She meets a couple of oldies on the streets…

They recognize her and call her…

“Puthar, tum Handa ki pothi haina? Idhar aao puthar”

Geet goes and gets their blessings….

“ humara aashirwad hamesha tere saath hai beta, jug jug jiyo, babaji ab tumhare zindagi kushiyon se bar de”

They hug her and bless her…

Geet couldn’t control her tears, she is overwhelmed by their love and affection…

“tum akhele aayi ho puthar?”

Geet is confused… she has none left in her family, she is all alone… then why such a question….

“ji, yahan aakhe, aap sabse milke mujhe bahut kushi hui”

“Kiran kaisi hai? Abi woh teri bua rahi hai ya phir saas ban gayi?”

“aaise kuch nahi hai, aakhir buaji toh hamesha buaji hi hothe? Haina?”