This one Shot has been written by my wattapad friend Tanu Aka @ishqdinoorhai3 and she has asked me to share in this forum since she does not have an account
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Do you have any idea, how much struggle I did? After shedding so much blood and sweat, this house has turned into a 5BHK house? The house in which you people so comfortably live? And how many sleepless night I have spent just so that, I could provide you people a good education and lifestyle? And you tell me that I don't have any right over this house and that I am not a good father?" Vanraj questions, his voice raising a notch higher. Every pair of eyes, present there has turned teary. Everyone's except Kinjal, Rakhi and Samar.
Kinjal rolled his hearing another justification of doing EMA while Rakhi's mouth filled with distate, what a circus my daughter has married into? Samar stood there unaffected, like the words spoken by his father holds no value and in reality, it seriously do not hold any value.
"Answer me, dammit!" Vanraj banged his hand on the table. "Why are you silent now? Don't have words to counter back?" His breathing ragged.
Goosebumps erupted on everyone's body... his yell was that much louder but all Samar did was, took a step forward and looked straight into Vanraj's eyes. Ego clashed with Self-Respect.
"Main chup isliye tha kyunki aapne mere sawal ka jawab diya hi nahi, Mr Vanraj Shah." He paused, taking into his shocking expression into account. Amused and also satisfied, he continued, "Mera sawal bas itna sa that ki, aapko mere aur Nandini ke rishte se kya problem ya phir aapki maa yaani ki meri pujya baa ko kya dikkat hai?" He turned to look at Mrs Leela Shah who was throwing daggers at him but he ignored it all.
Anupama yelled, "Samar, aise baat karte hai bado se? Maine yahi sikhaya hai tujhko?"
He turned to look at his mother, the mother who loves to become mahaan and not human. Who still sides with her cheater husband and does not let anyone call out to his mistakes. If her siding with his father had hurt him then her questioning him for that cheater husband had made Samar to make an entry.
"Izzat unhe di jati hai Mrs Anupama Vanraj Shah jo khud ki izzat karna jaane ya aisa koi kaam kare ki unhe izzat mili and yeah, izzat di nahi kamai jaati hai." He flat out refused to listen to her. This time, Samar will speak and no can stop him.
If Samar yelling at Vanraj had people in shock then his taunt to Anupama flabbergasted them. Samar Anupama Shah was always a mumma boy then what changed now?
Kavya looked around scared. She could see that the haze Vee has created had started to clear and the outcome was not going to be in her favor.
"Let's not waste our time and come to your questions first." He spoke calmly even when every cell of his body wanted to yell. But he knew, a truth does not change even when spoken in a whisper and a lie do not become a truth even when yelled on top of their lungs. And being calm can provide you rationality which you seem to lost when you decide to yell your lungs out.
"Aapne kaha aapne struggle kiya, right? Lekin struggle toh sabhi karte hai? Maine kiya, aapne kiya aur dada ji ne bhi kiya hai. So how do we differentiate every struggle? How YOU turned out be the bad guy and not us?" He questions, clearly challenging him to speak a in his favour now. Taking his and everyone's silence as a que, he continued. " We differentiate by seeing what we become after our struggles and its not my fault that you decided to flame up your ego and forget from where you have started? Sorry but in my eyes, your struggle only holds a value till you were good person."
" Secondly, kya kaha tha aapne? Yes that why I am questioning your rights over this house, right? So tell me, who the hell leaves their house for his 'love'? Who the hell don't attend his son's wedding just because his 'love' will not like it? Who in the f***cking hell remains quiet while his 'love' created ruckus in his son's wedding in his own house? And I never said that you did not have any right over this house... It was you who threatened to throw me out just because, first when you wanted Mrs Anupama Vanraj Shah to stop teaching dance and secondly when I bought my love home on shivratri puja. The very same girl who stood like a rock in our hard times. Who decided to support Mrs Shah and not her own Maasi. And let me remind you, we both are not cheating anyone and neither does Nandini is a other woman like your 'love'? So tell me, how much right should be given to you?" He folded his hand at his chest, a small smile playing on his lips.
Baa and Toshu looked at Samar with disgust for calling out their son's and father's disgusting behaviour while Anupama and Bapuji looked at him with disappointment.
Rakhi's smirk has turned into a huge grin, ah, the sane one in the circus. Kinjal looked at him proud while Nandini looked confused but still confident that her love will not cross his lines to upposrt her and their love.
Anger coursed through Kavya's veins, she shrieked, "how dare you?!"
"I am not talking to you, Ms. Gandhi, so don't interfere and mind me, till now, I am using very good for both you and the relationship you share with my sperm donor."
And his this statement was enough to tell everyone that he was not the one to stop. There was pin drop silence... no one spoke a word.
Taking a deep breath and releasing it slowly, he resumed. "And let's come back to your third question now... You being a good son or not. Yes, you are a good son but tell me, where were you when Dadi ji undergo the surgery? Romancing with your girlfriend?" He smirked. And everyone's jaw touched the ground.
"Samar," Anupama once again yelled but he ignored it.
"Samar apni hadd mein reh," Baa came forward in support of her son and Samar just rolled his eyes.
"Apne Bete se kyu nahi puch leti aap Baa? Jo ab tak chup chàap khade hai?" He gave a solution. And Vanraj silence and Kavya's shocked eyes spoke volumes.
Everyone's faces hung low in shame.
"Agar aap apne maa Bapuji ki itni hi izzat karte hai... Unse itna hi pyaar karte hai toh chod kyu nahi dete Ms. Gandhi ko? Baa ne toh aap se ek baar nahi aisa 100 baar karne ko bola and please ye mat kahiyega ki Mrs Shah ne aapka proposal accept nahi kiya isliye aap aisa kar rahe hai. Yahan baat Mrs Shah ki ho hi nahi rahi hai," he asked, curiosity and innocence oozing from his expression.
And here, ladies and gentlemen, residents of Shah parivaar has gone dumb.
"And to answer your last question, whether you are a good father or not? So, no Mr Vanraj Shah you are not a good... NEVER HAVE BEEN!!" he yelled. His pupil dilating, taking a deeper shade of red.
Fist clenched, "Ek acha pita na toh sirf apne baccho ko school bhejta hai balki unke saath baith kar unki school ki kahaniya sunta hai. Ek acha pita na sirf godi mein baithta, par saath hi saath ungli pakad ke chalna bhi sikhata hai. Ek acha pita na toh sirf sapne dikhata balki unhe poore karne ka hosla bhi deta and you Mr. Vanraj Shah, you never did any of that. Kyunki ek acha pita apne baccho mein bhedbhav nahi karta aur aapne bhedbhav karne ke siva aur kuch kiya hi nahi." He unleashed the years of anger, hurt and loneliness.
"Aapne na toh kabhi mujhse baat ki na hi mere sapno ko hosla diya. Main dancer bann na chahta tha lekin aisa nahi tha ki main padhayi nahi karta tha. I tried but I failed to put my life to it and you never seem to understand it. I get it, main Mr Paritosh Shah ki tarah top nahi kar paata tha but main fail bhi nahi hota tha jo aapko mujhse itni chid ho and please don't say that you have paid for my dance classes... Wo sab maine 100% scholarship and TV se dekhkar seekha hai. And about my graduation, go to your room you will get the degree." And he slammed his hands down.
"Aur haan kya kaha aapne aap gareeb the and aap struggles ke baad ameer bane?" He asked through his laboured breathing. Nandini stepped forward and rubbed his back.
Every eye has once again turned teary but this time, for Samar who has always been the rock of the house.
"Toh aap ye baat kyu bhul gaye jab baa, Mrs Shah ko unki gareebi par taana deti rahi. Aapne kaha aap apne maa baap ki izzat karte hai toh aap ye chiz apne star kids mein inculcate karna kyu bhul gaye? Kyu jab wo Mrs Shah ko taana maarte the ya Mrs Shah ko apni mother accept na karke, Ms. Gandhi ko apni mother batate the toh uss waqt unhe thappad kyu nahi maara aapne? Ye konsi achayi hai Mr Shah?" And no matter what, Samar could not let Anupama to fight alone. Fight between these leeches.
This time, it was Toshu who stepped in, "chal maan li teri baat. Papa ne tere sath discrimination kiya aur humne mummy ke saath bohot badtameezi ki lekin iss waqt tu kya kar raha hai?" And Kinjal looked at Toshu liked he has grown horns. Ye sun nahi sakta hai ya samajh nahi sakta hai? She mused.
"I am just answering Me Shah questions which he have asked me, can't you see, Mr Intelligent Shah?" He taunted and a chuckle escaped Rakhi.
"You..." Toshu took a step forward but Samar's next word gave him a mini heart attack.
"Oh sorry... By calling you intelligent I am disrespecting the word." He shuddered and release a whoosh of air.
Vanraj opened and closed his mouth like a fish. Anupama and everyone else was too shocked to say anything.
"And yeah, please don't say anything else and question their upbringing more." He shakes his head as he was too tired.
"Because as much as I remember, all you did was cry Kinju baby, Kinju baby and not even fight for the very same love. It was Mrs Shah who fixed your marriage and bore insult and you had not even acknowledge it but the moment something went wrong, you started to blame her. Don't forget, Mr Shah ne ek ungli tak nahi hilayi thi aapki shaadi karwane mein and jab unke dusre rishte ke baare mein pata chala tha then you are only angry with him because Rakhi aunty have broken the alliance. I don't get it. You are 26 and still throw tantrum at everything. You did not got the job on your own, so you joined Dave's institute... Just because Kinjal bhabhi had got the job from which your father thrown out? And do you seriously don't know the meaning of EMA? How could you forgive that just in a blink of an eye? And how the hell do you agree on Kavya staying over here? Don't you have heart or you have lost your brain cells?" He questions and everyone that the question was too, to the point that they cannot answer it.
"Aur haan bhai, main Nandini se pyaar karta hua aur main koi choro ya paap nahi kiya hai ye karke... Unlike your so called father." He finished.
Turning to look at Anupama, he started, "lets come to the second star kid, Ms. Pakhi Shah. Mrs Shah ki sweetudu. Mujhe bataiye Mrs Shah, jab aapki sweetudu ka birthday tha tab hum logon ke paas kitne paise the? Baa aap toh poora din paiso ki tangi ho gayi hai ko leke roti rehti thi na? Toh phir itna aalishan birthday banane ka kya faayda hua? Paison ki bachat ho gayi? And yes, jab usne aapke saare efforts ko mitti mein mila diya tab aapne kya kiya. Uske do aasun aur aap pighal gayi wahan par. Aap Pakhi ko kis tarah ka banana chahti hai? Apni tarah? Jo pichle 25 saalon se apni self respect ki dhajiyan udati aayi hai and mahan banne ke chakkar mein apne sautan ko ghar leke aayi Hui hai ya jo pichle 8 saal ke affair aur 25 saal ke mistreatment ko ek galti thehra deti hai? Ya Ms Gandhi ki tarah jo practical toh hai lekin ek married man ke saath relationship mein aane se hichkichati nahi hai ya domestic violence ka jhutha case bana kar apne boyfriend ke ghar aadhi raat ko aa jati hai? Bataiye?"
"And yes, lets not start for her tantrums and selfishness. She is 16 year old teenager and not a kid who does not know the meaning of an EMA. And let's not start with her tantrums. Mujhe cold coffee nahi peeni, mujhe ye acha nahi lag raha ya mummy cool nahi hai... What did you actually inculcate in her? She did not even respect you, keep on insulting you and you, Mrs Shah, you did not said a word. Matlab self respect ki yaad tab aayi jab EMA expose hua? Kyun bhai, usse pehle izzat, izzat nahi thi? The two star kids, keep on calling you and me names and you just smile and do not stop them, reprimand them? Why? Main aapke liye kuch maayne nahi rakhta tha? Sweety ne badtameezi ki, bachi hai... Bhai ne mere dreams a mazak banaya wo bada hai... Arre phir main kyu hu? And maine isse pehle jab bhi aawaz uthane ki koshish ki aapne rok liya... Way before his relationship was out in open. Kyu? Kyunki pati parmeshwar hota hai and wo gussa karte hai aur pyaar bhi bohot karte hai? Kya aap mujhe bata sakti hai aisa konsa pyaar hota hai jahan izzat nahi hoti hai? Jahan 25 saalon se taana aur beizzati ke ilava kuch aur nahi milta hai? And even after EMA was exposed, you filing for divorce and you still wears that mangalsutra? Please don't say that bado ka aashirwad hai isme. Hindu shastra ki hisab se mangalsutra ka ek hi matlab hota and you know what it is. Be a human and not a god. Goodness is good until it's in limit." And the years of frustration is out in open.
"And yes, kya kaha aapne? Mr Shah ka ego, Shiv ji ke gusse ke saman hai? Please don't insult lord Shiva. Lord Shiva's anger was for the right cause. His third eye is not a door jo kisi bhi baat par khul jaye and Maha Shivaratri is to celebrate love and not treachery. Jab Kavya iss puja mein baith sakti then why not Nandini and me? And yes , Lord Shiva had only loved Mata Gauri, all his life and form. No one else. And here," pointing towards Vanraj and Kavya,"the situation is not the same." And he sit down on the chair near by, tiredly.
Anupama took a step forward with tears streaming down her face but he shoved his palms up, stopping her in her place and she knew, she lost everything in order to make everyone happy. Why can't she seem to remember that you can't make everyone happy around you... So one should concentrate on making themselves happy because at the end of the day, its you, your pillow and your bed. No one else.
"Main ye nahi kahunga ki aap dard se nahi guzri ya aap ke saath jo kuch bhi hua wo aap deserve karti thi but yes, ab jo kuch bhi hoga wo aapke khud ke decision na lene ke wajah se hoga." He paused. "Thank you Mr Shah for paying my school and college fess and giving me a shelter but yes, it's not me who have asked you to give me birth... You have done it, so it was your responsibility but still thank you for your hospitality."
"Kinjal bhabhi, you are a wonderful person but I still don't get it why you have decided to marr him because a person who can't respect his mother, the one who loved him unconditionally cannot respect his wife either. And a man who can support an EMA can do one himself and I don't you be in that place and go through the pain and neither do I want you to stay in a family where discrimination happens and self respect was butchered in the name of sanskar. I am sorry I supported you two earlier... That love was not worth running away from your home." He looked at her and apologized sincerely.
Turning to Rakhi, "Rakhi aunty, main ye nahi kahunga ki aapne aaj tak jo kiya wo sahi kiya hai mere nazron mein lekin wo mera nazariyan and you might have done the right thing according to you. But yes, let me tell you this that you have done a wonderful upbringing of your child. You have taught her to respect everyone but still call out a spade a spade and not to keep quiet seeing any injustice happening infront of her. No one has the right to question your upbringing specially not the one who failed to teach basic manner and the sense of right and wrong to their children. And yes, you have every right to slap Kinjal bhabhi when she ran away that too with my brother," he said with distate. " She is your daughter and she had done wrong."
"And finally, I, Samar ... Not Samar Anupama Shah or Samar Vanraj Shah. I Samar break all ties with the Shah's. From here on, I don't share any relationship with any member of this house except the relation of humanity." And he left to fetch his bag which he has already packed because he knew, what he was doing .
Taking Nandini hands in his , he walked out, to live a life where there is going to be ups and downs but he will have his strength, his love, his Nandini by his side to fight it.
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I am writing an OS for the first time, so ignore the mistakes.
I am sorry if this hurted anyone but I felt it was necessary. Especially from Samar's side.
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