Confess it !
This time try my Hinglish. ( no slippers please.only empty bear cans.)
Bondita smelt the soil’s fragrance as she closed her eyes for a deep breathe.She was lucky.She knew it. If she was standing in those beautiful finery, decked top to bottom- then yes she was lucky. And then finally she tried thanking her lucky charm through her words- the only gold she had ever possessed. Her words were her power.She wrote them , spoke them and used them according to her own will. She had left a parchment full of apologies, thank yous and suggestions in her husband’s room- as they still did not share a common room. She felt nice though. She was waiting for him to come. A strong cologne reached her nose-buds - telling her that her Barrister babu was here.
Anirudh stood on the terrace of his house, looking across the sky and then at his wife.She looked aesthetic as her eyes were closed in pure bliss.He never told her that without jewelry she looked like an angel from heaven. How could he? When his wife was still busy in writing those nonsense letters about how he should take his life forward without her? Was she serious?
‘Agaye aap?” Bondita asked , her eyes still closed.
“Nahi.Mera bhoot aya hai.” Anirudh answered sternly.
“Matlab apne patr padh liya?” Bondita asked in excitement.
Anirudh rolled his eyes “ Haan. Padh liya maine. Kya hai yeh sab Bondita?”
“Patr hai Barrister Babu. Syahi se kagaz par shabd yadi kisi doosre se baat karne ke liye….”
“Pata hai mujhe Bondita.Patr kya hota hai janta hoon. Par yeh sab tumne kya likha hai. Shukriya- mujhe maaf karna- Saudamini is vivah kar lijiye. Tumhara dimag toh thik hai na ?” Anirudh asked bewildered. Bondita looked down - trying to make a straight face. she was crying. He knew it.
“ Sahi to likha hai. Is me galat kya hai? Prem karte the na app Saudamini se. Vivah hone wala tha na unke sate apka.” Bondita reasoned.
“Kitne saal ho gaye hain iss baat ko Bondita? 10 saal. Mujhe toh in sab ke bare main Yaad bhi nahi raha tha.” Anirudh slapped his forehead in annoyance.
“Gussa kyon hote hain aap? Kuch dinon me main Barrister ban jaungi.Phir app apni is zimmedari se mukt ho skate hain.” Bondita looked away ,unable to bear the weight of her own words.
“Zimmedari. Oh , Accha. toh agar main bolun ki main is Zimmedari se kabhi mukt nahi hona chahata phir?” Anirudh came forward , and pulled Bondita’s hand across his chest. Bondita turned scarlet but chose to keep quite.
“ Agar main kahun ki mujhe merri Zimmedari zindagi bhar chahiye- toh manogi merri baat?”Anirudh asked her.
“Aise Kaise man loon ? Saboot pesh kijiye.” Bondita asked looking into his eyes.
Anirudh chuckled on her behaviour. But only he knew how much he enjoyed her this way.
“ Saboot yahi hai - ki yeh dil bina is Zimmedari ke nahi dhadkega. Azma ke dekh lo.”He challenged her as Bondita furiously turned her head in negative.
“ Prem ho gaya hai apko mujhse ?” Bondita asked all pink.
“Haan. Anirudh roy Chaudhary , Barrister Bondita Das Roy Chaudhary ko apna dil har baitha hai. or ab hum chahten hain ki karywahi yahin radhh ki jaye.” Anirudh announced encircling Bondita around her waist.
“Bina saza ke?” Bondita asked , caging Anirudh’s neck with her hands.
“Aisa ho skate hai bhala?” Anirudh said before spooning off Bondita from the ground to twirl her in their dreamy world.
Aapki nazaron ne samjha, pyaar ke kabil mujhe Dil ki ai dhadkan thaher ja, mil gayee manzil mujhe Aapki nazron ne samjha Ji hamen manzoor hai, aapka ye faisla Kah rahi hai har nazar, banda paravar shukriya Do jahaan ki aaj khushiyan ho gayee haasil mujhe Aapki nazron ne samjha Aapki manzil hoon main meri manzil aap hain Kyon main toofaan se darun mere saahil aap hain Koi tufanon se kah de, mil gaya sahil mujhe Aapki nazron ne samjha
If there was something true for their world, it was friendship, respect, and love. It was the smell of perfection in imperfection. The debate of not being better - but to change the world. They were a revolution for society - but were just parts without each other. If the world had ever made a jigsaw puzzle - then they were the pieces which connected inseparably !!
PS. I love this song. And co-incidently it completely matches RUDHITA !! what say??