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Part_1
Veera was walking back to her hostel from college, it was the afternoon of one fine day of the rainy season, the rain had stopped but the clouds covered the sky over the huge city of new delhi and the streets were full of mud and small water puddles. Veera and Amrit carefully walked trying to avoid the mud and preventing their clothes from getting wet and dirty. It was just a five minutes wak from the main door of their university to the doors of their huge girls hostel. Veera walked with her eyes lowered and head covered with a scarf, where girls in her university dressed up, applied make up and did all they could to grab attention but Veera remained as simple as she could, her clothing was not completely desi but it was not completely westernized either, she wore a simple brown kurti on an off white trouser and an off white scarf, carrying a simple beaded handbag that her veerji had gifted her. A few steel bangles in one hand and a wrist watch in another, she wore flat sandals and a pair of simple anklets that belonged to her real mother. As simple as she was in looks, she was the same in nature, she went to study and then straight back to the hostel, only on sundays she went to shop with her two friends Amrit and Tina, on other days she stayed at the library when her friends went to party or hangout elsewhere. She was very studious and topped in her class almost always. That is Veera Sampooran Singh, an innocent, down to earth, studious girl who could do anything just to please her Beeji and Veerji.
As soon as they reached, the maid came to them.
Maid; veera didi aapke veerji ka phone aya tha unhone kaha he aap jald hi unhe phone kren
Veera got worried and quickly checked her phone, it was dead due to low power, she hurried into her room and got the phone plugged to the charger. She then took her spare phone out of the cupboard and called veerji.
Veera; Sorry veerji, phone ki battery dead hogai thi
Ranvi; Veerakhdi kinni bari kaha he phone pura charger kr k le jaya kr, kinni chinta hojati he teri pata he
Veera; sorry veerji aage se nahi hoga, aap kahiye na koi boht zaruri baat hai kya? Aap se subah hi to baat hui thi aur phir aap raat ko to phone krne hi wale the na?
Ranvi; haan zaruri gal to hai veerakhdi, wo apne papaji ke pakke dost hen na apne Balwant tayaji, wohi jo pind chad ke chale gye the apne taya ki zameene sambhalne waste
Veera; jee veerji
Ranvi; unka phone aya tha aaj, unhone apne bete Baldev ke liye tera haath maanga hai
Veera didn't know how to respond, she had made her mind to marry the guy of veerji's choice but she didn't know it was coming so soon, she was not prepared and worry lines appeared on her forehead, Amrit noticed it and asked with gestures.
Ranvi; wo photo bhej rahe hen aaj kal me, hum dekh ke tenu bhi bhej denge, tu dekh k bata deen apna faisla, fiqr mat kar, tu aane hi to wali hai wapas, teri mulaqat bhi karwa denge, ache se jaanch partaal kr k hi tera vyah karwayenge, par yaad rakheen veerakhdi, papaji ka sapna tha ke Baldev unka jamai banne, tab to unki beti nhi thi aur tere aate hi wo chale gye, par tu unka sapna to pura kregi na?
Veera was numb, she had no words, should she agree, or should she ask veerji to wait, yes she could ask veerji and he might listen too but the beeji might mistake her for being disobiedient, no, she cannot afford that.
Veera; jee veerji..aap ko jesa theek lage
Ranvi; changa, apna khayal rakheen veerakhdi
Veera; jee veerji
Ranvi hang up.
Amrit put a hand on Veera's shoulder
Amrit; kya hua Veera? tere chehre se saare rang kyun ud gaye achanaq? sab theek to hai na wahan
Veera; haan sab theek hai, wo..wo veerji ne...veerji ne mere liye ladka pasand kiya hai, mere papaji ke best friend ka beta hai wo
Amrit; ladka? you mean shadi? par abhi? its too early yaar, aur tu kese us ladke se shadi kar sakti hai jise tune kabhi dekha bhi nahi
Veera; tu jaanti hai na, mene tujhe bataya to tha, mera vyah meri marzi se nahi meri beeji aur veerji ki marzi se hi hoga, aur unhone pasand kiya he to mere haq me sahi hi kiya hoga na, tu fiqr mat kar, aur rahi dekhne ki baat to veerji uska photo bhej rahe hen, aur mujhe us se milwayenge bhi
Amrit; jese k milne pe nhi pasand aya to tu na keh degi..haha..Veera ye teri life ka sawal he, atleast veerji ko sach bol dena agar tujhe wo pasand na aaye to, wo tujhe force nahi krenge
Veera; main jaanti hun par mere papaji ka sapna
Amrit; tere papaji bhi kabhi khush nhi honge agar unke sapne ke liye unki beti ki khushiyan qurban hojayen, ye bohot bada decision hai Veera please be careful
Veera; okay okay (she tried to change the topic) abhi jo kal exam hai uske liye padh len
Amrit; haan meri padhaku madam
Veera silenced Amrit but she herself was only thinking about her marriage to the guy she only knew the name of, she had neevr thought about love or marriage ever before, all her classmates had boyfriends had break ups and patchups but she didn't go through any of that phase, she barely spoke to the boys, only when it was very important she opened her mouth otherwise some guys even called her the "behen jee" of college, who stayed away always. But due to her simple and graceful beauty, alot of boys liked her and tried to approach her but she didn't even reply, she just ignored all advances, she knew that her family won't ever approve of love marriage and then it would be too painful to choose, and she could never go against her family so she would have to let go of her love, so better stay away then be sorry she thought, she was always prepared to marry the guy of veerji's choice but when the time arrived she felt nervous, she kept thinking," how does he look, how does he talk, how does he walk, is he sweet and calm minded like veerji, must be that's why veerji likes him, he is papaji's friends son, their upbringing must be similar, he must be like veerji, soft spoken and gentle" she shook her head to get rid of the thoughts and concentrated on her books.
At night as she lay down on her bed, the thoughts of her to be groom appeared to her again.
Veera; amrit
Amrit: kya?
Veera; kesa hoga wo?
Amrit; kon?
Veera; jise veerji ne mere liye pasand kiya he
Amrit; pata nahi, tujhe kesa chahiye? shahrukh jesa ya salman jesa
Veera; dikhne me kesa bhi ho, bas nature mere veerji jesi ho shant aur sweet, sabki madad krne wala, sbka khayal rakhne wala
Amrit; Veera..tere veeji jesa na ek hi piece banaya he Rabjee ne, aur nahi hen, bata na looks me kesa ho, bilkul hero jesa na, aur ek dam bindas, jo ladkiyon ki izzat bachata ho, jo villain ki pitai krta ho
Veera; Amrit! ye teri koi bakwas movie nahi he, meri life he, chod na wo jese bhi honge bas honge, veerji ne unhe pasand kr liya he ab hum kuch badal thodi skte hen
Amrit; oye hoye, badi respect, tu bulaygi kya unhe? mere wo? (amrit laughed)
Veera blushed
Veera; chup, main so rahi hoon good night.
Amrit; okay good night, sweet dreams of aapke wo
Veera threw a pillow at her and then switched the lights of.
Veera; jaane wo kesa ..kese honge
She hid her face below the quilt and tried her best to sleep.
Edited by overactor - 10 years ago
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