Andar Bahar
As luck would have it SHRAVU was in Rohini he had no school the following day, she didnt know about it
Bala had stopped by too to drop off some Tamil economics texts that someone had sent from Chennai, so Amma can work on her next book.
Amma was debating between Economics or translating some complex ancient document from Tamil
She wasnt sure yet
When the entourage arrived, he was startled too
He stood up, and peered noticing Manya and the man by her
II handed Nivi to Appa, who as expected was all smiles, in the middle of a conversation with guess who? Bala!!
"Welcome... welcome" Bala greeted everyone
"Akka valleya?" II asked curiously
She had just showed up directly from Gurgaon from work
And had met her husband downstairs coincidentally
They couldnt find parking and they were circling the complex, II spotted the car and spoke to the guard and he "let them park" in a resident's spot
Manya watched Nivi jump out of R&B's arms into hers
"How are you able to go to work every morning? I could just eat her up, so may be its a good thing if "I" went to work too" she grabbed a angry Manya from II's arms
"I call a 100 times" II made a face
"In all of today" R&B scrolled on his phone, you called "once" she said quietly
"BAS?" Manya peeked into his phone
"What are u upto?" II had texted
II turned red, as she met R&B's gaze over the phone
"Hoping I would get laid" he responded
Manya looked at a flustered II and chuckled
"We dont do any dirty chats" she complained to a squeamish Makarand
II felt doubly ashamed, as if Makarand was related
II felt more cautious around that dude, feeling a strange sense of one ness because he was a Southie too?
"Boss aaj match dekha?" Bala asked about cricket
"I watched parts of it" R&B said
"SHRAVOOO" II screeched
He looked a bit startled
"Amma he doesnt come to Malcha Marg" II shouted
"Yenn dee vandadum panchayat panrey" Amma was frustrated
"I asked him if he wants to come over during the weekend, he never gave me a straight answer" II mumbled
Amma was busy greeting Manya
Appa was startled she had brought Makarand
"Epdi irukengo" Makarand asked in Kannada flavored Tamil
appa smiled, impressed
He nodded "Good good" he said and eye signaled Amma to show her the boy spoke Tamil
"Mukund varaleya?" Appa was being nosy
Makarand looked at him akwardly "Mr Iyer... I mean can I call u Uncle? Iyers say "Mama" no?" he said smiling "He is still in training" Makarand declared
Bala was livid, Appa would do that
Amma gently gripped Appa's hand to remind him Mukund's Chacha was right there
R&B and Ranjan wandered to the balcony following Manya
II went to the kitchen, and surveyed dinner
She found rasam and bhindi bhaji from lunch
She washed her hands and mixed both and shoved it in her mouth
"Ishita.. pod dee veliale... so rude" Amma hissed
"Amma is Shravu staying over?"
"Shhh not now kanna" Amma had no patience
Appa was serving mango juice from the frig
He also brought flowers for II
R&B looked lost
Bala was on the phone
"Moorthy Mami wants her to sing for Panguni uttram( the last tamil month)" Amma was telling R&B
"AYYO" II did a face palm in the kitchen
R&B nodded
"She is saying she cant become chinmayi now so she wont sing" Amma tattled
"Who is chinmayi" dude asked next
"Tujhe sunata hoon songs" Makarand got on the job on his phone, and found a bunch for R&B
R&B was uninterested
Bala looked jealous, he wanted to be the one doing that
"She sings so well, movies are a waste for her" Appa waved a finger dismissively
"she shud do it if she wants to" R&B said coolly
"All that is OK when a person is single, she has a child now, how can she do that?" Appa argued
"Umm... I am around" R&B reminded appa cynically
"Arey Iyer saab yeh keh rahe hain tu Paris chala jaata hai" Ranjan chimed in
"She cud take the baby with her and go sing" R&B said coolly
"I am THIRTY... " II shouted
"You have so many connections, make it happen then" Appa challenged R&B holding a long white trunk of the plantain tree
"Umm.. shes never asked me" R&B responded
"Gudiya?" Ranjan questioned
"I dont want to be a movie star or sing" II said vehemently, very self conscious
Appa asked Makarand to ask her to sing a kannada song
"I only know two" II smiled sheepishly
"I probably know both so just sing" Makarand invited
R&B looked a lil taken aback, he had no idea how his wife talent had ended up becoming a invitation to please his sister's lover
Manya came from the bedroom "sam gussey mein hai, usey kyon nahi bulaya aunty"
Amma smiled nervously
"Nothing was planned I say" Appa declared loudly
"Uncle I LOVE your study desk, antique hai?" Manya asked pointing to the inside room
"Yes yes... it belongs to my great grandfather" Appa nodded beginning to like Manya a "wee" bit
"He maintains it very well" Bala announced
"Athim if there is no school tomm, can I take him home?" II pleaded
"His friend Prasad's aunt lives close by, he is spending the night there, so the boys have something planned for tomorrow" Bala said smiling wide
R&B had a "you dont get it do you?" look
"Sing" Makarand begged
II tore her gaze away and looked at Amma
"Amma its your fault" she shouted
"Guilty as charged." Amma said proudly
II began to Maleyeli Mada from Andar Bahar a Shreya Ghoshal song
And stop before she fully completed it
Makarand looked like he had been hit by a truck
"I told u she sings well" Manya admitted grudgingly
"Iske liye to ek gift banta hai puttar" Ranjan declared joyously
Nivi had cooed through the song, acting like she understood it
"U are a really awesome singer" Makarand said gasping
"She gave it all up for her brother dude" Bala laughed out loud, cracking himself up
"And my husband doesnt even know Chinmayee" II teased
It was anyone's guess how R&B felt that moment
II tried to wrangle a promise Bala would send Shravu on Saturday
When R&B found her changing Nivi in her own bedroom he confronted her
"U think ur music career was ruined?" he asked flatly
"Ofcourse it was" II said not looking up at him, wanting to say "Appa has a boatload of bias against filmi music, so my career never could never take off"
Instead she ended her grieving at that first part, keeping that clarification inside herself
R&B walked out quietly...assuming marriage ruined her prospects
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