London bridge
"Humne apne aadmi ko keh diye hain, aapko baar baar koi chance to dega nahi Harit was exasperated
He wandered his room adjusting his wireless ear piece repeatedly
He gulped down the boiling hot tee and stared at a rafting scrape on his left wrist
Thumbing it absentmindedly as he yelled into the phone
The room was roasting hot and muggy, it was atleast 44C outside, the room felt like 49C
"Nahi... nahi... ruken "Nahi... hum abhi baat nahi karenge he did a face palm sighing
The defendant's mother put her son on the phone
"Umm... Rajeshji, aapse humne 4 baar jo baat kahi wohi aapki ma se hame hain he yelled
He listened impatiently, and sat down on the wire spun sofa
"Hum sun chukey hain, aap please unke ghar jaayen nahi, duniya mein aur companies hain, cease and desist ka matlab bhi samjhayen hain aapko, ab ki baar jail hui to hum nahi bacha paayenge he yelled
The mother came on as the boy had a melt down
"Auntyji, aapne hamare permission... matlab anumati se pehle apne bete ko phone de deen hain, unko kahen Anju keg har nahi jaayenge, Anju ke papa se kaam nahi maangenge, unki ghar ki gali mein apni cycle nahi chalayenge Harit held his breath and spoke for a few more minutes and hung up more frustrated than he was at the beginning of the call
He threw his ear piece on the seat by him and rubbed his eyes and stretched
Rishu called
"Shaam ko Yashu ko cricket camp lekar ja rahe hain hum, agar aapko bowling coach ban nah ai to samay se pahunchen aap
"Jee bhayya he sat up
"Ghar nahi gaye aaj khaane par? Ma dukhin hain
"Kaise jaate, hafte bhar ke case ke paper they. 17 cases hain
"Muft ki madad band karen pehle
"Umm...
"Ma ko samjhayen, Rishu insisted
"Arey Ma hamey nahi rok rahin
"To?
"Umm.. hum in logon ko yoon besahara kaise chhod dein?
"Ghar par bacha hai, biwi hai, han beshaq aapka apna nahi bacha, phir..
"Bhayya, Chandu to hamare hain he said gruffly
"Biwi?
Harit laughed out loud
"bhayya, honeymoon ka nasha utrega Avantika ka to bahut peetengi aapko Rishu chuckled
"Hamey dard mein dekhenge iska matlab? Harit smiled
"Bhayya Ma ki haalat kharab hogi agar aapko chot lagegi... aur who bhi biwi ke haathon Rishu hung up
Harit groaned and stretched... began to snooze
He had no idea how he had gotten himself into this situation
Not a topper but he was definitely in the top 20% of his graduating class
There were many offers from leading law firms. Multinationals wanted to hire him for the specificity of his area of study
Not to mention hiring bonus and stock and London flats and to and fro tickets to India
He was too far away now, from that affluence and comfort, the separation to vast to be spanned
He opened his eyes and stared at the achingly sick ceiling fan
Sweat flowed in rivulets inside his shirt.
He searched for his towel, it was far away on his desk
He shared that crummy office with two other lawyers now, a woman and a man
The woman had taken over placing cheap art objects all over, and shelves of books and journals and pictures of everyone from Gandhi to Presidents
He realized a woman lawyer was a tough sell in UP
Criminal men were almost all uncivilized, sexist and mysogynists . The other male lawyer certainly was
He cracked many inappropriate jokes about Ms Kansal's monthly cycles and correlated her failure rate to her lack of looks
Harit groaned again rubbing his eyes
He was only on his 4th case and it was already 5 PM...
He sat up playing with a ball point pen, clicking and unclicking as his mind wandered
He saw a shadow by the door
He looked up, his wife stood at the door like she was the answer to all his miseries
"You are kidding he gasped hoisting himself
She looked like a dream in pale sky blue kurta and pink palazzos, both voile, like her Dad had commissioned some exclusive design house to craft these for his daughter for months
Chandu peeked from behind the soiled curtain
"I am glad aap akeli aayin he teased
"I AM HERE Chandu shouted
He bend down and picked the kid up and tossed him
"Oh no... aapko kisne bulaya he laughed as he played with the kid
"Kya kar rahe they aap? Teeku questioned
"Umm... soch rahe the ki baaqi ke 13 cases kaise padhenge aaj he sighed setting the kid down as he ran toward Harit's phone
"Hum padhte hain, aap sunen she grinned picking up a dusty stack bound by a cord
I don't think this place can handle someone gorgeous as yourself he muttered
He was afraid to even close the gap
She leaned on his desk and waited...
"Harit?? she begged ogling him desite his grimy appearance
"Aap dekh bhi rahin hain hamey? he asked baffled
Channel V Dil Dosti Dance
Arjun
