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PART 5:
Angad and Kripa arrived at a luxury apartment complex on the outskirts of Pune. Kartik was Kripa's first cousin, but had achieved tremendous success as a businessman at a young age. He had a medical transcription business with clients in the UK and USA. He maintained an office in Pune and Hyderabad, which were the off-shore back offices for his foreign clients.
Kartik greeted his little sister at the door, "meri pyaari si behnaa….kitne din ho gaye tujhey dekhey?…," he hugged her at the door, 'Hi I am Kartik Verma, Kripa's cousin…you must be Dr Angad Khanna?" Kartik extended his hand towards Angad.
"Nice to meet you Mr Verma," Angad shook his hand firmly
"Kartik! Call me Kartik. Can I call you Angad?" Kartik said in a friendly voice.
"Of course Kartik," Angad replied as they entered the luxury apartment.
Angad could tell that Kartik was definitely doing well for himself. Kartik reminded him of his brother-in-law, Nishant who had done well in the last few years, thanks to the IT boom.
Angad was intrigued to know that Kartik's business was in a way related to the medical field. The two men hit it off well; Kartik was pleased to meet an intelligent and curious man like Angad. Kripa felt left out and complained, "bhaiyya! Main aap se milne aayi hoon, aur aap hain ki apne kaam ki baaton mein lag gaye!"
"Oh sorry behnaa, chal rakhi nikaal, dekh tera bhai tere liye London se kya laaya hai?" Kartik excused himself and went to fetch something from his room.
As they were waiting for Kartik, Angad's mobil rang, 'Hello! Oh Aaliyah!.....I miss you too," Angad excused himself and went to the balcony to take the call.
Kripa's color drained from her face when she heard what Angad had just said. The fact that Angad wanted to talk to this girl in privacy, and that he missed her was enough of a clue for Kripa- "zaroor unki koi girlfriend hogi. Lekin mujhey kya?"
Although Kripa tried to ignore it, the realization that Angad had a girlfriend kept nagging her. Kartik came back with a beautiful box and stretched his hand for Kripa to tie the rakhi, "kya hua behnaa? Kahan kho gayi?" Kripa was obviously distracted and just shook her head, 'Oh..wo kuch nahin bhaiyya….dikhaaiye kya laaye hain mere liye?"
"pehle rakhi, phir maasi ki mithai, tab jaake tujhey tera gift milega….samjhi!" Kartik teased her playfully.
Meanwhile, Angad and Aaliyah caught up on their respective lives.
"Accha Angad, kya gaon ki gori mili?' Aaliyah teased him.
Angad blushed a little at that comment and said, "Hmm….gori tho hai, par gaon ki? I am not sure…wo tho kisi bhi sheher waali ki chutti kar de…."
Aaliya: "Really? Tho mili…..wow Angad, I had no idea tumhey ek mahine mein hi koi mil jaayegi…."
Angad: "sach bataaun Aaliyah….pata nahin kyon par aisa lagta hai usey bahut pehle se jaanta hoon…..kya matlab hai iska?"
Aaliyah: "Angad looks like you may have caught the love bug!" she laughed
Angad: "how can you be so sure?"
Aaliyah: " Iska jawaab tumhey kal subah mil jaayega.."
Angad: "kal subah?"
Aaliyah: "haan yadi aaj raat tumhein neend nahin aayi na….bas samjho you have a serious case of loveria! Chalo bye…I have to attend a delivery….kal phone karti hoon to get a status update…."
Angad sighed as he hung up, "Aaliyah! You and your hypothesis! Dekhte hain…..neend aati hai ya nahin?"
Angad joined the brother and sister in the living room. Kripa was admiring her beautiful bracelet presented to her by her brother. Angad saw the pearls on her dainty wrist and could not help commenting on it, "looks like your brother has good taste!"
"Kyon nahin bhai….after all my beautiful sister deserves something as pretty as her!" Kartik commented and hugged Kripa.
Angad noticed that Kripa averted his gaze and her color was a little off.
Their journey back to Ramgarh was very quiet; Kripa stayed mum and aloof most of the trip and buried herself in her book and finally dozed off.
Angad was perplexed, "aakhir aisa kya hua? Itni chup kyon hai? Maine kahin kuch tho nahin keh diya phir se? Oh god! Kahin uska haath pakda tha, iss liye naaraz tho nahin?…..main bhi bhool jaata hoon ki yeh Mumbai nahin hai……I should be careful, par kya karoon apne aap ko sambhaal kyon nahin paa raha? May be Aaliyah is right!" Angad spent the rest of the journey just gazing at Kripa's beautiful angelic face as she rocked gently with the moving train.
Song in backround, "jaane kaise" from "Raqeeb"- beautiful new romantic song sung by
KK
http://www.dishant.com/lyrics/song-61158.html
"Jaane kaise" from "raqeeb"
jaane kaise shab dhali, jaane kaise dil khila
jaane kaise kab kahaan, chal pada yeh silsila
meri aankhon ko yeh kaisa manjar mila
tere har naksh mein bas khuda hi khuda
(tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai) – 2
They arrived Ramgarh late at night.
"Main tumhey ghar chhod deta hoon…" Angad offered
"Nahin koi baat nahin main chali jaaoongi…" Kripa looked away. She was afraid that if she looked at him, he might be able to read her disappointment in them. The thought of Angad's girlfriend was still nagging her. She tried her best to act normal, but as always, her eyes gave in to her inner feelings.
"I insist OK!" Angad said authoritatively. Kripa did not argue. Angad was still kicking himself for holding her hand and promised himself that he would take things a little slower with her.
betaabiyo ki shaamo sehar se
na tha main waakib dard-e-jigar se
gujra nahi tha main toh kabhi bhi
pyaar li dilkash raahegujar se
deewaanagi ki yeh intehaan hai
har chehre mein chehra tera hai
saari duniya teri parchaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
jaane kaise shab dhali, jaane kaise dil khila
jaane kaise kab kahaan, chal pada yeh silsila
As Aaliyah had predicted, Angad had a restless, sleepless night. He paced up and down in his room, even went to the clinic to finish some paper work, but the more he tried to distract himself, the more kripa kept invading his thoughts:
teri kashish ka jaadu ajab hai
har waqt mujhko teri talab hai
yuun hi nahi main besudh huva hoon
iss pyaas ka toh koi sabab hai
tere siva na abb koi armaan
abb jindagi hai tujhse meri
bin tere har jagah tanhaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
jaane kaise shab dhali, jaane kaise dil khila
jaane kaise kab kahaan, chal pada yeh silsila
meri aankhon ko yeh kaisa manjar mila
tere har naksh mein bas khuda hi khuda
(tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai) – 2
Kripa, herself was restless all night. She kept shaking her head to get Angad's thoughts out of her mind, "jo mera nahin hai, main kyon uske khayaalon mein baar baar kho jaati hoon…..mujhey Angad se door rehna chahiye….aaj tak mujhey kabhie aisa ehsaas nahin hua jaise aaj ho raha hai…..kyon…aakhir kyon?"
NEXT DAY:
Being a Sunday, they did not have regular clinic hours. Damini was also off that day, Dr Misra decided to take it easy and have Angad deal with all the emergencies for the day. Angad tried to sort out the equipment and supplies in the clinic and arrange all the new stuff he had purchased in Pune. As he was working, he heard familiar voices in the living room. He peeked out and was pleased to see Kripa and Gayatri talking to Dr Misra.
Angad walked out to the living room, but was dismayed when Kripa saw him and turned around, "main kitchen mein jaati hoon….maa aap maamaji ke saath baithiye…"
"Aao beta! Kaisa raha Pune ka trip?" Gayatri asked Angad, "meri dawaai laane ke liye bahut bahut shukriya.."
"bahut accha aunty…..waise aap aaj hi dawaai shuru kar dein tho accha hai….main zara clinic mein kaam khatam karta hoon," Angad had no desire to stay there if Kripa was not present.
Gayatri noticed that Angad's eyes were searching for someone. Gayatri smiled to herself, her perceptive eyes had noticed what Damini had noticed earlier-this dashing doctor was very interested in her demure daughter.
"Akele kyon kaam karte ho beta? Main Kripa ko bhejti hoon tumhare paas….main khaana banaa doongi aaj.." Gayatri went to the kitchen and ordered Kripa to help Angad.
Kripa reluctantly agreed as she knew there was no way she could avoid working with Angad for another 11 months.
"Aapko kuch help chahiye Dr Khanna?" Kripa entered the clinic. Angad's face lit up at her sight, but he noticed that she still looked a little sullen.
As they kept arranging all the new instruments and equipment, Angad could not help asking her, "kal raat se itni chup kyon ho Basanti?"
Kripa almost laughed at the way he addressed her, "nahin doctor aisi koi baat nahin hai…..aap shayad meri baaton se bore ho jaate honge, iss liye kam bol rahi hoon…"
"Wo tho hai….tumhari baatein bahut boring hoti hain, par jaane kyon mera bore hone ko mann kar raha hai.." Angad said teasingly.
He was happy to see a faint smile on her face, but she did not say anything.
Angad received a call, 'hello! Aaliyah!" He noticed that as soon as he said Aaliyah's name, Kripa's color drained again, "main tumhey baad mein call karta hoon…OK," now he knew why Kripa was behaving so uncharacteristically. If Angad's doubt was right, he had reason to celebrate.
"Accha tumhare koi bhai behen hain….Kartik ke alaawa?" Angad tried to start a conversation.
"Hmm….nahin ek door ki behen, Harshini hai….wo yahin Ramgarh mein hi rehti hai…"
"Hmm…meri ek behen hai, Kanan…wo Bangalore mein hai, aur college mein ek bahut acchi friend hai, Aaliyah," he noticed Kripa averted his gaze at the mention of the name and tried to walk out, 'wo bhi meri behen jaisi hi hai...," Angad walked closer to Kripa and stood in front of her. He noticed that Kripa's face was red with embarrassment and she was blushing profusely.
"Kripa….ek baat kahoon?," he stared into her eyes and continued, "tum chahe kitni bhi chup rehne ki koshish karo, tumhari yeh aankhein kabhie chup nahin rehti….tumhare labzon se zyaada yeh aankhein bolti hain…bas padhne waala chaaiye…."
Kripa could not hide her joy any longer; she ran to the living room and joined her mother in the kitchen.
Angad called Aaliyah, "Thanks Aaliyah!"
"Thanks? For what?" Aaliyah asked
"Tumhare naam ne kisi ke dil mein jalan ki aag lagaa di hai…" Angad said
"Really? Tho yeh aag dono taraf baraabar lagi huyi hai? Kyon raat ko neend aayi ya nahin?" Aaliyah laughed
"Tumhey kya lagta hai?" Angad asked
"Nahin nahin aayi! Dr Majnu, tumhari tho ab chutti ho gayi…..kab milwaa rahe ho?" Aaliyah sounded very happy.
"Bas ek baar izhaar aur ho jaaye…," he hung up and followed Kripa to the living room.
…to be continued…
Angad and Kripa arrived at a luxury apartment complex on the outskirts of Pune. Kartik was Kripa's first cousin, but had achieved tremendous success as a businessman at a young age. He had a medical transcription business with clients in the UK and USA. He maintained an office in Pune and Hyderabad, which were the off-shore back offices for his foreign clients.
Kartik greeted his little sister at the door, "meri pyaari si behnaa….kitne din ho gaye tujhey dekhey?…," he hugged her at the door, 'Hi I am Kartik Verma, Kripa's cousin…you must be Dr Angad Khanna?" Kartik extended his hand towards Angad.
"Nice to meet you Mr Verma," Angad shook his hand firmly
"Kartik! Call me Kartik. Can I call you Angad?" Kartik said in a friendly voice.
"Of course Kartik," Angad replied as they entered the luxury apartment.
Angad could tell that Kartik was definitely doing well for himself. Kartik reminded him of his brother-in-law, Nishant who had done well in the last few years, thanks to the IT boom.
Angad was intrigued to know that Kartik's business was in a way related to the medical field. The two men hit it off well; Kartik was pleased to meet an intelligent and curious man like Angad. Kripa felt left out and complained, "bhaiyya! Main aap se milne aayi hoon, aur aap hain ki apne kaam ki baaton mein lag gaye!"
"Oh sorry behnaa, chal rakhi nikaal, dekh tera bhai tere liye London se kya laaya hai?" Kartik excused himself and went to fetch something from his room.
As they were waiting for Kartik, Angad's mobil rang, 'Hello! Oh Aaliyah!.....I miss you too," Angad excused himself and went to the balcony to take the call.
Kripa's color drained from her face when she heard what Angad had just said. The fact that Angad wanted to talk to this girl in privacy, and that he missed her was enough of a clue for Kripa- "zaroor unki koi girlfriend hogi. Lekin mujhey kya?"
Although Kripa tried to ignore it, the realization that Angad had a girlfriend kept nagging her. Kartik came back with a beautiful box and stretched his hand for Kripa to tie the rakhi, "kya hua behnaa? Kahan kho gayi?" Kripa was obviously distracted and just shook her head, 'Oh..wo kuch nahin bhaiyya….dikhaaiye kya laaye hain mere liye?"
"pehle rakhi, phir maasi ki mithai, tab jaake tujhey tera gift milega….samjhi!" Kartik teased her playfully.
Meanwhile, Angad and Aaliyah caught up on their respective lives.
"Accha Angad, kya gaon ki gori mili?' Aaliyah teased him.
Angad blushed a little at that comment and said, "Hmm….gori tho hai, par gaon ki? I am not sure…wo tho kisi bhi sheher waali ki chutti kar de…."
Aaliya: "Really? Tho mili…..wow Angad, I had no idea tumhey ek mahine mein hi koi mil jaayegi…."
Angad: "sach bataaun Aaliyah….pata nahin kyon par aisa lagta hai usey bahut pehle se jaanta hoon…..kya matlab hai iska?"
Aaliyah: "Angad looks like you may have caught the love bug!" she laughed
Angad: "how can you be so sure?"
Aaliyah: " Iska jawaab tumhey kal subah mil jaayega.."
Angad: "kal subah?"
Aaliyah: "haan yadi aaj raat tumhein neend nahin aayi na….bas samjho you have a serious case of loveria! Chalo bye…I have to attend a delivery….kal phone karti hoon to get a status update…."
Angad sighed as he hung up, "Aaliyah! You and your hypothesis! Dekhte hain…..neend aati hai ya nahin?"
Angad joined the brother and sister in the living room. Kripa was admiring her beautiful bracelet presented to her by her brother. Angad saw the pearls on her dainty wrist and could not help commenting on it, "looks like your brother has good taste!"
"Kyon nahin bhai….after all my beautiful sister deserves something as pretty as her!" Kartik commented and hugged Kripa.
Angad noticed that Kripa averted his gaze and her color was a little off.
Their journey back to Ramgarh was very quiet; Kripa stayed mum and aloof most of the trip and buried herself in her book and finally dozed off.
Angad was perplexed, "aakhir aisa kya hua? Itni chup kyon hai? Maine kahin kuch tho nahin keh diya phir se? Oh god! Kahin uska haath pakda tha, iss liye naaraz tho nahin?…..main bhi bhool jaata hoon ki yeh Mumbai nahin hai……I should be careful, par kya karoon apne aap ko sambhaal kyon nahin paa raha? May be Aaliyah is right!" Angad spent the rest of the journey just gazing at Kripa's beautiful angelic face as she rocked gently with the moving train.
Song in backround, "jaane kaise" from "Raqeeb"- beautiful new romantic song sung by
KK
http://www.dishant.com/lyrics/song-61158.html
"Jaane kaise" from "raqeeb"
jaane kaise shab dhali, jaane kaise dil khila
jaane kaise kab kahaan, chal pada yeh silsila
meri aankhon ko yeh kaisa manjar mila
tere har naksh mein bas khuda hi khuda
(tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai) – 2
They arrived Ramgarh late at night.
"Main tumhey ghar chhod deta hoon…" Angad offered
"Nahin koi baat nahin main chali jaaoongi…" Kripa looked away. She was afraid that if she looked at him, he might be able to read her disappointment in them. The thought of Angad's girlfriend was still nagging her. She tried her best to act normal, but as always, her eyes gave in to her inner feelings.
"I insist OK!" Angad said authoritatively. Kripa did not argue. Angad was still kicking himself for holding her hand and promised himself that he would take things a little slower with her.
betaabiyo ki shaamo sehar se
na tha main waakib dard-e-jigar se
gujra nahi tha main toh kabhi bhi
pyaar li dilkash raahegujar se
deewaanagi ki yeh intehaan hai
har chehre mein chehra tera hai
saari duniya teri parchaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
jaane kaise shab dhali, jaane kaise dil khila
jaane kaise kab kahaan, chal pada yeh silsila
As Aaliyah had predicted, Angad had a restless, sleepless night. He paced up and down in his room, even went to the clinic to finish some paper work, but the more he tried to distract himself, the more kripa kept invading his thoughts:
teri kashish ka jaadu ajab hai
har waqt mujhko teri talab hai
yuun hi nahi main besudh huva hoon
iss pyaas ka toh koi sabab hai
tere siva na abb koi armaan
abb jindagi hai tujhse meri
bin tere har jagah tanhaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai
jaane kaise shab dhali, jaane kaise dil khila
jaane kaise kab kahaan, chal pada yeh silsila
meri aankhon ko yeh kaisa manjar mila
tere har naksh mein bas khuda hi khuda
(tera chehra sanam ik rubaayi si hai
mere dil jism-o-jaan pe tu chaayi si hai) – 2
Kripa, herself was restless all night. She kept shaking her head to get Angad's thoughts out of her mind, "jo mera nahin hai, main kyon uske khayaalon mein baar baar kho jaati hoon…..mujhey Angad se door rehna chahiye….aaj tak mujhey kabhie aisa ehsaas nahin hua jaise aaj ho raha hai…..kyon…aakhir kyon?"
NEXT DAY:
Being a Sunday, they did not have regular clinic hours. Damini was also off that day, Dr Misra decided to take it easy and have Angad deal with all the emergencies for the day. Angad tried to sort out the equipment and supplies in the clinic and arrange all the new stuff he had purchased in Pune. As he was working, he heard familiar voices in the living room. He peeked out and was pleased to see Kripa and Gayatri talking to Dr Misra.
Angad walked out to the living room, but was dismayed when Kripa saw him and turned around, "main kitchen mein jaati hoon….maa aap maamaji ke saath baithiye…"
"Aao beta! Kaisa raha Pune ka trip?" Gayatri asked Angad, "meri dawaai laane ke liye bahut bahut shukriya.."
"bahut accha aunty…..waise aap aaj hi dawaai shuru kar dein tho accha hai….main zara clinic mein kaam khatam karta hoon," Angad had no desire to stay there if Kripa was not present.
Gayatri noticed that Angad's eyes were searching for someone. Gayatri smiled to herself, her perceptive eyes had noticed what Damini had noticed earlier-this dashing doctor was very interested in her demure daughter.
"Akele kyon kaam karte ho beta? Main Kripa ko bhejti hoon tumhare paas….main khaana banaa doongi aaj.." Gayatri went to the kitchen and ordered Kripa to help Angad.
Kripa reluctantly agreed as she knew there was no way she could avoid working with Angad for another 11 months.
"Aapko kuch help chahiye Dr Khanna?" Kripa entered the clinic. Angad's face lit up at her sight, but he noticed that she still looked a little sullen.
As they kept arranging all the new instruments and equipment, Angad could not help asking her, "kal raat se itni chup kyon ho Basanti?"
Kripa almost laughed at the way he addressed her, "nahin doctor aisi koi baat nahin hai…..aap shayad meri baaton se bore ho jaate honge, iss liye kam bol rahi hoon…"
"Wo tho hai….tumhari baatein bahut boring hoti hain, par jaane kyon mera bore hone ko mann kar raha hai.." Angad said teasingly.
He was happy to see a faint smile on her face, but she did not say anything.
Angad received a call, 'hello! Aaliyah!" He noticed that as soon as he said Aaliyah's name, Kripa's color drained again, "main tumhey baad mein call karta hoon…OK," now he knew why Kripa was behaving so uncharacteristically. If Angad's doubt was right, he had reason to celebrate.
"Accha tumhare koi bhai behen hain….Kartik ke alaawa?" Angad tried to start a conversation.
"Hmm….nahin ek door ki behen, Harshini hai….wo yahin Ramgarh mein hi rehti hai…"
"Hmm…meri ek behen hai, Kanan…wo Bangalore mein hai, aur college mein ek bahut acchi friend hai, Aaliyah," he noticed Kripa averted his gaze at the mention of the name and tried to walk out, 'wo bhi meri behen jaisi hi hai...," Angad walked closer to Kripa and stood in front of her. He noticed that Kripa's face was red with embarrassment and she was blushing profusely.
"Kripa….ek baat kahoon?," he stared into her eyes and continued, "tum chahe kitni bhi chup rehne ki koshish karo, tumhari yeh aankhein kabhie chup nahin rehti….tumhare labzon se zyaada yeh aankhein bolti hain…bas padhne waala chaaiye…."
Kripa could not hide her joy any longer; she ran to the living room and joined her mother in the kitchen.
Angad called Aaliyah, "Thanks Aaliyah!"
"Thanks? For what?" Aaliyah asked
"Tumhare naam ne kisi ke dil mein jalan ki aag lagaa di hai…" Angad said
"Really? Tho yeh aag dono taraf baraabar lagi huyi hai? Kyon raat ko neend aayi ya nahin?" Aaliyah laughed
"Tumhey kya lagta hai?" Angad asked
"Nahin nahin aayi! Dr Majnu, tumhari tho ab chutti ho gayi…..kab milwaa rahe ho?" Aaliyah sounded very happy.
"Bas ek baar izhaar aur ho jaaye…," he hung up and followed Kripa to the living room.
…to be continued…
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