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it had been a sunny day...
but all of a sudden...
a thunderstorm took over...
dark clouds loomed large in the open sky....
and a heavy downpour began....
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"
she was hit on her shoulder...
and the force of the bullet seemingly
dislocated her arm....
she fell on the floor with a thud....
"aaaaah!!...."
she continued screaming...
"uncle...aap...ah...
this..can't..be..true...
aaaah...you're married?"
she wasn't feeling any
emotional setback..
for things hadn't even begun to
digest in her brains as yet....
how the hell is this possible...
he's her father's age!!!
"tum bahut pyaari thi beta..
par sirf jab tak ghar par baithi thi...
london se aate hi...
you started snooping around...
aur humaare liye mushkile badti gayi...
it's been so hard hiding our marriage
from the world.."
b.c. pulled shalini closer..
"aur...yu..yudi?"
"yudi!..woh to bas ek mohra tha ..
a fool....
main usse apne pyaar ke chakkar mein fassati rahi...
aur woh paagalon ki tarah tum logon ke actions
ke baare mein mujhe bataata raha....
it was all so simple...
maine abhi to tumhe bataaya...
love..emotions...nothing matters to us...
it's all about money..and..."
"ah...p...power.." naina completed...
not even in my wildest dreams could i ever
imagine anything of this sort...
my best friend ziya...aur..uncle....
"aisa kya..nasha...ki...power..paise..
ke liye...aap..desh se gaddari...par..
uttar aaye..unc..mr.chandok..."
she added...disgusted...
her shoulder bleeding..tightly gripped...
i could possibly never trust anyone in my life...
never again.
not that it mattered anymore...
she'd never survive this...
maa-baba ko pata bhi nahi chalega..
unke bacchon ka kaatil aur koi nahi...
dammit!!
"is desh ne mujhe kya diya??
yeh 2-4 medal...
arrey yeh to aaj kal
chor bazaar mein bhi mil jaatein hai...
anyway...
tumhaare faaltu sawaalon ka time nahi hai mere paas!
utho!!"
he picked her up cruelly...
depositing her on the stairs...
"yeh lo...khaao.."
"k..kya hai...?"
"ab calcium ki pills to ho nahi sakta
na!..oxytocin...your favourite drug...
bas..the lethal compound is added in excess..
maut aasaani se aayegi.."
shalini smiled...
naina shook her head...
turning away her face in disgust....
"naina...ek baat kaan khol-kar sun lo..
raj faces a sharp shooter right now....
pop in these pills..
nahi to woh zinda nahi bachega.."
"main...aah..drugs..nahi..."
she was forcing out words....
"i don't think you heard me sweetie....
lagta hai raj ki cheekhein hi tumhe.."
"no!...nahi...aaah..."
her shoulder ached extremely....
"don't..do anything to him....
please..
main..main khaati hoon..
lekin...i..i need to talk...to him...
once..."
she pleaded...
"we're not here to meet your demands....
chup-chaap swallow karo..."
shalini reinstructed her....
and handed a vial in her hand...
naina smartly took out 2...
and popped them into her mouth...
carefully sliding them
beneath her tongue...
"we're experienced at this beta...
pills ko swallow karo!!!"
b.c shouted...
seeing her reluctancy..
shalini slapped her hard...
and instictively..the pills went down her throat...
"much better!!"
she felt an acrid taste on her tongue...
and her throat seemed to burn..
"poori bottle khatam karo..
quick...time nahi hai humaare paas..."
shalini chortled...
nd so she realised...
that all her options were over...
this was the end of her life...
aur main lad bhi nahi sakti...
raj ki jaan ko khatra ho jayega...
kaash main usse sachaai bata sakti...
kaash...........
pill on pill went down her intestines...
2...
.
.
.
4
.
.
.
6
.
.
8...and so on....
until she felt an ache surge through her heart...
her insides burned....
she knew the pills were having a
lethal effect on her....
her fists clenched automatically.....
she squeezed her eyes shut....
the poison was in her blood...
very soon...everything would be over...
sab khatam ho jaayega.....
she looked outside the window...
at the gardens...at the heavy rains....
and remembered her husband in her last moments....
the day wen she'd been gardening and
had slipped on him....
the day wen they'd been locked in the police station..
the cupboard..the kiss...
the drive back home..where she'd accepted his love...
the rain dance..the dinner..
the light feathery...
and the oh-so passionate kisses in the dark
on this stairway..where she now lay bleeding...
her eyes moistened...it seemed like a different era...
a different century...
bheegi bheegi si hai raatein ...
bheegi bheegi yaaden...
bheegi bheegi baaten ...
bheegi bheegi... aankhon mein kaisi nami hai ...
sapnon ka saaya palkon pe aaya...
pal mein hasaya pal mein rulaya...
phir bhi yeh kaisi kami hai...
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani.. zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani....
phir ek kahaani...adhoori reh jaayegi...
phir do dil mil nahi paayenge....
it had caused him too much pain wen she'd
left him willingly...
he'd almost turned into a stone.....
par is baar...he'll probably kill himself....
she was reminded of his expression wen she'd
stepped out of her coma...
woh aankhein..unmein ek alag hi dard tha....
he'd been crying...par....
aadhi aadhi jaagi.. aadhi aadhi soyi..
aankhen yeh teri ..toh lagta hai royi..
lekar ke naam hamara...
rutha rutha rab chhuta chhuta sab...
toota toota dil tere bina ab...
kaise ho jeena ganwara....
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani.....
she'd never forget the night at the cabin...
wen their souls had stepped
into this divine relationship...
and wen their hearts..
their bodies had truly united...
mera har pal tumse juda hai raj...
thanks for a wonderful life....
aaj main phir..ek baar tanha hoon...
everyone's born alone..and dies alone....
and we become one with the almighty....
yaad karte hai tumhe tanhaai mein...
dil dooba hai gumon ki gehraayi mein...
mujhe mat dhondhna duniya ki bheed mein...
main rahoongi tumhaari parchaai mein....
she was beginning to slip into a void of darkness...
a boat going over the falls...
a tear-strained face...
she felt her body and mind separate......
and that was her end.....wasn't it?
"she looks dead to me..."
shalini smiled....
but B.C didn't look too sure....
"i'm hopin dat she is...."
suddenly something hit his head
and he was on the floor...
shalini swirled around...
shocked at what had happened....
if naina lay dead...atleast seemingly...
who had....
"don't move!!"
the place was taken over by many people...
raj...huda..abhi...a bleeding yudi....
and...a man who was strongly tied ..
the sharp-shooter...the sheikh....
"naina!!!..."
raj rushed to her side....
"oh shit!!..naina..nia....jaan.."
he was slapping her face....
but she didn't budge....
"yeh..yeh..nahi..ho sakta...
you..can't leave me......"
raj ...in a state of shock....reeled...
until he was clasped by someone....
who kneeled beside him....
and whispered in her ear....
"dil ki daastaan jab waqt sunaaega...
mujhe ek shaks zaroor yaad aaega...
bhool jaayenge zindagi ke saare gum...
jab tere saath bitaaya hua har woh pal yaad aaega....."
tears rolling down...............
but all of a sudden...
a thunderstorm took over...
dark clouds loomed large in the open sky....
and a heavy downpour began....
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"
she was hit on her shoulder...
and the force of the bullet seemingly
dislocated her arm....
she fell on the floor with a thud....
"aaaaah!!...."
she continued screaming...
"uncle...aap...ah...
this..can't..be..true...
aaaah...you're married?"
she wasn't feeling any
emotional setback..
for things hadn't even begun to
digest in her brains as yet....
how the hell is this possible...
he's her father's age!!!
"tum bahut pyaari thi beta..
par sirf jab tak ghar par baithi thi...
london se aate hi...
you started snooping around...
aur humaare liye mushkile badti gayi...
it's been so hard hiding our marriage
from the world.."
b.c. pulled shalini closer..
"aur...yu..yudi?"
"yudi!..woh to bas ek mohra tha ..
a fool....
main usse apne pyaar ke chakkar mein fassati rahi...
aur woh paagalon ki tarah tum logon ke actions
ke baare mein mujhe bataata raha....
it was all so simple...
maine abhi to tumhe bataaya...
love..emotions...nothing matters to us...
it's all about money..and..."
"ah...p...power.." naina completed...
not even in my wildest dreams could i ever
imagine anything of this sort...
my best friend ziya...aur..uncle....
"aisa kya..nasha...ki...power..paise..
ke liye...aap..desh se gaddari...par..
uttar aaye..unc..mr.chandok..."
she added...disgusted...
her shoulder bleeding..tightly gripped...
i could possibly never trust anyone in my life...
never again.
not that it mattered anymore...
she'd never survive this...
maa-baba ko pata bhi nahi chalega..
unke bacchon ka kaatil aur koi nahi...
dammit!!
"is desh ne mujhe kya diya??
yeh 2-4 medal...
arrey yeh to aaj kal
chor bazaar mein bhi mil jaatein hai...
anyway...
tumhaare faaltu sawaalon ka time nahi hai mere paas!
utho!!"
he picked her up cruelly...
depositing her on the stairs...
"yeh lo...khaao.."
"k..kya hai...?"
"ab calcium ki pills to ho nahi sakta
na!..oxytocin...your favourite drug...
bas..the lethal compound is added in excess..
maut aasaani se aayegi.."
shalini smiled...
naina shook her head...
turning away her face in disgust....
"naina...ek baat kaan khol-kar sun lo..
raj faces a sharp shooter right now....
pop in these pills..
nahi to woh zinda nahi bachega.."
"main...aah..drugs..nahi..."
she was forcing out words....
"i don't think you heard me sweetie....
lagta hai raj ki cheekhein hi tumhe.."
"no!...nahi...aaah..."
her shoulder ached extremely....
"don't..do anything to him....
please..
main..main khaati hoon..
lekin...i..i need to talk...to him...
once..."
she pleaded...
"we're not here to meet your demands....
chup-chaap swallow karo..."
shalini reinstructed her....
and handed a vial in her hand...
naina smartly took out 2...
and popped them into her mouth...
carefully sliding them
beneath her tongue...
"we're experienced at this beta...
pills ko swallow karo!!!"
b.c shouted...
seeing her reluctancy..
shalini slapped her hard...
and instictively..the pills went down her throat...
"much better!!"
she felt an acrid taste on her tongue...
and her throat seemed to burn..
"poori bottle khatam karo..
quick...time nahi hai humaare paas..."
shalini chortled...
nd so she realised...
that all her options were over...
this was the end of her life...
aur main lad bhi nahi sakti...
raj ki jaan ko khatra ho jayega...
kaash main usse sachaai bata sakti...
kaash...........
pill on pill went down her intestines...
2...
.
.
.
4
.
.
.
6
.
.
8...and so on....
until she felt an ache surge through her heart...
her insides burned....
she knew the pills were having a
lethal effect on her....
her fists clenched automatically.....
she squeezed her eyes shut....
the poison was in her blood...
very soon...everything would be over...
sab khatam ho jaayega.....
she looked outside the window...
at the gardens...at the heavy rains....
and remembered her husband in her last moments....
the day wen she'd been gardening and
had slipped on him....
the day wen they'd been locked in the police station..
the cupboard..the kiss...
the drive back home..where she'd accepted his love...
the rain dance..the dinner..
the light feathery...
and the oh-so passionate kisses in the dark
on this stairway..where she now lay bleeding...
her eyes moistened...it seemed like a different era...
a different century...
bheegi bheegi si hai raatein ...
bheegi bheegi yaaden...
bheegi bheegi baaten ...
bheegi bheegi... aankhon mein kaisi nami hai ...
sapnon ka saaya palkon pe aaya...
pal mein hasaya pal mein rulaya...
phir bhi yeh kaisi kami hai...
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani.. zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani....
phir ek kahaani...adhoori reh jaayegi...
phir do dil mil nahi paayenge....
it had caused him too much pain wen she'd
left him willingly...
he'd almost turned into a stone.....
par is baar...he'll probably kill himself....
she was reminded of his expression wen she'd
stepped out of her coma...
woh aankhein..unmein ek alag hi dard tha....
he'd been crying...par....
aadhi aadhi jaagi.. aadhi aadhi soyi..
aankhen yeh teri ..toh lagta hai royi..
lekar ke naam hamara...
rutha rutha rab chhuta chhuta sab...
toota toota dil tere bina ab...
kaise ho jeena ganwara....
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani.....
she'd never forget the night at the cabin...
wen their souls had stepped
into this divine relationship...
and wen their hearts..
their bodies had truly united...
mera har pal tumse juda hai raj...
thanks for a wonderful life....
aaj main phir..ek baar tanha hoon...
everyone's born alone..and dies alone....
and we become one with the almighty....
yaad karte hai tumhe tanhaai mein...
dil dooba hai gumon ki gehraayi mein...
mujhe mat dhondhna duniya ki bheed mein...
main rahoongi tumhaari parchaai mein....
she was beginning to slip into a void of darkness...
a boat going over the falls...
a tear-strained face...
she felt her body and mind separate......
and that was her end.....wasn't it?
"she looks dead to me..."
shalini smiled....
but B.C didn't look too sure....
"i'm hopin dat she is...."
suddenly something hit his head
and he was on the floor...
shalini swirled around...
shocked at what had happened....
if naina lay dead...atleast seemingly...
who had....
"don't move!!"
the place was taken over by many people...
raj...huda..abhi...a bleeding yudi....
and...a man who was strongly tied ..
the sharp-shooter...the sheikh....
"naina!!!..."
raj rushed to her side....
"oh shit!!..naina..nia....jaan.."
he was slapping her face....
but she didn't budge....
"yeh..yeh..nahi..ho sakta...
you..can't leave me......"
raj ...in a state of shock....reeled...
until he was clasped by someone....
who kneeled beside him....
and whispered in her ear....
"dil ki daastaan jab waqt sunaaega...
mujhe ek shaks zaroor yaad aaega...
bhool jaayenge zindagi ke saare gum...
jab tere saath bitaaya hua har woh pal yaad aaega....."
tears rolling down...............
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