Episode: 23
05-04-07
After having their sugarcane juice as they went ahead they saw few children playing with Tipaddi (a piece of limestone clay used to play game of blocks) the children were from the building nearby and they drew the blocks with the tipaddi and later were deciding who will play first..As they threw the tippadi away a small girl who was from the slum nearby took it and on the cement pipe started writing A…B..and as she wrote them she saw whether it was correct from her book, she clapped feeling happy that she can write it well..Then she wrote.. C…D…rubbed with her dress when she got it wrong and later wrote E….F…G..The girl was so happy and her face was lit, Saachi and Jeet looked at each other and the child and felt how cute and happy she is looking,
Kitni khush dikh rahi hai yeh nanhi pari,
Manoo jaise asmaan ko isney chuu liya,
Kitno ko kam lagti hai zindagi puri,
Khushi ka sahi matlab agar nahi samjh liya,
Yeh itni si baat lagey magar garv aur krushi hai,
A..B..C nahi yeh apne upar ke vishvas ki khushi hai,
Saachi: We wait for so many things to happen to say we r happy..but Jeet happiness can be found in small things like this..how happy the child is na..
Jeet: Ya, she is so happy that she is learning, she achieved something..
Saachi smiled looking at Jeet..Soon the building children took away from her the tippadi saying, 'aree ja yehan se, hamari tipaddi kyun chori ki, chor kahin ki' the girl cried and said, 'mereko lagaa phenka hai to liya..maine..she cried while the other children went away.. she was bitterly crying and Saachi and Jeet were felign very sad…Jeet went near the girl and gave her a pen to write form his pocket…but the girl tried to write on the cement pipe but as surface was rough the pen didn't work, she said, 'nahi chalti janedo..'but her tears were allover her face and with mud in her hand..her face had become messy..as she wiped her tears..Saachi came forward and smiled at her,
Saachi: Bachii kyun roti hai..
Girl: A..(taking breathe as she had cried hard) B..C.. puri nahi hue..amma baba kaamse ayengeey to dikhati..mereko English ati hai….
Her parents worked in the nearby building as mason labourers.
Saachi: Achaa..puri to hogi..ruk…
Saachi took out something from her handbag and gave her…Jeet wondered what? as he knew she didn't have Pen or book or anything that's why he gave the pen to the girl…As he saw Saachi taking out a lipstick and giving it to the girl and the girl saying, lippistickkk… the girl said no..but Saachi said kharabb hogai hai..likhlo..and than the girl wrote and it wrote on the cement pipe..and the girl was very happy she clapped and in a second her tears vanished and she was engrossed writing..and said, 'Diiiddddiiii amma baaba ko dikhaungi…' and continued writing … Saachi was so happy to see the girl feeling thrilled with it. Jeet looked at her and remembered at the mall her mom had told how Saachi use branded things and all…. He just wondered Saachi is far more beautiful than he had thought, its her inner beauty which had taken his heart away not the outer beauty which fades away…
Tumhari sunderta sirf bahri shingaar nahi,
Aatma ki sunder ki chavi harbaar dikhi,
Sirf bahari rang roop
to dhoka, behkav aur dikhna aasaan hai,
Bhitar atmaase jo nikhartey
woh Kohinoor key samaan hai…
Saachi: Jeet, kya hua…
Jeet: hmmm…(he just didn't get any words but wanted to take her in his arms..a feelgin he had in heart to tell how beautiful this made her look in her eyes…
Saachi felt he was wondering at the way she gave lipistick..
Saachi: Jeet, I know u r wondering at the things Mama said in the mall.. Branded things ka shauk and here giving it away like this… Jeet in terms of anything related to products quality is needed or else u get into much trouble so brands give that assurity, here this moment as the girl wanted to write, this is nothing but a piece of encoraugment. For me I wiped her tears and brought that invaluable smile on her face, as now I will go back home I will feel content I will have a smiling face in memory which will assure me of hope in life.. it's a brand in itself that Smiles come, just u need to think a bit more in that direction… I am not the way mama made me look that day…itney bhi nakhrey wali nahi hun…(she was a bit shy and smiling)
Jeet on the other hand was actually very very proud of her thoughts. He looked at her silently and Saachi just couldn't understand what he is thinking…he came close to her ,
Jeet: Saachi u r very beautiful, but ur heart is as beautiful as u r. (he again with his intense eeys looked at her..) Saachi's eyes were feeling shy and she said,
Saachi: Lets go ..
Jeet: ya, Saachi..I want to say something to u.. he came more close to her..
Saachi's heart beats were faster, Jeet was very confident and totally engrossed looking at her. And tried to touch her hair which came on her face as she feeling shykept her head down to hide her face under her hair…
Jeet: Saachi I want u to be my friend for life long…
Main Aaj kehta hun,
tumse dur nahi reh sakta hun,
He took her close, hugged her and was about to feel her hands also holding him tightly and was about to say few things more.. Saachi's hands touched him cosily and Jeet thought in his mind, he will go on his knees and ask her to marry him. He wished he had a ring or something to give her and make this moment more memorable…Saachi on the other hand in her thoughts was feeling how comfortable he is to tell his heart out and it was she who just felt too shy to look into his eyes and kept her head on his shoulder having a huge smile on her face…
Lagja galey yeh dil ujhal key kehgaya,
Pyaar se bahon mey tumhe bhar liya,
Yeh nazdeeki hamari sanso ki mehak batarahi hai,
Mohobaat aisa nasha hai lagey zindagi ab sawar gayi hai…
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