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CHAPTER 63
ALL THE NAMES & PLACES ARE FICTITIOUS(if any resemblance to persons & places is purely coincidental). Any royal titles, architectural terms,IT terms & programs, office hierachy, wedding rituals, etc. are from my imagination hence THEY ARE NOT TRUE. PLEASE DON'T BASH ME !!!!!
Everyone outside the room realised with tears in their eyes, that just because someone can't express himself/ herself emotionally doesn't mean family and society discard them from their lives! In fact such people need more love and attention. There is an old saying "love the child most when he deserves it the least!" Dadimaa & Rajveer understood where they have failed as parents. Maan after expressing his emotional turmoil of past 18years relaxed & slept in Geet's lap! Dadimaa didn't want to disturb emotionally spent couple and left with Khurana Khandaan quitely.
Dadimaa had organised a small "mukh dikhai" for Geet only with ladies of close family and friends in late afternoon around 4pm. She had come to give Geet a heavy saree and jewellery set to wear for the function when she heard Maan's emotional outburst from outside the bedroom door. Now she was debating whether to cancel the event with Rajveer.
"Rajveer beta, hummei lagta hai ki yeh "mukh dikhai" ka program kal tak sthagith (postpone) kar dete hain!" (Rajveer, I think we should postpone this "mukh dikhai" program till tomorrow!)
"Magar Maa jo itne mehmaan bulaye hain, unka kya?" (But Mother, what about the load of guests we have invited?)
"Humare liye Maan ki sehat se zaruri kuch bhi nahi. Hum ek dafa Maan ki bhavanaon ko andekha(ignore) karne ki galti ki hai, kintu abb aur nahi." (Nothing is more important for me than Maan's health. I have made a grave mistake by ignoring Maan's emotional needs, but not any more.)
"Woh toh theek hai Maa! Magar Damyanti Bua ka kya?" (I understand. But what about Aunt Damyanti?)
"Unhe hum sambhal lenge. Waise bhi woh humse umar aur rishte mein choti hain!" (I'll handle her. She younger to me age-wise & relationship-wise!)
"Agar Damyanti Bua ne phir kuch 'bakheda' (chaos) kiya toh? Woh humesha koi na koi baath ko lekar 'mann mutaw' (unpleasantness) karati hain!" (If Aunt Damyanti creates chaos? She always causes unpleasantness on some issue or the other!)
"Kuch nahi karengi! Woh thode purane vicharon ki zarur hai parantu dil ki bahut saaf hain. Magar unki shaadi aur bhi pichade hue parivar mei hui hai, iss kaaran uska asar toh hoga unpar. Woh tumhare Pitaji ki sagi bahen nahi magar mameri bahen hain! Kyunki Maharaj ki bahen nahi theen iss liye woh inhe bahut manate the." (Don't worry! Nothing will happen. She is a little old fashioned in thinking, but very pure hearted. But unfortunately got married in even more regressive family! Hence some repercussions are bound to happen. She is your father's cousin not sister related by birth. As your father didn't have a sister,he considered her as a sister.)
Geet had just come after making Maan and triplets sleep comfortably and heard the whole conversation. Although Savitri Devi & Rajveer were unaware of her presence. Unable to stay silent any more , Geet decided to voice her opinion. "Dadimaa aur Pitaji, aap vyarth (without any reason) hi chinta kar rahe hain! Yuvraj swasthiya hain, kewal kuch thaake(tired) hain. Kuch samay vishraam(rest) karke unmei spoorthi aa jaayegi. Dadimaa, aap hummei bataaye hi Bua dadi-sa ko kya khaana aur kaisa aacharan (behaviour) pasand hai?" (Dadimaa and Pitaji you are worrying without any reason. Maan is just tired, once he gets rest he will become active again. Dadimaa, you please tell me what kind of food and what kind of behaviour Aunt Damyanti likes?)
"Beta, magar...!" (But my child...!)
"Aap chinta na karen Dadimaa! Hummei Bua dadi-sa ke baare mei bataaye!" (Dont worry Dadimaa! Please tell me about Aunt Damyanti.)
"Woh bahut old-fashion aur annoying tyrant hain!" Maan had come downstairs looking for his Mishty as he was missing her warmth.(She is old-fashion and annoying tyrant!)
"MAAN!"
"Aap ke chillane se sach nahi badlega Dadimaa." (Dadimaa, by your shouting truth will not change.)
Ignoring Maan, Dadimaa started explaining to Geet Damyanti's behaviour & food habits!
Damyanti Bua was first to arrive among all relatives. She was a 60yrs. old woman wearing a gheruwi(saffron) saree in Gujarati style with chandan bindi. Rudraksh mala in neck and Rudraksh bracelets in her wrists. Geet was at ease after hearing about her from Dadimaa. Geet was also comfortable seeing Damyanti Bua's dress and behaviour as Geet's own Dadi and Nani dressed and behaved in similar way! Damyanti Bua came with her 50year old maid, Dulari who had come with her from Damyanti Bua's maika at the time of her marriage. Damyanti Bua entered and greeted Savitri Devi first, then Rajeev & Vicky touched her feet, followed by Riddhima greeting her. Damyanti Bua blessed them "jeete raho!"
Then Geet with her face covered in a long ghunghat, touched Damyanti Bua's feet in royal style(like she had Dadimaa's feet in KF Annual Day Function). Impressing Damyanti Bua but she kept her face expressionless!
Dadimaa introduced Geet to Damyanti Bua saying "Maan ki dulhan!" (Maan's bride!)
Damyanti Bua blessed Geet with a slight smile saying "Sada Suhagan raho! Dudho naaho puton phalon!" (May God bless you and your husband. May God bless you with beautiful children!)
Followed by Prithvi & Veer touching her feet.
"Namaste Choti Dadi!"
"Maan ke bete!"
"Jeete Raho!"
Rini did namaste with folded hands and bowed head.
"Namaste Choti Dadi!"
"Maan ki beti!"
"Jeeti Raho!"
Dadimaa gave a signal to Maan. He very grudgingly along with Geet touched Damyanti Bua's feet."Jeete Raho! Sada khush raho. Bhagwan tumhari jodi banaye rakhe!" (God bless you both! May you always be together!)
Geet then went to Dulari did namaste with folded hands and bowed her head. Then said,"Pranam Kaki!"
Impressing both Damyanti Bua and Dulari. Dadimaa then introduced Geet formally to Damyanti Bua. "Yeh hain, Rajgarh ki rajkumari, Geetanjali!" Stunning both Damyanti Bua and Dulari. (She is Rajgarh's Princess,Geetanjali!) Dulari could not believe that a princess could be so humble and pay respects to an employee that too of a non- royalty. Although Dulari was close to Damyanti, but she knew that her employer was not a royalty and neither were her employer's in-laws!
Soon other guests arrived and "mukh dikhai" ceremony started. Everyone was smitted by Geet's beauty and behaviour of triplets. Although Damyanti Bua was very impressed by Geet but her ego won't let her praise a daughter-in-law! Then time of tea started with tea, heavy snacks and sweets. Everyone was praising food especially 'kesari malai kheer'. Everyone wanted to know who made kheer, on continous asking Dadimaa refused. When Damyanti Bua repeatedly asked, "Bhabhiji, aap bataa kyun nahi raheen ki 'kesari malai kheer', kisne banayi hai?" (Sister-in-law, why aren't you telling who made 'kesari malai kheer'?)
"Geetanjali ne banayi hai!" Surprising everyone present. (Geetanjali!)
"Bhabhiji, maan na padhega ki humari bahu sarva-gunn sampan hai!" One of the relatives commented. (I must say your daughter-in-law is a complete home maker!)
Geet was serving the guests tea and snacks along with Nakul, when the younger generation of girls commented on Geet. These girls were daughters of Khurana Industries business partners. The girls were dressed in halter neck & micro-mini dresses with heavy make up. They were very jealous that Maan was no longer available and directed it towards Geet. They spoke in English on purpose thinking that as Geet is wearing only traditional clothes and speaking in pure Hindi she is illiterate bahenji!
"Geetanjali, are you really a princess?" Tanya commented.
"I don't think so! If you were a princess, you should be able to talk in English!" Natasha supported Tanya. Geet kept quite.
"Look at your dressing sense! This heavy saree & jewellery and draped in a way that covers whole body like a bedcover!" Tanya commented.
"You think that you have got Maan? I promise you that in 2 months he will be mine." Natasha smirked slyly. Geet still did not retaliate !
Unknown to the trio Dadimaa had come to call Geet. Hearing the rude and nonsensical conversation by both girls, Dadimaa was taken aback. Damyanti Bua came to call Dadimaa and seeing her frozen, she looked in the direction Savitri Devi was seeing. Damyanti Bua mouth fell open seeing the girls i.e. their dresses, make up and hearing their conversation(Damyanti Bua was a graduated and could understand and speak English due to Maharaj Harshvardhan's efforts! But now after she became a widow she got less chance to use the language). Unable to find Geet & Savitri Devi, Maan was looking around the whole Rampur Palace and stopped hearing the conversation going on. Hearing the two girls talk rudely to Geet, Maan's blood was boiling and his fisted tightened in anger. He was fuming at hearing the questions aimed in Geet's direction.
"How are you sure that triplets are Maan's children and not some other man's? You could have been sleeping around in 5yrs. seperation?" Natasha commented.
Now Geet's temper had started rising, but she tried to keep it in check as they were guests of Rampur Palace.
"You children are b*****d...!" There was a sound of hard resounding slap echoing in the quite hallway stunning five people present.
"Aap dono toh ashikshit(uneducated) hai, iss liye aap hindi nahi bol sakti." Spellbinding both girls by the slap one recieved. (You both are illiterate hence can't speak in Hindi!)
"If you think one is educated on basis of their knowledge of English, then so be it. You wanted to know what my qualifications are its B.Arch from ABCD University of London. According to you dressing decently is old-fashioned, then I rather be old-fashioned instead of being a fashionista like you. You said, that you will snatch my husband, go ahead! I know and trust my husband that he loves our children and me a lot! You may consider sticking to our Indian values, dresses and culture old fashioned but it is our values, dresses and culture that makes us appreciated world wide! Its girls like you and your dressing sense which arouses men leading to physical abuse! You did not even see the occassion for which you are dressing. This is a decent family function not a night club or bar! You questioned my children's paternity? I was right you are illiterate otherwise you should know that there is something know as DNA testing now-a-days if paternity is in doubt!"
"You bitch you called us illiterate!" Tanya leapt towards Geet to hit her. Geet by her quick reflex held her raised hand and twisted behind her back saying,"I'm warning you, never raise your hand on me! I'm a black belt in Karate. Nothing will happen to me by your anorexic punches but your bones may get irrepairably broken!"
"Hum sabke saamne tamasha nahin karna chahte. Kyunki aap dono ko toh sharam hai nahi ki baddo ke saamne aise "ang pradarshan" (body revealing) kapade pahen kar nahi ghumna chahiye! Kintu hummei aapne ghar ki maryaada ka gyat hai! Aap Rampur ke mehmaan hai, iss liye hum aap ko kewal chetawani de kar chodh rahe hain! Yadhi aap ne humare parivaar ko ya bacchon ko koi bhi kasht(pain) diyaa toh humse bura koi nahi hoga aap ke liye!" Geet holding her head high and straight back with royal posture walked away gracefully! (I don't want to create a scene in front of everyone. Because you both don't have any shame, hence are roaming wearing body revealing clothes in front of elders. But I know the reputation of my family! You are guests of Kingdom of Rampur, hence, I'm leaving you with a warning. If you create problems for my family or children,you willsee the worst of me!)
Before entering the main hall, where the event was being held, Geet cooled herself by drinking couple of glasses of water. Just then there was a tap on Geet's shoulder,when Geet turned around, Damyanti Bua having joyous tears in her eyes hugged Geet affectionately ! "Bahu aap tann aur mann dono se sona hain!" (My dear you are pure from body and soul!) Making Dadimaa, Rajveer, Maan, Vicky, Riddhima and Dulari who were looking on feel proud with joyous tears in their eyes!
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Edited by LM1991 - 9 years ago
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