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CHAPTER 12
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 !!!!!
After dinner, Sameera, Meera and Pinky took Geet to her room which was beautifully decorated. They asked Geet to sit in the centre of bed. Covered her all around from strings of flowers hanging from the ceiling. Maan entered and was first taken by beauty of the room i.e. Flowers all over the bed, light by only scented candles and aroma of fresh flowers! Sitting in between all this his shy, innocent and fragile Mishty! Maan sat on the bed, Geet curled her toes, lowered her head so it touched her knees and her palms clenched each other tight! Making Maan aware of her nervousness!
Maan delicately lifted Geet's ghunghat and her face as well putting his thumb under her chin saying, "Mishty, abb bhi, che saal baad mere se sharmaogi toh kaise chalegaa?" (Mishty, if you are going to be shy even now after 6yrs., how will it work?)
"Maan Sir, woh..." ("Maan Sir" but...)
"Aaj kuch aur ho ya na ho yeh "Maan Sir" toh definitely badala jaayega! Har samay jab tum mujhe "Maan Sir" kahogi, mei tumhe kiss karonga! Kahaan karonga woh meri choice. Aur haan agar "Maan Sir" sabke saamne kahogi toh kiss bhi sabke saamne hoga!" (Whether I can do anything or not, I will definitely change this "Maan Sir" habit of yours! Eveytime you are going to call me "Maan Sir", I'll kiss you. The place of kiss will be of my choice. Another thing, if you call me "Maan Sir" in presence of others then kiss will also be in presence of others.)
"Yeh kaisi sharat hai? Sabke saamne aapko sharam nahi aayegi?" (What kind of condition is this? Won't you be shy?)
"Mujhe toh nahi aayegi, agar tumhe aaye toh woh meri problem nahi!" (I won't be shy but if you are shy, that's not my problem!)
"Magar yeh sharat office ke liye nahin hai. Mazoor!" (This condition is not meant for office. Agreed?) Maan nodded in affirmative. "Toh main aap ko kya bulaon?" (So what shall I call you?)
"Maan? Jaan? Sweetheart? Sona? "
"Suniye!"
"Kya?" (What?)
"Aaj se mai aap ko "suniye" kahongi!" (From today, I'll call you "Suniye!")
"Kuch bhi, magar "Maan Sir" NAHI!" (Anything but "Maan Sir!")
(Imagine Maan and Geet in wedding finery!)
Hearing "Maan Sir", Geet went near Maan quitely, gave him a sweet kiss on his cheek and ran away! Maan was stunned for a moment and then ran behind her! Whole night passed in teasing and joking. Society always considers "Suhaag Raat" as a night of physical intimacy whereas it can also be a night of discovering each other likes, dislikes, interests; dicovering one's partner emotionally, and intellectually! Thats what Maan and Geet did!
Maan and Geet came physically closer after their official suhaag raat. Both decide to use protection as for Geet's safety they were required to stay away from one another! It has been a month since Maan came to Manali and four weeks since Maan and Geet wedding! These four weeks were utter bliss for both Maan and Geet. For Maan, professionally he was taking over a company and personally, his love, his Mishty was next to him! For Geet she finally felt like a complete"suhaagan" and a "bahu" after 6 yrs. Although Dadimaa, Yash, Adi, Arjun, Sameera, Vicky, Meera and Pinky left two later after the wedding for Delhi. But in those two days, Dadimaa did all the rasams for Geet making her feel like a true "Badi Bahu" of Khurana Khandaan. Geet pampered Yash and Vicky by making their favourite breakfast and lunch! As Pari was now aware of Maan and Geet's relation, she only called Geet when it was extremely urgent during Khurana family's stay! Once, the family left only newly weds were at home! From office Maan always went to Hotel Suite and went after 12am to Geet at the cottage. Maan had got an extra key made for himself as he didn't want to disturb Bhola and Gauri in middle of the night! Every night Man would find naughty things to do to his Mishty! Geet would be waiting for Maan with dinner. After that day only Harsh Singhania came to Chopra Constructions for meetings. Jai was never seen.
Today was the first day of Chopra Construction (CC) being converted to Khurana Construction(KC). Hence, Dadimaa, Yash, Adi and Vicky were present, they had arrived last night! Geet had reached KC early and was busy with Pari, Pandeyji, Romeo and Manish-a in decorating the office with "toran"or "vandanwaar" of marigold flowers and making "rangoli" with flowers!
On reaching the new KC branch Dadimaa was very impressed with the decoration giving feel of Indianess and divinity of puja. Geet had arranged a puja thali. Workers and staff were surprised to see Maan in Indianwear.
Dadimaa asked the workers if anyone knew "aarti" or "bhajan"? When they nodded "no", she asked the staff. When staff also nodded "no", Pari finally said, "Savitri Ma'am, Geet Ma'am sings very well!"
Everyone present agreed and insisted Geet to sing. Geet went near Ganpati statue. Lit the diya, offered flowers to Ganpati statue. Dadimaa with her presence of mind, asked workers and staff to gather near the idol and she managed to position Geet on Maan's left thereby making Maan and Geet do "aarti" together. Geet started singing, (see 0:00-02:50),
After the aarti finished, Geet and Pari was going to distribute 'prasad' but Maan stopped them saying, "Ms. Singh aur Pari, aap dono rehne dijiye! Yash, Vicky, Pandeyji, Romeo aur Manish-a "prasad" baat denge!" (Ms. Singh & Pari, you leave it, Yash, Vicky, Pandeyji, Romeo and Manish-a will distribute the "prasad") Dadimaa and Maan were talking to few workers and their wives when Geet passed by.
One of the labourer's wife gathered courage and asked, "Madamji, kya aap ki shaadi hui hai?"(Ma'am are you married?)
"Yeh tu kya bak bak kar rahi hai? Mujhe naukari se nikalwana hai kya?" Her husband yelled at her. (What useless question you are asking? You will surely get me fired!)
"Nahi rehne dijiye Ramlalji. Mai bhabhiji ke sawaal ka jawaab deti hoon. Haan meri shaadi che saal pehle ho gayi thi. Magar mere pati fauj mei hai, aur border par tainaath hain! Aaj pooja thi iss liye sindoor lagaaya tha kuch zayaada lag gayaa!" (No, don't scold her Mr. Ramlal. I'll answer, I have got married 6yrs. back. But my husband is in Indian Army and is posted at the Indian border! As today it was pooja, I had put sindoor and it got put a little in excess!)
"Hummei maaf kar dijiye, aaj pehli baar aap ki maang bhari dekhi aur gale mein mangalsutra, iss liye pooch liya!" (Forgive me for my curiosity as first time I have ssen you having sindoor in your partition and mangalsutra in your neck!)
Geet remembered the first fight she had with Maan just before Khurana family was to leave for Delhi. "Geet, agar tum sindoor lagao gi aur mangalsutra pehanogi toh sab ko patta chal jayega ki tum shaadi-shuda ho!" (He wanted her not fill her partition with sindoor and wear mangalsutra as it was a dead giveaway of her marital status)
"Toh kya huwa? Magar unhe yeh toh nahi patta ki mere pati kaun hain!" (So what? They don't know my husband's identity!)
"Tum apne pati ki baat nahi manogi?" (You are not going to listen to your husband?)
"NAHI! Agar aap ko mera mangalsutra nikalna hai toh...(Geet picked up knife lying in the fruit basket and pointed in her direction) mai apne ko maar deti hoon aap nikal lijiye
mangalsutra!" (NO! If you want to remove my mangalsutra...(Geet picked up knife lying in the fruit basket and pointed in her direction), I'll kill myself and you remove my mangalsutra !)
Before Geet could bring knife any closer, Maan held her hand tightly and stopped her.
"Maan galti aap ki hai. Aap ek "suhagaan" se uske "suhag-chinh" uttaar ne ko keh rahe hain!" (Maan, fault is yours you are asking a married girl to remove symbols of her marriage!)
Puja finished Mr. Chopra with all KC & CC clients came and attended the puja. Jai Singhania was also present much to Maan's annoyance but he didn't come near Geet. Jai was about to approach Geet, but when he heard Geet's similar explaination to worker's wife, he quitely withdrew making Maan relaxed. Now it was time for workers and staff to leave. Dadimaa had got silver coins with Ganesh-Lakshmi embossed on it and distributed to all workers and staff as sign of their good health and prosperity! Which was highly appreciated by all staff and worker's alike! Dadimaa was feeling tired so Maan sent her with Yash and Vicky to the cottage. Seeing Dadimaa tired, Geet wanted to accompany her when Pari came hurrying that some workers and staff want to talk to her and Maan. Geet called Gauri (Maan had given Geet a new mobile so they could talk to her and know about her safety!) and gave her instructions for Dadimaa's food! Then joined Maan.
There was heated argument going on between workers, workers union leader, Raghu and the person co-ordinating between worker's and staff, Mr. Vasudev Sharma.
"Maan Sir, Mr. Sharma bahut bharose ke vyakti hain, jo humari company mei che saal se zayaada hain aur yeh Ragu toh sirf dus mahine pehle aaya hai!" Geet explained and workers agreed with her! (Maan Sir, Mr. Sharma is highly trustworthy and has been in our company for more than 6yrs. Raghu has only just joined us 10months back!)
"RAGHU MAI TUMHE ABHI NAUKRI SE NIKALTA HOON! Mujhe pehle he maloom padh gayaa tha ki tum ek chor, ayaash, sharaabi aur kaamchor insaan ho magar mai tumhe bina kissi saboot nikalna nahin chahta. Abb mere paas saboot hai. Yeh rahe saboot!" (Raghu, you are fired right now. I knew you are a thief, womaniser, drunkard and work-shirker but didn't have proof. Now I have proof. Here they are!) Maan threw a photos in all the gathered worker's direction showing Raghu stealing from CC safe, then him misbehaving with a girl etc.! Workers were boiling mad and started beating him but before workers could take things in their hands, Maan's bodygaurds came and dispersed the crowd!
Once Raghu was free from the mob, he yelled, "Aae MAAN SINGH KHURANA, tou ne mujhe naukri se nikala mai bhi tujh se teri sabse pyaari cheez le loonga!"(MAAN SINGH KHURANA, you have fired me. You also see that I'll take your most precious possession from you.) "Aur tou, Ms. Singh, apne ko 'shaadi shuda kahti hai, jiss aurat ka pati usse 6 saal se milne nahi aaya woh toh ek vaishiya(prostitute) ya rakhel (mistres's) banne laayak hain!" (You Ms. Singh, call yourself married, when your husband has not come and met you for past 6 yrs. You are only fit to be a prostitute or mistress of someone!)
Hearing derogatory words for his wife, Maan was about to punch Raghu! But before Maan could punch Raghu and Raghu could spit anymore venom, police arrived and arrested him on charges of embezzling and stealing. Pari was standing near Geet and saw she was frozen by Raghu's words. She shook Geet but Geet was in trance. Then the same worker's wife (whom Geet was talking earlier to) said, " Madamji, uss Raghu ki baat ka kya bura maan na woh toh peeyakdh(drunkard) hain. Nashe mei kuch bhi bakta hai!" (Ma'am, why are you giving importance to that drunkard's words. Once under effect of alcohol, he utters rubbish!)
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Edited by LM1991 - 8 years ago
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