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CHAPTER 2
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The girl with thick wavy hair, heard the bells of nearby temple chiming reminding her of the time and amount of work to be done. She said bye to her little friends and ran back home as fast as she could as her sister, Meera's in-laws were going to come home to do pre-wedding rituals! Yes her sister though her cousinby birth i.e. her bua's daughter but she considered Meera didi her real sister!
She reached 5minutes later than usual and found her bua standing outside Handa Haveli screaming her lungs out, "Tu kahan thee? Tujhe maloom hai na ki aaj meri Meera ka shagun hai! Teri wajeh se Daarji ne mujhe Haveli mei ghussne se manna kiya hai! Apni Maa ko toh paida hote hi khaa gai abb mere pe aur meri Meera par reham kar. Agar meri Meera ki shaadi mei koi garbad hui toh mai tujhe nahi chodhongi!" Neelo threatened the girl with pointing her index finger in the girl's direction! (Where were you? You know today is my daughter's shagun. You are the reason that Daarji doesn't allow me to enter Handa Haveli. You were the cause for your mother's death. Please spare Meera and me from your bad luck! If something goes wrong in my Meera's wedding, I won't leave you!)
"Aur agar meri Gudiya ko kuch hua toh mai tujhe nahi chodhonga!" Lal Sukhwinder Singh Handa (Daarji) thundered.(If something happens to my Gudiya,I won't leave you!)
"Daarji aap yeh..." (Father you...)
"Neelo, tunne hi toh sharat rakhi thi na! Agar mai Meera ki Handa Haveli se shaadi karaa doon, toh tu shaadi mei nahi aayegi kyunki tujhe Handa Haveli mei kadam rakhna manna hai! Aur jo rasamei Handa Haveli ke bahaar hogi usmei Gudiya shaamil nahi hogi. Gudiya ne toh apni baat rakh li hai par tunne nahi! TEJI Meera ke shaadi ke aaj ke saare kaaryekram (program)paaswali dharamshala mei karo!" (Neelo, you had kept a condition, that if I get Meera married from Handa Haveli, you will not come for the wedding as you can't enter Handa Haveli. All rituals outside Handa Haveli, Gudiya will not attend. Gudiya has kept her part of bargain but you have not! Teji arrange for all Meera's wedding functions from today in nearby dharamshala.)
Neelo came and caught Daarji's feet, "Bauji, nahi dharamshala mei nahin. Meera ki zindagi bhar ka sawaal hai!" (Father not dharamshala, it is a matter of my daughter's whole life!)
"Daarji, maan jaayiye! Didi ko poori zindagi tanaa sunna padhega!" (Daarji please agree for the wedding otherwise Meera will have to hear taunts all her life!)
"Theek hai! Gudiya tu keh rahi hai iss liye mai maan raha hoon! Neelo tu shaadi shuda hai, iss liye kaayde se Meera ki vidaai teri sasural se honi chahiye naa ki tere maike se! Khair, ek baat ka hamesha dhyaan rakhna, Geet aur Handa parivaar ka har ek sadasya tumhari madatt kar raha hai Meera ki shaadi Haveli se karke! Kyunki tum iss Haveli par apna haq khoo chuki ho, jab tum ne uss librarywale se shaadi ki thi. Tum yeh baat balhe bhul jaao mai nahi bhuloonga! "(Alright! As Gudiya is requesting, I'll agree. Neelo you are a married woman, therefore rightfully Meera's wedding should be done from your in-laws house and not your parent's house! Anyway, remember one thing whatever Gudiya or anyone from Handa family is doing for you is in order to help you. IT IS NOT YOUR RIGHT. You have lost the right on this house the day you married that library owner! You may have forgotten this, but not me!)
Daarji soften his voice and said, "Gudiya puttar, jald nashta lagaa bahut bhook lag rahi hai!" (Gudiya put breakfast I'm famished!) Everyone had breakfast and just then Naina walked in. Naina or "Sunaina" in relation was Rano's twin sister but Gudiya use to call her "Maa" as she had never seen her mother. When Gudiya was very small one day she was crying saying in school children tease her saying she has no mother. So Daarji took her in front of Naina and said, "Yeh hai teri Maa!" Rano had died during Gudiya's child-birth leaving three small children - 6yrs., 4yrs. and a new born and a totally lost Mohinder. Daarji had requested Naina to stay back and she did for 10yrs. Mohinder was never at home partly due to job and partly due to memories of Rano lingering there. But it was a village and Naina's character was being assassinated. Hence, Daarji had to let Naina leave when she asked as Mohinder showed no signs of marrying her even for the sake of children!
Gudiya with help of Sunaina started cooking lunch for about 50guests from both the families combined. Gudiya had already instructed their maid Lacchi and her sister, Channi to cut the vegetables in the morning and make dough for rotis! Gudiya had already started cooking Chole. Naina had got ready and came as Daarji had decided that Naina will do all ceremonies of bride's mother! Geet was still roaming sweaty and dishevelled. Naina came and scolded her, "Yeh kya Gudiya? Jaldi tyaar ho, mehmaan aanewale hain!" (Go and get ready fast Gudiya, guests are about to arrive!)
Gudiya went and got ready in a plain blue colour Patiala suit with no make up! Although her natural beauty needed no extra artificial enhancement but it was a house of marriage and everyone i.e. girls, women, boys, men, children and even servants will be dressed up.
Naina got irritated, "Iss ladki ka mai kya karoon? Iss umar mei toh ladkiyon ko sajne sawarne ka bahut shauk hota hai aur tu jhalli...!" (What is wrong with this girl? At your age, girls like to dress up and you...!)
"Maa, kya galat pahena hai maine. Aur waise bhi mujhe kaun dekhega? Shaadi to Meera didi ki ho rahi hai!" (What have I worn wrong? Who will see me? Anyway its Meera's wedding!)
"Haan shaadi Meera ki hai, magar mehmaano se toh tu bhi milegi. Dekh beta yeh Meera ke sasural wale hain. Hum unke jitne paisewale toh hai nahi magar kam se kam unhe yeh nahi lagna chahiye ki hum Meera ki khushi mei khush nahi hain! Mujhe maloom tha ki tu apne liye kuch nahi banwayegi aur Neelam toh banwaane se rahi tere liye kuch bhi! Iss liye yeh le jaldi jaa aur pehankar aa!"Naina handed Geet a packet. (Yes wedding is of Meera, but you will be looking after guests. See dear, they are Meera's in-laws. We are not as rich as them but they should not feel that we are not happy with this marriage! I know you will not get any new clothes stitched for yourself and your bua, forget it! So take this and quickly wear it and come!)
Gudiya wore the light pink & lavender stitched lungi with matching lavender dupatta given by her Maa. Tied her hair in high pony tail style braid and wore chunky jewellery with golden Patiala jhootis. She was struggling to closing one of the hooks at the back of her kurti as it had a very lowback!
Suddenly the door was pushed open with force rudely. Gudiya turned to yell at the intruder but saw the man of her dreams wearing black Patiala salwaar suit standing making Gudiya and words on her tongue freeze!
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