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CHAPTER 2
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THREE DAYS LATER
Location : KHURANA MANSION (KM)
Maan returned to his home betrayed, defeated, disappointed and extremely guilty man for having broken his family's heart in his rash decision. As he was approaching home, his heart was thudding in his chest as if it will burst out of his rib cage. Partly, because he was in deep thought of how his family will respond to him and also how his wife will behave towards him after he rejected her and left her alone to face the music on their wedding night. When he reached in front of KM gates, he was stunned to see long line of cars from the main gate of KM till the portico of their palacial home. He thought that maybe there were after wedding rituals taking place for the new bride in Khurana family. Seeing Maan's car, security gaurds immediately let Maan enter but their was no warmth or smile on their faces while opening the main gates of KM, which usually was present before. As he approached the portico he was stunned to see everyone uniformly dressed in pure white. Men wearing white kurta-pajama/dhoti and women dressed in white saree with head covered or white salwaar/churidaar-kurta with head covered. As the security gaurds had already informed Nakul, RK and Yash were present and immediately whisked Maan from being seen by family, friends and media.Once they reached inside, they made Maan sit in guest room and first time RK spoke to Maan in a very strict and cold voice, "Khabardaar iss kamre se nikale jab tak hummei se koi tumhe aake nahi nikaalta!" (Dare, you come out of this room, till one of us comes and gets you!)
"Magar Chote Papa, sab theek hain naa? Dad toh theek hain? Sab safed kapadon mein, kissi ki maut hui hai kya?" (But Uncle, how is everyone? Is Dad alright? Why is everyone dressed in white? Has anyone passed away?)
"Tumhei usse koi faraq nahi padna chahiye. Tum bass iss kamre mei raho." RK said with tears in his eyes. (That should not concern you. Just stay in this room.)
"Magar aap mujhe batta kyun nahi rahe? Yash tum toh bolo!" (But why aren't you telling me? Yash at least you tell me.) Maan said shaking Yash. Yash looked at RK and he nodded and went away.
"Geet bhabhi, abb iss duniya mei nahin hain!"(Geet is no longer in this world!)
"KYA??" Maan sat down with a thud on the bed.
"Aap ko bhabhi bachpan se naapasand thee aur aap unse nafrat karte the! Magar abb woh aap ki ghirna(hatred) aur tiraskaar(rejection) aur nahi sah payee, iss liye woh Khurana parivaar ko humesha ke liye chod gayeen hain! Iss sadme ko bade papa nahi bardaasht kar paaye aur unhei heart attack aa gaya hai iss liye woh Khurana Hospitals mein admitted hain!" (As a child you never liked her and hated her. But she could no longer withstand your rejection and hatred, hence she has left Khurana family forever. Uncle could not bear this shock and had a heart attack. Presently he is admitted in the hospital.) Yash walked away leaving Maan in his thoughts and guilt.
Maan guilt knew no bounds. His thoughts went to the time when his parents had met Sameera and cautioned him about marrying Sameera.
It was after dinner four weeks before Geet and his wedding when his parents had called Maan to his study. On entering the study, Maan found his Dadimaa, his Dad and his Mom sitting with their respective teas and coffees. Seeing Maan there Dadimaa welcomed him, "Aao beta, aap Khurana Constructions join karke kaisa mahsoos kar rahe hain? Abb ek mahina ho gaya hai, aap ko kaam karte huye!" (Come Maan! How does it feel working in Khurana Constructions? You have been working for about a month.)
"Accha laga Dadimaa, magar yahaan ke log lazy aur less efficient hain!" (I'm liking it Grandma. But the employees here are lazy and less efficient!)
"Less efficient nahi beta, work culture different hai!" (Not less efficient but there is a difference in work culture.) Rajveer stated.
"Kya aap log kaam ki baat lekar beith gaye hain? Jo baath ke liye Maan ko bulaya hai woh toh kariye!" (What you all have started talking about work? Talk to him about what we have called him to discuss.)
"Arre haan! Maan beta hum chahte hain ki aap abb shaadi kar lijiye!" (Oh yes! Maan we all want you to get married.) Dadimaa broached the subject.
"Theek hai Dadimaa. Mai bhi aap sabse Sameera ko milwana chahta hoon." (Fine Grandma! I also wanted to introduce Sameera to you.)
"Yeh Sameera kaun hai?" (Who is Sameera?) Sumitra asked in a cold voice.
"Sameera meri London mei class fellow thi aur abb hum dono ek dusare se pyaar karte hain." (Sameera was my class fellow in London. Now we both are in love!)
"Magar..."(But...,) Rajveer held Sumitra's hand in his tight grip before she could show her displeasure.
"Tum kal Sameera ko humse milaane le aao! Abb tum jaao soo kafi raat ho gayi hai." (You bring Sameera home tomorrow, we would like to meet her! As its late, you should go to bed.) Rajveer said concluding the discussion.
Once Maan had left, Rajveer immediately spoke before the two ladies could pounce on him. "Maa aur Sumi, mai jaanta hoon ki hum sab Geet ko iss ghar ki bahu banna chahte hain. Magar agar humne bina Sameera ko dekhe Maan se zabardasti ki toh woh baaghi ho jaayega! Ek baar Sameera se mil lete hain phir decide karenge. Ho sakta hai ki hummei Sameera pasand aa jaaye!" (Mom and Sumi, I know we all want to make Geet our daughter-in-law. But if we force Maan into marriage with Geet without seeing Sameera, he make become rebellious. Lets meet Sameera with open mind and then decide. Maybe we like her!)
"Hmmph!" Dadimaa said in an irritated tone.
"Mai sirf aur sirf Geet ko apni bahu maan sakti hoon!"(I can think of only Geet as my daughter-in-law!) Sumitra huffed and walked out of the study.
Next day as expected Sameera didn't make a good impression on the elders or on Vicky. It was not that Savitri Deviji and Sumitra were unwelcoming or rude to her, but Sameera refused to bond with the family.
Firstly she came alone without any family members in white sleeveless top and shorts; next she wished elders with "hi" not even a "good evening" forget about "namaste" or touching their feet. Although Khuranas were a modern family but they were still traditional and expected few values from their would-be daughter-in-law who was meeting her future in-laws for first time. Instead of talking to Savitri Deviji and Sumitra, she was only talking to Rajveer about Khurana Industries gross profit, company turnover etc. Maan was an intelligent youngman to understand that Sameera will never adjust to and bond with his family seeing her attire and way of greeting his family. Maan had forewarned Sameera to wear an outfit which covers her body whether Western or Indian it doesn't matter. Everyone was cordial with Sameera. Even during dinner, everyone was courteous and polite to her, even prankster Vicky, but she kept irritating Sumitra and Dadimaa with continous rants of this 'food is fattening', 'this food is oily' etc. Dessert had just finished and Maan could see that his mother is ready to blow up so very subtly excused Sameera and himself on pretext of that its getting late and he will drop Sameera and come.
When he returned after dropping Sameera,he was passing by the study and he heard raised voices forcing him to open the door and reprimand the one shouting. On entering the room he was stunned to see his Dadimaa, his Dad and his Mom arguing.
"Humne toh pahele hi kahaa thaa Rajveer!" (Rajveer, I had told you this earlier.)
"Magar Maa..." (But Maa...)
"Yeh kya ho raha hai? Aap teeno kiss baat par behas kar rahe hain?" (What is happening? Why are you all arguing?) Maan's question was met with a pin drop silence. Seeing that no one wants to answer he finally spoke, "Aap sabko Sameera kaisi lagi?" (How did you like Sameera?) Again there was silence. "Mai jaanta thaa ki Sameera aap sabko pasand aayegi!" (I know you all must have liked her!)
"PASAND? Agar woh iss dharti par aakhri ladki hui toh bhi mai tumhari usse shaadi ke liye haan nahi kahongi." (LIKE! Even if she is the last girl on this earth, even then I will not agree to let you marry Sameera.) Furious Sumitra finally said.
"Maanta hoon hi woh Modern khayaalon ki ladki hai, magar aap aur Dadimaa usse humare ghar ke sanskaar sikha sakti hain." (I know she is a girl of modern thinking and values. But Mom, you and grandma can teach her values of our home.)
"Beta, sanskaar unhein sikhate hain jinhei sanskaar apnaane ki iccha ho! Aur Sanskaar se adhik mahtravpuran (important) hai parivaar ko apnana jo Sameera apnana nahi chahti." (Maan, one teaches values to that person who wants to learn. More than learning values is bonding with your new family. But Sameera just does not want to bond.) Dadimaa tried to reason with Maan.
"Dad aapka kya decision?" (What is your decision Dad?)
"Decision se zyaada zaruri hai tumhara Sameera ka sacch jaanna!" (More important than knowing my decision, is knowing Sameera's truth!)
"Aap kya kehna chahte hain?" (What do you want to say?)
"Sameera ek fraud hai. Woh ameer ladkon ko phasakar shaadi karti hai aur uske baad unke rival se milkar apne husband ki property beich deti hai. Aur iss kaam ke liye usse rival company bahut paise deti hai. Uske baad apne bankrupt pati se talaaq le leti hai!" (Sameera is a fraud. She traps rich men and marries them. After her marriage she contacts her husband's rival company and sells her husband's company to them. After the bankrupcy, she divorces her husband!)
"Mai nahi maanta!" (I don't believe you!)
"Yeh proofs dekh lo! Pichle saal usne Karan Malhotra se Ayesha bankar shaadi ki aur uske baad Rathore se milkar Malhotra Industries ko bankrupt kar diya! Karan ka bankrupt hone ke baad usne Karan se talaaq le liya." (See these proofs. Last year she married Karan Malhotra posing as Ayesha. After that she got in touch with his arch rival Rathore and sold him Karan's company. Once Karan was bankrupt, she took divorce from him.) Rajveer handed Maan a brown paper packet.
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