The Debt of a Decade
[Only close relatives were invited for the pooja ceremony...Revji,Poonam, Yogesh, Rewa and Rohan were the first to arrive, Raman and Motaba welcomed them with great enthusiasm]
MB:Arey aayiye Revji bhai aayiye...kithne din hogayi milthe hue (they both embrassed each other, Poonam and Rewa walked in where Paanba, Jamuna ad Sudha were gathered, Yogesh approached Motaba and seeked his blessings)
MB:Khush raho beta..(and engaged in talking)
Yogesh(hesitantly and with a bit emabarrasment):Woh... Kesar???
Raman:Koi zaroori kaam se baahar gaya hein; abhi aajayega..
(Yogesh have genuinly regreted at his deed and wanted to apolagise to Kesar for his rudeness towards him)
Yogesh:ji
(Gulaal was desperately waiting for Kesar to come back as she was unaware of when he had left, and after some moments she could here the sound of his motor bike, Gulaal ran towards him)
Gulaal(tensed): Kesar kahan chala gaya tha thu...kithni dar gayi thi mein..aise achanak thu jab gaayab hua tho..
Kesar(interfered, mischieviosly):Tuje laga ki mein bhaag gaya hoga(and started laughing)
Gulaal:(annoyed)mazaak kar raha hein thu?..(and suddenly she noticed the deep wound on his arm, which Kesar was trying hard to hide)
Gulaal:Kesar wo..(Kesar again tried to hide)..dikhaana muje..(she urged)
(As she found that his hand is bleeding, she shivered in fear, and the terrible shock was quite visible in her eyes, Kesar tried to ease the situation)
Kesar:Woh..kuch nahin Gulaal..bas ek gaadi se taakra gaya aur neeche gir gaya tha..rasthe mein pathar pada tha..isliye ithna chott aagaya..mein teek hun Gulaal
Gulaal(frightened):ghoon beh raha hein..aur..tu keh raha hein ki kuch nahin hein, Kesar..yeh..
Kesar:Meine kahana kuch nahin..ab chal (Kesar hold her shoulders and climbed up the stairs out side the house, so that the rest would not come know about all these)
[Mean while Kunal and Talli arrived...and all were exttremely happy to see them..espeacially Sudha.Kunal too seeked the blessings of the elders in the house..while Talli moved in with Sudha]
Sudha:Kunal ke maa, baap haridwaar se waapas nahin aaya kya??
Talli:Nahin..keh rahe dhe ki do din aur lag jaayenge..
Sudha:(in a concerned low voice):woh log tujse achi barthav kar rahe hein na??
Talli(happily):haan Sudhama..aap chintha mat kijiye..woh log muje apna beti maanthe hein ab..aur mein waha bahut khush hun...waise Gulaal kahan hein??
Sudha:Abhi tho yahin dhi??patha nahin achaanak kahan chali gayi..pooja shuru hone waali hein..kunal ko lekar jaake bait ja..Gulaal bhi aajayegi..
Talli(smiling):haan..
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[Dushyanth walked in to the living room, speaking in his phone]
Dushyanth(tensed):Meri baath sun tu aisa kuch nahin karega..(Durgesh was at the other end)
Durgesh:Abhi abhi to khel shuru hua hein..yeh tho sirf ek shuruvaath hein..ek chotte se chott se..abhi ithna khabara gaya ho..(laughed)..aur thab kya hoga jab..
Dushyanth (intervened with a bit raised anger):Durgesh..mera bhai thak pahunchne se pehle tuje mujse gusarna hoga..Durgesh.
Durgesh(laughed):Ho sake tho tum rok ke dekho...(cuts the phone)
(Dushyanth was all nervous and tensed)
[Kesar and Gulaal were sitting in their room and Gulaal was dressing his wound..Gulaal was really worried and it was reflected on her face, Kesar was silently,watching each expression in her face..with a sweet smile]
Gulaal:Iss waqt kaarghane mein??
Kesar:Woh Dushyanthba ke kahne par gaya dha...woh yahan bahut vyasth thi tho..
(Kesar's words hit her with a strange shock, while they heard the sound of Dushyanth's jeep being started, they both looked at each other in disbelief for a moment and hastily moved towards the terrace)
Gulaal(thought):Dushyanth ji iss waqth?? kahan jaa sakthe hein..(and looked around to see Kesar, while he had already left down wards..(outside) to follow Dushyanth and Gulaal ran after him swiftly and tried to stop him)
Gulaal:(in agony):Kaha jaa raha hein?
Kesar:(in haste):mein abhi aatha hun(and was about to leave while Gulaal stopped him by holding his hands)
Gulaal(worried):Kesar..kahin mat jaa..kuch bhi teek nahin lag raha hein..
Kesar:tu chintha mat kar Gulaal..kuch nahin hoga muje..
Gulaal(helplessly):muje nahin patha ki mein tuje kaise samchau..ek..ajeeb sa khabhraahat ho rahi hein...samachne ki koshish kar..
Kesar(desperate):mera jaana bahut zaroori hein...bahut zaroori hein ab yeh patha karna ki Dushyanthba aakhir gayi kahan..(and turns to leave while Gulaal called him from behind)
(Kesar stopped, thought for a moment, walked towards her and grabbed her hand)
Kesar(in a challenging voice):(looking straight in to her eyes) chal mere saath..(Gulaal looked at him surprised for a while and at the very next moment followed him and sat on his bike with him..)
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[On their way they saw Dushyanth's jeep parked by the side of the road and he ride through the narrow road which followed, after some minutes they found a barren land ..the land was filled with the dry desert sand...the sun was shining with piercing heat..and they started walking in and searching for Dushyanth while they found him standing a few distance away, they both rushed towards him, while Kesar's eyes got stuck on some one who was lying by the side, with bulged eyes...Kesar's slowered his pace as he passed him and mean while the same scene which kept haunting him for the whole past 10 years flashed through his mind, and may be for the last time, but this time not 'his' dialogues..only 'his' jesteres and the rest were muted..and Kesar still kept starring at him(Durgesh) in disbelief and an eagle was waiting impatiently for a chance to have its prey(Durgesh) from a reasonable distance]
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Gulaal:(screamed) Kesar
(Kesar rushed to Gulaal who was trying hard to hold Dushyanth from falling down who was badly wounded and bleeding...Kesar got hold of him and comforted Dushyanth's head on his lap, Gulaal sat beside him)
Dushyanth(struggling to breath..looked towards Gulaal):Ithne saalon thak, mein tera gunekaar raha...teri pyaar ko tujse cheen ne ka insaam raha muj par...yeh bhoj mein aur nahin seh saktha..Aaj mein apna kharz chukka raha hun..Teri pyaar(Kesar) ko tuje lautakar..(he struggled for his life)..ab ho sake tho muje m..m..aa..f(he voice got stuck somewhere in his throat..he still kept looking at Gulaal with a glare of seeking apology in his cold eyes)
[Kesar shiveringly extended his hand towards Dushyanth and made his eyes close..and weeped silently , Gulaal fall to Kesar's shoulders and weeped bitterly..while he comforted her in his arm (side wise)]
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Insaan se galathiyan hojaate hein..kabhi anjaane mein, tho kabhi kabhi jaanbuchkar..lekin jab wahin galathi paap ban jaye tho...
Galathiyan sudharne ka mauka har insaan ko milthe hein, lekin apni paap ko mittane ka mauka aise kam nazeeb waalon ko mithe hein jo apne pashchaathaap ke prathi apne saari zindgi ek yogi ki tarah bithaakar koi bhi kurbaani dene ko thayyar ho, jo apne kiye hue paap ko apne jaan ki kimmat dene ko thayyar ho..
Yahaan bhi aisa aik insaan tha jiske bagair..un dono ke(Gulsar) milan jo sithaaron mein likha hua hokar bhi, shaayad namumkin ho jaatha, jisko taqdeer ne un dono ke beech laaya aur apne maqsath pura karwaakar waapas bula liya..
Apne dum thodne se pehle apne paap ko mittane ka bhagya, aise bahut kam yogiyon ke nazeeb mein likha hoga... shaayad...
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Edited by alanta - 13 years ago