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THE SEANCE
"Oh, God!" Anjali moaned "It's sooo booorrring!!!". Khushi nodded in agreement."Ya, Di..." she said "I'm beginning to feel extremely sleepy." She turned to look at the rest of the people who were sitting in the living room.
Mami seemed to be dozing off, Payal was yawning like there was no tomorrow,Akash was barely able to keep his eyes open and NK, who had propped his feet up on the table, was busily flicking pages of the magazine that he was supposedly reading. 'Everyone seems to be really bored' Khushi thought to herself.
"I phulley agree bith you, Anjali bitiya!" Mami exclaimed, as she again gave one of her heavy yawns "Eebhen the makkhis are to tired to phly!"
Anjali turned to face her sister-in-law. "You're always full off good ideas, Khushiji. Please think of something, na!!"
"Or else we'll die of boredom!" Akash added.
"Hmmm..." she thought for a while. What could they do that would entertain the whole family? No dance or singing competition obviously; they would never get off their lazy butts to do anything so strenuous, especially in this heat. No...they needed something that would be enjoyed while they were sitting down...something like...
"EUREKA!!!" Khushi exclaimed, making everyone jump simultaneously "I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS A BOREDOM BUSTER!!"
"What???!!!"
"We're going to practise...SEANCE !!!"
Everyone gaped at her. Khushi frowned. Was she speaking in Chinese?
"Hel-lll-ooo??" she said, waving her palm in front of her jiji "Didn't you guys hear me??"
At length, NK spoke up. "No, Khushiji, we heard you. We just didn't understand . Did you just say that you want to practise SEANCE?"
She nodded.
"You know what that is, right??"
She nodded again.
Anjali raised her eyebrow. "And you think that trying to contact the other world at 1'o' clock in the afternoon is a good idea for a BOREDOM buster?"
"Yes,Di."
The latter looked at everyone else. Judging by their expression, they seemed all for it. "For the phirst time, I'm willing to agree with Phatti Sari!" Mami cried "A seance is perfect!"
"I don't know, Maaji." Payal said doubtfully "Don't you think contacting the dead is a bit...you know...dangerous??" Maami scoffed in return. "Oh pleej, Khoon Bhari Taang ! Stop being sho boring!! Hello, hi, bye bye!!"
"Arrey , jiji" Khushi assured "It doesn't work! We're just doing it for the fun!"
"How are you so sure?!"
"Trust me, jiji; I know!"
Khushi turned to look at Akash. "Jeejaji, you in?"
Akash reconsidered. "Welll...since there's nothing else to do and I am getting frightfully bored...then I guess even I can join in. Plus," he added "it sounds quite exciting." Immediately , Payal said piped up, "If Akash is playing then I, too, will join you people."
Everyone now turned to Di. The latter looked a bit skeptical. "Well, it does sound slightly foolish...but it's better than doing nothing I guess."
Khushi grinned. "So, is everyone ready to talk to the spirits?"
"YES!!!"
"Then let's get started."
...,... "
"All of us have to hold eachother's hands to form a tight-knit circle." Khushi explained. She was holding hands with Anjali and Akash.
Beside Anjali sat Mami and beside mami, sat Payal. Akash was holding Payal,'s hand. Feeling slightly scared, she felt safe when her husband was around her. "Hey, where's NK Bhai?" Akash asked. Everybody looked around. "He must have chickened out." Anjali laughed. "Phorget him!!" mami exclaimed impatiently. "Let's start!!!"
Somebody switched off the lights. Strangely, it was quite dark, though it was just 1:30 in the afternoon. Khushi cleared her throat.
"Oh Spirits of the Great Beyond!" her voice was sepulchral "Hear us out!!"
No one dared disturb her.
"Oh Great One!!" she said monotonously "Speak to us!!" "If you can listen to the devotion in our voice, then come forth!! Show yourself! Reveal your identity! Present the real YOU!!!"
Suddenly, the most amazing thing happened. They saw a faint glow at the distance, which seemed to grow larger by the minute. It was followed by a blood-curling whisper.
"The whisper of death..." Akash's voice was laced with horror.
Something was beginning to take form. At first, it was indistinguishable. Then slowly, it became more prominent. It was a torso-less head, floating in the middle of the room. "AAAHHH!!!!!!!" All the ladies started running around screaming their heads off. Panic had overcome the powers common sense and thus, had created such a ruckus. Then, luckily, Akash had the brains to switch on the light and when they did, they received the biggest surprise ever.
...
"NK!!" all yelled simultaneously.
Our very own Nandkishore was standing on stilts, with a huge black cloak wrapped around him, giving him a look of an overgrown bat. He was grinning sheepishly. Apparently, NK wanted to prank all these seance attempters by scaring them. And he would succeeded too...if only Akash hadn't interfered.
"It's Nanheji!" Payal exclaimed. "But he's alive, right?!" "
How can you tell, Payal?" Akash was sarcastic.
"Arrey, Akash, my darling lil 'bro ," NK said mildly "loosen up! It was just a prank!"
"It was downright MEAN, Nanheji!" Khushi said, pouting her lips.
He put his finger to his ear and apologized. "Sorry!! I'll be serious, from now. Though it IS kinda silly!" he added inaudibly."
NK joined the ghostly troupe. He held hands with Khushi. "Oooh MAMA!! She's holding my hand!" he sang foolishly. "Ssshhh!" Khushi whispered.
The same procedure was repeated again. This time, too, the spirits didn't hear their call. Minutes seemed like hours as they passed very slowly. It was evident that the seance party members were beginning to get bored as well as discouraged.
"This is highly foolish." Akash groaned. "We're sitting here like a bunch of morons, waiting for some so-called spirit to come and talk so us."
"Wait!" Payal exclaimed. "So you people were seriously trying to contact with the spirits?!"
"What else, Khoon Bhari Taang?" Mami replied irritably. "Then bhai bhood bhai BHAIST our timewa in this heat, heh?" "Khushiji," Di said, "this is discouraging. You said that we will be meeting real spirits. What happened??"
"Well, Di, I'm not exactly an expert on seance, you know."
"Maybe the ghost is too busy to come and visit us." NK said. "It must 've been attending a ghost party and is too drunk to come over,probably because of drink too many spirits."
Suddenly, he snickered. " 'Drink too many spirits!' Ha, ha, ha! Spirits, ghosts...geddit ?!"
Everyone else groaned.
"Oh, God!" Akash cried dramatically."NK bhai, your quality of jokes deteriorates with your age!"
The cribbing would have continued, but it was only stopped by a loud and sudden bang. Everyone jumped out of their s
skins.
"What...in G-G-Gods name...w-w-as that?" Anjali stammered.
BANG!!! It came again.
All of them screamed and clutched each other.
"What's t-t-that funny r-r-rattling sound?" Akash asked.
"J-j-just m-my t-t-teeth!" NK replied. Then they heard the footsteps.
"Someone's c-c-coming!" Khushi whispered
"We know!" Akash exclaimed
"Oh God!" mami was petrified "I'm too young to die!"
The footsteps approached.
"This is it!" "We're all gonna die!" And the door burst open.
...
"What's going on here?" came the all-powerful voice of Arnav Singh Raizada .
He switched on the lights and was greeted by an astonishing sight.
NK was in Akash's lap, Payal and Khushi were clutching each other and mami and Di had shrunk to the very corner. They looked terrified.
"It's Bhai!" Akash exclaimed gleefully as he dropped NK.
"Nannav!!! But when did he pass on?"
"Don't be silly, Nanheji!" Khushi said as she freed herself from Payal 's talons. "Arnavji is right here!"
Arnav raised his eyebrow."What in Gods name are you trying to do?"
"We were trying to practise seance, Chote !" Di replied.
"Seance?"
"Arrey, Nannav , don't you know what seance is? Trying to contact the..."
"I know what a seance is, NK!" he snapped. " My question is that why do you wanna contact the other world...when it's so difficult for you to get along in this world itself!?".
This last part he mainly indicated to his wife, who blushed in embarrassment.
"Now get out all of you!" Arnav ordered. "Out!"
All of them walked out silently. Arnav helped his Di to her room and went down to the drawing room.
"Seance!" he muttered "I'm living with a bunch of lunatics!"
He passed his maternal grandfather's picture as he headed for his room."Well, nanaji, I wonder what would you have said about this."
"I would have done the same thing as you, sonny boy!"
At first, Arnav thought that he had imagined it. He slowly turned to see the painting again. "Nanaji?" The frown of the painting became a smirk.
"AAAHHH!!"
"Nannav!" NK exclaimed as he saw his brother literally fly by. "You'll have an accident! Not ready to meet your ancestors, are you?!"
"WHO DO YOU THINK I'M RUNNING FROM, YOU BLITHERING IDIOT???!!!!"
...***************...
"Oh, God!" Anjali moaned "It's sooo booorrring!!!". Khushi nodded in agreement."Ya, Di..." she said "I'm beginning to feel extremely sleepy." She turned to look at the rest of the people who were sitting in the living room.
Mami seemed to be dozing off, Payal was yawning like there was no tomorrow,Akash was barely able to keep his eyes open and NK, who had propped his feet up on the table, was busily flicking pages of the magazine that he was supposedly reading. 'Everyone seems to be really bored' Khushi thought to herself.
"I phulley agree bith you, Anjali bitiya!" Mami exclaimed, as she again gave one of her heavy yawns "Eebhen the makkhis are to tired to phly!"
Anjali turned to face her sister-in-law. "You're always full off good ideas, Khushiji. Please think of something, na!!"
"Or else we'll die of boredom!" Akash added.
"Hmmm..." she thought for a while. What could they do that would entertain the whole family? No dance or singing competition obviously; they would never get off their lazy butts to do anything so strenuous, especially in this heat. No...they needed something that would be enjoyed while they were sitting down...something like...
"EUREKA!!!" Khushi exclaimed, making everyone jump simultaneously "I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS A BOREDOM BUSTER!!"
"What???!!!"
"We're going to practise...SEANCE !!!"
Everyone gaped at her. Khushi frowned. Was she speaking in Chinese?
"Hel-lll-ooo??" she said, waving her palm in front of her jiji "Didn't you guys hear me??"
At length, NK spoke up. "No, Khushiji, we heard you. We just didn't understand . Did you just say that you want to practise SEANCE?"
She nodded.
"You know what that is, right??"
She nodded again.
Anjali raised her eyebrow. "And you think that trying to contact the other world at 1'o' clock in the afternoon is a good idea for a BOREDOM buster?"
"Yes,Di."
The latter looked at everyone else. Judging by their expression, they seemed all for it. "For the phirst time, I'm willing to agree with Phatti Sari!" Mami cried "A seance is perfect!"
"I don't know, Maaji." Payal said doubtfully "Don't you think contacting the dead is a bit...you know...dangerous??" Maami scoffed in return. "Oh pleej, Khoon Bhari Taang ! Stop being sho boring!! Hello, hi, bye bye!!"
"Arrey , jiji" Khushi assured "It doesn't work! We're just doing it for the fun!"
"How are you so sure?!"
"Trust me, jiji; I know!"
Khushi turned to look at Akash. "Jeejaji, you in?"
Akash reconsidered. "Welll...since there's nothing else to do and I am getting frightfully bored...then I guess even I can join in. Plus," he added "it sounds quite exciting." Immediately , Payal said piped up, "If Akash is playing then I, too, will join you people."
Everyone now turned to Di. The latter looked a bit skeptical. "Well, it does sound slightly foolish...but it's better than doing nothing I guess."
Khushi grinned. "So, is everyone ready to talk to the spirits?"
"YES!!!"
"Then let's get started."
...,... "
"All of us have to hold eachother's hands to form a tight-knit circle." Khushi explained. She was holding hands with Anjali and Akash.
Beside Anjali sat Mami and beside mami, sat Payal. Akash was holding Payal,'s hand. Feeling slightly scared, she felt safe when her husband was around her. "Hey, where's NK Bhai?" Akash asked. Everybody looked around. "He must have chickened out." Anjali laughed. "Phorget him!!" mami exclaimed impatiently. "Let's start!!!"
Somebody switched off the lights. Strangely, it was quite dark, though it was just 1:30 in the afternoon. Khushi cleared her throat.
"Oh Spirits of the Great Beyond!" her voice was sepulchral "Hear us out!!"
No one dared disturb her.
"Oh Great One!!" she said monotonously "Speak to us!!" "If you can listen to the devotion in our voice, then come forth!! Show yourself! Reveal your identity! Present the real YOU!!!"
Suddenly, the most amazing thing happened. They saw a faint glow at the distance, which seemed to grow larger by the minute. It was followed by a blood-curling whisper.
"The whisper of death..." Akash's voice was laced with horror.
Something was beginning to take form. At first, it was indistinguishable. Then slowly, it became more prominent. It was a torso-less head, floating in the middle of the room. "AAAHHH!!!!!!!" All the ladies started running around screaming their heads off. Panic had overcome the powers common sense and thus, had created such a ruckus. Then, luckily, Akash had the brains to switch on the light and when they did, they received the biggest surprise ever.
...
"NK!!" all yelled simultaneously.
Our very own Nandkishore was standing on stilts, with a huge black cloak wrapped around him, giving him a look of an overgrown bat. He was grinning sheepishly. Apparently, NK wanted to prank all these seance attempters by scaring them. And he would succeeded too...if only Akash hadn't interfered.
"It's Nanheji!" Payal exclaimed. "But he's alive, right?!" "
How can you tell, Payal?" Akash was sarcastic.
"Arrey, Akash, my darling lil 'bro ," NK said mildly "loosen up! It was just a prank!"
"It was downright MEAN, Nanheji!" Khushi said, pouting her lips.
He put his finger to his ear and apologized. "Sorry!! I'll be serious, from now. Though it IS kinda silly!" he added inaudibly."
NK joined the ghostly troupe. He held hands with Khushi. "Oooh MAMA!! She's holding my hand!" he sang foolishly. "Ssshhh!" Khushi whispered.
The same procedure was repeated again. This time, too, the spirits didn't hear their call. Minutes seemed like hours as they passed very slowly. It was evident that the seance party members were beginning to get bored as well as discouraged.
"This is highly foolish." Akash groaned. "We're sitting here like a bunch of morons, waiting for some so-called spirit to come and talk so us."
"Wait!" Payal exclaimed. "So you people were seriously trying to contact with the spirits?!"
"What else, Khoon Bhari Taang?" Mami replied irritably. "Then bhai bhood bhai BHAIST our timewa in this heat, heh?" "Khushiji," Di said, "this is discouraging. You said that we will be meeting real spirits. What happened??"
"Well, Di, I'm not exactly an expert on seance, you know."
"Maybe the ghost is too busy to come and visit us." NK said. "It must 've been attending a ghost party and is too drunk to come over,probably because of drink too many spirits."
Suddenly, he snickered. " 'Drink too many spirits!' Ha, ha, ha! Spirits, ghosts...geddit ?!"
Everyone else groaned.
"Oh, God!" Akash cried dramatically."NK bhai, your quality of jokes deteriorates with your age!"
The cribbing would have continued, but it was only stopped by a loud and sudden bang. Everyone jumped out of their s
skins.
"What...in G-G-Gods name...w-w-as that?" Anjali stammered.
BANG!!! It came again.
All of them screamed and clutched each other.
"What's t-t-that funny r-r-rattling sound?" Akash asked.
"J-j-just m-my t-t-teeth!" NK replied. Then they heard the footsteps.
"Someone's c-c-coming!" Khushi whispered
"We know!" Akash exclaimed
"Oh God!" mami was petrified "I'm too young to die!"
The footsteps approached.
"This is it!" "We're all gonna die!" And the door burst open.
...
"What's going on here?" came the all-powerful voice of Arnav Singh Raizada .
He switched on the lights and was greeted by an astonishing sight.
NK was in Akash's lap, Payal and Khushi were clutching each other and mami and Di had shrunk to the very corner. They looked terrified.
"It's Bhai!" Akash exclaimed gleefully as he dropped NK.
"Nannav!!! But when did he pass on?"
"Don't be silly, Nanheji!" Khushi said as she freed herself from Payal 's talons. "Arnavji is right here!"
Arnav raised his eyebrow."What in Gods name are you trying to do?"
"We were trying to practise seance, Chote !" Di replied.
"Seance?"
"Arrey, Nannav , don't you know what seance is? Trying to contact the..."
"I know what a seance is, NK!" he snapped. " My question is that why do you wanna contact the other world...when it's so difficult for you to get along in this world itself!?".
This last part he mainly indicated to his wife, who blushed in embarrassment.
"Now get out all of you!" Arnav ordered. "Out!"
All of them walked out silently. Arnav helped his Di to her room and went down to the drawing room.
"Seance!" he muttered "I'm living with a bunch of lunatics!"
He passed his maternal grandfather's picture as he headed for his room."Well, nanaji, I wonder what would you have said about this."
"I would have done the same thing as you, sonny boy!"
At first, Arnav thought that he had imagined it. He slowly turned to see the painting again. "Nanaji?" The frown of the painting became a smirk.
"AAAHHH!!"
"Nannav!" NK exclaimed as he saw his brother literally fly by. "You'll have an accident! Not ready to meet your ancestors, are you?!"
"WHO DO YOU THINK I'M RUNNING FROM, YOU BLITHERING IDIOT???!!!!"
...***************...
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