Hello all,
Here is the first part. Hope you all like it. I am gonna first introduce Robbie's family, RK meeting will happen consequently. 😃
PART 1 - A TYPICAL SUNDAY
In Delhi lived a middle-class family, the head of whom was Purushottam Sabharwal. Sabaharwal ji worked in the Department of Revenue as an Assistant Manager of Accounts. He was a wonderful man, very honest and with great strength of character. His wife Devika Sabharwal, was a very sweet lady and worked as a Math teacher in Delhi Public School. 😊
They have 3 daughters.......Alaana (20), Shivani (18) and Divya (16 and a half). Alaana is in her final year of graduation. She is trying to get a degree in Commerce. Shivani is in her first year of graduation but already preparing for the Indian Administrative Services. Wanting to join IAS was a dream of her's and her dad's and Shivani wanted to achieve that, without fail. Divya was going to pass out of high school this year. Her only passion in life was.......Tennis.
It is a typical Sunday afternoon...lazy and relaxed. Devika looks at the small table clock ticking away in the kitchen. Its almost 2.00 PM. She thinks...."Robbie will be home any moment now! I still have to finish the rotis!!" She chides herself for the millionth time for not being strict with people!! 😕 Mrs Kapoor from across the corridor had stopped by to pick up her saree. The whole process should not have lasted more than 5 minutes..............but it did! It was 40 minutes before Mrs.Kapoor had finally said................ "Accha Devika, ab chalti hun, bahut der ho gayi hai!".
Devika sighs and comes back to the present. Being curt and to the point was not one of the virtues she possessed. But chutki...her youngest daughter definitely possessed it!! Chutki had just stepped into the kitchen and was staring at her irritatedly. Devika knew what was coming her way and she was ready for it. She removes the cover from the roti dough that she had already prepared and is just grabbing the belan when she hears her daughter come straight to the point........
Divya : MAA!!! Its Sunday evening and I still don't have it!!! 😡
Devika : Evening?? Abhi toh dopahar bhi khatam nahi hua!!
Divya wails: Maaaaaa! Meri practice match cheh baje hai. Uss seh pehle I HAVE to warm up to the racquet!
Devika (rolling out a roti) : Chutki, tu dekh rahi hai mei subah seh kitni busy hun. Marne tak ki fursat nahi hai!
And she suggests....."Tu apne bauji seh kyun nahi kehti?"
Divya (folds her hands together and says) : Pleeeeaaaase Maa!!! 😡 You know how it is with Me, Dad and Tennis!!!
Devika sighs. She had known what Divya was going to say even before she had given the suggestion!! Sports could never be a career for her husband. He always considered it only as a form of physical excercise to keep the body healthy! But for Divya, Tennis was life and she had already determined that she was going to make Tennis her career! And so.....they both were always at loggerheads with each other!!!
Devika (rolling out the 4th roti) : Theek hai, lunch ke baad shopping chalte hai.
And she thinks, there goes my free time.....A couple of hours on sunday afternoon was all she got for herself to recoup, recover and revitalize!! All the rest of her time was devoted to her family in one way or the other. But, there was no regret. She loved her family and could do anything for them! 😊 She comes back from her thoughts and says to Divya
Devika : Tu kitchen mei aa hi gayi hai toh thoda rotiyaan sekne mei madad kar.
And yes.......she had also expected the shriek that her daughter had let out!!
Divya (her face contorted to show her disgust): Rotiyaan!!!! 😲 Not in a million years!!!
And she had dashed out of the kitchen before Devika could say another thing. Devika smiles and thinks........................"Yeh ladhki apna poora jeevan, frozen aur ready made khaana khaake bitaa degi!" 😊
And then more serious thoughts come into her mind........the racquet was going to cost atleast Rs.5000. This was a completely unexpected expenditure this month........she had to come up with the arrangement somehow or the other!! 😕
Divya had dashed out of the kitchen and gone straight to her eldest sister who was sitting on one of the chairs in the balcony and chatting away on the phone. Divya peeks out and signals to her. Alaana looks at Divya and raises her eyebrows to ask her what she wanted? Divya draws a rectangular box with her hands, in the air, indicating that "On TV", then she acts like she is turning an imaginary reel, indicating "Movie" and then throws a flying kiss towards that imaginary TV, indicating...........
"HRITHIK?????" screams Alaana into the phone. Divya shakes her head in the affirmative. Alaana jumps up and says into the phone excitedly
Alaana : Kavita, mei baad mei phone karti hun! It seems, TV peh Hrithik ki koi movie aa rahi hai! 😳
And she disconnects the phone and rushes in behind Divya. She grabs the remote and switches the TV on. She surfs the channels while asking Divya...."Kaun seh channel peh aa rahi hai?" Divya does not answer. Alaana does not find any movie of Hrithik Roshan's. She is still checking and asks Divya again "Chutki, kaun seh channel peh aa rahi hai?"
"Kahin peh bhi nahi aa rahaa hai" comes the reply from Divya. Alaana turns to look at Divya confused and sees the lopsided smile and evil glint in Divya's eyes. 😈
Alaana instantly throws the remote down and takes off after Divya who is already running into the kitchen screaming. She enters the kichen screaming......"DIVYA!! 😡 😡 Aaj tu aisi pitegi mere haath seh!" and she reaches out to grab Divya who is trying to duck and hide behind her mother!! When Alaana tries to grab her from the left she leans towards her right turning her mother so that her mother is in between both of them and when Alaana tries to grab her from right, she turns towards the left, again pushing her mom inbetween and Devika is shielding them from each other with the belan in one hand and a ball of roti dough on the other!!! She is trying to get her voice heard over their screams...."Alaana....Alaana......kya kar rahi hai? Ruk...sun toh sahi...Divya......Arre hua kya...suno toh"
Finally they both stop and Alaana says angrily, glaring at Divya 😡
Alaana : Aaj toh mei tujhe nahi chodungi!!! Hazaar baar kahaa, keh Hrithik ka naam lekar koi mazaak mat kar...."
Divya shoots back : Aur nahi toh kya karti? Ek ghante sen phone peh lagi hai aap....aur koi bhi dhangh ki baat ho rahi thi kya? NAHI! Hamesha shopping, make-up, movies aur ladhkon ki baatein!!
Alaana fuming with anger: Toh uss seh tujhe kya???? 😡 Tujhe accha nahi lagtaa toh mat kar aisi baatein! Mei phone peh baatein karu, toh tujhe kya problem hai???
Divya lies: Problem mujhe nahi, maa ko hai! Unhone hi kahaa tha ke mei aapko bulaa ke lau. 😛
Alaana yells : Jhoot mat bol!!! 😡
Divya : Mei jhoot nahi bol rahi, chaahe toh maa seh pooch lo!
Devika gives a warning look to Divya and says to Alaana : Alaana, thodi meri madad kar de beta. Aaj bahut der ho gayi hai! Robbie kisi bhi kshan aata hoga.
Alaana cools down a little and staring at Divya, warns her...."Yeh baar tu bach gayi! Agli baar aisa haal karungi, ke tu Hrithik kaa toh kya, khudh ka bhi naam nahi le paayegi!!!!" 😡
Divya giggles 😆 and is about to give her back a fitting reply when Devika stops her
Devika : Bas! Ab chup ho jao donon! Woh Hrithik Roshan khudh toh bade aaraam seh jee rahaa hogaa, par uski wajah seh hamaara jeevan nark ban gayaa hai! 😡 ...she takes her anger out on Hrithik Roshan! ( 🤣 )
Alaana goes and washes her hands and starts roasting the rotis while Divya grabs an apple and goes and sits on a medium size cylindrical dabba that stores their quarterly ration of atta (wheat flour) and which also doubles up as a sitting stool.
Alaana is fretting and says : Aap hamesha mujhe hi kitchen ka kaam kyon bataati hai? Yeh Divya ki bacchi bhi toh badi ho gayi hai! 😡 Isse kyun koi kaam nahi bataati?
Divya butts in with her explanation : Kyunki, aapko shaadi karne ki badi jaldi hai!! Ab shaadi karne ki iccha hai, toh kaam bhi toh seekhna padhega na?
Alaana raises her hand again in warning to Divya. But before she can retort, Devika warns Divya...."Chutki.....tu aaj kal bahut bol rahi hai! Itni battameez ho gayi hai!!"
Before Divya can say anything, Purushottam walks into the kitchen saying "Arre Devika, dhai baj gaye hai, yeh ladhka abhi tak nahi aaya!"
Devika looks at the worried face of Purushottam's and says
Devika : Aa jayega! Bas thodi der ho gayi hogi. Aap kyun itna ghabraa jaate hai?
Puru (fretfully) : Sau baar kahaa hai iss ladhke seh, ke der ho jaayegi toh phone karke bataa de. Lekin kabhi nahi suntaa! 😕
Devika pacifies him : Chinta ki koi baat nahi, aata hi hoga.
And to take his mind off this issue she asks...."Gaadi ka kaam khatam ho gayaa?"
Puru replies proudly : Haan. Ab ekdum fit chal rahi hai.
He had been repairing his scooter that off late has been giving him some trouble. Both Alaana and Divya shake their heads and Divya says
Divya : Uskaa toh pataa nahi bauji, lekin uske saath saath chalkar, aur usse dhakaa maar maar kar, hum zaroor fit ho gaye hai!
Alaana, Divya and Devika laugh out! 😆 😆 Divya was referring to the 20 year old Bajaj scooter that her father still rode.
Puru says sarcastically : Accha?? Yeh joke tab kyun nahi sunaati jab ussi scooter peh baithke tennis matches khelne jaati hai?
Devika interrupts and says : Ab aap donon ka jhagdaa shuru ho gayaa hai kya?? Aap donon ek kaam keejiye, jo khaana ban gayaa hai, usse table par arrange kar deejiye aur...plates aur glasses bhi lagaa deejiye.
Puru and Divya get cracking and quickly arrange everything while Alaana and Devika finish making the rotis.
While finishing up Devika thinks "Aaj toh Robbie ko mere haath seh daant padhegi. Mid-term exams sar peh aa gaye hai aur yeh ladhka abhi bhi yeh kaam nahi chodh rahaa hai. Aaj toh isse meri baat maanani hi padhegi!!"
But then she smiles ruefully and thinks......"Robbie seh kabhi koi jeeta hai?? Har baar ki tarah, aaj bhi mujhe manaa legaa!"
Edited by pragalbha - 16 years ago
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