Kumkum was busy travelling by bus, taxi, auot....and by foot too. 😳 😳
She was tired and hungry. She sat at a place and counted the money left with her. 😳
Kumkum (to herself) : uff, itne kam paise bache, agar ek do din mein Sumit nahi mila to.......to mera to Mumbai mein rehna mushkil ho jaayega 😕 .....Kya karun itna paidal chal rahi hun 😕 ....kuch khaya bhi nahi kal se, hunh..
Then she sees a street-vendor with guavas, she goes nearer and picks up a guava....
Kumkum : kaisa diya?
Vendor : aath (8) rupaiye.
Kumkum (thinks) : arey waah, aath rupaiye, itna to de hi sakti hun, ek kilo amrood le leti hun, isi se bhook mit jaayegi. 😛 😛
Kumkum : theek hai, ek kilo de do.
Vendor packs and gives her the packet, Kumkum takes out a ten rupee npte and gives him and says..
Kumkum : do rupaiye.
Vendor : nahi, tees (30) rupaiye.
Kumkum : Kya???
Ven : ek kilo chalees rupaiye(40/-) ka hai.
Kk : par jab maine poocha to tumne aath bola naa?.
Ven : woh ek amrood ka bhaav tha.
Kk (shocked) : kya!!!!!!!!!!
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Kumkum near a vada-paav stall. She reads the board which said " 2/- ka aur 5/- ka special vada-paav "
Kk : chalo, amrood na sahi, yehi kha leti hun. 😛
She eats 2 vada-paav and again continues her journey...
A man the comes to her and says " jee aap yahaan nayi hain lagta hai?...ghar ki problem hai...hogi hi...chaliye main aapko rehne ka thikana dilwa dun." 😉 😛
Kumkum first keeps looking at him and then says...
Kk : main shakal se bevkoof lagti hun jo mujhe phasaane chale aaye???? 😆 😆 😆
Man(shocked and stammered) : ye...ye...yeh aap kya keh rahi hai...
Kumkum : theek keh rahi hun, maana ki main nayi hun yahaan par bevkoof nahi hun....tum jaise logon ko achchi tarah se jaanti hun main 😆 😆 ...ab raasta chodo warna itna pitvaongi ki zindagi bhar yaad rakhoge..... 😆
He moves away. Kumkum goes from there.
Man : ise kaise pata, main kaun hun...pata nahin?? 😕 😕
Kumkum keeps moving then sits in a park, fully exhausted. She keeps her bag beside her and closes her eyes to rest.
After a while she gets up.
Kumkum : ab chalun..bohut aaram ho gaya.
She turns to pick up her bag.....but it wasn't there. she searches nearby and then she sees a slip on which it was written " Sahi pehchaana tha tumne.....par ab tum mujhe kabhi nahi bhool pagi" 😡 😡
Kumkum understood who did this but she couldn't do anything now. she sat there on a bench, depressed. 😭
She gets up after some time and starts walking. It was night, she reaches a temple and goes and sits there and rests. No sooner did she fall asleep when she was disturbed by someone. It was the Pujari. 😳
Puj : Beta, mandir band hone ka samay ho gaya hai.......ab tumhe jaana hoga.
Kk : band hone ka samay.
Pujari points at something and she looks there and reads aloud a board...
"Mandir khulne ka samay : Pratah (morning) - 7:00 baje aur band hone ka samay : Sayam (evening) - 12:00 baje -- Hare Rama Hare Krishna Mandir Committee"
Kk : dekhiye, baahr mausam kharaab hai aur aise mein main kahaan jaongi, bas ujala hone tak mujhe yahin ruk jaane dijiye...phir sunah hote hi chali jangi.
Puj : maaf karna, par main tumhe yahaan rukne ki izazat nahi de sakta.....yeh mere bas mein nahi hai. 😕
Kumkum disheartened wishes pujari saying : jee theek hai, sasriyakaal jee.
She leaves and starts walking exhausted and tired when she feels that she is being followed. she becomes alert and speeds up then slowly starts running.....The men following her also run... 😭 😭
She ran panting, breathlessly, then she turns at a bend of road, a car was coming on that road. Kumkum comes infront of the car and falls unconsious.
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She opens her eyes and finds herself on a bed and a lady sitting by her side. She tries getting up but the lady stops her.
Lady : No, No....leti raho. Its good tumko hosh aa gaya....How are u feeling? 😳 😳
Kumkum was tired and her head was aching so she didn't reply.
Lady : Ohh...sorry, mera matlab.......ab tumko kaisa lag raha hai? 😛
Kk : hmm.......theek........theek hun.
😕
Lady : okay, tum aaram karo main abhi aati hun, okay? 😊
Lady goes away. Kumkum looked around at the room. It was large and beautiful, then she looks at the time. It was 7:00 a.m.
Kk : subah ho gayi, ab chalna chahiye. 😳 😛 😛
She gets up, though she is still not well, yet she starts walking, holding and resting at different things so that she doesn't fall. She comes out of the room. There was a large gallery. She crosses it and comes to staircases which went down to hall. She could not even open her eyes properly still she tried to hold and descend the stairs but looses balance....... 🤔 🤔
and is about to fall when someone holds her by waist. 😳 😳 😳
Kumkum was in the person's arms....and her hair on her face....she removes the hair and turns her face towards that person..... 😛 😛 😳
AND her eyes were wide-opened........ 😲 😲
IT was Sumit.... 😃
Sumit and Kumkum were very close to each other, and kept looking at each other. 😳
Kumkum Bhagya
