FF- Naku's Call, Epilogue, pg32,note on pg 33 - Page 4

Now that is a big exaggeration, Dutta smiled…

Maybe but he is real talented…

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After lunch Dutta laid down for a siesta, he was not used to so heavy lunches, nowadays he tried to go to office regularly if not he was sleeping after a night long party, after heavy breakfast he had very light lunch, a glass of juice or a sandwich but no use saying that Bua, she doesn't believe in light meals…

Keya beta sow raha hai…

Bua came to sit next to the charpai he was lying in the courtyard…

Nehi bua …soch raha tha yeh gao kitna badal gaya hai…

Badal toh humlog sabhi gaye hai beta…Bua said…Dutta knew what she meant, at one point of time they came every year for their holidays, now they holiday abroad, Dutta was coming here after 10 years or so, when his cousins got married he was doing his management course abroad and his mother did attend one but did not come for the others as she did not get an exclusive room with attached bathroom, her habits have changed and now she is used to certain level of comforts..

Tujhe idhar koi takleef wakleef toh nehi ho rahe hai beta…

Kaisa takhleef Bua…

Nehi…tera kamra theek hai na…

Ha Bua, bilkul theek hai...

Bathroom ...matlab...

Bua, bathroom bhi theek hai, attached nehi hai toh keya huwa, mujhe koi problem nehi ho raha hai...

Atlast Bua gave a smile...she was relieved...toh chal beta, thora ghum phir ke ateh hai...

Abhi?

Aur nehi to kabh? Yeh hi toh mera time hai…

Dutta smiled, Bua will now go for her afternoon rounds, in the past she always took them along to visit her neighbours, it was a ritual of the village, while bua chatted with the ladies, they played with their children, at one point of time Dutta knew all the children of his age at this village…

Areh tujhe dekhna chahate hai, kitna bara ho gaya tu…

Dutta got up, chaliye...

Bua took him to the next door neighbours, Dutta felt awkward as the ladies admired him, kitna bara ho gaya hai, kitna sundar, their children who had come home for lunch no longer could connect with the Dutta they knew, there was long silences, some uneasy questions finally when Bua decided that it was time visit the next home, Dutta gave a sigh of relief…

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After 2 houses, Bua pushed open the door of the courtyard of the third house, areh woh Kiran sow rahi keya…Dutta followed Bua in, it was a house Dutta never recollected to have visited in the past…

Idhar kaun rehta hai Bua, Dutta asked in undertone..

Teri Phupha ke bahen lagti hai, abh uski pati idhar ke postmaster banke aye hai….

Mai unko nehi janta hu…

Abh jaan jayega..Bua held Dutta's hand to march in...Kiran o Kiran, she called...

Idhar hu Bhabiji

Keya kar rahi thi, sow rahi thi keya…

Nehi Bhabi, sone ka naseeb nehi hai mera, shikayat kar rahi thi…

Kiski shikayat…

Aur kiski, hai na ek aphat meri ghar me, roj shikayat roj shikayat, mai toh tang a chuki hu...

Abh bachi hai...

Itna bhi bachi nehi hai, bhabiji, ek bar sar me koi bhut sawar ho jaye toh...

Areh Kiran Seema ghar me nehi hai...bolna thora pani wani dene, Bua signals something, Kiran takes the hint, glances at Dutta now properly and says ha ha kiyu nehi kiyu nehi,

Seema, Seema jara pani lana...

Ji ayi was the reply,

Bahut nek ladki hai, meri yeh beti, jaisa ghar ka kam, waise padai likhai, mujhe isse koi sikayat nehi hai….Dutta was bored, looked around, the house was smaller version of Bua's but more or less the same pattern…

Suddenly his eyes fell of the figure standing in the upstairs veranda, it was her, she had also seen him, he stared back and smiled, she glared at him, she knew he knew her secret…

Pani

Dutta looked down to see a beautiful young woman holding a glass at him…

Thank you, Dutta replied automatically…to look up again, she was not there anymore…

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Dutta was intrigued, there was a guy called Vikas, a good player in the team and she replaced and was also called Vikas, whatever little Dutta had seen her, she was quite well endowed to be called as a girl, though a bit on the thinner side, her breasts were quite prominent, inspite of that she played a match, scored a century and nobody knew that she was a she and not a he…

Bua came with tea, Beta ek baath puchhu…

Ha jaroor puchiye…

Tujhe Seema kaise lagi…

Kaun Seema?

Areh jo ladki tujhe pani diya...

Pani?

Areh beta, Kiran ke yeha....

Woh jo aapse shikayat kar rahi thi aapse...

Ha uski bari beti Seema hai, bahut hi achhi ladki, english medium me pari hui, dekhne me bhi bahut sundar...

Oh achha...

Tune dekha usse...

Ha pani diya na...

Kaise laga tujhe...

Theek hi hoga....

Matlab tune nehi dekha...

Dutta smiled....Upar jo khadi thi woh kaun hai...

Upar…

Ha, chhote chhote bal…

Uski naam maath lena, woh ek tufan hai, apne mata pita a halat kharab karke rakha hai...

Kiyu...

Bhootni hai bhootni, har samay ladko ke saath khelna, cycle lekar pura gao ghumti hai, \kiski ki bagiche ki aam, kiski ki amrut churati hai, aur toh aur aaj Mishra ji ko pathar mara...

Ha kiyuki woh diwal par apna kukarm kar rahe the...

Tujhe kaise patah...

Maine Mishraji ko chillate huwe dekha...

Nakusha ko bhi dekha?

Nakusha?

Woh bhootni...

Bhagte huwe dekha...achha buaji yeh Vikas kaun hai...

Vikas ko bhi dekha...

Nehi matlab...woh...

Bua got up, her mission to know about Seema was going nowhere...she had other work, she started calling out to her Bahus to get the evening snacks ready as men will be returning from work...asked Phupaji not to go out for his walk in the evening without his medicines...

Aapne bataya nehi Vikas kaun hai…

Kiran ka ladka, Nakusha ka judwa, 10 minute bara Nakusha se, lekin Nakusha hai leader, jo Nakusha kehti hai woh wohi karta hai...chamcha number one...

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