FF- Naku's Call, Epilogue, pg32,note on pg 33 - Page 7

She then pulled Kiran up saying she is hungry and Vikas too needs timely meals now…

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In the evening, after dinner Dutta sat with his cousins showing old photographs which he got scanned and stored in his laptop, their childhood days, while the bahus laughed seeing their husbands in knickers, others observed how they have changed over the years, when Bua entered, areh Munna keya purani tasbeer dikha rahe hai, kuch naya dikha…

Naya theek hai, yeh dekhiye jo maine in do dino me liya hai…Dutta opens the file in which he has just stored the photographs taken over last 2 days as they go through the same Bua grumbles how fat she is looking…

Mai keya itni moti hu, baapre tumhare phupa kitne bure ho gaye hai....

Areh Bua aapko keya maloom nehi hai ki Phupa bure ho chuke hai…

Mere liye toh woh woh hi hai, keya jawn keya bure…areh yeh Nakusha kaha se a gayi…

Ayi thi na thori der pehle…

Kafi sundar lag rahi hai….lekin tu ne Seema ka ek bhi tasbeer nehi liya…

Nehi liya? O.k. miss ho giya…

Dekh mai tere se ek seedhi baath puchhu?

Suddenly the room went quiet, Bua's tone had something in it…

Keya baath hai bua…

Tu ane se pehle Bhaiya ka phone aya tha, bhaiya bol rahe the idhar toh koi ladki Dutta ko pasand nehi hai, agar udhar koi ladki ho toh dikha dena, Dutta ko agar pasand ho jaye toh humlog akar baath karenge, bus ghar achha hona chahiye aur ladki pari likhi…Seema se achhi ladki abhi iss gao me toh keya agle do gao me bhi nehi milega, pari likhi woh bhi English medium se, dekhne me sundar, ghar ke kaam bhi ata hai, bahar ke bhi….toh beta Seema ko tu dekh chuka hai, mai bhaiya se keya kahu?

Dutta makes a face…

Bua lets out a sigh, she had guessed so, toh kal Bhaiya ko phone karke bol dungi yeh baat aur abhi mere nazaar me koi aur ladki nehi hai…

Kiyu hai na...Dutta replies with a mysterious smile…

Hai, kaha hai, kaun hai? Bua sounds eager...other look it...

Dutta points at his laptop screen…

Bua's jaws fall, yeh Ladki…Nakusha ….others are equally flabbergasted …tera dimag toh theek hai…

Kiyu keya burai hai isme…Dutta asked…

Ek ho toh batau….Bua stated…

Toh bataye na....dekhne me buri nehi hai, maybe not as beautiful as Seema, parai me theek hai, bold hai, raat ko akeli doctor bulane ja sakti hai…

Ghar ki kaam ek bhi nehi ata...

Mere yeha naukar hai....Dutta replied...

Theek hai, tere yeha naukar hai, lekin kuch toh ana chahiye, naukaroko chalana bhi parega…

Uske liye ma hai, I think one mistress for the house is more than enough, Dutta notices Bua's bahus hide their smile on this reply…

Hamare ghar me aam / amrut sabh Nakusha aur uski sathiyo ka pet me jata hai, mere ghar khali kiyu idhar jitney aas paros wale hai, unke bhi

Mumbai saher me waise pair nehi hai jaha se Nakusha char ke aam/amrut chura sake, ha bahut sare multi storied building hai, charna chahigi toh uske pipes char sakti hai, other than thrill she will not get anything else, I mean koi aam/amrut nehi milegi…

Bua nods her head, saradin ladko ke saath ghumna phirna…

Mai hu na, ladka hu, mere saath ghumegi….

Nakusha raazi hai? Bua wants to know how far he has progressed…

Puchne ka mauka kaha mila…

Toh theek hai, usse puch le, mujhe aur kuch nehi kehna hai...

Hai na, kaal aap mere rishte unke ghar lekar jayoge...

Dutta, Ma will do that lekin tum Nakusha se bhi puch lo, I think nowadays girls also have a say...Jitesh intervened...

Woh mai puch lunga, lekin rishta bua leke jaye, agar Nakusha razi nehi hogi toh nehi karenge...Bua doesn't look too happy, nevertheless nods her ascent, gets up and leaves the room...

Jitesh's wife Gayatri looked at him, Dutta I know you know what is best for you but also keep in mind that the girl who marries you has to settle down at Mumbai with your life style…

Bhabi I understand, lekin bhabi for that matter we all have to make adjustments…Gayatri smiles and leaves to be followed by others except for Jitesh…

You know Dutta, I think you have made a good choice provided Nakusha agar razi ho…

What makes you think that?

She has a spark, Seema is good but too sweet…

Aur Nakusha

Khatta Meetha…

Dutta throws back his head and laughs, thank god at last someone got to see the point…he replied…

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His parents were not too happy as to what they had heard, his mother very upset, tujhe keya ho giya…Dutta had sent Nakusha's picture last night before going off to bed to his father with his desire to get married to the girl…

Kiyu shaadi karna koi guna hai, he replied…

Look at the girl, ek student lagti hai and she is not at all sofisticated...

Ma now don't crib tum bhi bagal ka gao se belong karti ho and now look what my father has done to you….Nakusha bhi …

Tumhare Papa? Beta keya bol rahe ho tum, you should thank me that I adapted myself and brought some sophistication to your father too, not the amount I like lekin phirbhi…

O.K. Ma, I take it as your acceptance then…

My acceptance? No of course not…Didiji bol rahi thi…

Ma socho tumhe koi abhi milega kuch sikhane ke liye, you will have so much to do…

Beta, my point is…

Ma Nakusha doesn't have any clue about make up and dressing sense is pathetic…tumhe sikhana parega…Dutta refused to give his mother any scope voice her opinion against Nakusha…

Tu toh idhar itne ladkiyo ke sath ghumta tha…

Ha ma but you didn't like them too much either remember…

I only had problems with Shibani and Ira but the other girl, keya naam hai, I found her to be quite good…

Ma jiska naam hi yaad nehi hai, why talk about her…

Keya naam tha us ladki ka…

Mujhe abh ek hi naam yaad rehte hai ma, and that is Nakusha…

Disgusted Mrs Patil disconnects the line, Dutta smiles, he knew his parents will have some reservation regarding Nakusha but somehow his feeling for Nakusha is unique, he loves her vibrancy, her glares and her boldness, she might be a difficult woman to tame but then he will love doing so…

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As Dutta settled with the morning papers he saw Vikas coming in, seeing him, came straight towards him….

Tum Nakusha se shaadi karna chahate ho, he asked looking very upset…

Hmmm

Hmmmm matlab…

Hmmm matlab ..Ha…

Kiyu….

What do you mean by kiyu?

You don't know Naku, hardly have seen her a couple of times…

Did your father know your mother before he got married to her

But Naku doesn't want to marry you…

Has she sent you to convey this to me…

Well, she doesn't want to get married now, aur tum se toh kabhi nehi…

Kiyu

Aisa usne kahi hai…

Koi reason diya ki nehi...

Reason keya, obviously she doesn't like you...

Theek hai, thank you for conveying the message, I will speak to her later…

When

When I think it is the good time…

She may not be at home

Don't worry I will find her…

Kaise

Dutta doesn't bother to reply, concentrates on the newspaper…

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