FF- Naku's Call, Epilogue, pg32,note on pg 33 - Page 8

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

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Bua informed Dutta while Kiran and Masterji could not believe their luck, they are very apprehensive as Nakusha has thrown a fit as she has no desire to get married now and that too with you, though Masterji still might listen to her but Kiran is not going to adhere, aisa rista toh bar bar nehi ata..waise tu ne keya kaha hai usse jo woh bol rahi hai, zindagi me agar meri shaadi nehi hui toh bhi chalega phirbhi inse nehi karungi...

Dutta smiles, aisa kuch nehi masi, do char bar toh maine usse dekha hai aur keya kahunga aap hi puch lijiye ga...

Ghar me thori hai batane ke liye cycle lekar nikal gayi, waise bhi aajkaal chhutiya chal rahi hai college ki, ghar me nehi rehti hai Vikas ke saath practice me jati hai, lekin Vikas gaya tha dhundne nehi mili..

Achha...kaha chali gayi..

Gayi hogi kahi mujhe keya maloom jab bhuk lagega a jayegi, bhuk sahen nehi kar sakti hai...aur tujhe bhi yeh hi ek ladki pasand aya...Seema itna sundar, itni shushil tujhe ...aajkaal ki ladke ka keya kehena...mujhe toh khush hona chahiye mere parivaar yani ki meri nanad ki ladki tujhe pasand aya lekin mai sooch rahi hu udhar jake jo lafra khari karigi tabh mai bhaiya / bhabi ko keya jawab dungi...

Dutta scratches his head and moves away, changes his shirt and takes out the cycle, of course Vikas knows where Nakusha is but he has been instructed not to divulge by his sister, so no use of trying to seek his help…

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Nakusha cannot remember being so angry and mad in her life, keya admi hai mujhse shaadi karna chahata hai, kiyu …aur Seemadidi ko pasand nehi aya aur mujhko pasand a giya…something is definitely wrong somewhere…Boys at college were either her buddies or too afraid to get close to her, no boy has ever come up with such a proposition aur seedha shaadi pe pahuch gaya, direct rishta bhej diya…did not even find out whether she is agreeable or not, oh of course he knew she was would not have accepted him otherwise…suddenly rustling of leaves made Nakusha look downwards, direct eye to eye with Dutta Patil…

Tum?

Dutta smiled ear to ear, tum niche ayoge ki mai upar ayu?

Tumko pair charna ata hai?

Ata toh tha lekin bahut din nehi chare, abh se agar practice karunga toh shaadi tak habit ho jayega...

Shaadi, kiski shaadi, Nakusha glared from the tree top...

Hamari aur kiski…ha ek cheej mai abhi se bata deta hu, shaadi zameen pe hi karna parega, hum tum toh char jayenge, lekin panditji shayad nehi char payenge…

Nakusha came down in lightening speed,

What makes you think I want to marry you…

You don't? Dutta looked surprised…I thought it was such a good proposition, he said innocently..

Good proposition my foot, I don't want to marry you in my million births…

Theek hai math karo, lekin mera ek sharth hai…

Nakusha was visibly taken aback, she recovered fast, her eyes gleamed, abh ayi gari line pe, she thought…

Keya sharth? She failed to conceal her excitement…

Tumne chhupaya kaise?

Keya?

Dutta indicated with his eyes…

Tum, abhi tak yeh soch me pare ho…

Keya karu, I cannot still understand how you hid these i.e incase these are real...

Maine zindagi me itni batameez ladka nehi dekha…

Maybe but that is not my fault and I have every right to be curious...without curiosity so many inventions & discoveries nehi hota...

Yeh koi discovery nehi hogi…

Nehi? Without surgery in matter of minutes when a woman turns into a man, koi discovery nehi?...

O.K. I wear tight vests….Nakusha replied grudgingly …

Bus, ussi se ho jata, Dutta had disbelieve in his voice…

Ha, aur keya chahiye…

Well I would like to see….Dutta stated casually..

WHAT? How dare you…

Tumhe shaadi nehi karni hai, so this is my shart…abh tum ageh sochlo, Dutta got up on his cycle to ride off when from behind he heard her saying

3 baje a jana idhar…

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