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The party: continued part 3
Social Interaction
Upon arrival, Memon Seth and his Patni greet Dutta, Nakku and Baji. Seth comes forward towards Dutta warmly' kya baat hai Dutta bahu aap padharey,humara tu nasseb jag utha hai ' he bubbles as he looks at his wife who nods in consent with a big smile. Seth embraces Dutta and both his wife and him, fold their hands and offer their namaste to Nakku ,who replies in similiair fashion. Seth, requests his guests to take a few steps inside his residence's main hall. The atmosphere was alive with a buzz of people, an admixture of young and old , viberating with flashes of hue, every now and again interspaced by laughing and chatting. Nakku, Dutta,Baji behold the decor of fresh pink and white blossoms strewn around the balustrade and grecian columns upholding the ceiling. There is an array of fresh flowers highlighting every main nook and crannny of interesting landmarks of the spacious hall,the coffee and side tables, window sills, door and window frames. The hall's ambience is also brought out with rosy pink and clear fairy lights , that twinkle naughtily adding to the gaiety of the celebratory occasion. More wall mounted twinkling rosy light focus complimenting people who are seated on settees, couches and sofas. Gentle soothing sitar melodies ,ride on the air waves, soothing the crowd amidst the buzz. In one look, Dutta and Baji noticed the bar, and Nakku catches them both, and nods her head. Dutta, bows his head in silent reassuring submission to her ,as he spots her concern. Baji says excitedly' kya bat hai Bahu yehaan pa to band baja bhi hai', Dutta enquires smilingly 'kyon tujhe naachna hai Baji'?
Memon seth and his wife bring their daughter Divya,to Dutta and Nakku and Seth says' Bahu ye hai Divya,issi nahi BA pass kiya hai kisi'... Divya folds her hands and shly says bahu,vahini,Dutta and Nakku nod to reciprocate... Dutta turns in wait to, and speaks with his pointing out stretched palm towards Divya,Nakku smiles and pulls out the envelope out of her clutch bag and passes it to Divya,' ye ap ke liya behant hai. Divya accepts gratefully, as Dutta, Baji, Nakku and her parents look on. Seth asks Diya again to tell Dutta what her degree is in ,Divya replies' Bahu agricultural science mein hai', which some what preplexes Dutta as he nods apprehensively for father to elucidate, ' Bhau manay ki gehatey barehy mein,' Dutta smiles with approval and proclaims ' ye tu bahut acha hai PW ke kisanoon ko tum, woh sab sakhshktey ho ,ju tum ne university mein seekha hai Diya'. Divya smiles as his answer pleases her. Nakku, too is proud of her Saab and his good sense!
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Seth, ushers Dutta deeper into the hall, within seconds a few middle aged men clad in gold jewellery and festive clothes approach Dutta like bees to honey! Dutta bahu they leap forward to shake his hand, Dutta smiles at them with his usual style of folded hands ,slightly lower than his face.The men fuss around him, some what noisily ,ensuing a certain stop and look from people. People who are strangely unfamiliar with him make enquires and then, there are smiles cum nods from them upon knowing who he is. Dutta, stands with shy humility, by the attention showered upon him by his associates, his posture has the vivid mark of a youthful man, with distinguished elegance ,poise and sophistication, yet the carriage of his head, the features of his countenance especially the lion like eyes and mouth, also tells the tale of his hard charisma . Nakku muses, how remarkable it seems that her Saab who is a lot younger than the men flitting around him, yet he commands so much respect from them!
In short both unknown guests, males and females stare at him with complete awe. Nakku watches this and reflects with pride Saab hai he assey sab logo kay dil mein jagga bana latey hain. 'Chalien vahini', says Seths wife and takes Nakku by the hand to a group of women who appear married to Nakku as they all have a magulsutra around their necks. Nakku sits down while her eyes centre on Dutta who is in the process along with Baji, of being cajoled to the bar. Nakku looks little panic riddenly towards Dutta, who has by now reached the bar and he stands with ease as his left elbow rests on the bar server. Nakku observes the men, including Baji are helping themselves to drink being poured and served by the barman. Nakku imploringly continues her survey of Dutta at the bar, hoping that he might look her way and she can convey her fears of him getting inebriated when he has had one too many.
As if Dutta senses her unease ,while chatting to his friends ,he casualy looks her way and can see her as she sits there amongst the women folk with wide eyes fixed on him. He replies to her unspoken gaze with dreamy eyes, a signal with his reclined left hand's forefinger and thumb,meaning 'thore se', in complete match to her silence. Nakku smiles, shly as she tries to suppress a smile in case people watching thinks she's balmy. Dutta is introduced to Seth's young son Deven, who is smartly dressed in a western designer suit. Dutta smilelingly ackknowledges the boy's sartorial taste and shakes hand with him warmly. ' 'Bahu ye mera beta hai aur aap se milna kay liye bachein tha' says Seth. Dutta, pauses for a second before he picks his drink of soda water, and is surprised to see that the young Deven asks the bartender for a neat whiskey, and Dutta jerks his head, with a hard to disguise smile as he is reminded of his own past delights. Suddenly the song yeh dooriyan,yeh dooriyan ,in rahoon ki dooriyan, hum rahon ki dooriyan, fanah ho ye dooriyan! Starts to play to liven up the romantic mood. Dutta shifts his position and stands with his back resting against the server counter of the bar, so as to give and acquire a better veiw of Nakku, he catches her eye as he obviously brings the tumbler of clear tonic fizz to his lips. He continues to stare her way silently with narrow intense eyes transporting the lyrics of the song to her. She responds by a wide eyed look of total surrender to his passionate meaningful looks. His gaze tells Nakku that his desire is really to end this distance between them, but till then he will continue to shower her with his unspoken love by meeting her eyes or by simply stealing glances at her whenever he can! .
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Deven taps Dutta on the arm 'Bhau chalien mein aap ko apne dostoon se milata hoon', Dutta, turns around to catch Baji's eye and cocks his head for Baji to follow as well, as he proceeds with Deven to meet his friends. Deven's friends are young rich lads as Dutta observes, in his terminology ' bachaaey', dressed in cool designer casual jeans, silk shirts, watches, gold and silver chains with loud medallions of some past insignia or logos like swastikas, peace embelm, and one even had a mercedez insigina dangelling from his chain. The friends are mostly clean shaven with either spiky gelled hair or long than usual tresses,all carrying glasses lined with spirits, Dutta and Baji exchange amused looks discreetly. Once Dutta is near them Deven introduces him' guys this is the one and only Dutta Bahu,the top gun of Patil wadi , Dutta joins his hands before the guys ,with a benign smile. He could see that the lads are taken aback by his attire and his complete persona, plus by the intro that Deven gave about him. Yaar Deven ,this is amazing we get to meet a real Don, I bet he does a lot of unusual interesting things?. Why dont you ask Dutta Bahu himself. Dutta feels like an idol , for this is a situation he has not encountered before. One of the lads pipes up courage and asks Dutta with reverence,' sir for how long have you been a Don, and do you enjoy your job? Dutta looks at the youth gently and says' aap saab mujhe Bahu bol saktey hain ,ap ka phelay sawal ka jawab hai mein dus saal se Dutta Bahu hoon, manay tu aap ki saban mein Don! Rahe baat kam me maaza, hain meray kam mein khatra to ha, par mujhe kahatroon se khalein mein maza atta hai, yaney tu kafi dafa jan ki baazi lagani parti hai!' he explains. Wow man this is awesome, playing with dangers and risking your life. Dutta nods quietly at their awe of him. Another lad asks' Bahu aap ko apney kam mein kya acha nehin lagta? .Dutta braces himself before he answers ' kisi bekassor ki jaan laney pararey mujhe sab se zeeida dookh dethi hai, aur kisi mazloom kay saath naa insafi ho tab bhi mera khoon ghaul itha hai' ! he says passionately. Dutta appears touched by the interest he is provokes from these city lads, he stops to scratch his beard with his fore finger, in wait for another question from them. 'Bhau ,continues another young boy, ap kay pas atna paise hai,power, status hai, ab tu aap ko zindagi bhar kum karni ki kya zarorrat hai, before deep in thought,he withholds his answer,for Deven decides to answer it, ' no yaar Bahu is involved in putting things in place in PW, like opening new schools, health centres, and also he does a lot for the agricultural community in this area.' Dutta,nods in consent, and the boy replies' aacha tu Bahu apna kafi paise summaj aur dan mein lagatey hein ,wow no wonder every one thinks he's some big god. Dutta eyes smile at the boys adoration of himself,and cannot keep himself from confessing to them ' haan ye sab tu teekh hai, par mujhe iss bad ka humsa afsoos rahey ga, kay mein peraha lekha nahi, ju kuch seekha zindiga na seekhya acha bhi bhoora bhi'! .The boys appreciate his candor and a few of them exclaim, humein ap ki theran paisa bana hai, aur ap jaise power chahiey!' Before they can carry on he raises his palm in firmness and addresses them' nahin, sab se bari takat thumarey liya is waqt ye hai , kay tum sab apni parhai mukamal karo, or pher emandari ka paise kamooi, doosron ki khadmat kar ki.. samjhe ap sab log'!.The young boys smiled in affirmation at his advice, as, Dutta turns to Baji as he indicates his leave from their group. Deven and friends fumble a thanks to Dutta as he folds his hands towards them and turns to leave. Baji ,beamingly says 'kya Bahu aj tu tum akdum leader ki mafaq bol rahe thi,kya baat hai '!, Dutta responds' chupkar Baji ,aur dekh Nakku kahder hai' and the two walk towards the bar to join their colleagues and friends.
While Dutta is busy talking to Deven and his friends, Nakku sits with the group of married women, 'ap Dutta Bahu ki patni hai? Nakku nods, kitne baaachey hai aap kay? Nakku shly lowers her eyes ,and Seths wife comes to her rescue ' abhi, abhi,to shaadi hoi hai ,itni jaldi bhi kya hai,sare umar pharey hai.....But the first lady who quizzed Nakku continues 'woh to teekh hai ,lekin mardoon ko band ki rekna cheya ,nahi tu edher udhur mu martay hai,aur Dutta tho jawan mard hai, uskay pechay tu koi bhi par sakta hai'. Nakku feels flushed and she looks up at the crowd first,there were lots of young girls who were scantily dressed in western clothes revealing quite a bit, then there were other pretty girls that were dressed in desirable eastern designer out fits. Her insecure eyes locate Dutta at the bar sipping his glass of lemonade and chatting to a clowning Baji. She pipes up courage and replies to the woman,' nahin merey pati assay nahi hain mujhe un par poora bahroosa hai, Bechan tu Bahgwan ki dein hain ,jab Bappa ki merzi ho gi hoon jaye gay'! Luckily for Nakku, Divya comes over and retrieves her by taking her over to a group her friends. Naku walks, slowly towards the group of young boys and girls milling together, she wishes Dutta was with her ,and she looks up to glance him still in place at the bar ,at a few yards distance from her.' Vahini,ye meray uni kay doost hain ', Nakku folds her hands to greet them ,with a namaste, Divya says 'guys this is vahini Nakusha,Dutta Bahu's wife' , which most of them fail to take on board. Divya's girl friends a good many of them are dressed in spaghetti tops with revealing neck lines and a mix of mini and knee length skirts, look at Nakku's traditional wear and her simplistic beauty. One of them,remarks 'wow she's lovely' ,which they unnanimously agree to ,checking out her sari, aap ki sari bahut kobsorrat hai, mujhe to banndeni bhi nahi atti' Nakku smiles kindly and says ap kosish karien to itni mushkal bhi nahi hai sari pehana'. The girl decides to rest her comments. Nakku notices Divya's male friends in the circle as well. They all have skinney jeans and tee shirts with metallic gold/silver patterns sparkling on their chests. There hair stands gelled and spiked like neatly cut thorns; chunky bold belcher bracelets,decorate their wrists and they all smell heavily of a concoction daro, cigarettes and after shave! One of them has a crew cut hair style and earings eyes Nakku top to bottom and leers at her, which makes her slightly uncomfortable. The chap, grabs hold of a passing waiter and picks up a glass of soft drink and passes it to Nakku saying 'ap kay pass drink nahi hi, ye peejian!' , Nakku rejects by shaking her head, but the man insists ' le layin soft drink hai kuch aur nahi hai he says with a lecherous smile.This time Nakku shakes both her hands and looks up towards the bar.. Before she can turn back to her company, Baji ,appears and goes straight for the guy's collar with both hands' kyon bay salla jub nahi bulla tu nahi, samjha ye apun aur samjahaey bahar lay ja ker!' and he drags the guy unceremoniously out of the company. By now ,Deven and his friends turn up and ask' kya hoya Baji bahi?, and before Baji could reply, a couple of Deven's friends drag this guy out side the hall... Deven comes back and complains to his sister,' Divya ye tumhara kaisa dost hai jis ko ladies se baat karne ki tumeiz nahi hai, Bahu ko pata chalta to aska kya hal karte , mein sochna bhi nahi chata'!. Baji comes back to a fluster filled Nakku' yu theekh hai na? he asks her,Nakku nods a febble yes, and mutters to Baji appealingly' Baji Saab ko kuch maat kehana' , ' main Bahu ko kuch nahi bolay ga tu tension maat laye Nakku he assures her, and he speeds off to join Dutta,and associates at the bar.
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The rest of Divya friends hover around Nakku,and ask if she is alright. Nakku is moved by their concern. One of the girl's ask Divya, ' ye Bahu kon hai? ' Divya points to the bar where Dutta stands as he towers above every one else,'Konse wala'? they chirply hone in at the men in the bar. That one ,the tall man in the black pathiani and black waist! ,Haiala they all say loudy; one of them ,says oh he's so dreamy and solid' ; wow yaar kya dum dar banda hai, says another! ; Check out the stubble and the studs, real true grit man, throws in another!; kafi graceful aur tall hai; yaar sher jaisse lagte hai! Nakku,with some delight watches but unsettles a wee bit by their remarks! She glances his way who appears totally un aware of the stir he creates among these bevy of young beauties!. Chaal yar Divya ,introduce us to him they all persist in unision. Divya agrees and leads the group towards the bar. Divya walks flanked by Nakku on one side and one of her pushy, skimply dressed friend on the other. As they progress towards the bar,the atmosphere starts to throb with the song' O rabba mein pyar kar ke pachtaye x2, main ve socha ek ekla main rahoonga kitna re, O rabba mein pyar kar ke pachtaye!. People at the bar especially the younger crowd, begin to move there arms and lower bodies to the rythmn! Divya stops a few steps away from Dutta,and says Bhau apney dostoon say ap ko milwana hai'. Dutta who half rests on the bar stool with his left elbow up right on the bar supporting his chin, turns his head side ways to the addressee. Dutta faces Divya first, and then his eyes travel to Nakku , his lips which are clenched together, separate spontaneously and give his mouth a heart shaped look!, his eyes lower , as his eyes move to the girl on the other side of Divya. Dutta's eyes unavoidably ,fall on her low cut neckline and her promiscuous eyes, he hastely bites his lower lip from one side and raise his left hand to etch the corner of his lip. The girl, shuffles forward and stands next to him at the bar, placing her elbow on the work top and looks at Dutta ,as if waiting to be asked for a drink. Dutta, drops his mouth ,maintains his postion and turns his face rather discreetly the other way.The girl orders a G&T for herself,and still makes an effort in attracting Dutta's attention by saying' Ap kuch laien ghay?, Dutta raises his reclining hand and points to his lemonfizz already on the work top. The girl starts to sip her drink and leans across to Dutta,and says ' to ap hain, yahaan ke top man'. Dutta, turns and steals a glance at Nakku with a suppressed smile as he could see in her wide eyed look that she is anxious ,due to this girl perched beside him!. He turns towards the girl and declares ,shyly' top man tu paata nehin' ,par Dutta Shree Ram Patil zaroor hoon!. Baji suddenly appears and intervenes between them and says to the girl ' bola tu ye Dutta Bahu hai, mainay ke Bahu! ,Bahu matlab tumarra,humarra sab ka bhai!. The girl appears embarrassed at the intrusion, and Dutta simlingly stands up, as the girl looks on. Dutta than steps forward ,reaches for Nakku's hand and brings her to his side still gently hanging on to her palm loosely,and announces proudly to the girl' aur ye meri patni Nakusha hai'. The girl has look of disconcert on her face! Baji quickley occupies Dutta's bar stool gets comfortable with his whiskey glass and says to the girl, 'ab aur kiya ap ko miloom karna hai Bahu ki barey mein ,mein ap ko batey ga,ap poocho,poocho!' Nakku looks up at Dutta who wants to put his arms around her shoulder, after some pause he puts his decision in practice and his right hand goes around her ,as he squeezes her shoulder gently. He smiles at her the corners of his mouth gravitate to one side with mischief! He bends, his head slightlyto reach her ear , and whispers' Nakku tu na kya soocha tera Saab beheeka jai ga? Nakku looks at him as she seethes with affection for him' nahin Saab, mujhe ap par phora baroosha hai!...
To be continued... need a pause,enjoy,with much love Hamlet!
Ps. Was typing this while William and Kate's wedding was on live on tv in London.Me ,I prefer to write imaginary tales about our prince Mishal Raheja/Dutta! 29.4.11
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