Part 4- Knowing the Kundras
"Madhu, Madhu!! Where are you going??" Geeta asked Madhu when she saw her walking out of the Kundra Mansion in sour mood.
"I want to get out of here right now, I'm going for a long walk, in order to clear my mind and it would also help me cool down a bit" Madhu said in a frustrated tone.
"Problem??" Geeta asked Madhu to which she nodded in Yes. " Radha Ma'am said something ??" again Madhu nodded her head in answer to Geeta's question. "Ok come lets' go to the park near by and will talk while we walk around the park. It would refresh your mind and will help you think straight. Come" Geeta tugged on to Madhu's arm and took her to the park.
".. And now.. she is wasting my year by making me.. repeat the Year in St. Xavier's college!!!" Madhu said between breath while walking.
"Madhu !! Could you please slow down, you are walking too fast" Geeta was huffing while holding to the stitches of her sides. "Why don't we sit and talk, my legs are aching. Please!!" Geeta requested Madhu and seeing Geeta's condition, all soaked up in sweat, tired and doubling over, Madhu decided to sit on the nearby bench and continue the rest of the conversation. "I can understand your situation Madhu and I do agree with you that Radha Ma'am has no rights to impose her choices on you, but I think, she is correct about one thing i.e., this course does provides more job opportunities, plus its not that difficult and it is a multi-dimensional course providing ample of experience, and if you are irked about Radha Ma'am behavior, then let me tell you she just likes to show off and sometimes goes a little over-board with it. She does all this to maintaining her fake social status and reputation. She takes pride in copying other socialites, and in order to be one she spends more time in clubs, parties and social functions. She is even associated with some NGO's and Charitable Trusts, in order to show off her social concern towards society, but in reality she does not even know which cause these charitable trusts and NGO's support. She is just another run-on-the-mill kind of air-headed, wannabe snob. She must have heard from someone about the popularity of the course, and thinks that studying Mass. Comm. is fashionable. So she is insisting you to study it. She does everything to show off and to remain popular among the Elite Group of Snobs. She is doing all this to wipe off her real identity, so that no one could know that in real she was just Yash Sir's Nanny. Had it not been for Meera Ma'am's i.e., Yash Sir's real Mom's untimely death, she would have remained that for the rest of her life.
"WHAT??!!" Madhu was flabbergasted to know the truth about Radha.
"Yeah Radhaji is not the real mother of Yash Sir! What, you didn't know that??" Geeta asked in surprise.
"No, But I did give it a thought for a moment considering, Radhaji does not looks old enough to be Yashji's Mother"
".. And not to forget the vast age difference between Yash Sir and his Younger brother being the reason too" Geeta interrupted Madhu
"Oh!! I didn't knew that Yashji has a brother too."
"Half- Brother!! His name's Rishab Kundra."
Just then Madhu remembered something. "Is it by any chance the same Rishab, whom Radhaji calls Rishu and is the President of St.Xavier's College??"
"Yeah, how do you know that??" Geeta asked in a surprised tone.
"Well this afternoon while Radhaji was bragging about the superiority of the College, I'm going to study in, she did mention something about certain Rishu being the President of the College, making things easier for my admission in the college." Madhu was now getting curious to know some more about Kundras, so she decided to ask Geeta, since her mother has been working for Kundras for a longer period of time she must surely know a lot about them. "Geeta Di , you said that Radhaji is not the real mother of Yashji, and his real mother died very young. What was the reason behind her dead? Do you know anything about them?"
"Yes, as you know my Mother has been working for the Kundras for past 25yrs, so she knows quite a lot of things about them and so do I. My mother has been working for them since the time, when Meeraji and Mohan Kundra were a newly married couple. At that time they were just Upper Middle Class people and were able to afford only one maid for the house-hold work. Later when Meera ji got Pregnant, Mohan Sir thought it would be good to hire an additional help, so he appointed Radha as an assistant maid to my mother, to help her in house-hold chores and to look after Meera Ma'am. Radha was just about your age, when she was appointed as help. As Radha was very poor and had to support her whole family, she continued to work for the Kundras, even after Yash Sir's birth, lending helping hand to Meera Ma'am in taking care of the baby. At that time Mr. Kundra was very ambitious and was thinking of spreading his business, for that he would very occasionally invite guests and influential people at home, who could help him in his business. As Meera Ma'am would be busy with the guests, it was Radha's job to take care of the baby and tend to its needs. Unfortunately Meera Ma'am got diagnosed with Leukemia when Yash Sir was just 9 yrs old and died a year later, but before dying she requested Mr. Kundra to marry Radha, because she knew that Radhaji would be a better option, when compared to some strange woman as she has been Yash Sir's Nanny and took care of him since childhood. So after Meera Ma'am death, Mr.Kundra got married to Radhaji. Radhaji continued to care about Yash Sir, the same way as she did when she was his Nanny. Let's just say that she continued to do her duty like serving food on time and providing basic comfort and all. Even Yash Sir didn't complain much, as he was comfortable with the idea of Radhaji taking care of him but at the same time providing him, his space and not trying to be his mother. Couple of years later, Radhaji gave birth to a son and her position in the Kundra's household got strong when her son Rishab's birth proved to be a good luck for Mr.Kundra. After Rishab's birth Mr.Kundra never looked back. He tasted quick success one after another, owning all to Rishab as his good luck charm as per the say of their family astrologer whom Mr.Kundra so firmly believes in. As for Rishab, my mother often use to say that, he was born with luck as his guiding angel, and perfection as his nature. This guy is so perfect that, you could almost confuse him with God'"
Madhu could not hold herself from cutting in. "Come on Geeta Di, Now you are exaggerating !!"
"Oh Yeah!!?? Okay then tell me what would you call a guy who is Good Looking, Brainy, Excellent Singer, Always a First Ranker, Captain of Football and Basket Ball Team, President of his College, Expert in Computer i.e., Software Developer and Ethical Hacker. You won't believe this, but when he was in 10th Std. he developed software for Home and Office security and sold it for a very good price, by doing so he became the 'Youngest Millionaire.' You know Mr.Kundra is Share Market Freak, his morning starts with 'Business Times' and his night ends with 'Business News and NDTV Profit'. He with his so many years of experience in Share Market, consults Rishab before investing, buying or selling the Company Shares. Mr.Kundra takes pride in him, and Yash Sir just adores him. In fact he is the apple of Yash Sir's eyes in spite of him being Yash Sir's half-brother he loves him like his own. Even Rishab loves Yash Sir a lot."
"Strange!! You say that Mr. Perfect Kundra loves his brother, but I have not seen him since yesterday. Was he there in the marriage??" Madhu's voice got a bit sarcastic, while she was trying to recall Rishab's presence in the marriage or in the house.
"No he is not here now, because Mr. Perfect is in Delhi playing Inter College Basket Ball Match at the State Level. He is representing his College there. He wanted to return but Yash Sir insisted that he must stay there, in case he got the opportunity to get selected and to play in the State Level." Geeta said while giggling over something.
"What!??" Madhu asked in a questionable tone.
"Are you by any chance feeling jealous of Rishab??" Geeta asked
"What makes you say that??" Madhu asked in puzzled tone.
"Oh come on Madhu, the way you referred to him as Mr. Perfect in a sarcastic way and the change in your expressions clearly indicate that you are somewhat jealous of him." Before Madhu could deny Geeta interrupted her. "Oh come on Madhu, don't try to deny, it was so very evident from your voice and expressions that you are!! Its ok. Its but natural, there's nothing to be ashamed of or feel guilty for. You know even I used to be jealous of Rishab first i.e., whenever my mother used to praise him saying Rishab this, Rishab that. I used to lose my cool just by listening his name, because I only met him once or twice when we were quite young and he came across as a very arrogant person, but after my Mother's ill-health when I started working for Kundras, I realized that with good looks like his and so much of perfection, little arrogance is permissible."
"Geeta Di, Do you by any chance fancy this 'So-called Mr.Perfect'??" Madhu broke into pearls of laughter while teasing Geeta.
Geeta turned slight crimson. "Well I won't lie, I do have a crush on him, but considering the fact that he is little younger than me and me being non- existent for him does not helps the case. Anyway he is off-limits for me" Geeta said in a dejected tone. Just than Geeta noticed that Madhu is hardly listening to her, in fact she is in her thinking mode again. "Now what are you thinking??"
"Nothing important Geeta Di, I was just busy thinking that am I really feeling jealous of Mr. Perfect and was wondering that, is there something in life that he doesn't have??"
At Delhi Railway Station
"' Yes there is!!!"
"Oh come on Rishab, now you are being unreasonable" Kunal tried to reason with Rishab. "You yourself admitted that the Delhi Team was very good, and all the guys in the team were much taller and tougher than us. We winning a match against them is a great miracle in itself, and you are sulking about the fact that we just won by 2 points??!!" Kunal was shaking his head in disbelief.
"Keep this attitude and we would never be able to play at the State Level." Rishab said by giving angry looks to Kunal.
"Not everyone can be perfect like you na!!" Rohit said in a sarcastic tone.
"Did you say something??" Rishab turned towards him giving him angry looks.
"I was just.." before Rohit could complete his sentence, Vishal elbowed him in stomach indicating him to shut his big, fat mouth.
Rishab got satisfied by this action and further spoke. "Is there anyone else who wants to contradict me??" he looked around at his team members.
"No Chief!" Varun spoke for everyone.
"Fine then its settled that, we would double the amount of practice time with double energy, enthusiasm and will put in double efforts for the next match. CLEAR?!!"
"Yes Chief!" Everyone said in Unison.
"Good. I like it" Rishab said with a smirk on his face.
An hour later Rishab and his team mates boarded the train and after they settled in their respective seats, Rishab sharing his seat with Kunal who was also his best friend, discussed with Kunal the idea of throwing party for the team to celebrate the success.
"You are one weird character. Just an hour ago you were miffed about the fact that we won the match with just 2 points and now you are suggesting to have party to celebrate the success??" Kunal rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"That is the difference between you and me Kunal. You get satisfied very easily, you see if I would have congratulated the team for this, then they would get satisfied and they would stop improving and putting extra efforts in their next game. As Captain its up to me to keep my team inline, but I'm also their friend and I think we need to enjoy our victory to in order to give them a Moral Boost. Got It??"
"Yes Chief, Got it. You are always correct. Hey Party se yaad aaya, you have two reasons to celebrate. One is our Victory, and second is your Bhai's Marriage. I still think you should have tried to attend his marriage in some way or the other."
"Oh come on Kunal, stop talking like a fool, you very well know that how much I tried to be there for his wedding. Is it my fault that My Mom suddenly decided to get Bhai married within a short period of two weeks time, because Bhai could not postpone his trip to Canada and you know with the winter season going on and the schools closed for the Christmas Season, People are traveling like mad. It was almost impossible for me to be there in Mumbai at that time."
"Yeah I know, even now we got this decent First Class seat reservation in train with great difficulty, that too due to the last minute cancellation. But Rishab you could have asked your Brother to arrange a Charted Flight or Helicopter for you."
"I did make a suggestion, but Bhai insisted that I rather stay there in Delhi and concentrate on my game rather than worrying about being in his wedding. He said, he is not getting married for the first time. He did not seem much interested in the wedding, I think Mom and Dad must have pressurized him and he finally gave in to them."
"Hey have you informed at home that you are coming back to Mumbai and to send you a car at the railway station?"
"I have been trying to reach Bhai since morning, but his phone is constantly switched off, I think he is busy in his meeting . I called home, but Mom picked up the phone. I thought she would be in one of her social meetings or clubs but unfortunately she was at home at that time, so I disconnect. Because I simply don't have the patience to talk to her. She instead of listening to me would have just bugged me with endless questions, and Dad I'm not sure weather he is in Mumbai, as he keeps traveling every week. I hope he was there in Mumbai on the day of Bhai's wedding at least. Let's see will try to contact Bhai once again, if I still couldn't reach him, then I will call at home and I hope this time someone else picks up the phone."
"Amen" Kunal snickered and gave High Five to Rishab.
Precap: Madhuand Rishab's First Meeting.
Edited by Tia.Saigal2002 - 12 years ago
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