NEW FF : MERI CHOTI SI JAADUGARNI PART 21 PG 95 - Page 13

FROM NEXT DAY EARLY MORNING A MAN CAME TO BHABHO HOUSE N INFORM HER THAT SURPANCH IS CALLING THEM ALL IN CHAUPAL HE HAD CALL AN URGENT MEETING THERE.AND TWO MEN WERE BEATING DHOL N MAKING ANNOUNMENT ABOUT URGENT MEETING. RK WAS STILL SLEEPING BUT TRIO HAS FINISHED THEIR DAILY ROUTINE N WAS READY BCZ THEY KNEW ABOUT VILLAGE CUSTOM.

EXCEPT RK N MADHU ALL GETHERED IN CHAUPAL(MEETING PLACE IN VILLAGE).SURPANCH N MEMBER OF PANCHYAT WERE SITTING UNDER TREE ON CEMENTED BENCH.THERE WERE CHAIRS FOR ELDERS N MOHAN RADHA N MALIK.

ALL VILLAGERS WERE SITTING ON MAT SPREADING ON MUD.

SURPUNCH - YOU ERE THINKING WHY I CALL AN URGENT MEETING THAT IN MORNING.ACTUALLY THERE IS A GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US.YOU WILL GLAD TO KNOW THAT OUR DEAREST DAUGHTER MARRIAGE HAS BEEN FIXED WITH OUR BHABHO'S NEPHEW N MOHAN'S SON .SO I CALLED THIS MEETING TO INFORM YOU THAT MARRIAGE IS ON COMING MONDAY SO GET READY . YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. APNI MADHU BITIYA KI SHAADI MAI KISI THARAH KI KAMI NAHIN RAHANI CHAHIYE N ONE MOR THING TAKE PROPER CARE OF OUR FORIGN RETURN SUMDHI N KUWAR SAHAB (DAMAAD) IT DOES NOT MATTER WETHER HE BELONG TO OUR VILLAGE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THAT MOHAN CAME FROM USA AFTER A LONG TIME . YOU ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONLY 5 DAYS FOR MAKING ARRANGEMENTS.

(THEN SURPANCH TURNED TOWARDS MOHAN N RADHA .)WE ARE FEELING VERY PROUD THAT OUR LAADO MARRIAGE FIXED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM N WE ARE VERY THANKFULL TO YOU THAT YOU ARE ACCEPTING OUR LAADO WITHOUT ANY DOWRY BUT YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT WHAT WE WILL GIVE AS A GIFT TO OUT BETI DAMAAD. WE CANT GIVE YOU COSTLY GIFTS ACCORDING TO YOUR STATUS.WE WILL NOT DISPPOINT YOU.

MOHAN - DON'T MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY .I AM ALSO FEELING HONOURED N PROUD HAVING MADHU AS MY BAHU THAT'S TOO FROM MY OWN VILLAGE.AS YOU KNOW I ALWAYS TREATED HER AS MY DAUGHTER BUT NOW SHE GOING TO BECAME MY DAUGHTER IN REAL.

AFTER DISMISSING THE MEETING MADHU N RK FAMILY MEMBERS WITH SURPANCH DECIDE ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS N RITUALS WHEN N HOW THEY WILL TAKE PLACE. THEY DECIDED TO DO SANGEET CEREMONEY AS JOINT EVENT SO THAT ALL VILLAGERS CAN ATTEND THAT N HALDI CEREMONEY THEY DECIDE TO DO SEPARATLY.

AFTER MEETING WHOLE VILLAGE ATMOSPHERE GET CHANGED.ALL GOT BUSY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WORKS.

BHABHO WARNED RK NOT TO CREATE ANY DRAMA BCZ SHE HAD ALREADY CUT DOWN RITUALS ACCORDING TO HIM.SHE WILL DO ONLY COMPALSARY RITUALS WHICH ARE NECESSARY .IN EVENING MALIK N BHABHO KEEP JOINT POOJA IN FRONT OF GANESH IDOL (THE HINDU GOD OF LUCK N WISHDOM N REMOVER OF ALL OBSTICALS)SO THAT THE WEDDING FESTIVES PROCEED WITH OUT ANY HURDLE . FROM NEXT TO NEXT DAY THEY DECIDED TO START THEIR FUNCTIONS. ON OTHER SIDE RK WAS THINKING TO MEET MADHU N WANT TO TALK TO HER.SO NEXT MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST HE WENT OUT TO TAKE ROUND OF VILLAGE KEEPING INTENTION IN MIND TO MEET MADHU AT ONCE BEFORE MARRIAGE.BUT HIS ALL EFFORTS GOES IN VAIN .HE WENT TO MALIK'S HOUSE ALSO TO MEET MADHU BUT SHE DID NOT CAME OUT.IRRITEDLY HE RETURNED BACK.HE TRY TO MAKE CONTECT WITH DEEPALI TO RELAX HIMSELF BUT SHE DID NOT TOOK HER CALL. EVERY TIME SHE CUT HIS CALLS WITH THAT HE GET MORE IRRITED.IN IRRITATION N FRUSTRATION HE THREW HIS PH N SLEPT.

TODAY WAS HULDI CEREMONY.

IN BHABHO HOUSE RK WAS SITTING ON A STOOL ONLY IN BANIYAN N YELLOW DHOTI.FIRST RADHA APPLIED HULDI ON RK THEN BHABHO AFTER THEM ALL LADIES APPLIED HULDI ON RK WHILE TEASING HIM ..THAT WAS IRRITATING RK , WAS MAKING FACES N GLARING RADHA IN BETWEEN SHOWING HIS DISCOMFORT THEN A OLD MAN CAME N START SCRUBING HIS BODY WITH UBTAN.AFTER THAT BHABHO START POURING WATER ON HIM THAT IRRITATE RK MORE .

RK - MOM WHAT IS THIS. WHAT THEY ARE DOING. ITS ENOUGH .

IN ANGER RK SNATCHED POT FROM BHABHO'S HANDS N THREW IT AWAY N PUSHED LADIES STANDING THERE N WENT AWAY IRRITEDLY.

BHABHO - SORRY, WAHAN YE SAB NAHIN HOTA. HE IS NOT READY TO MARRY IN THIS WAY HE WANT TO DO COURT MARRIAGE BUT I FORCED HIM SO AGAIN I M SORRY FROM HIS SIDE.DONT TAKE IT OTHERWISE.

SAYING THIS SHE ASKED RADHA TO TAKE OUT HIS CLOTHES.

ON OTHER SIDE AT MADHU HOUSE, FOUR GIRLS BROUGHT MADHU UNDER A CANOPY WHICH THEY WERE HOLDING WITH SWORDS N MADE HER SIT ON PATA (SMALL STOOL).MADHU WAS WEARING SIMPLE YELLOW GHAGHRA WITH PALLOO ON HER HEAD.MADHU SAT DOWN KEEPING HER HEAD ON HER KNEES.RADHA WAS STANDING BEHIND MADHU KEEPING HER PALLU ON HER (THAT SYMBOLISE THAT NO BAD EVEIL CAN TOUCH YOUR SOUL OR BODY BCZ I AM PROTECTING YOU).

MADHU WAS WITHOUT MOTHER CHILD SO RADHA DECIDED TO DO RITUALS AS MADHU MOTHER ALSO BESIDE RK MOTHER.

FIRST MADHU DADI PUT HALDI ON MADHU LEGS, PALMS, ELBOWS SHOULDERS N THEN FOREHEAD.AFTER DADI ALL MARRIED LADIES PUT HULDI IN SAME PROCESS ON MADHU.AFTER THAT ALL LADIES CAME FORWARD N START SCARABING MADHU BODY.AFTER THAT ALL 4 LADIES CREATE A CURTAIN AROUND MADHU BACK TOWARDS HER TWO THREE LADIES MADE MADHU BATH THERE OTHER LADIES WERE SINGING SONGS N PLAYING DHOLAK. N FEW WERE DANCING.AFTER THAT THEY TOOK MADHU TO WASH ROOM N ASK HER TO TAKE PROPER BATH.AFTER BATH THEY SENT MADHU TO TAKE REST .

NEXT DAY WAS SANGEET CEREMONY. ALL WERE GATHERED IN A BIG PANDAAL THERE WERE SEPARATE SITTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEN N WOMEN ON SOFA RK WAS SITTING WITH MOHAN N SURPANCH N MALIK.THERE WAS A SPECIAL SITTING ARRANGEMENT FOR MADHU FROM WHERE SHE CAN ENJOY WHOLE FUNCTION.RK WAS HAPPY THAT NOW HE CAN GET CHANCE TO TALK WITH MADHU. BUT HIS HAPPYNESS TURNED INTO ANGER WHEN HE SAW A PARTITION BETWEEN HIM N MADHU.HE TRIED TO GO NEAR MADHU REMOVING CURTAIN BUT GIRLS STOPPED HIM FROM GOING THERE.

GIRL - SEE SEE HOW IMPATIENT HE IS .HOW EAGER HE IS LOOKING TO MEET HIS BRIDE.

OTHER GIRL - HE CANT EVEN FOR TWO DAYS

GIRL- RISHABH BHAIJI NOT SO SOON .YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL MARRIAGE

LADY - KUNWAR SAHIB AFTER MARRIAGE SHE WILL BE WITH YOU FOR WHOLE LIFE THEN U ARE FREE TO SEE HER WHOLE DAY N NIGHT.

ONE GROUP OF ELDERS WAS TALKING ABOUT RM PAIR.

OUR MADHU IS VERY LUCKY THAT SHE GOT SO HANDSOME N CHARMING HUBBY.HE WILL KEEP HER LIKE QUEEN N SHE WILL RULE THERE ON EVERYONES HEART. OUR KUNWAR SAHIB IS MORE LUCKY THEN HER.HE HAD CHOOSEN A GEM OF OUR VILLAGE FOR HIS LIFE.YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING OF MADHU'S HAND FOR MY SON BUT BHABHO ALREADY SNATCHED HER FROM MY HAND.THIS PAIR IS TOOO GOOD.KISI KI NAZAR NA LAGE IN DONO KO.

BUT OUR KUNWAR SAHIB LOOKING ANGRY SEE HIS FACE.NOTHING HE WANT TO MEET HIS BRIDE BUT ALL STOPED HIM N THESE RITUALS ARE NEW FOR HIM .BHABHO WAS TELLING US THAT MOHAN LEFT THIS VILLAGE WHEN HIS SON WAS KID N AFTER THAT HE CAME HERE NOW.

TILL LATE NIGHT NOBODY WAS READY TO STOP . EVEN MADHU WAS PATTING HER FEET ACCORDING TO DANCE.FEW GIRLS TRY TO PULL HER BUT ELDERS STOPPED THEM.

AFTER DINNER AGAIN ALL START DANCING BUT ELDERS SENT RK N MADHU TO TAKE REST N SLEEP.

NEXT DAY RADHAJI N BHABHO COME TO MALLIK HOUSE WITH WEDDING OUTFIT, JEWELRY MAINLY(BORLA) MANG TEEKA N OTHER GIFTS WHICH MADHU HAS TO WEAR ON WEDDING DAY.

AFTER TWO DAYS MARRIAGE TAKE PLACE.AFTER ARRIVAL OF BARAT MADHU DADI DID ARTA OF RK, DID TIKA ON HIS FOREHEAD N BRING HIM IN FOR JAIMALA. BOTH EXCHANGE GARLANDS RK WAS TALL FOR MADHU SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO GARLAND HIM .RK WAS SO IRRITED WITH SO MUCH HECTIC RITUALS N FORCE FULLY MARRIGE THAT HE WAS DITTERMIND NOT TO BEND FOR GARLAND . MADHU WAS IN LONG VEIL N FEELING SHY N NERVOUS.SHE RAISED HER HANDS MANY TIMES BUT FAILED NOW SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES .JUST THEN BHABHO SAID SOME THING IN MALLIK N MOHAN EARS.

HEARING BHABHO FIRST THE LOOKED AT HER SHOCKED BUT WHEN BHABHO GLARED THEM.BOTH CAME NEAR RK N MADHU.MOHAN N RADHA STAND BEHIND RK N MALLIK TOOK MADHU IN HIS ARMS STRAIGHT N ASK MADHU TO GARLAND HIM .WHEN MADHU WAS ABOUT TO GARLAND HIM RK STEP BACK BUT FROM BACK HIS PARENTS HOLD HIM N PUSH HIM FORWARD SLIGHTLY. THEN THEY ASK RK TO GARLAND HER.MALLIK PUT MADHU DOWN SAFELY.RK GAVE A GLARING LOOK TO BOTH N GARLAND HER.AFTER JAIMALA THEY TOOK RK TOWARDS MANDAP.N MADHU INSIDE HOUSE.AFTER SOME TIME LADIES BRING MADHU IN MADAP LIKE THE BRING HER IN HALDI CEREMONEY.THEY HAVE CHANGE MADHU WEDDING LEHANGA INTO PINK LEHANGA .THEY MADE MADHU SIT ON RK RIGHT SIDE. RADHAJI TIED RK DUPATTA (WHICH WAS LYING AROUND RK NECK) CORNER WITH MADHU CHUNNI AFTER THAT MALLIK HULDI ON MADHU PALMS

N PUT MADHU HAND ON RK HAND AND PUNDIT POURED HOLI WATER IN IT. PUNDIT ASKED THEM TO STAND UP FOR PHERES.

THE PUNDIT LIGHTS THE HAVAN N START CHANTING MARRIGE MANTRAS.RK STAND UP WITH A JERK IN SUCH A WAY IN FRUSTRATION THAT MADHU LOST HER BALANCE N ABOUT TO FALL BUT RADHAJI HOLD HER WHO WAS STANDING THERE.SHE SCOLD RK FOR THIS N HELP MADHU TO STAND UP.PUNDIT JI ASK RK TO HOLD MADHU HAND N WALK INFRONT OF HER. FOUR PHERAS WERE TAKEN PLACE IN WHICH RK WAS LEADING .LAST THREE PHERAS WERE TAKEN PLACE WITH MADHU LEADING,FOUR BOYS AT FOUR CORNERS OF THE MANDAP HOLDS UP THE SWORDS WHILE RK N MADHU WERE TAKING PHERAS.AFTER PHERAS PUNDIT ASK MADHU TO SIT ON LEFT SIDE OF RK .[ This is symbolic of the fact that the groom accepts his bride and establishes her in his heart (since the heart is on the left side of the body)]. MOHAN PUT RED ODANI ON HER HEAD.(symbolic now onwards she is my responsibility n pride of my house I will take care of her as my daughter) AFTER CHANGING SIDE PUNDIT ASK RK TO FILL MADHU MANG WITH SINDOOR.

RK IN IRRITATION - HOW CAN I WHEN SHE IS PUTTING SO LONG VEIL. DAD PUT SO HEAVY ODHANI ON HER THAT SHE CANT LIFT HER HEAD .ALREADY SHE IS SITTING WITH BENT HEAD.

RADHA - DON'T WORRY I AM OPENING HER VEIL .

RADHA SLIGHTLY OPEN HER VEIL N REMOVE HER BORLA SLIGHTLY.RK PUT SINDOOR IN HER MANG WITHOUT LOOKING HER.

NOW PUNDIT DECLARE THEM HUSBAND N WIFE.BEFORE GETTING UP FROM MANDAP MOHAN PUTS A BAG FULL OF MONEY IN MADHU LAP N ASK HER TO TAKE OUT FIVE HAND FULL FROM THAT BAG N GIVE IT TO RADHA,BHABHO HIM N RK .AFTER DISTRUTING HAND FULL OF MONEY TO ALL.BHABHO PATTED MADHU BACK HAPPILY BCZ MAIN COIN WAS STILL IN THAT BAG .( It is his way of welcoming her into the family and also making her aware of the responsibilities .it means that she is able to run house systematically in limited money). RK N MADHU GOT UP FROM MANDAP AND TAKE S BLESSINGS OF THE ELDER BY TOUCHING THEIR FEET.

AT VIDAAI TIME MADHU BROKE A EARTHEN POT WITH HER RIGHT FOOT N THROW KHEEL(PUFFED RICE)OVER HER HEAD N THAT WAS COLLECTED BY HER DADI N MALLIK IN THEIR PALLU. Which symbolizes that I m going with my husband breaking all ties with them but after my leaving this house will remain full with wealth n prosperity) MADHU WAS CRYING FURIOUSLY .SHE WAS NOT READY TO LEAVE HER FATHER .

RK WAS STANDING IN A SIDE FUMING IN ANGER SEEING ALL THESE DRAMA.YES ACC TO HIM IT WAS A HUGE DRAMA .SEEING MADHU CRYING SO MUCH RADHAJI N MOHAN EYES ALSO GET WET. BHABHO CAME FORWARD N TOOK MADHU IN HER ARMS N TRY TO DIVERT HER MIND SAYING SOMETHING IN HER EAR. MADHU HUGGED HER TIGHTLY .BHABHO START CARESSING HER BACK N SIGNALED RADHA TO MOVE AHEAD.