Originally posted by: Medha.S
So She Wondered ..
Uttara feels so tired, her legs hurt and she is thirsty after going through such a rigorous training.Other girls in the quarter have spread out, sitting around and running after each other, talking about marriage and Men. Boring.
She sits on her favorite furniture with her dance teacher, Gurumata is looking outside at the beautiful sky lost in her own world.She does that a lot.
"Gurumata?'"
"Kahiye Rajkumari"
Uttara goes to sit on the floor close to her teacher. Her teacher turns and smiles dazedly at Uttara
"Aapka naam Brihnalla kisne rakha?"
"Madh ...Maa ... -__-"
"o_o"
" Maata ne rakha hai Rajkumari "
"Atyant Vichitra naam rakha hai ye to"
At this, her teacher laughs out so loud that all the other occupants of the room turn to look at them.
" Ab jo Vyakti swayam intna vichitra ho, usse hum aur kya aasha rakhe? Naam to Vichitra hona hi tha"
Uttara is extremely sad to realize that his teacher too have some mommy issues.Uttara's Mother is too busy being a damn Queen and gossiping about her new hot and super-beautiful hairstylist who every man and woman in the Palace eyeballs, but who is, unfortunately for the male population and thankfully for the female population, already married, and that too with five gandharvas.
"To aapko nritya aur sangeet ki kala unhone sikhayi hai kya?"
"Uhhh ...Nahi, Wo to Mere Pita Shri Indr ... Indradas ... ke ek mitra ne sikhayi hai"
"Oh!"
"Per Ve Nritya-Sangeet dono hi kalao me ati nipun hai, unka to koi jawaab hi nahi."
"Achha, aapko unse prerna mili hogi"
"Unse to mujhe her shan Prerna milti hai, Jaanti hain aap, ve Baansuri ati sundar bajate hai"
"Perantu, aapke jitna achha Veena to nahi bajati hongi?"
"Kabhi dekha to nahi hai, per awashya hi wo bhi achhe se hi karlenge, aisa koi kaam hi nahi hai jo vo na karsake"
"Ayesi baat hai kya?Unhe aur kya kya pasand hai?"
" Umm ... Unhe dhol bajana pasand hai"
"😕 "
"Ghamandi, Ahankari logo ka😆 "
"😲 "
"Unhe Kanyao ki raksha karna, unka marg darshan karna, logo ko achha sabak sikhane ... Mujhe ascharya-Chakit karna, Makkhan churana, etyadi pasand hai"
"o_O ... O_o"
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Uttara is utterly confused; she had the whole jar here. Right HERE! Now her Husband will be coming back any second from his practice and demand for food. And Uttara had made butter for him with her own hands.
She looks around at the other women, there are multiple maids and some of his in-laws around. None of them could have taken the jar. What would they do with all the butter anyways? Who would steal butter from the royal kitchen? The maids will not dare. There are no children ... Not if you count all her brother in laws and some of his father-in-laws.
Who would steal butter then?
And a gentle voice is echoing in her mind, " Makkhan churana ..."
All of that now-weird and embarrassing conversation with her Father-In-Law comes back to her. Didn't he tell her some dirty secrets of his Mother. She snaps her head around and tracks Raj Maata Kunti with narrowed eyes.
She finds her sitting with Uncle Madhava's wives. She is smiling serenely and un-thief like. She looks innocent but who knows.
Uttara goes outside wondering about this dilemma, she paces in the backyard thinking about ways to confront the Raj Maata.
Arre Uttara, tum yaha kya kar rahi ho putri?"
Her Father in law is coming back from their weapon practice, meaning her Husband and other men of her family must not be too far.
" Wo Pita -Shri, aapko smaran hai aapne mujhe apne Mata Shri ke Vishay me kya bataya tha ... Matsya me ... Jab maine aapse pucha tha ki apka naam kisne rakha hai?"
Arjuna smiles wistfully at her, then he freezes for a moment.
"Oh! Haa .. Snmaran hai mujhe, per tum yeh kyu puch rahi ho .."
Uttara looks around with wide eyes, gives him a knowing look and whispers.
"Maine Arya ke liye apne haatho se Makkhan banaya tha, wo chori ho gaya."
A weird looks comes across her Father-In-law's face before a smile starts playing on his lips.
"Kya hua PitaShree aapko bhi lagta hai ki Aapki Maata Shri ne ..."
"Thodi prateeksha Karo putri sab samajh me a jayega ..."
And there comes her husband, with his uncle Krishna. They are laughing and Krishna is feeding him something from a jar that looks quite familiar.
"Arre Uttara, Kya Makkhan banaya hai tumne, Per tumne mujhe nahi diya? Sab Govind Mama ke liye hi banaya? Wo to mere mama is sansaar ke sabse achhe Mama hai isliye unhone mujhe bhi diya ..."
"O__O"
Krishna uncle gives her a (not so) guilty glance and smiles before turning his head to look at her Father-In-Law.
Said Father-In-Law gives a hearty laugh before taking the said uncles hand and dragging him away.
Between the chaos in my mind, she can hear the mock chiding tone, 'Madhava, Aap bhi naa, Makkhan khana tha to mujhe bata dete aise bhojan-kaksha se churane ki kya awashyakta thi ... ab Uttara kya sochegi?"
"Parth, ye ek baat hamesha smaran rahe, makkhan chura kar khaane me jo anand hai wo maang kar khaane me nahi hai, samjhe"
Father-in-Law chuckles, 'Ha Maadhav, jaisa aapka aadesh"
And so Uttara has a Eureka Moment, 'Maa ... Madhav😳"
"Priye Uttara, Kya hua?"
"Kuch nahi Aarya, bas samajh Aa gaya ki aapka bachpana aaj tak gaya kyu nahi ..."
"Huh😕?"
She goes away muttering, 'Ye to aapke khoon me hai"