new beginning .chap no 6, on page no 13 - Page 9

At the evening, vikram's house'

Rajeev has arrived..and when vikram comes he ask..

R ' vikram tum kanha reh gye the ? aaj bhut deri ho gyi.. (Vickram where have you been? Why are you soo late today?)

V ' aap kab aaye bhiya ? aaj office me kuch ho gya tha, isliye police station jana pdha.. (When did you arrive bhai? Today something happened at the office that meant I had to go to the police station)

R ' police staion ? aaisa kya ho gya tha..(Police station? Why what happened.)

Vikram explain every thing..

R ' o god.. I cant belive it.. tyagi itna cheap ho sakta hai, mai soch bhi nahi sakta tha. (Oh God, I can't believe it. I cannot believe Tyagi could be soo cheap)

V ' chehre se thodhi na pta chalta hai ki koun kaisa hai.. (Unfortunately you cannot tell from someone's face what they are really like)

R ' haa' but ye sab bhut shouking hai ..(yes that's true but it's still shocking)

V ' yeah but abhi sab thik hai'(yes but everything is fine now)

* sumi comes and say* chaliye ab aap dono apna mood thik kriye.. mai kuch accha sa bna kar lati hoo.. (come on, cheer up you two, I will make something nice to eat and bring it)

Mallhar 's house'

*Both mallhar and preeti laying on the bed*

P ' kya soch rahi ho.. need nahi aa rhi hai.. (What are you thinking about? Can you not sleep?)

M ' vikram sir ke bare me soch rahi hai.. (I was thinking about Vikram sir)

P ' unke bare me kya .. (What about him?)

M ' wo bhut alag hai na.. aaj jo kuch bhi office me huaa, unohene sab kitne acche se handle kiya na.. (He is very different, He handled what happened in the office today so well)

P ' wo aaise hi hai, mai unhe jitna janti hoo.. wo humesha har situation me cool rehte hai.. accha huaa jo unohne tyagi ko nikal diya.. bhut hi bakwas aadmi tha.. (He is like that. More I get to know him more I realise that he always stays calm in any situation. Its good that he fired Tyagi as the guy was a low life)

M ' haa, lekin lekha ko bhi pehle bta dena chahiye tha.. agar wo pehle bta deti to ye sab nahi hota..(Yes but Lekha should have said something long ago, if she had what happened today could have been avoided)

P -- ladhkiya aaisi bato me jhijhkai hai na..isiliye chupati hai..(Girls always find saying something about such matters difficult and therefore stay quite)

M ' aur isi chakkar me baat badhati jati hai aur sabse jyada nuksan ladhkiyo ka hi hota hai.. phir jab baat khulti hai,to poori duniya ko pta chal jata hai.. (Yes but by staying quite, it becomes a bigger issue and its the girls who suffer, and when the matter comes to light the whole world hears about it)

P ' ye to hai,... accha , ab so ja subah office nahi jana..baad me baat krenge..

* preeti trun off the light and closed her eyes, and mallhat trying to sleep but she continuously thinking about vikram and say to herself 'he is such a nice person'.. (Yes that true. Anyway lets go to sleep we need to go to work tomorrow. We can discuss it another time. Preeti turns off the light and closed her eyes Mallhat tries to sleep but she is continuously thinking about vikram and say to herself 'he is such a nice person')

Next day in the office'

* mallhar comes to vikram's cabin*..

V'kya baat hai mallhar koi kaam tha..*while checking the mails* (What's the matter Mallhar, did you want something?)

M ' yes sir, mai aapke paise dene aai thi.. (yes sir, I came to return the money)

V ' oh ! accha huaa tum aa gai warna mai sochne lagta ki mallhar ka mere paise dene ka irada hai ya nahi * smile*.. (oh good, its good you came to return the money, otherwise I would think that Mallhar has no intention of returning my money)

M ' please aaise mat kahiye.. mai janti hoo aap meri tang khich rahe hai.. (Please don't say that. I know you are teasing me)

* suresh ( peon) knock the door and come inside with sweets*

V ' haa suresh ..bolo..(yes Suresh can I help you?)

S ' sir wo aaj mere bete ko hospital se discharge mil gya..to mai mandir gya tha..aur sabse phele prshad aapke liye laya hoo.. (Sir, my son has been released from hospital so I went to the Mandir and I bought Prashad for you)

V * take a piece * ye to bhut khushi ki baat hai suresh, par dekho abhi uski dekhbhal karna, abhi wo kafi weak hai..koi jarurat ho to bolna..(thats good news Suresh, but you must take good care of him as he is still very weak. Let me know if you need anything)

S ' shukriya sir, mai janta hoo, aapne mera bhut sath diya hai,agar aap nahi hote to mere bete ka opretion nahi hota, aapne meri bhut madad ki hai.. (Thank you Sir, you have helped soo much, without you my son's operation would not have happened)

V ' its ok suresh ,tum humare employee ho,aur staff ek family ki tarah hota hai.. ye itani badhi baat nahi hai,aur ye prshad mallhar ko bhi do..haaa' mujhe kisi se milna hai mai chlta hoo.. * he leaves* (Its OKSuresh, you are an employee, and staff are like a family. Its no big deal, and give the prashad to Mallhar as well. I need to go and meet someone. He leaves)

In the evening vikram's house'

*he is about to leave with kids*

R'vikram kanha ja rah ho baccho ke saath ?(Vikram where are you going with the kids?)

V ' bhaiya ! wo ek mela laga huaa hai..bache kai dino se zid kar rahe the ..to aaj mere pass samay hai,to bas hum wanhi ja rahe hai.. (Bhai, there is a mela, the kids have been asking for a few to go and as today I have some time I thought I would take them to the mela)

R ' thik hai sambhal ke jana aur jaldi wapas aana, aur haa vikram mai tumse poocchna bhul gya, mallhar kaisa kaam kar rahi hai..(OK be careful and come back soon. Oh yeah, Vikram I was meant to ask you how is Mallhar working out?)

V ' kafi accha, Mahesh se bhut behtar..(She is good, much better than Mahesh)

* sumi comes and say* dekhiyega bhaiya ! ye bahar ka jyada na khaye warna tabiyat khrab ho jayegi..(Sumi comes and says ' Bhai please make sure they do not eat too much junk otherwise they will become ill)

V'don't worry bhabhi, mai hoo sath me * Nihal making some sign and say wishperly* maa to humesha order pass karati raheti hai.. *vikram assure them that he will do what they want and latter if their mother say something he will handle her * (Don't worry Bhabhi, I will keep an eye on them. Nihal makes a sign and whispers Mom always says that. Vikram assures them that they will do whatever the kids want and later if their Mum says anything he will deal with it)

Next day in the office'

* mallhar comes to vikram's cabin*..

V - - yes mallhar what happen?

M -- * she looks lil hesitate* wo sir.. mai' mai aapse kuch kehna chahti hoo.. (Sir, I want to give you something)

V ' kya * looking her*.. (what?)

M ' wo mai aapko ye dena chahti thi (I want to give you this) * she show a bunch of flowers*

V ' kis khusi me., janha tak mujhe yaad hai aaj koi khas din to hai nahi..(For what? As far as I know there is nothing special about today)

M ' I know sir, but mujhe aaisa lga ki mujhe aapko ye dena chahiye.. (I know Sir but I felt that I should give you these)

V ' wahi to mai janna chahta hoo ki kyo ? maine aaisa kya kiya hai..(That's why I want to know? What did I do?)

M ' sir aap bhut acche hai.. mujhe ye soch kar bhut accha lagta hai ki mai aapse jai insane ke sath kaam karti hoo.. don't know sir,.. pta nahi, mai aapko bta nahi sakti ki pichale kuch dino me maine kya mehsus kiya hai.. I mean u r a very good humen being aur mai ek aaise insan ko janti hoo..bas isi khusi me.. (Sir You are very kind, I like that I work with someone like you, don't know sir, I don't know... I cannot tell you how I have been feeling for the last few days... I mean you are a very good human being and I am lucky to know such a person... for that reason)

V ' * he realized,why she saying like this* .. to aap isliye mujhe ye phool dena chahti hai, kyonki aap ko lagta hai ki mai bhut accha insane hoo, logo ki help karta hoo, haaa.. *laugh and got up* aapko galatfehmi hai.. mai ise abhi door kiye deta hoo' is duniya me bhut sare acche insan hai,mujhse kahi behtar.. bas aap unhe janti nahi hai..isliye aapko aaisa lagta hai'aur ek baat kanhu.. mallhar ! insan bhut swarthy hota hai, wo kisi ke liye kuch bhi nahi karta, hum baat bhi kisi se tab karte hai jab hume accha lagta hai, warna use avoide karne ki koshish karte hai.. hai na' * he comes near to her* aur aap agar schmuch ek acche insane ko janna chahti hai to udhar dekhiye * he sign to words the window*.. wo sadhak ke us par ek chai wala dikh rha hai, * she node*.. agar mai aapse kahu ki wo mujhse kanhi behtar insane hai to.., janti hai kyo ? * *she seeing him* .. aaj se do mheene pehle, isi sadhak par ek accident ho gya tha.. koi anjan tha jo is shahar me kisi kaam se aaya tha, tab yahi chai wala use hospital lekar gya tha.. aur janti ho uske ilaj me usne apni sari jma poonji kharch kar di thi.. jab tak uske gharwale nahi aaye tab tak yahi uski dekhbhal karta rha.. uske baad kitane dino tak ise aur iske pariwar ko preshani ka samna karna pdha hoga.. soch ke dekho..(So you think you should give me some flowers, because you think I am good human being, because I help people hum? He laughs and gets up. You are mistaken, I will correct your misconception right now. In this world there are many decent people, much better than me its just that you don't know them. Anyways let me tell you Mallhar people are selfish, they don't do anything for anyone else, we only talk to people when we want to otherwise we try to avoid them don't we? He comes near her. Or if you really want to see someone decent then look over there. He points towards the window. You see the tea stall owner across the road, she nods. I tell you that he is better human being than me. Do you know why? She looks at him. A month ago, there was an accident on the road, a stranger had come to town on business, and this tea stall owner took that man to the hospital and you know what, he spent his own money to pay for this stranger's treatment, took care of him until the stranger's wife arrived. Afterwards he and his family faced hardship for quite sometime. Think about it.)

Mallhar ! agar aapke pass jarurat se jyada hai, aur aap kisi ko usme se kuch de dete hai, to ye koi bdhi baat nahi hai, badhi baat ye hai ki aap apni jarurat ko nazarandaz karke dusro ki jarurat ko poora kare..agar ye phool islye hai ki aapko lagta hai ki maine logo ki madad karke bhut bdha kaam kiya hai,to mujhe lagta hai, ki in phoolo ka asli huqdar wo chai wala hai mai nahi.. hai na' * vikram seeing to her eyes and she listening every thing like in trance*..

(Mallhar, if you have more than what you need and you give some of that to someone else, then that's not a big deal. But it is a big deal when despite your own needs you help someone else. So if these flowers are because you think I did something big by helping people then I think the true recipient of these flowers is that tea stall owner no? Vikram looks into her eyes and she is listening to him as if in a daze.)