Om Sarva Mangal Maangalye
(Salutations to you Goddess)
Tumhari problem kya hai...tum mujhe akela chod kyun nahi deti
(What is your problem...why don't you leave me alone)
Shive Sarvatha Saadhike
(The Goddess who is most auspicious of all)
No...aaj aapko batana hoga ki aap mere saath aise kyun hain...aisi kya galti hui hai mujhse
(No...you will have to tell me today why you are being like this with me...what have i done to get this)
Sharanye Triyambike Gauri
(Goddess with three eyes, a shining face and the giver of refuge)
Narayani Namostu te
(Salutations to you Goddess)
Mujhe Tumhe kuch nahi batana hai...please I want no discussions...just stay away
(I don't want to tell you anything...please I want no discussions...just stay away)
Aur isi ke saath yeh vivaah sampann hua...var vadhu aaj se pati patni hue...aap log ab apne badon ka aashirwaad lekar is naye jeevan mein pravesh Karen
(And with this, this wedding is complete...the bride and the groom are husband and wife from now on...now you take blessings from your elders and enter the new life)
Agar aapko mujhse itni hi problem hai toh aap mujhe chod kyun nahi dete...no wait...aisa karti hoon main hi chod deti hoon...main hi aapko divorce de deti hoon
(Why don't you leave me when you have so many issues with me...no wait...let me only leave you...i only should divorce you)
Damn you...jo karna hai karo...main jaa raha hoon
(Damn you...do whatever you want...i am going)
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She sat at the edge of the terrace of their multistory bungalow on the 5th floor staring at the sky as if questioning her stars why this was happening to her. All those moments rotated in her mind while tears kept flowing down her eyes. Their wedding, those 5 months full of endless fights and the argument this evening; all these events were flashing in front of her eyes randomly.
Her head was bursting with the pain she had earned from this wedding. And when it could not get anymore, she felt the whole world rotate around her. Within a fraction of seconds, it all ended. She fell down from the 5th floor and lied lifeless there on the ground.
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Few weeks later
Tu kahan tha itne dinon tak...tujhe pata bhi hai yahan hum sab ki kya haalat thi...kitne phone kiye tujhe par tera koi ata pata nahi...yeh kaisi gair zimmedaarana harkat hai, a lady in her fifties shouted.
(Where were you all these days...do you even know what all we went through...we tried calling you so many times but you were nowhere to be located...what kind of irresponsible behavior is this, a lady in her fifties shouted.)
Stop it Maa...i was busy, he replied in the most casual way.
(Stop it mother, i was busy, he replied in the most casual way.)
Busy...oye busy ka kya matlab hai...tujhe khabar bhi hai yahan kya ho gaya hai...news toh padhta hi hoga shayad...yeh kya ho gaya hai tujhe Raman...aisa toh tu kabhi nahi tha, said Toshi Ji breaking down in tears already.
(Busy...what do you mean by busy...do you even know what all has happened here...you might be reading new papers...what has happened to you Raman...you were never like this, said Toshi Ji breaking down in tears already.)
Maa aap sabse pehle rona band karo...yahan doctors apna kaam kar rahe the na...phir main hoon nahi hoon kya pharak padta hai, Raman replied holding his mother's hand.
(First of all you stop crying...doctors were doing there job here...then how does it matter if i was here or not, Raman replied holding his mother's hand.)
Pharak nahi padta matlab...oye bewkuf jiske saath woh haadsa hua woh koi dur ki rishtedaar nahi teri khud ki biwi hai, Toshi Ji replied with a disgust in her voice because of her son's words.
(What do you mean by does not matter...idiot the person who underwent this accident is not a distant relative but your wife, Toshi Ji replied with a disgust in her voice because of her son's words.)
Meri biwi nahi aapki bahu hai sirf woh, Raman replied harshly this time.
(She is not my wife but only your daughter in law, Raman replied harshly this time.)
Dekh puttar meri gal sun...jo hua na use bhul jaa...dekh uski haalat bahut kharaab hai...use purana kuch yaad nahi hai...yeh mare doctors ne kaha uski yaadash chali gayi hai...dekh jaise use kuch yaad nahi tu bhi sab bhul jaa aur ek nayi shuruaat kar, Toshi Ji said in a pleading tone.
(Listen to me son...forget whatever happened...her condition is very bad...she does not remember anything from the past...these evil doctors say she has lost her memory...like she does not remember anything you too forget everything and start a new beginning, Toshi Ji said in a pleading tone.)
Mujhse nahi hoga Maa aur na hi main karna chahta hoon, he replied coldly.
(I cannot do it and neither do I want to do it, he replied coldly.)
Toshi Ji: Aisi hi baat hai toh tere papa ji tujhse baat karenge...mujhe unhe yeh batane mein zara der nahi lagegi ki tu apni bimar biwi ko milne hospital tak mein nahi aaya
(If that's your final decision then your father will have a word with you...It wont take me anything to tell him that you didn't even visit your unwell wife at the hospital)
Raman: Aaj aa gaya na
(I have come today)
Toshi Ji: Haan jabki woh ghar aa chuki hai
(Yes when she is back home)
Raman: Aap chaho toh main abhi bhi wapis jaa sakta hoon aapki bahu se bina mile
(If you want I can still go back without meeting your daughter in law)
Toshi Ji: Na puttar...main teri maa hoon...kam se kam mere maan ke liye hi ek baar us se mil le...subah se aas lagaye baithi hai ki kab uska pati aaye aur us se mile
(No son...i am your mother...meet her once for my sake atleast...she has been waiting for her husband eagerly since morning)
Raman: use main yaad hoon
(Does she remember me)
Toshi Ji: Nahi par maine use bataya ki tu uska pati hai
(No but i told her that you are her husband)
He remained silent and walked in slamming the door at his mother's face.
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He entered his room to see her sitting on a chair in the balcony all pale and weak lost in her thoughts.
He slowly walked upto her and uncomfortably kept his hand on her shoulder. She shivered at his sudden touch and turned her face to check who he was.
Ishita, he said reluctantly.
She smiled wide on seeing him and stood up.
Ishita: Aap aa gaye Raman...mummy ji ne mujhe teen din pehle kaha tha ki aap aane wale hain...finally aap aa hi gaye
(You are here Raman...Mummy Ji told me 2-3 days back that you are coming...finally you are here)
Raman: Kaisi ho tum
(How are you)
Ishita: Ab thik hoon
(I am better now)
Hmm tum rest karo...main fresh hoke aata hoon, he said and left abruptly leaving her amazed or rather shocked.
(Hmm...You rest...i will freshen up and come, he said and left abruptly leaving her amazed or rather shocked.)
Which husband would meet his wife like this especially when the wife had undergone so much and fought with death to survive?
Her mind gave her so many reasons for his absurd behavior but she chose to ignore them all and only believed that he was probably disturbed to see her like this.
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Tum abhi tak balcony mein hi ho...I told you to come in and rest, he said after coming back after a change.
(You are still in balcony...I told you to come in and rest, he said after coming back after a change.)
Yahan acha lag raha tha...fresh hawa khula aasmaan, she replied while taking a deep breath.
(I was feeling good here...fresh air open sky, she replied while taking a deep breath.)
Raman: You might catch cold...please come in
Ok as you say, she said and came in.
Ishita: Ek baat puchun
(Can I ask something)
Raman: Hmm
Ishita: Aap pareshaan hain kya
(Are you tensed)
Raman: Nahi
(No)
Ishita: I can understand ki aap meri wajah se tensed honge but see I am all fine here...maanti hoon kuch yaad nahi hai...kuch kya sab kuch hi bhul chuki hoon main par aap saath honge toh kya pata sab yaad aa jaye
(I can understand that you must have been tensed because of my state but see I am all fine here...i agree that i dont remember anything...infact i have forgotten everything but maybe I can recall when you are with me)
Only if she knew that her health didn't bother him at all, he thought
Just then Toshi Ji came in and gave an envelope to Raman
Raman: Maa yeh
(What is this Maa)
Toshi Ji: Teri aur Ishita ki tickets hain...aaj shaam ki...tum dono Delhi jaa rahe ho...tumhare papa ji ne kaha hai abse tum Delhi ke office ka hi kaam dekhoge
(These are your and Ishita's tickets...for today evening...you both are going to Delhi...your father said that you will now handle Delhi's work)
Raman: Par Maa
(But Maa)
Maine kuch nahi sunna...jo kehna hai papa ji se keh diyo, Toshi Ji said and left from there.
(I will not listen to anything...say whatever you want to directly to your father, Toshi Ji said and left from there.)
Ishita: Hum Delhi jaa rahe hain
(Are we going to Delhi)
Raman: Haan
(Yes)
Ishita: Wahan humara khud ka ghar hai
(Do we have a house of our own there)
Raman: Haan
(Yes)
Ishita: Kya hum humesha wahin rahenge aur kya mere accident se pehle hum wahi rehte the
(Will we stay there forever and did we use to stay there only before my accident)
Will you stop questioning and simply pack your bags...we need to catch a flight in 3 hours; he angrily lashed out at her and left the room.
This was another shock for her in series but again she thought it was some business stress which forced him to behave this way.
She left all her thoughts and happily packed her bags to leave in the evening.
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