June 1998,Mr and Mrs Om Prakash bhalla reached kovilpatti,a small town in Tamil Nadu,along with their five years old son Raman ,to attend the marriage of suvarna iyer,sister of Mr bhalla's best friend Mr vishwanathan iyer.
Mrs bhalla wasn't liking the atmosphere and she said with a irritated face- was it necessary to come.dekho raman kitna pareshan ho raha hai.uski tabiyat bhi kharab thi abhi.
Mr bhalla- oh ho toshiji.i came here because it was necessary.vishwa is my childhood friend.uske Papa and mere Papa saath business karte the.
Toshiji-and they became bankrupt.aur yahan aa gaye Delhi chod kar.but why we r here bhalla ji.u know naa I don't like these low standard people.always trying to trap rich people.i know vishwa want u to get married to suvarna.she said making a dirty face.
Mr bhalla- arey forget it.now we r married with a son.suvarna is also going to marry.
Toshiji-but,she was saying when Mr bhalla signalled her to stop talking as Mr and Mrs iyer was coming.
Mr iyer hugged Mr bhalla while madhvi hugged toshiji.toshiji hugged her back making a dirty face.
Mr iyer-glad u could make time for us.
Mr bhalla-why u r saying so ,hume toh aana hi tha.
Madhu- come bhaisahab,come bhabhi.baaki baatein ghar par karenge.
Mr bhalla- ji chaliye.saying so all went towards iyers house.mr bhalla was happy while toshiji was making faces.
Soon they reached iyer house.madhu welcomed them warmly and make them comfortable.mr iyer make raman sit on a big sofa.he was sitting and playing with his little gun when he heard anklet sound .he look at the source of sound but couldn't find anyone.he again start playing with his gun when he heard someone's giggling along with bangles sound.he git up from his place and went to see who is laughing only to see a small girl wearing dawani was laying on the big swing.she was shaking her bangles and anklets and everything it make sound,she giggled.
Raman was looking at her cute antics and was also start smiling seeing her smiling.
He was standing near the door when madhu called,raman kanna.
Raman turn and saw her coming.she came to Raman and said-arey kanna,u r here.chalo snacks kha lo.
Raman signalled towards the little girl and asked-who is she.
Madhu look at the baby girl and said-yeh ,yeh ishu hai.my daughter.ishu kanna,idhar aao.dekho guest aayen hai.
Ishita got up hearing her mom and ran into her.raman was trying to see her while she was hiding herself in madhu's saree.
Madhu-ishu ,see him.yeh bhalla uncle ka beta hai.hello karo.
Ishita made a baby face and looked at raman.he smiled seeing ,ishita too smiled.
Raman forwarded his hand,ishita held it reluctantly.raman saw her thoroughly.she was a little girl of around three years ,her small hair were tied in two small braid while she had put a black bindi in her forehead with kajal in her big almond shaped eyes.
Raman-raman.raman bhalla.
Ishita-my name is ishita iyer.
Raman-kaun se class mein padhti ho.
Ishita-kg.aur tum.
Raman-class 2,he said proudly.
Madhu-ishu,raman ko apne kamre mein le jao aur apne toys dikhao.
Ishita look at madhu with puppy eyes.
Madhu-kanna ,woh guest hai naa.kisi ko nahi janta.tum uski friend banogi naa.
Ishita nodded silently and took Raman to her room.she showed him her dolls and other toys.
Raman-chee tum girls sirf dolls se khelti ho.see I have gun.isse tumko maarungaa tum Mar jaaogi.he said laughing and took out his little gun and was targeting on ishita when she ran away crying.
Ishita went to her father crying but he went out to see arrangements,ishita was looking for appa.mr bhalla saw her and picked her in his arms.
Mr bhalla- kya hua puttar,why u r crying.
Ishita-raman ne daraya.she said crying.
Toshiji-jhooth kyun bolti hai ladki,raman kyun darayega.
Mr bhalla-dheere bolo toshiji ,bachchi hai.main abhi raman ko bulata hoon.s saying so he called Raman and scolded him for scaring ishita.
Raman-sorry Papa.
Mr bhalla- puttar,she is small naa.rulana mat ok.
Raman-ok.he said when toshiji took him inside with her.
Later at night,toshiji made Raman wear suit while ishita wore a golden dawani and put a gajra in her hair.
Mr and Mrs bhalla came to the marriage venue with raman.ishita was playing with her friends while raman was just standing in a corner as he don't know anyone.
Ishita saw raman standing alone and seeing them .she went to Raman and called her to play with them.
Raman asked toshiji to let him go but she denied.after some time toshiji got busy and Raman went to play with ishita and her friends.
Marriage preparation have been done fully.people went to have food as muhurattam still has time.everyone were gone while ishra were playing with her friends.
Raman-ishita,chalo wahan mandap mein chalte hai.wahan bahut sundar phool lage hai.i want to see.
Ishita-nahi appa ne mana kiya hai jaane se.
Raman-hum chupke se jayenge.kisi ko pata nahi chalega.
Ishita-nahi I will not go.
Raman-chalo naa.he said and drag her to mandap.they saw it was all empty.pandit and everyone was having food.
Ishra went to the mandap and sat on the seats of groom and bride.
Raman-dekho sab kitna sundar hai naa.
Ishita-haan,u know Maine kabhi nahi dekha tha yeh sab.main hamesha so jaati hoon.
Raman-main bhi,isliye toh aaj pehle hi dekhne aa gaya.he said smiling.
Raman saw there was kumkum,flowers ,and thaali(south Indian mangalsutra)was kept in a plate.
Raman-yeh dekho kitna sundar hai.main pehen ke dekhun.
Ishita-hatt ,ladki pehenti hai.
Raman took the thaali and tied it around ishita's neck saying- let me see how it looks .
Raman-tum toh sundar lagne lagi.
Ishita took some flower and throw it on Raman's face.
Raman too threw some flower petals on ishita.then ishita took some kumkum and applied on his forehead.raman too took it and applied on her forehead.
Raman-aise nahi lagta naa.he think for a while and applied it in her partition filling it fully.
Raman-ab sundar lag raha hai .he said smiling when a lady dropped a plate and screamed- aiyyoo kadavale,yeh kya kar diya tune .everyone come and see what this boy has done.she said screaming while ishra look at the lady all confused thinking what went wrong ,why she is shouting at the top of her voice .
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