Chapter 3 Aditya was standing in front of he huge golden gate of Thakur Dalan when the guard came to him,
'Ki chai dada? (what do you want)
'ami music teacher (I am the music teacher)''
'oh acha acha'' and the guard immediately opened the big gate and Aditya stepped inside. He crossed the lawn and reached the house. Two maids opened the door revealing the ravishing bungalow. Standing at the door he could see the big marble staircase leading to the 2
nd level of the house where there were all the bedrooms. He slowly stepped inside and saw the sitting room with the big sofas and hookahs were kept beside the sofas. He stood under the big chandelier when he saw Suchitra. She was coming out of one of those rooms and was covering her head with saree. Hurriedly she walked down the big marble stairs.
'Namashkaar'' she greeted him
He simply gestured.
'Pratibha apka bohut der se intezaar kaar rahi hai upar hai chaliye main apko uska kamra dikhati hoon''
with that both of them were about to go upstairs when Saudamini suddenly stood in front of them.
'Suuchitra tumi upore jao ami or shathe kotha bolbo (suchitra you go upstairs I need to talk to him)'' said saudamini sternly.
She and Aditya sat opposite each other in her room.
'Apke bare mein suna hai bohut, bohut acha gaate hain aap'' she said
'ji thoda bodut'' said Aditya
'shaadi hogeyi?'' she asked
he simply shook his head
'hmm. Ap humari pratibha ki guru hai isiliye iss ghar se apko saab samman milega lekin apko bhi iss ghar ko samman dena hoga, Thakur Dalan ki kuch kayde or usool hai uska samman kijiye ga aur ek guru hai toh guru ki tarah hi rehna, samajh geye na main kya bol rahi hoon?'' she glowered at him. Her eyes were filled with nothing but anger and grief and this did not scare Aditya but he knew she was someone he had to stay away from.
One of the maids escorted him to pratibha's room where she and suchitra were having a good chat. As soon as he entered Suchitra stood up and showed him the piano. Pratbha came near him.
'kaise ho app?'' asked Aditya
'main thik hoon, aap bolo ya phir aj bhi tukur tukur dekhte rahoge'' she giggled
'Pratibha'' Suchitra gave her a small punch. Aditya laughed and said 'apko sangeet kitna pasand hai?''
'bohut'' pratibha replied 'maine suna hai ki aap bohut bare gayak ho''
'shayad'' replied Aditya
'Toh mujhe sikhane se pehle aap mujhe apka gaana sunao''
'yeh apko gaana kyun sunainge??'' asked Suchitra raising her eyebrows.
'kyunki ab yeh mere guru hain tou guru kaisa gaate hain yeh agar mujhe hi na pata ho toh main kaise janungi ki yeh mujhe bhi acha sikhayenge'' she said
Suhitra was about to scold her but before that Aditya said ' baat toh usne saahi kahi, thik hai main sunaunga apko gaana'' and saying that he sat in front of the piano. Till now suchitra only heard about his melodious voice but today she actually got to hear it, his voice had such magic that her body automatically started to groove. She was completely lost in his music.
His music took her to a different world where she was that free girl again, the girl who could dance around and sing around whenever she wanted, where no one would scold her or stop her and she is free from all the big duties.
But as soon as he stopped the music and pratibha started to clap loudly she came back to the reality. Aditya turned around and first looked at her, 'kaisa tha?'' he asked softly.
SUchitra smiled 'itni sundar awaaz maine kabhi nahi suni''. Aditya's heart jumped with joy, her compliment was more precious to him than any award or recognition. 'Ap log karo main jati hoon'' saying that suchitra left the room and went to her bedroom. She closed the door behind her and sat infront of an old trunk. Slowly she opened it and took out the 'ghungroo'' from inside. it was covered with dust so she cleaned it with her saree and pressed it against her chest. Drop of tears started falling from her eyes, how much she missed singing and dancing.
'Aaj unke sangeet ne woh saab yaad dila diya jo main bhul na chahrahi thi'' she said weeping. Suddenly there was a knock on her door. She immediately kept it inside the trunk, shut it and rushed to open the door. She opened it and saw Aditya.
'apni? (you?)''
'ha woh ajka class khatam ho geya main chalta hoon'' said Aditya but he noticed her eyes which was still wet.
She smiled and nodded. 'Pratibha bhalo gai? (Does pratibha sing well?)'' she asked.
'hmm bhalo (yes good)'' he replied. She led him to the main entrance and he bid her goodbye and left. Suchitra kept standing their thinking only if she could also get out of that house but then again society, responsibility and duties were holding her back so she shook that thought out of her mind but little did she know that soon she will actually leave the house to never return again.
Aditya was sitting in his writing table when Hari kaka arrived with the tea.
'kya soch raahe ho dada?'' he asked
Aditya kept the pen down and frankly said 'suchitra ke bare mein''
Hari kaka frowned, 'kya hua usko?''
'Hari kaka lagta hai woh uss ghar mein khush nahi hai''
Kyun khush nahi hogi? Saab toh hai uska pati, goyna (jewelry), paisa shob tou ache (she has everything)''
'Lekin khushiyan nahi hai uske ankhon mein ek ajeeb sa dard hai kaka, Jaise ki woh khulke hasna chahti hai jeena chahti hain lekin kar nahi paa rahi'' aditya said
'ohho dada aisa kuch nahi hota ap chai lo'' he kept the tea on the table and was about to leave when he turned around and said firmly 'aur suniye dada bibahito mohila der chokhe dekha khal kete kumir anar moton, bhule jeyenna Thakur Dalan er boro bou shei (listen, looking into the eyes of a married woman is like inviting your own troubles, don't forget she is the eldest daughter-in-law of Thakur dalan)'' and then he left.
Hari kaka's words again gave Aditya a reality check and this time he was determined that he will stop thinking about her but how could he? Because every time he closed his eyes he could only see her face.
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