PART 18
Raman was smiling talking to his friends while everyone was happy hearing about his first success when Ishita snatched the phone and said-sab baat tum log kar loge kya,mujhe bhi baat karni hai apne happy se.she said cutely making everyone smile .
Ishita-hello happy.
Raman smiled hearing her voice and said-haan sona.
Ishita-aap sirf mujhe bataiye ki aap kaise jeete,aur kisi ko mat bataiye.she said cutely making him smile.
Raman-ok ,then listen.aaj pehla competition hua aur main second aaya .
Ishita made a baby pout and said-second kyun, first kyun nahi.remember u have to win the title.
Raman-haan babu, I do remember aur tum dekhna main hi jeetunga.after all mujhe apni baby sona ki saari wishes puri joh karni hai.kaisi hai bachcha??
Ishita-i am very sad,happy.
Raman-kyun babu??
Ishita-kyunki mere happy nahi hai mere saath,toh sona sad hai.she said almost crying .
Raman-stop crying baby,tumne kaha tha tum rougi nahi.
Ishita-main ro nahi rahi,but I really miss u.aapko pata hai koi mujhe nahi khilata.mujhe khud hi khana padhta hai,phir chahe kitna bhi garam khana ho.
Raman-kyun,mihir nahi khilata??
Ishita-i don't want him to feed me,I love eating from ur hand.aap nahi hote toh main khud hi kha leti hoon,dheere dheere.
Raman-main tumhare sacrifices waste nahi hone dunga,I will try hardest to bring u the title.just be my sona forever.
Ishita-i am urs only,achcha happy,I wanna see u.aap mujhe photo wali call kijiye naa.
Raman-video call.
Ishita-haan waise hi.
Raman-ok wait,he said and hung up the call.
After sometime he called again and mihir picked the call.all started screaming in happiness seeing Raman and his big room while his eyes turned moist seeing all his friends and specially sona.
Raman-tum sabki bahut yaad aa rahi hai ,but main jeete bina wapas nahi aaunga.jin cheezon ke liye hum aaj tak tarse hai ,usse haasil karke hi aaunga .he said and they talked for long.
After talking for long,they hung up the phone.mihir and all boys started making food while Ishita was just helping them.
On other hand,Raman went to have food .those boys were just looking at him but he just ignored them and went .
Boy-have u seen,ek chota saa competition jeet kar kitna attitude aa gaya iss bhikari mein .we have to teach him a lesson.he said to which everyone agreed.
After having food,Raman went to his room and start watching tutorials from famous chefs to learn something new.after much time he slept all tired.
Two days passed normally with only classes and no test.
Finally today was the first day of cooking.everyone was given a separate cooking counter.raman was really happy seeing the huge counter with many equipments.
He was smiling looking at equipments when one boy said-dekh hi raha hai ki chalana bhi aata hai .kahin sab kuch jala mat dena .he said and laughed when the judges came making everyone silent.
The cooking challenge started and all had to make food from some limited weird ingredients.
Raman got strawberries with mushroom and few other ingredients.
The boys saw and said-i think he must've never seen those,bechara khana kya banayega.
Raman turned and said looking at his counter-dont think so much about me,concentrate on ur zucchini.pata hai naa isse zucchini kehte hai.he said and turn to his counter while they got angry hearing Raman.
Boy1-attitude dekha iska,ab toh iska kuch karna hi padega.
Boy2-forget about him now, concentrate on ur dish.he said and everyone got busy in making their dishes.
Raman made mushroom rice with a dessert of strawberries.he tasted his food and was very satisfied with the outcome,but then thought to add fresh cream in the dessert to increase the flavour and texture.he went to the food parlour and came back after sometime.he added it and start plating his dish.
Soon the time got over and everyone move a step back.
All started taking the dish to the judges .judges were tasting the food and was reviewing it while Raman was anxiously waiting for his chance.he was really sure of getting good remarks as his dish was really good.
After good fifteen minutes,his turn came and he went taking his dish.he served his dish and all praised him for such a good presentation.soon they took the spoons to taste the food .
Raman was looking at the judges excitedly as he was very sure that everyone will like his dish ,but all his excitement went into drain when he saw them making face.
Judge-somebody give me a glass of water,what the hell.its full of salt and red chilly.he said and all started having water glass after glass while raman's face fell seeing their reaction.
Raman-aise kaise namak jyada ho gaya,Maine taste kiya tha toh sahi tha.he said when the judge told him to have a bite.he had it and it really had too much of salt and red chilly.he too had water and judges sent him back without giving any review.
Raman sat on his place and start thinking- ab kya hoga ,mujhe eliminate kar diya jaayega ,aur hum sabka sapna toot jayega.nahi matarani aisa mat hone dijiye .please help us,we don't have anyone or any other hope,please help us ,he look at the sky and pleaded while the boys look at Raman and smirked.
Boy-humse jeetne chala tha,bhikari.ab jaa wahin wapas jahan se aaya hai.he said and served his dish and got lots of praises.he smirked while Raman was sitting with a low face.
After half an hour,result was being announced.
Judge-the worst dish was from Raman ,so he will have to go leaving the show .he said making Raman fell on floor crying.
Raman got up looking here and there ,and realised he was just dreaming.the result was yet to announce but he was damn sure that he will be eliminated for serving such bad dish.
Raman closed his eyes again and said-matarani,please bacha lijiye.i can't see everyone loosing hope.sabka sapna tut jaayega ,please help me.he was praying when everyone was called in the area where result was about to announce.
Soon ,everyone gathered there and Raman was just standing with his face down when one of the judged said-we tasted everyone's dish ,some were good,some bad,some very bad.so today one of u has to go leaving this show .he said while Raman was standing scared of the result. He was praying for some miracle when he heard,and the one who is leaving the show today is abhimanyu raghav.he said and all look at the judges with shocked expression.
Abhi and all his friends got angry hearing this and abhi said-what rubbish,main kyun nikalunga.maine achchi dish banayi thi,this beggar should leave the show,who added so much salt and red chillies to his dish.he said looking angrily at Raman.
Judge-mind ur language,abhi.hume sab pata chal gaya hai .we saw the footage jisme tum Raman ki dish kharab kar rahe the,and due to ur bad behavior.we have to eliminate u.he said and Raman look at the cameraman knowing well who helped him.
He smiled looking at Raman and he thanked the cameraman.
Judge-u r kids and u should be well mannered before anything else.aise kisi ka mazaak udana ,usse humiliate karna , manipulation karna,yeh sab allowed nahi hai yahan par,toh tumhe yeh show kar jaana hoga .
Abhi-main nahi jaa raha,I will call my papa.wahin aap logon ko sahi karenge.mujhe nikalenge, abhimanyu raghav ko,woh bhi iss bhikari ke liye,no ways.main nahi jaaunga,yeh hi jaayega .he said and went out of the hall storming in anger.
Judges look at Raman and said-we r sorry beta,but hum kuch logon ki mentality nahi badal paate.but u don't keep anything in ur heart.tumne achcha khana banaya tha,tumhe taste aur masalo ki achchi parakh hai,just work hard.and u can do wonders.
Raman-mujhe nikala toh nahi jayega naa uski wajah se,Maine bahut mehnat ki hai yahan tak pahunchane ke liye.
Judge-no,u will get what u deserve while he will get what he deserve.u please don't worry.
Raman-thank u sir.he said and soon everyone went.
Raman went to the cameraman and hugged him tight crying.
Cam-hey Raman,don't cry beta.
Raman-thank u uncle,aapne nahi help ki hoti toh main eliminate ho jaata.
Cam-dobt say thank u,Maine yeh sab tumhare liye nahi,uss choti si bachchi ke liye kiya hai.
Raman-sona ke liye??
Cam-she look just like my daughter and the way she was crying for u.i can't let her cry again,toh bas ussi liye tumhari help ki,tumhe encourage karta hoon .I really want u to win for her.
Raman smiled and said-main jarur jeetunga,uncle.meri sona ke liye aur unn sabke liye,who want to see me winning.aur unn sabke liye bhi,who want to see me loosing.main haarunga nahi,jeetunga,jeet kar rahunga.he said determined while he smiled saying ,that's the spirit,beta .
That's all for now,enjoy.
Anupamaa
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