The old clock in the bedroom struck 5 in the morning and its loud sound woke up Ms. AINA, with a jolt. Being woken up so rudely , that too after a hectic work schedule, sent her into a foul mood and she cursed the clock and primarily her mistress for this harassment! Because she knew, soon Gyani house baby would be there, applying make up , before she went to have a bath and play with her paper boats. Then she would come back, again put on Make-up, turn this way and that to see her profile and sit there admiring herself. Ms. AINA was sick of the pedantic routine and wished, for a change she, Ms. AINA, could admire the exotically beautiful BAHU of the house! But nahinji, no such luck, for baby had a fevicol bond with her Aina. May be she would have to complain to the people in authority to get justice, because she was being used..no…no.. abused beyond the statutory limit! She knew she would never get it from GYANI SAXENA's Laadli , of course you know who, hanji… Ms. ARUSHI!
Her mind went nostalgic, remembering the old days when her twin behena, DARPANA , the mirror on PRATIGYA's dressing table, was with her in the room. But DARPANA was rarely ever used , for Pratigya was in LUCKNOW, doing her graduation and even when she came home she hardly spent any time in front of the mirror. And now Darpana was with her mistress Pratigya, in her in-law's mansion and Aina was left all alone here serving like a serf! And AINA being DARPANA's twin, would telepathically enquire with her whether PRATIGYA also spent all her time in front of the mirror. And DARPANA had blushingly replied; no, to Pratigya her KRISHNA's eyes were the mirror where her image was deeply ensconced .. well whatever that meant! The fact that her twin was having a restful life, while she slogged here, further escalated her ire towards Jr. Ms. SAXON.
But she remembered this was not the case when RONI-DHONI RANI of the house NAINAji was alive. Mother and daughter shared a great bonhomie , exchanging make-up tips, lipsticks, eyeliners and eyelashes. Before Arushi could master the art , Nainaji had left for her MAIKE. Lekin Kaa Karein- NAINAJI , AB NAI NA - may she RIP! Baby Arushiya, utterly devastated had found solace in the warm arms of Ms. AINAJI, now her surrogate NAINAJI and thus kept her company day and night, rain or shine.
Initially, AINA had loved the importance . But her troubles began when Arushi married Tanmay and he moved into their house. Immediately on the day of the leap, she sat and sat and sat before Ms.AINA admiring her visage and looking askance at Tammy and he had finally put the sindoor on her maang and called her beautiful. AE LIYO JI, thus began AINA's LOOONG nightmarish journey .
And so here she was , Ms. AINA, stuck all hours of the day and night with her mistress, who now not only smiled but also cried in front of her (and not caring at all for AINA's health ); So much so that her husband Tanmay, was now tormenting her as to why she spent so much time in front of the mirror, in SAJNE DHAJNE! Though Ms. Aina happily agreed with him on this point, she hated him and the reason and intention behind his tantrums; Because she was the only witness in the room when that sordid TILPURAN/MOLE COUNT diraama took place.
Before the Tilpuran, he used to lovingly call her his APSARA and MALAIKA and what not! But now his Apsara had a name- 'TIL-OTHAMA' and his MALAI-KA had become a 'MOLE-IKA' with just a twist of his TONGUE and warped MIND!
Now Baby had thought of taking up a job and Ms. AINA was happy for her that she would at last go out and get some healthy color on her face instead of being cooped up in the 'MIRROR' all day. Nahinji, that was bakwas, (let baby's health go tel lene, as if she cared!)! She was ecstatic that , she, Ms. AINA would be getting that long needed sleep at last, for she had not slept since the leapday!
She closed her eyes and readied herself to embark on a journey to that blissful world of…., when again she was jolted back to reality …'no ARUSHI, you are not working'… Cursing again she opened her arms wide …..
AGAIN JUST A RAMBLE! PLEASE TAKE IT, MAYBE WITH A PINCH OF SALT
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! MAY ALL YOUR WISHES COME TRUE!
Arjun
Cricket
Indian Mythology
