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Purvi and the young man have finished the food and are sipping the soft drinks. "aap ne acha kiya" the young man starts off "ke kuch kha liya.. khali pait to roya bhi nahin jata.." he tries to cheer her up
"aap mere dukh ka mazak udha rahey hain?" Purvi did not like his smart comment
"Nahin, nahin.."young man quickly clarifies "mera matlab tha ke ab aap ne kha pee liya hai, ab prathana karen, ronay par focus karen..concentration ke saath sab cheezein theek se hoti hain."
Purvi looks at him, thinking him to be a nut, and says "lagta hai ke aap ne zindagi mein koi pareshani ya gham nahin dekha.." The young man facial expression changes and he became serious. "Gham aur pareshaani toh bahut dekhi hai.. khushi zyada nahin dekhi.." Purvi can feel the seriousness and depth in his voice and feels bad for saying it.
"mera ye matlab nahin tha." now Purvi clarifies
"koi baat nahin " the young man speaks softly "gham aur pareshaanian dekh kar ab mein uss ka asr nahin laita, laiken aap jaan kar kya karengi' he stops there "aap toh khud hi apni parshanion mein ghiri hui hain."
Purvi keeps starring at him, she was already feeling sorry about passing that remark.
"ab aap ka kya irrada hai".. youngman changes the subject, "aap sona chahain gi?"
"Nahin, mujhe neend nahin aa rahi" Purvi has her problem on her mind again, thinking how ugly things have turned out. Its her fault, Aai aur Baba mein phir doori padh jayegi.. "yeh sab mera qasoor hai.." she mumbles to herself.
"Kya kaha "young man heard her mumbling "zara zorr se boleingi aap?"
"Nahin kuch nahin" Purvi says looking down at the ground
"kuch to hai.. jo aap ko itna pareshaan kar rahi hai." young man says
"Haan hai toh, "Purvi changes her stance "laiken aap sunn kar kiya karenge"
"Mein ne kya karna hai," he grins "achi baat hui toh khush ho jaoonga, afsoos ki baat hai to udaas ho jaoonga .."
"Leiken mein aap ko kyun bataoon" Purvi questoins him
"Seedhi si baat hai, kissi ajnabi ke saath dukh share karna safe hai.. kissi rishtaydaar ke saath karengi toh kissi mauqay par woh sub ko baata dey ga, ya aap par ehsaan jata daiga" he pauses "smajhi aap?"
Purvi looks at him.. laiken aap hain kaun?" She is hesitant
"Mein jo bhi hoon aap ke samney hoon, aap ke liye ajnabi hoon, leikin aapne aap ko khoob janta hoon." he pauses " aap aisay kyun nahin sochti ke mein shayaad aap hi ke liye idhar aa gaya, aaj subha jab mein ghar se nikla to mein ne kabhi socha bhi nahin tha ke aap se mulaqat ho sakti hai." then questions her "kya aap ko pata tha ke aap ki mulaqaat mujh se hogi aur hum raat ka khana saath khaeinge, woh bhi mandir mein."
"Shayaad aap theek keh rahey hain.." she agrees with his logic and there is a long pause, Purvi starts to look up towards the sky, not sure why should she tell him all but she was feeling guilty for what happened and she cannot face her own family.
"Suniye.. " young man addresses her "aap please koi pressure mutt feel karen, mujhay na bataein, mein toh aap ke saath bas subha tak hi hoon, phir mein chala jaoonga aur shayaad phir kabi mulakaat na ho." he comforts her, understanding her position "aap araam karen." he stretches himself on the ground, folding his arms and placing them under his head and closes his eyes.
Purvi rests her head against the mandir wall and cannot stop all the scenes running through her mind. She can see Aai, Aaji, Baba, Teju, Ovi.. everyone blaming her and holding her responsible. She starts to sob again.
The young man open his eyes and asks, "ab kiya ho gaya.. " he sits up "meri maney, dil ko halka kar lein.." he looks at her and then adds "acha pehlay mein aap ko apney barrey mein bata doon." Purvi now pays attention and is curious to know about his background. Mein Delhi se hoon, 2 maheenay huay meri maan mujhay duniya mein akela chod gaye hai. "
"Oh!" says Purvi "Mujhay nahin.." but he does not stop to listen to her and continues.
"Meri maan bemaar thi, aur uss ne sari zindagi mera khyaal rakha.. kyun ke woh mujh se be-inteha pyaar karti thi. itna pyaar mein ne kabhi kissi maan ko kartey nahin dekha.. mere saarey dost, colleagues bhi heraan ho jatey thay.." It looked as if his mother's love still surrounds him. He closes his eyes, thinking about his mom, then after few moments he opens them and with teary eyes, he looks at Purvi and says.. "Mein ne din raat bahut mehmant ki aur jab mein zindagi mein kuch kamyaab hua to khush tha ke apni maan ko zindagi bhar ke araam dey sakoon ga..phir woh 2 mahiney pehlay mujhay chod gayee aur mein akela reh gaya.."
Purvi could feel his pain of loosing a mother and the loniless he was going through.
He speaks again "phir uss ki maut ke ek mahiney baad mujhay apni aai ke papers mein se ek letter mila, jo ke mere naam ka tha.." he stops to recall his memories.. Purvi keeps looking at him and suddenly she relaised that this young man has been thru a lot in his life.. and then he starts to speak again, "aur aap janti hain ke uss khat mein kiya likha tha.." he tries to hold his tears back, "woh aurat jiss ne mujhay duniya bhar ke maaon se bhi zyada pyaar kiya, aik aik pal mere liye jeeti thi, raaton ko uth uth kar mujhey dekhti thi ke mein aaraam se soya huwa hoon, mere baghair khana nahi khati thi, sirf mere haathon se duwai khati thi..." this time the tears starts to roll down his cheeks "woh meri sagi maan nahin thi.." he could not hold himself any further and breaks into a sob.. Purvi also starts to cry. She could relate this to herself. Archana bhi uss ke liye aik aisi hi maan thi.
Purvi waited for him to recover from his sobbing and with a bit of hesitency puts her hand on his shoulder to give him some sort of emotional support, and then she says "Mere saath bhi kuch aisa hi hai."
The young man wipes his tears with his palms and looks at Purvi.. "kiya matlab?"
"Mere maan baap bhi mere bachpan mein aik accident mein .. " she pauses " mein aanaat ho gayee thi, phir meri aai ne mujhay pala"
"tumhari aai ne.." he was a bit confused. Suddenly the strangeness between the two was diluted and he started addressing her as tumhari instead of aapki.
"mujhay pata hai ke mein anaat hoon, aur yeh bhi jaanti hoon ke mein unki saggi beti nahin hoon, laiken ab wohi meri aai hain"
"chalo tum janti to ho, mein toh doosri dafa anaat ho gaya" he tries to smile
Purvi continues "aur woh bhi mujh se bahut pyar karti hain.." she could barely hold back her tears " aur mein ne unka hi vishvaas ghaat kiya"
The young man looks at Purvi and then after a little pause smiles and says "ab samajha ke meri aur tumhari mulaqat kyun hui.. "
"kyun? " asks Purvi
"yehi ke eik doosray ka gham baant lein.." the young man smiles and then asks "tum kyun aisa kehti ho ke tum ne un ka vishvaas ghaat kiya hai?" he questions her "kiya tum ne jaan buujh ke kiya hai.."
"Nahin.. bas mujh se anjaane mein ho gaya.." she was still blaming herself, ".. ye nahin karna chahiye tha."
"Kiya nahin karna chahiye tha.." the young man asks patiently "mujhay nahin batao gi"
Purvi was still confused whether to confess everything in front of this stranger, but at the same time she felt comfortable with him, he has been through pain and probably will understand her misery and pain. "acha batati hoon.." and then she starts to tell him what happened and also mentions about the divorce and the complications and Ovi and Teju and then Arjun. and the night passes on..
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Arjun is driving through streets not knowing where to go and look for Purvi. He is very worried and keeps talking to himself. "Purvi tum kahan chali gayee. Oh God!! meri wajah se uss ko kitni takleef uthana padh rahi hai... sub uss ko ghalat samjh rahey hain, uss ka kasoor nahin hai, mein ne dad se kaha bhi tha. mein ne hi dair kardi thi.." he tries to call Purvi but her phone is switched off. His phone rings and he looks at the number, its from Purvi's home. "It must be Aaji.." he could guess "..kahin Purvi ghar na wapis aa gayee ho.." he answer the call "Hello"
"Kuch pata chala Arjun.. Purvi milli? " it was Aaji at the other end.
"Abhin nahin mili, kaafi jaga dekh liya hai, ab office ki taraf ja raha hoon, kahin wahan na chali gayee ho, woh aksar dair tak office mein akelay bhi kaam ke liye ruk jaya karti hai.." he gives an update to Aaji
"Arjun " aaji was crying, worried, "Beta meri Purvi ko dhoond.." Aaji begs
"Aap fiqr na karen, mein ussi ko dhoond raha hoon." Arjun assures her, "mein office mein ja kar dekhta hoon, phir aap ko bataon ga"
"Zaroor batana.." Aaji reminds him and disconnects.
Its way past midnight, the roads are empty with one odd car or rickshaw crossing his car or some taxis parked on the road side in front of late night paan shops, waiting for any passengers.
Arjun, accelerates and reaches the office. The watchman is awake, standing close to the entrance of the office. He sees Arjun's car and becomes alert. Arjun stops the car and the watchman rushes to open his car door.
"Aaye sir!" he thinks that Arjun has come to work..
"Nahin theek hai" Arjun stops him "office mein koi hai? " he doesn't mention Purvi's name.
"iss waqt toh koi nahin hai.." watchman gives him the status
"Sab shaam ko jaldi chalay gaye thay, party ke liye" watchman informs him
"Oh No!" He becomes very disappointed, he was hoping to find Purvi at the office.
"Sir office kholoon? " watchman asks him
"Nahin iss ki zaroorat nahin.. " and drives out of the office mumbling to himself.. "ab kahan dhoondhon.. "
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Archana is lying on her bed on the kitchen floor. She could not sleep. What happened today could spoil everything, her realtionship with Manav, her daughters and she never want to reach to a stage where she had to decide between people. After 18 years, inspite of all the hatred her family had for her, they were all living in the same old house. And now she wants to be back with her family. What happened at the party, the whole scene passed in front of her eyes like a movie.. She could see Manav's upset face, Ovi crying and Savita constantly blaming her and Purvi.. Just as her hopes were becoming high that she could get back to the family, and Manav also felt the same way, this happened. She could see Purvi being slapped by Ovi. "Bappa.. meri maddad kar. " tears start to roll down side of her eyes into her pillow..
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The day breaks, At the mandir, Purvi had fallen asleep while sitting against the walls, people are coming to the mandir and the young man gets up, picks ups the last night shopping bag and garbage, then tears out a clean piece of the wrapper and writes a message, "if you ever need me, just call me. SD" writes his cell number and puts the piece of paper on Purvi's lap and walks out of the mandir, starts his car and drives away.
Hearing people's voices Purvi wakes up and looks around to see the time, the morning had broken, suddenly she remembers the young man, but he was not there and the shopping bag and the burger wrappers and empty bottles were all gone. She looks at her watch and the piece of paper falls off and she picks up and read it. She felt quite relief after talking to him last night. He stayed quiet most of the time to let her speak. But did ask questions at times clarifying the realtionship between different names. Purvi gets up, washes her face and stands infront of the Bhagwaan's murti to pray and outside a car screeches to a stop. Arjun gets off the car
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