SS: Salaam Namaste -LAST PART pg117(01/16) - Page 65

Originally posted by: kavyasam

<h2></h2><div align="center"><font color="#990033" size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Promo</font></div><p align="center">
</p><div align="center"><font color="#990033" size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">birha ki maari prem diwaani</font></div><div align="center"><font color="#990033" size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">tan man pyaasa
ankhiyon mein paani
</font></div><div align="center"><font color="#990033"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">nindiya na aaye
rainaa beeti jaaye. </font>
</font></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><font color="#990033">(from the song raina beeti jaaye)</div></font>

(for this update I am taking the creative liberty of not keeping track of the time difference between India and America and also the actual flight times etc , that is
slowing the pace, so I will just keep writing and will just give the final time of his destination. While I want to go in detail about the encounter with abbas with lot
of dialouges, I cannot. It will take more time and I am short of it, sorry about that, I am writing it in brief. the updates from now will be short)

********* PART 14

Arohi was like the radha waiting for her kaanha. the more closer she got the more desperate she became. two more lines to cross off and then there will be none. She forgot about what her mother had said there just was no way it cannot happen. She chose the whole set including the saree she will wear when he comes. Infact the coming sun'day 1 sec past midnight she is going to call him, no he will call her before she does then she will ask him to come that minute. Arohi's mom hoped for the opposite.

Steffanie had regained consciousness. The first thing she asked arjun when she saw him was if he was allright. He felt a lump in his throat, there was no relation between the two but there still was - of humanity. Her mom told her he was supposed to leave yesterday but wanted to make sure she was allright. She smiled and said she was. She asked if the culprit was caught, they told her no. She went back to silence , she was just going through her friend's letter in her mind, about terrorism. She looked at them both. Arjun said he was proud of her. She had something so brave, not many would be able to do. He said he owed her his life. She smiled again. He took her picture on his cell, wished her speedy recovery, bid them farewell, went to the airport to book the first possible flight out
to his motherland.

Once in the plane he heaved a big sigh. It seemed almost impossible to get on one the same day, but he took the long route, he will have to go through London to Delhi and then to Hyd changing flights at both places, with waiting time at Delhi exceeding 6 hrs. Whatever he thought, finally he will be in India before sunday minight and the sec if crosses 12 he will call her, next day he is going to go only to get her back though he would prefer going straight to her from the airport. He informed his parents he is in flight and he will be home soon. Once in London he had to change the flight, he did and settled down for yet another long journey. He thought he saw someone familiar in the plane. But he was so weary and tired physically and mentally that he dozed off and got up only at Delhi. Fate was against arjuhi for some time now, and it was not going to change.

here in Hyd. Birah ki maari Prem deewani
Tan man pyaasa akhiyon mein paani
nindiya na aaye
raina beeti jaaye

It was the night before. Arohi just could not sleep. Her eyes were time and again getting filled. She was feeling like a fish out of water. Some kind of fear
started to grip her. Restlessness, impatience, eagerness were alltogether making her stomach flutter. She tried to sleep , closed her eyes. She was crying again.
next day morning. She struck off the last line. Now she smiled. She wrote hers name, Arohi Arjun. There was no need for a last name. Arjun was her lastname and first name both. She waited for the day to go by, which seemed to be like ages. At one point though she felt Arjun was next to her.

That is when Arjun had reached Delhi.When he came out of the gate he had to collect the baggage from this airlines to check it in again for the flight to Hyd. He saw the same person again and this time he recognised. He was Abbas, immediately alert of the situation he left the baggage there and informed airport authority. He could catch upto abbas and tried to knock him down. But abbas was a strong man. he along with his companion, held arjun hostage and walked away from the airport. To protect Arjun the police could not shoot. Abbas made arjun climb into a vehicle siezed from a passer by and drove off. The police cars followed. To keep struggling arjun still, the other guy hit him on the head with the back of a gun, knoking him unconsicous. 'finally he gained consiciousness, they were somewhere outside in open area. They were at the India Gate. People was scarce due to the cloudy weather. Abbas and his companion, set up something that would go off with a remote. Arjun tried to talk them out of it. He tried telling them what they are doing is wrong. There were innocent people around. It was getting darker may be 10 or 11 pm. 'Arohi' he thought. He looked for his phone. Could not find it. He figured, they would have thrown it out. 'main nai baat kar paunga tumse Arohi' he said silently, his heart was breaking to pieces realising the same. More than him he was worried about what Arohi will feel. Surely she will try to call him. Once that thought came he gained unusual strength. He pounced on them and kept hitting without stopping. He got hold of the remote from their hands. and threw it far away. He stopped them again. Now Abbas spoke 'kaafir' he roared. 'tumhe pata nahi tum kya rok rahe ho, ek jung jo shuru unlogon ne kiya aur khatam hum kareng' 'kin longon ne kya kiya? yeh jo beguna log jo tum maarne jaa rahe ho?' 'beguna aur guna ki fikr tum mat karo. Tum kya chahte ho hum par julm hote rahe aur hum dekhta rahe?' 'phir se wahi puch raha hoon, kin logon ne julm kiya kin par?' 'tumhe batane ki zaroorat nai hai' 'hai, main bhi ek aam insaan hoon, jise yeh puchne ka haq hai , ki uske saath kya ho raha hai' 'tumhare sath, inke sath, unke sath wahi ho raha hai jo hota aaya hai, naa insaafi, jo mere nazar mein insaaf hai. Hum par vaar karenge toh hum bhi kam nahi' 'unhe jaake pucho jinhone tum par vaar kiya hai. main puchta hoon, kisne shuru kiya yeh jung? tumne? maine? un logon ne? Khuda ne?' 'Khuda ka naam mat lo, tujh mein kabiyat nahi hai' 'kyun nahi hai? Khuda sabki bhalayi karta hai, nuksaan nahi.' 'tum nahi samjhoge, khuda ke paas jaane ke liye yeh ek raasta hai, jannat paane ki junoon hai' 'accha. toh mera kya raasta hai. main bhi roz Namaaz karta hoon, kisko nuksaan nahi pahunchaya, apne desh ko kabhi nuksaan nahi pahunchaya, mohabaat ki hai, di hai, kisiko baddua nahi di, toh mujhe kyun nahi jannat milega?' 'milegei hamare ladayi mein shamil ho jao, iss duniya ko dikhayenge ki hum kya hai' 'hum kaun? kya keh rahe ho? sabki taraf se tum kyun baat kar rahe ho? har koi tumhare jaise nahi sochta. yeh duniya sabki hai, tum jaise mujh jaise kayi log paida huye hai, paida hote waqt toh unhe nahi pata apna mazhab kya hai, jinka jo karm hai vaisa uski zindagi hogi. tum kaun hote ho tai karne wale ki kaun jee sakta hai kaun nahi'. By then the other guy ran to get the remote. Arjun knocked him off, he took the device that was set up and
tried to disable it. Abbas pulled the gun at Arjun, 'chod do use' he said. Police had arrived now. There was commotion. Seeing Abbas get hold of the remote. Arjun ran with the device away from them. He threw it as far as he could. Abbas who had set it up to enable the next day during a parade that was to be attended by delgates, had no other choice but to do it now so he can evade the police again and give another try at his mission. He pressed the button. It was in mid air, it blew. Arjun fell far. Abbas was cornered by police, but he would not give up. He was angry at Arjun for spoiling his plan. He turned towards arjun and shot, before being overpowered by the police, who took him and his friend into custody.

It started to drizzle. Arjun saw through the half closing eyes. he smiled. It is raining, ofcourse, it had to, and that meant it is time. it was midnight. his smile
grew larger.

Kis sautan ne roki dagariya
kis bairaan se laagi nazariya
nindiya na aaye
raina beeti jaaye.