Thought of a plot of an OS……..but didn't know it'll stretch to be so long……
It'll have two/three parts, depending on how much I can write……….😳
So please bear with this!
p.s. Yasna……..Tried to infiltrate your wishes in this…….but how will they turn out, still remains a mystery in my head………and for you, dialogues in English in <>…..
p.p.s Thanks V and Ginujee….🤗
Of Duties and Love………..
PART 1 ::
I always relate to Anandi………because like her….I want to fly like a kite in the skies……….outdo…….outshine…….but my "dor" in the hands of that one man……who truly deserves it……..
He guides me………controls me……….and yet, lets me fly………high up in the sky!!!
This is for my dream of a Shivraj Shekhar………..in my Life!!!
Anandi's eyes trace her husband's handsome figure as he walks across the room. She sees him entering the bathroom and then getting out, with a happy contented smile on his face. Only she doesn't have that tonight. Her mind is a puddle of love, respect and awe for this man, with whom she shares her eternal being every night.
Like every night, she is waiting for the love of her life to be by her side so that she can cuddle him to death…..Well! Figuratively…
Shiv comes and switches off the night lamps, kept along their sides and lies down in his favourite position – his one arm around his wife's erstwhile petite, but now growing waistline and the other hand cradling her head. She looks into the deep chocolate ocean, that his eyes are and tries to decipher the enigma that he is………
"Nahin Anandi…….phirse Thank You's ki barsaat nahin……" teases Shiv.
<No Anandi……no thank you's again please…….>
A lone tear escapes Anandi's left eye. Shiv captures it midway with his lips and says, "Main inn aankhon mein aansu imagine bhi nahin kar sakta……….aur aap baha rahi hain inhein???"
<I can't even dare to imagine tears in your eyes………and you are shedding them…….???>
Anandi chuckles at his innocence. "Sorry…….." and then, puts her arms around his neck and pulls him down to an embrace. He props up his head to kiss her. Her hand automatically ventures inside his T-shirt. He then breaks the kiss and looks at her questioningly.
"Aap thheek hain na?" asks he.
<You are fine???>
"Haan……..main bilkul thheek hoon……..Aap so jaayiye Shiv………Kal bahot kaam hai aapko…….."
<I am absolutely fine……….You go to sleep Shiv……You have lots of work to do tomorrow….>
"Nice suggestion………" He chuckles and keeps his head on her chest, with his breaths making thoroughfares via the neckline of her blouse onto her bosom. He soon dozes off to sleep. But Anandi can't sleep tonight. She gently puts her fingers in his hair and caresses them while Heth Singh's gruesome words still ring in her head.
Only if she could stop her thoughts……
She can't………..
But she can't see her husband getting insulted like this too. And she blames herself for this.
Yes…….I am the reason…..
Few tears again escape the terrain of her eyes……….and she feels nauseating……….
She needs to sit up and run to the bathroom………but Shiv???
I don't want to disturb him in his sleep……..but I need to run……..
"Shiv!" she whispers.
"Hmmm!"
"Mujhe bathroom mein jaana hoga………"
<I need to go to the bathroom……..>
"Kya huya? Sab thheek hai na? Dawaa li na aapne aaj?" He props up his head and asks.
<What happened? You took your medicines…….right?>
"Haan…….hatiye abb…."
<Yeah……..now move……>
"Ohh! Sorry………Jaayiye……."
<Ohhh! Sorry……..Go……….>
Shiv makes way for her and goes after her to the washroom and stands behind her, while she is puking. He begins rubbing her back.
"Aaj aap office kyun aayi??? Jagdeesh ne kaha na ki aapko aaraam ki zaroorat hai……….!"
<Why did you come to the office today??? Jagdeesh has said that you need rest……….>
Anandi normalises herself…….and retorts, "Achchhaa huya jo main office aayi….."
<Its good that I came to the office…….>
Shiv gets for her a glass of water and makes her sit on the bed.
"Kyun? Aapko lagta hai aapke bina panchaayat ka kaam nahin chal sakta?" he pouts.
<Why? You think the Panchaayat's work can't be done without your help?>
"Shiv! Gussa mat hoyiye na……." says she and keeps her head on his chest.
<Don't be angry Shiv…..>
"So jaayiye Anandi…….." He huffs her away.
<Go to sleep Anandi……….>
"Aap sach mein gussa hain mujhse……..??? Gussa toh mujhe hona chahiye aapse………"
<You are actually angry at me…..??? I thought I should have been angry with you……….>
"Mujhse? Kyun? Maine kaha thha aapse………This can wait………par aap hi ko jaldi thhi……..aur phir aap thheek se kuchh khaati bhi nahin…….complications toh hongey hi……..bhugatiye abb……"
<With me? Why? I had told you…….this could wait………but you were in a hurry……..and then you don't eat properly too……..there were bound to be some complications…….now you'll have to bear this…..>
"Arrey baba! Issliye nahin……yeh toh meri zindagi ki sabse badi khushi hai….."
<No……Not this………this is my life's biggest blessing…….>
"Mujhse bhi badi……..???" Shiv gets into his usual naughty ways again and nuzzles her cheek.
<Even greater than me….?>
"Shiv! Suniye….." she scolds him.
<Shiv! Listen……>
"Kahiye…." He tries to listen while the groggy expression on her face tries its best to defuzz him.
<Say…..>
"Aaj office mein suna maine, jo Heth Singh ne kahaa aapse………agar main na sunti toh aap toh mujhe kabhi bataatey hi nahin………???"
<Today when I came to the office, I heard everything what Heth Singh had to say………had I not heard it, you would have never told me……….right???>
The naughtiness and happiness on Shiv's face fade away……..his wife has yet again outsmarted him…..
Criticism Welcome!!!
Anupamaa
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