It was 13th day today. Geet was scared. Scared of all the rituals & its effect on Daadi.
She had spend the whole night thinking over & over again abt drs words..unki halat bahut khrab hain beta. She won't be able bare all this. She had to be strong..she looked at his portrait don't know something in those eyes.. that spoke volumes to her.. gave her the inner strength.
She came down dressed in white saree covering her long black hair that cascaded in a beautiful thick plat. She told Nakul kaka to cancel the whole ritual at home. All the relatives & frds were to be stopped at the main gate. Nun were allowed to come in to pay their tributes to deiced Maan Singh Khurana. Not that they were close to him.
Actually they haven't even met him since he was settled in US for last 20yrs. His parents had moved to US when he was 5yrs old. They passed away when he was 15. He never cared to come back to India. He was used to living alone with his little brother Dev.
When Dev turned 20 he came to India to meet his Daadi, their only family.
Next Maan learned was his little brothers marriage with some village girl NT. After which his brother had stopped calling him & he was not even taking his call. Maan was mad at Daadi for interfering in their life. Maan had to come down to India only to search his brother Dev when Daadi got him involved in the wedding.
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Yeh unki atmaki shanthi ke liyen beti.. the pandit gave a wholly ball in Geets hand to put in the water. She very sincerely followed all the instruction. Whole heartedly praying for the peace of her husbands departed soul. She promised him silently .. I am urs only urs.. iss janam main aur agle har ek janam main.
She came back blank. She didn't know where was her life taking her. As she walked in, few relatives at the gate shouted at her.. manhoos ki hinki!!
ek tho ghar ke bete ko khaa gayen ..
aab Daadi ko bhi kha jayegi.
Daadi's deteriorating health only made her believe in their words. She ran to her room. His room. She took his portrait in her hand & hugged it close to her heart. She was scared & she didn't have anyone to go to. All she had was him ..actually this portrait.
Latter that day she was just setting her dress when she saw some photos in his cupboard. She first thought of speaking to Daadi then was reminded of drs words, she preferred asking Nakul kaka.
Geet went to the kitchen & asked nakul ' kaka yeh kaun hain?
Nakul ' yeh Dev baba hain beta
Geet looked at him confused
Nakul ' Maan baba ke choten bhai
Geet looked at him in hope ' unke bhai
nakul smiled sadly
Geet was bit confused why the brother was not present when the family needed him. Like kaka understood.
Nakul ' beti inhe dhunthe huen hi Maan baba India aayen the
Geet couldn't follow ' dhunthe huen?
Nakul sighed ' kya batayen beta. He showed Dev's photo with a young girl.
Beti Dev baba phechlen saal India aayen the Daadi se milne. Sab kuch kitna acha lag raha tha. Daadi ji Dev baba se pheli baar mil rahin thi.
He narrated how Daadi had decorated the whole house especially for him. Daadi had only met Maan because Dev was born after they had moved to US. Initially they couldn't visit India due to visa issues & then Maans dad used to visit her regularly. Dev was a young & carefree boy. He filled daadi's lonely life with all the happiness. Then one day he came with this girl NT. Daadi was not very happy with the alliance but couldn't say much infront of her love stuck grandson.
Initially everything was fine, but soon the newly wed couple began to have lot of differences but Daadi ignored it thinking it was normal but one day things got out of control & nt left home & Dev went looking for her & never came back.
Geet took the pic & sadly made her way to her room. Today she had learned something abt her husband. He loved her brother.. his family. Before she could think further she was burdened with the responsibility of the little business that Daadi ran. Geet was not interested in anything but she couldn't let munshi ji keep Daadi awake with his business talks. She slowly began to look into the business. Also spend good time finding out abt Nt & Dev.
well sweeties this was part 2 of Sati!!
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muskan
Edited by muskanp - 12 years ago
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