PART 2
Dadima sighed, "maan.. we tell you... you are the most unromantic person in this whole world.. your wife is going to have a tough time with you..."
She walked away smiling... things are changing for good. she just couldn't wait to see Geet dressed in this beautiful gown...and come home with maan. Maan drove alone and let dadima come with some of his relatives... actually ladies..aunts and cousins, letting them discuss things to hell. he would rather go alone than listen to all their baseless talks about anything to everything.
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The huge mansion impressed him...though he was quite sceptical about his bride to be..but the grandeur of the place, the etiquettes of the people impressed him..so after all dadima's choice was not that bad at all. They were the richest in the small town of hoshiyarpur and were quite respected as well. he agreed for dadima...he'd do anything to see that smile on her face. Just that god gave him enough tolerance to bear and understand his wife. He smiled at his wife's family members who greeted him as a royal. He felt nice... quite good actually.
"Geet didi... zara dekhna tho..jeeju kitne handsome hain.. ", rajji squealed as she plonked herself beside Geet, who was busy reading a book, lying on her bed.
[Geet didi... just watch..jeeju is so handsome...]
Geet rolled her eyes as she continued reading. Rajji had just sneaked out and saw them in the hall and ran back to Geet.
"hmm...honge...mujhe disturb na kar..", she spoke, trying to concentrate on her book.
[hmm..he might be... don't disturb me now..]
Rajji narrowed her brows, "aap...apne pati se milne ke liye bechain nahin hain?"
[you..don't seem excited to see your husband?]
She almost smiled hearing that term your husband' from rajji's mouth! Ohh god.. they'd be getting married the next day... suddenly everything seemed to make her feel dizzy. It was just less than even 24 hours from now. She clutched the book tighter and tried to escape from rajji's teasing looks, "nahi... bilkul nahi..."
[no.. of course not..]
Rajji smirked, "dil aur zuban kabhi ek saath chalai hain aapne? Chehre se saaf dikhai de raha hain didi... "
[have you ever allowed your tongue and your heart to work together. its visible on your face didi...]
Geet blushed and his her face into the pillow. He was here...under the same roof as her!! she felt butterflies dance in her tummy... sangeet was this evening. she had so many things going around in her head..she'd be meeting him for the first time today! Ohh god...she knew the day would pass very slow for her.
It was around 6 in the evening and she just sat by the window, wondering about her new life...expectations from her in-laws... expectations from her Maan... what would he say first? Will he be the one who she had imagined to be all this while... not a step behind... not a step ahead. They'd walk together in line... holding each other's hands...side by side..forever and ever.
Rajji came all ready in her beautiful lehenga and clicked her fingers in front of her face, snapping her out of her dream world, "ab ye mat kehna apne suhagraat ke sapne dekh rahi thi aap?"
[don't tell me you have been dreaming of your sr all this time..]
Before Geet could throw a pillow on her, rano came inside hurriedly, "arrey..tum dono taiyyar nahi hue? Kuch der mein sangeet shuru hone wali hain..chayiji ne dekh liya tho aafat aa jayegi..chalo jaldi karo tum dono...rajji. Geet ko taiyyar kar de beta..."
[arrey you both are not even ready yet? Sangeet is going to start in a few minutes...if chayiji sees you like this... its gonna be troublesome...be fast you two..rajji get Geet ready beta..]
Gumsum gumsum gupchup gumsum gupuchup
Gumsum gumsum gupchup gumsum gupuchup
Gumsum gumsum gupchup gumsum gupuchup ..
hear this lovely song as you read
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUd4J_tcolY[/YOUTUBE]
She blushed looking at her own image in the mirror as rajji slowly covered her head with the yellow dupatta. Her lashes dropped automatically realizing they will be seeing each other for the first time in the next few minutes. Her heart was beating so fast...she could hear her friends giggling and filling the room...teasing her. she couldn't even look up due to extreme shyness.
"bahut pyaari lag rahi hain meri bachi.."
[my daughter is looking so beautiful...]
Hulchul hulchul ho gayi teri honth hai kyon chup
Hulchul hulchul ho gayi teri baithe hain gupchup
Pyaare pyaare chehre ne karte hain ishaara
Dekha teri aankhon ne hai sapna koi pyaara
Humse gori na tu sharma kehde humse zara
Humse gori na tu sharma kehde humse zara
She looked up to see rano admiring her. she smiled a bit as rano put kala tika behind her ear and pulled the dupatta over her face. She sighed and realized the bride and groom weren't supposed to see each other before marriage!! Uff... this was seriously too much. held by her girl friends, she slowly walked down the stairs with anticipation, nervousness and poise.
Kehna hi kya ye nein ik anjaan se jo mile
Chalne lagi mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
Armaan naye aise dil mein khile
Jinko kabhi main na jaanoon
Vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile
Kaise mile dil na jaanoon
Ab kya karein kya naam lein
Kaise unhein main pukaroon
The hall was filled with people... she could hear music and dhol and laughter.. but her eyes searched for the person who had left her sleepless all these days. She slowly descended down the stairs..carefully..skilfully. her friends led her to the place where everyone was sitting...where he' was sitting. Her stomach churned with anxiety..he was right in front of her...! she wished she could just throw away this dupatta which blocked her view and watch him in real... she knew she'd just fall for him with one grace look..but she had to take care of the elders around...especially darji, chayiji and brij veerji.
Kehna hi kya ye nein ik anjaan se jo mile
Chalne lagi mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
Armaan naye aise dil mein khile
Jinko kabhi main na jaanoon
Vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile
Kaise mile dil na jaanoon
Ab kya karein kya naam lein
Kaise unhein main pukaroon
"ab itni bechaini bhi theek nahin jeeju... didi ka chera tho suhagraat pe bhi dekh sakte ho...abhi zara hume dekh lo..."
[so much restlessness is not good jeeju... you can see didi's face on your sr.. but for now..you can just watch us...]
Geet blushed hard hearing rajji's comments and her friends laughing away. Gosh... she was right beside him.. and stupid rajji doesn't think before she speaks. She looked down further...wanting to get away from this embarrassment..when the corner of her eyes caught the turquoise color of his sherwani...intricately designed and with the best silk available. She wanted to see him once...
The music filled the room as she tried hard to get a moment and just look up at him. she could feel that heat radiated from his body on her cold arms that lay lifeless. She looked here and there and just raised her head a bit to see him looking at her. though her dupatta was translucent, their eyes met for once...for the first time and time stopped!
Pehli hi nazar mein kuchh hum kuchh tum
Ho jaate hain yoon gum
Neinon se barse rimjhim rimjhim
Humpe pyaar ka saawan
Maan had wanted to see her at least on his sangeet.. he didn't even know her name and here she had just taken his breath away with her features. Her dupatta covered her face but her features were just too beautiful...the way she walked...slowly.. softly...but he wanted to see her face. The girls danced and he just stole a moment to look down at her.
They stopped for a while...and then both immediately looked away, feeling conscious but for different reasons. He turned away realizing he just can't go and accept any random person out of the blue. He has to know about her first. While she looked away feeling elder's gaze on her. she blushed hard seeing that intense look... she saw him in real for the first time...and she had stopped breathing already. For once she was thankful to god that her dupatta was translucent and he might have not seen her blushing this badly.
Sharam thodi thodi humko aaye to nazrein jhuk jaayein
Sitamb thoda thoda humpe shokh hwaa bhi kar jaayein
Aisi chale aanchal uthay dil mein ek toofan uthay
Hum to lut gaye khade hi khade
She admired his name beautifully carved in mehendi as she sat in her room, waiting to be taken away for her haldi. She'd be getting married in a few hours...will he be thinking about her as well like she does? Will he be able to accept her? she had given her life to him the moment their eyes had met in the sangeet. What would be he be thinking now? Rano and chahiji came to take her for the haldi ceremony. She seemed quite lost today...not her usual self..not speaking much...not even reacting much to rajji's teasing and all.
Kehna hi kya ye nein ik anjaan se jo mile
Chalne lagi mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
Armaan naye aise dil mein khile
Jinko kabhi main na jaanoon
Vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile
Kaise mile dil na jaanoon
Ab kya karein kya naam lein
Kaise unhein main pukaroon
The fragrance of rose water and the silkiness of milk ran through her skin washing each and every cell of hers...making way to a soft supple and glowing skin...preparing her for this memorable night.
He walked out post his haldi, speaking to some office people over the phone. Dadima had strictly warned him of work for he needed to focus on his bride and not his work. He just gave an excuse of 10 minutes and walked out to the lawn speaking to his client. It was already evening and people had started pouring in for the wedding ceremony. He finished with his call and turned to leave when he heard a conversation about him and his bride by some guests. He wouldn't have bothered if it was anyone else...but it had his name involved..he had to know.
Gumsum gumsum gupchup gumsum gupuchup
Gumsum gumsum gupchup gumsum gupuchup ..
Hulchul hulchul ho gayi teri honth hai kyon chup
Hulchul hulchul ho gayi teri baithe hain gupchup
Pyaare pyaare chehre ne karte hain ishaara
Dekha teri aankhon ne hai sapna koi pyaara
Humse gori na tu sharma kehde humse zara
Humse gori na tu sharma kehde humse zara
Two ladies were speaking amongst themselves, having all praises for maan.
"maan beta aur unki dadi kitne ache log hain... humari bachi bade bhagon wali hain jo tna bada khadaan mila..."
[maan beta and his dadi are such nice people... our daughter is so lucky to have got such a good family...]
Another one seemed to agree as well, "han sahi kaha aapne... aaj kal tho har koi chahta hain uski biwi phatafat angrezi bole aur pata nahin kitni padhi likhi ho...koi soch bhi nahin sakta tha ke Geet ke liye itna bada rishta kabhi aayega zyada na padhne ke bawajood bhi... "
[yes you are right... nowadays everyone wants a wife who speaks fluent English and god know how much educated... no one could believe Geet will get such a good family despite not being highly educated...]
"isey hi bhagya kehte hain behenji...chaliye andar chalte hain ab..."
[this is called fate behenji... lets go inside now..]
In honthon na maanga sargam sargam
Tu aur tera hi pyaar hai
Aaj dhoondhe hai jisko hardam hardam
Tu aur tera hi pyaar hai
Mehfil mein bhi tanha hai dil aise dil aise
Tujhko kho na de darrta hai ye aise ye aise
Aaj mili aisi khushi jhoom uthi duniya ye meri
Tumko paaya to paayi zindagi
She watched the man hold her hand softly and take phere round the holy fire. The priest chanted away the holy mantras and she just kept on gaping at the man who was going to be her husband. The priest asked him to put sindoor on her forehead. She curled her toes in anticipation as rano slowly lifted her dupatta a bit. She was too conscious of everyone's faze...of his gaze... and dipped her head lower.
He didn't know how to escape this. She was definitely some stupid village girl for sure who knew nothing but to be a good housewife. His entire life seemed to shatter...his expectations were let down... he had trusted dadima..but she let him down. He recalled when he had gone to dadima after hearing that conversation to clear things up...but he just got pulled into the crowd of ladies who complained of him not getting ready on time. Dadima was too happy after a long time... he couldn't have spoken anything in front of so many people..but now...his life seems to go in a mess. She was definitely not someone who could match his standards...he just knew it.
Dadima nudged him to put sindoor on her forehead.he just looked away and did it mechanically...without a bit of emotion. Geet held her heart for this moment...today she belonged to him...till the end of eternity. She shivered as his hand gently brushed her shoulders as he tied the mangalsutra round her neck...claiming her.
Kehna hi kya ye nein ik anjaan se jo mile
Chalne lagi mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
Armaan naye aise dil mein khile
Jinko kabhi main na jaanoon
Vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile
Kaise mile dil na jaanoon
Ab kya karein kya naam lein
Kaise unhein main pukaroon
Kehna hi kya
She recalled each of the 7 vows that the priest had explained to them as he declared them man and wife. They were tied in a bond so pure...so delicate... it would only work if both of them understand a little...compromise a little...trust a little and give space to each one of their thoughts. She promised she'd do whatever this takes to keep him happy and make this relation work. They bend together to take blessings from the elders with him a little ahead of hers. As they bend to touch dadima's feet, she lovingly caressed Geet's head and spoke out, "may your love blossom and give rise to a never ending bond...khush raho.."
She blushed and looked down as her friends took her away towards the other hall to have her eat something and then get things ready for their sr.
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