chapter-----5
pratigya and krishna were at the airport... pratigya had come to bid him farewell.... before checking in he turned at her for the last time....and smiled...she did nt return back his smile.... her face was all gloomy.... krishna sighed and moved towards her...she took a step back and said-----krishna...ye airport hain.....
krishna-----to? to kya hua? kya hum apne honewali patni ko kiss bhi nhi kar sakte?
she looked up at him,her eyes became moist....she cudnt evn belive her ears------kya? kya kaha tumne?
krishna smiled agen-------kyun? kya humne kuch galat kaha?
pratigya herself forgot her own words and ran into his arms,sobbing... she cudnt help it.... she clutched him tightly and cried out her heart....krishna ran his fingers into her long hair and consoled her.....she tightened her grip around him..... evryone in the airport stared at them...krishna looked around and felt a little awkward...he whispered into her ears------pratigya...ye airport hain......
pratigya released him at once and looked up at his face..she was a little surprised as well as offended to his exact mimickry of her wrds..... she punched him lightly on his chest.....
he cupped her face in his hands and placed a long-lasting intense kiss on her forehead------goodbye pratigya... he whispered........
she looked down..she didnt want him to see her tears......
krishna waited for sometime to see her smile....bt then sighed-----thk hain....to hum chalte hain...... he turned and was abt to walk away...wen she caught his hand..... he turned back at her------kya hua?
she smiled warmly-------aapna khayal rakhna.......aur.......... she moved closer to him...and to his utmost surprise,kissed him teasingly on his nose-----aur mujhe zyaada miss mat karna...... bye swthert....... she blushed and looked down........
as krishna walked towards the lounge,he felt his heart becoming so light and relaxed that he started to whistle in delight.... he knew that these two months will fly away within a wink of his eye....and he will agen find his pratigya in frnt of his eyes,eagerly waiting for him,smiling........
as pratigya walked towards the exit.....she felt so warm and so delighted that she also felt like singing and shouting on top of her lungs.......now she had no fear of nt being able to see him for two months.....becoz she knew after this period both of them will be together forevr.........forevr....happily...............
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humne kya socha tha....kismat ko kuch aur hi tha manzur....
humne to dil se chaha tha.....
par lagta hain kismat se ho gaye majboor......
hum bht khush the.......bht khush....humne socha tha....ki hume sabkuch mil gaya hain.....krishna hamara zindagi ban chuka tha...hum nhi jee pate uske bina.......lekin dekho na......aabhi bhi hum saasein le rahe hain.....uske bina......
kitne khush the hum.....jab hum bahar aa rahe the airport se.......itne khush ki hume dhyan hi nhi tha ki hamar fon baj raha tha......
heloo? papa? kaise hain aap?-------pratigya's voice was cheerful and happy...
shyam ji's voice was harsh and rude------pratigya...tum abhi isiwaqt ghar aao.....
pratigya-----ghar? par baat kya hain papa? hamari duty hain aabhi...aur kal bhi hain...agr hum ghar jayenge to kal tak nhi aa payenge......
shyam ji-----aur agr tum abhi isiwaqt apna saman lekar ghar wapas nhi aa jati to apne baap na mara hua muh dekhogi.....
the mobile fell down frm her hands at his wrds.. she picked it up in the next instant only-----hello? papa? helo? papa aap kya keh rahe hain? saman lekar...kyun?
shyam ji------KYUNKI HUM KAL HI ALLAHABAD LAUT RAHE HAIN.....
pratigya----kyun papa? allahabad? hamari naukri ka kya hoga?
shyam ji-----tumhe apni naukri ki zyaada fikar hain to thk hain....apne baap ko aur apne pure parivaar ko bhul jana......
he cut the line.....leaving pratigya shocked as well as worried... sweat appeared on her forehead..she thot----aisa kya ho gaya hain? papa istarah kyun baat kar rahe the?
she kept on thinking as re ascended the stairs of her building..she evn forgot to take the lift.... she unlocked the door of her flat and went inside...she looked at her scattered thngs.....it wudnt take much time for her to pack up.....bt...why?
she remembered her father's wrds-----apne baap ko bhul jana.....
she decided at once-----nhi.....hum ghar jayenge....akhir hume bhi to pata chale ki aisi kya baat ho gayi ki papa ne itni bari baat keh diya humse?
she started packing her thngs.......
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pratigya reached pune is less than three hours...all her way she had been wondering abt wat the matter cud be.....she had never saw her father so furious......so rude..... bt her wildest dreams came true as she reached her home in pune.....
adarsh opened the door... he smiled weakly at him...pratigya rushed inside------bhaiya...baat kya hain....papa...papa kahan hain?bhaiya bataiye na kuch... she shook her brother..whu remained silent.....
woh kya batayega...hum tumhe batate hain ki baat kya hain........-----pratigya turned around to see her father standing behind her accompanied by aarushi,and naina ji,her mother.....
shyam ji walked towards her,his face rigid and anger burning out of his eyes..... pratigya was extreamely surprised.... she looked down to see that he had a newspaper in his hand wich he raised up and held in frnt of her eyes------YE BAAT HAIN........
pratigya's eyes became wide in shock and her mouth hung open.......
it was the frst page of the newspaper where the headlines was:
TOP INDUSTRIALIST KRISHNA SINGH KE ZINDAGI MEIN AAKHIR BAHAR AA HI GAYA... UNKA NAYA NAYA PYAAR...-----PRATIGYA SAXENA JO KI MAHEK NURSING HOME MEIN KAAM KARNEWALI EK MAMULI NURSE HAIN.....etc,etc.....
she was evn more shocked to see the picture given.....it was of hers and krishna's in the rain...outside his car....she was holding his hand,stopping him frm leaving.....
the newspaper fell frm her hands....
she looked up at her father-----papa....ye sab....
she was immediately stopped by a hard slap on her face......the intensity of the slap was so much that she fell down on the floor.....crying.....
shyam ji shouted-----ye sanskar diya hain humne tumhe? tumhe hum ghar se bahar rehkar naukri karne ki ijazat dedi to tum ye bhi bhul gayi ki tumhara ek parivaar bhi hain? besharam ladki!!!! yehi sikhaya hain humne tumhe? ki bade bade raiz ladko ke saath ghumo firo..aur...aur...chee!!!!!
he twisted his face in dusgust... pratigya got up,tears straming down her face..she tried to touch her father....-------papa...hum...
he pushed her away------mat chuo hume...aur mat bulao hume PAPA.....hum tumhare jaisi besharam ladki ka baap kabhi nhi ho sakte.....kabhi nhi......
pratigya slapped her forehead and cried wildly..she had nvr imagined that such a thng cud happen...she shud have guessed it before that her krishna was no ordinary krishna....he was THE krishna singh and perhaps he did nt evn have a right to a private life.....
shyam ji walked inside,fuming in anger.... as soon as he left naina ji and aarushi came tp pratigya to console her..... she hugged her mother and cried bitterly..she cudnt evn speak properly........
naina ji wiped away her tears and pleaded her to stop------chup ho ja...pratigya....chup ho ja meri bacchi...kuch nhi hua hain...tu janti hain na apne papa ko....woh thk ho jayenge...tu plzz chup ho ja.....
pratigya fumbled------mummy.....hum......kabhi........ she cudnt evn complete her sentence.......
aarushi ran into her room....crying.....
seeing pratigya nobody wud believe that it was the same grl whu was soooo happy a few hours before......
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shyam ji sat on the sofa of the drawing room... naina ji sat quietly beside him....pratigya,adarsh and aarushi stood silently around them...waiting for him to take the decision...
after a long silence,he ultimately spoke-----humne maa se baat kar liya hain...hum kal hi allahabad wapas jayenge......apne ghar...adarsh tumhe wahaan ek se ek acche job mil jayega..nhi to hum firse tution padana shuru kar denge......par yahaan ek pal bhi aur ruke to hamari izzat mitti mein mil jayegi......
pratigya quickly wiped away the tear wich was abt to flow down her face...and tried to be strong....
shyam ji cntinued-----aarushi tumhara admission hum wahan ke college mein karwa denge.....aur rahi baat pratigya ki...to hume nhi lagta ki apni bachi kuchi izzat ko lekar use kahin naukri karne ki koi zaroorat hain.......
ye hamara akhri faisla hain.....
he got up frm the sofa and went into his own room..to avoid any type of discussion on the topic...... pratigya stood there for sometime...her mind blocked....her eyes moist.....the only thot wich kept on lingering in her mind was------hume krishna se door jana padega...usko shayad pata bhi nhi hoga ki hum kahaan hain.....hum usse fir kabhi nhi mil payenge........
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two months have passed in jail....... yes it was a jail all ryt......she was at home....bt it wasnt more than a jail...she was nt allowed to go out in case someone recognize her and abuse at her and her family.....the news had been over all the newspapers....and pratigya's family had to go through a hard time.....
they left puna and came back to allahabad...adarsh got a new job in a bank bt his income became half of wat he used to earn in pune...shyam ji started giving tuitions bt he did nt gain more than 6 children as the parents refused to send their children to such a father whu did nt evn teach his daughter to be in her limits.....
aarushi did nt get admission in any college as it was the middle of the session and she lost one year.....naina ji wrked hard in embrodering sarees and making handicrafts so that she cud earn a little frm them.......
and pratigya? well....she had changed totally...she had become skinny,dull,her face had lost all smiles and charms......she seldom talked..... all day she used to lock herself up in her room....nobody had the slightest idea wat she did........the whole day.....
she kept on writing numerous letters to krishna.....letters...she knew that she wudnt be able to post evr...bt still she kept on writing...so that if some day she met him........he wud nt misunderstand her............
another month passed by........their cndition remaining the same........naina ji fell ill.... the doctors suggested that she shud take full bed rest for some days...... it was then that pratigya took up her responsibilities agen.... shyam ji had cooled down till then..and he allowed her to wrk in the best hospital of their town......thus pratigya came back to her profession and started a new life.........
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it was a sunday morning and evryone was at home.....the day was special becoz of another reason...coz it was pratigya's 23rd brthday.....
aarushi,naina ji,adarsh,dadi and evn shaym ji were busy in preparing a surprise for her.... pratigya was still asleep so she wasnt aware of it......
wen it was 8,naina ji decided that they shud wake her up... she went into her room and shook the sleeping pratigya-------pratigya beta!!! utho beta...aur kitna soogi?
she turned over and smiled at her-------mummy kya baat hain...aaj aap hume jagane ke liye humare kamre mein aa gayi?kuch special hain kya?
naina ji tried to hide her face------nhi....nhi to....bas aise hi.....
pratigya sat up and hugged her mother-------kyun jhut bolti ho aap? hum jante hain ki aap hume yahaan brthday wish karne ke liye aaye hain....hain na? thnk nu sooo much mummy......
naina ji smiled------hmmm....hamari beti bht zyaada seyani hain kyun?
pratigya giggled-----aur nhi to kya.....
naina ji's eyes welled up in tears.....she looked away frm her so that she does nt see them..... all she wanted to see was her daughter smiling agen.......at least on her brthday and wen she really did,she became emotional......
she said-------tum tayar ho jao...aur bahar aao...sab tumhara intezaar kar rahe hain......
pratigya----oho.....brthday surprise,kyun?
naina ji smiled------haan.......
pratigya got down frm her bed and said-----thk hain mummy....hum 2 min mein change karke aate hain....she ran into the bathroom.... naina ji sighed-------he bhagwan...hamari beti hamesha aise hi hasti rahe...bas hume aur kuch nhi chahiye.......
pratigya came out of her room in a beautiful pink salwar..... looking absolutely gorgeous... shyam ji,adarsh,aarushi and dadi started singing the happy brthday song loudly as naina ji switched on the fan..... flowers and glittering stickers came showering on her......she was amazed..... after so much hardships she had never imagined that she get such a perfect brthday surprise..... evryone wished her individually including shyam ji..... then she cut the cake and fed pieces to evryone....adarsh painted her face with the cake cream....... she ran into the bathroom to save herself......... after all the celebrations were over,shyam ji,tired,sat down on the sofa and said-------bhai....aab hum bht thak gaye hain....tumlog maza karo aur haan...plzzz koi hume aaj ka newspaper lakar do.........
pratigya said-----hum late hain papa.... she went into the balcony to search for the newspaper and found it stuck behind a flower pot...
pratigya-----ye lo....aab agr hum dhyan se nhi dekhte to ye kabhi nhi milta....... she picked it up and dusted it....... then she turned it over to go through the headlines and instantly her face became pale......and her voice stuck inside her throat..........
this was the headlines:-------
MASHOOR INDUSTRIALIST KRISHNA SINGH FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN MUKTANGAN REHABILITATION CENTRE,PUNE...
pratigya cudnt evn read the contents properly...her hands started to shake vigorously as she read few wrds like DRUGS,OVERDOSE,LIFE,TREATMENT,LESS CHANCES,SURVIVAL........
she dropped down on the floor unconscious........
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excuse me,doctor......Mr.krishna singh......where is he?------asked pratigya impatiently....
it had been 5 hrs since she had reached pune after fighting with her family members and taking their curses on her brthday...... she had been to muktangan rehab centre bt got this news that krishna had been shifted to a vry reputed hospital in pune as his state was declining....
she also got this news that he had been in that rehab centre for the last fifteen days.....he was admitted there in a crucial state......his liver,both of his kidneys....let alone his lungs....were all damaged.....due to extreme drug-overdose... he cudnt walk,stand let alone speak properly.......
pratigya got the name of the hospital frm the attendants there......and rushed over to the place......
Mr.singh? he is in ward no.246,par madam aap hain kaun?-------the ward boy was abt to ask her...bt she avoided him and ran towards ward no.246...
there were a number of guards in frnt of his ward...they stopped her.......
pratigya shouted-----kya kar rahe hain aap? hume andar jana hain.......hume krishna se milna hain......
the guard whu had stopped her said politely------am sry mam....kisiko andar jane ki ijazat nhi hain.....
pratigya------lekin hum use jante hain.........aur hamara usse milna bht zaroori hain......
the guard------shayad...lekin hum kuch nhi kar sakte.......
pratigya struggled to get free------chodo hume.....jane do hume krishna ke paas jana hain........
tears rolled down her cheeks......
suddenly a familiar voice sounded frm behind-------ye kya ho raha hain yahan?
she turned and saw a familiar face...she tried to recall where she had seen him....wen the man exclaimed-------pratigya jee?
pratigya remembered at once....it was arun...krishna P.A.
arun-----pratigya ji....aap...sachmein......aap abhi ayiye yahan mere saath.....
he took her hand before she cud object and led her into the lounge.......
then he faced her-----aab aap yahaan kya dekhne aye hain?ki aapne unko kitna barbad kiya?huh?
pratigya was speechless....
arun cntinued------aap jaisi ladki...jise kisi ki bhavnao ki koi kadar nhi hain....jo kisiko maut mein muh mein bhej sakti hain......
pratigya interrupted------ye kya keh rahe hain aap?
arun----hum nhi keh rahe hain....yehi sach.......hain......aaj Mr.singh ka jo halat hain na....woh sirf apki wajese hua hain..... aaj agr unhe kuch ho jata hain....to uska zimedaar bhi aap hongi.....aapke use mar dala pratigya ji....khun kiya hain aapne uska......
pratigya felt the ground beneath her feet shook......yet she stood there like a statue,listening to his accusations.....
arun------jab aapko usse koi matlab hi nhi thi......tab kyun kiya jhute pyaar ka natak? apne aapko mashoor banane ke liye? newspaper ke frnt page mein apna naam dalne ke liye? huh? KRISHNA SINGH KA NAYA PYAAR.....EK MAMULI NURSE......kyun?sahi kaha na......?
paglon ki tarah dhundte rahe woh aapko......aapke nursing home mein aisa koi ek shaks nhi hain jinse krishna singh ne aapke bare mein na pucha ho.....pagal ho gaye the woh......aapke liye....lekin jab use aap nhi mile...to usne aapne aapko khatam karne ka faisla kar liya....waise bhi woh to ek mara hua insaan hi the....lekin aapne unhe dobara maar diya.....woh bhi tab jab woh jine ki koshish karna chahte the........
pratigya managed out a reply------arun...hamara yakeen karo...hum krishna se sachmein pyaar karte hain...aur hum jaan bujhkar.....
he raised his hand to stop her in midway and said------hume aapka koi safayi nhi sunna....lekin haan...hum aapko krishna singh se milne denge...aapke liye nhi...balki uske liye....shayad aapko dekhkar woh firse thk ho jaye..... hamare saath ayiye....
he led her to his ward and said to the guards-----ise andar jane do.....
pratigya stepped inside the ward..... it was the most expensive ward in the whole hospital...the managers had taken a lot to provide all types of facilities to krishna...whu lay still on the bed....eyes closed......
pratigya's heart leaped to see him....and in the next instant she felt like crying out loudly....-------was THIS her krishna?
the man whu laid on the bed....looked so thin,so weak,so ill...there were dark circles around his hole-like eyes.....his hairs had become thin....he looked as if he had reached his forties.....
pratigya came over to him and sat down beside his bed... she gazed at the face she knew so well.....only a few mnths back....... she touched his forehead and whispered his name------krishna?
he opened his eyes......at frst he stared at her......with a blank expression......
she felt as if someone kicked her stomach..she stammered------krishna....hum....pratigya.......
the expression in his eyes began to change,vry slowly.....and wat appeared at the corners of his lips seemed to be a smile....... pratigya's smiled back...and clutched his hand tightly-----krishna hum wapas aa gaye hain....tumhare paas...aab hum tumhe chodke kabhi nhi jayenge......kabhi nhi.....
she wiped away her tears and caressed his face...with her soft fingers....... he gave out a long sigh....and looked away.....
pratigya's smile faded away--------kya hua krishna? tum khush nhi ho?humne kaha na hum tumhe chodkar fir kabhi nhi jayenge.......hum tumse bht pyaar karte hain....bht...pyaar......nhi jee sakte tumhare bina....krishna.... she shook him----tum sun rahe ho na?
she related each and evry incident wich had happened after he left for london...he listened silently....without reacting.......
wen she finished....he put his hand under his bedsheet and pulled out a paper......he handed it over to her and said,in a vry weak voice--------plzzz......
she took the paper and unfolded it.....it was his own handwriting...maybe he had written it wen he was able to write......
pratigya,
hum nhi jante ki hum sahi hain ya galat.....lekin hamara dil kehta hain ki tum galat nhi ho....tumne hume dhokha nhi diya.....sab keh rahe hain ki tumhara pyaar saccha nhi tha.....nhi kisine hamari tarah tumhari ankhon mein jhakkar to nhi dekha hain na....!!!! unhe bhala kaise pata hoga ki tum humse kitnaa pyaar karti ho.......tum jahan bhi ho......hum jante hain...tum aaj bhi hume utna hi chahti ho...aur jistarah hum tumhare liye aansu baha rahe hain...tum bhi..........shayad.........
pratigya...sacchayi chahe jo bhi ho.......hum aab ye aur bardsht nhi kar sakte....zindagi ne hamare saath bht bara mazak kiya hain......pehle woh hadsa.....aur fir tumhara istarah...........aab humme aur sehne ki takat nhi hain.......hum har gaye hain pratigya.........har gaye hum......
pata nhi ye khat hum tumhe kabhi de payenge ya nhi....shayad fir hum tumse fir kabhi mil hi nhi payenge...aaj maut ka darwaza khatkhatate hue....hamari dil mein bas ek akhri umeed bachi hain......ke hume tum khud is narak se mukti de do....nhi jee sakte hum......lekin tum to janti ho....hum bht buzdil hain...apne aapko nhi mar payenge......bht dard ho raha hain pratigya.....bht dard......isse accha to maut hain.....lekin hume itna dardnak maut nhi chahiye.........ki harpal aap maut ke liye taraste raho aur aapko maut hi na mile........kya hum itne bure insaan hain pratigya? ki hum chain se mar bhi nhi sakte? nhi pratigya........hum....thak gaye hain.......hamara taklif door kar do.....hume MAUT DE DO....APNE HAATHON SE......hume JANNAT NASEEB HO JAYEGA pratigya.........
pratigya got up,her face hot and her eyes swelled up.....she tore the letter away into pieces and shouted-------kabhi nhi.......hum aisa kabhi nhi karenge.....SUNA TUMNE???????????
she ran out of the room...krishna was nt in a state to stop her....he kept staring at the door....his vision becoming blurred due to his tears......
pratigya kept on running.......she ran into the lounge,toppling on a stretcher full of medicines on her way....crying bitterly......she cudnt get his wrds out of her mind-----hume maut de do...apne haathon se.....
she dropped down on the floor,breathing heavily... she covered her face with her hands...and tried to control herself..------hum aisa kaise kar payenge krishna? hum tumhe....nhi........humne to tumhare saath jeene ka sapna dekhe the....aur aaj tum chahte ho..........
her body shook with her uncontrollable sobs.......wen she felt someone's hand on her shoulder...she looked back,it was arun.......
he said-------pratigya ji....sir aapko bula rahe hain...apne paas....
she looked away-----hum nhi jayenge.......
arun-------aapko abhi bhi.......chee!!!!
pratigya got up on her feet and said-------tumhe jo samajhna hain samjho...lekin hum wahan NHI jayenge.......
arun------tumhe hamari baaton par yakeen nhi hain.....hain na?thk hain chalo hamare saath......
he took her to doctor whu was treating krishna....
he said-------uske thk hone ka aab bht hi kam chances hain.......ya to ye kehna thk hoga ki woh aab kabhi thk nhi ho sakte.....uske dono kidneys,liver aur lungs.....sab kharab ho gaya hain....agr woh bach bhi jaye to zindagi bhar chal fir nhi payenge.......artificial dialysis ke upar jeena padega...aur bhi zyaada din ke liye nhi......bht dardnak maut milega unko.......i feel really bad for these people.....this is wat we call SLOW POISONING....dheere dheere apne aapko mar dalna......
vry sad......
he clicked his tongue sympathetically........
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krishna stared at the ceiling......he remembered that night wen pratigya had confessed her love to him and he had realised his own feelings for her.....he remebered their union.......her soft feel......her tender touch....he closed his eyes and tried to relive that moment wen suddenly he became aware of someone's presence..........he opened his eyes........
pratigya smiled at him-------hi......
krishna put his hand on hers and pressed it slightly......
pratigya-------tum jo chahte ho.........hum.....hum... she leaned over to him and hid her face in his chest,weeping........
he put his arms around her.......and stroked her head.......soothingly........
they stayed in that manner for quite a long time wen pratigya got up and wiped her face......she sighed.....
then slowly she took out an ampule frm her pocket.........and showed it to krishna... though it was written in vry tiny blocks bt krishna's face shone as he read the name------BRUCELLA ABORTUS...... it was a poison........
she took up a syringe frm the table beside and poured the whole of it into the syringe,her hands shaking vigorously during the process....
then she looked at krishna,his face was calm....and there was a faint glow in his eyes........
she stooped down towards him and placed her wet lips on his.....she kissed him passionately....he responded.......for few seconds...then suddenly.....he dropped back.......... pratigya pulled out the syringe frm inside his arm......IT WAS EMPTY..............
she looked at him.......his face was still calm.........only the glow had faded away frm his eyes..........
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