Chapter 5
In mm house
Durga prasad comes back home. Annapurna sees him and goes to greet him
Ap- " arre aap aa gaye. Chai lau?"
Dp- " nahi bas ek glass paani"
Annapurna goes to fetch him water.
Dp goes towards laksh's room.
Laksh-"GDP= c+I+g+(x-m)"
Durga prasad is shocked.
Dp-" laksh tum kya kar rahe ho? "
Laksh- " papa mai GDP pad raha hu"
Dp- " haan lekin tum pad rahe ho. Matlab tum sach me pad rahe ho"
Laksh-" haan papa mai pad raha hu. Oh mujhe kuch puchna hai mai abhi aaya.
Laksh goes out to make a call
In the baadi
Ragini's pov::
We were all sitting on the dining table. Papa asked me-" ragini beta padai kaisi chal rahi hai tumhari"
Ragini-"achhi chal rahi hai papa. Hame umeed hai ke hum iss baar bhi achhe marks leyenge"
Shekhar-" that's like my good girl. Mai to hamesha se..."
Tring tring tring tring...
It was my cell that was ringing. I looked at papa and I don't know but I felt like his eyes were questioning me-" wo hamari dost ka phone hai, ayesha"
Shekhar-" phone utha lo beta. Mai ne kab pucha ke kiska phone hai"
Ragini-" haan hum abhi aaye"
I left the place to attend the call.
Ragini-" hello"
Laksh- " hai mai laksh bo..."
Ragini-" jaldi bolo kyu phone kiya?"
Laksh-" wo mujhe puchna tha ke GDP ke formula me x-m kya hota hai"
Ragini-"x-m is net export.Exports- imports"
Laksh-" OK thanks. Good ni.."
I had already cut the call.
Laksh's pov::
The phone was ringing but no one was picking up the phone. Finally she answered
I greeted her but her answer was-" jaldi bolo kyu phone kiya"
I was surprised by her curt reply. Girls usually get excited when I call them. I remember a girl I had dated just for time pass who was so happy when I called her first and thhlast time in my life. Well last because I broke up with her after that call.
But ragini her answer surprised me. But I had to ask her. Who else would tell me what x and m are?
So I kept my anger and my ego aside and asked her. She explained it to me very nicely and my anger subsided.
But when I was wishing her good night she cut my call.
Now I was really angry. What does she think of herself?
I'll see her tomorrow.
In the morning I went to the college a little early. I would really teach her a lesson so that she never talks to me that way again. I saw her with a girl in the canteen. She saw me and left her friend. Now I would scold her hard.
Ragini-" mana kiya tha na"
Laksh- " huh?"
Ragini-" humne mana kiya tha na hame raat me call mat karna"
Laksh-" wo..."
Ragini-" kya wo pta hai dinner table par aise phone bajne se kitne suspicions paida hote hai?"
Laksh-" haan.."
Ragini-" nahi, tumhe kuch nahi pta jis kaam ko mana karo wahi karte ho. Huh"
So I had practiced this lime a million times. I would scold her make her realise how girls yearn to talk to me. That she was very lucky to receive that call. But everything was in vain. In the end she behaved rudely with me on the phone and as if that wasn't enough even scolded me in the college and I could not even utter a single word. Why, why do I always become speechless in front of ragini?
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
