He made his way to his room ,switched on the lights,he pulled back the chair which was assigned near the study table at the right corner of the room & sat.He touched the dairy which was on the table,His DAIRY,its not usual dairy for him , but it was the way to share his each & every action , thought with his not-present-dear wife.
He started to write "Patha hai Ragini aaj thumhari...mera mathlab hamari ghar se invitation ayi hai...kavitha ki shaadi ki invitation...akhir hamare ghar se hume nyotha aya hai...ithni saalon ke baadh thumahri wish poori ho rahi hai ...aaj main bahuth kush hoon...kaash thum mere saath hothe ..."he stopped writing as he couldn't win over his tears.
AFTER 2 DAYS
INDIA ,KOLKATA
He accompanied his brother Adarsh ,Parineeta & his Son reached Kolkata .
"Bhayya...maine kahaa ki hum pehale hotel jayenge "he said in disgust to his brother
"Arey hotel kyun?? ithni saalon ke baadh ham yahaa ayi..aur hum pehale hotel jayenge tho unhe achaa nahi lagega..."answered his brother.
"Haa..Papa..mujhe dadhu aur daadi se milna hai jaldhi..."demanded his little son..
"okay...okay...bhayya address hai naa aapke pass...chalo ...TAXI..."he called the taxi..
"Adarsh ji suniye...hum pehale mandir jayenge...please baadh mein Gadodia House " reminded Pari to Adarsh.
All reached Mandir , had pooja & while returning
"Dekho champ...yahaa shararath nahi chalegaa...mere haath pakado "he directed his little son.
"nahi..papa...main aap sabse pehale andhar chala jatha hoon..dekhiye "saying this the little boy stated to run..
"Aaryan...sanbhal ke betaa...gir javoge..." said pari in concern..
"ahhh..." the little boy fell down.
He , adarsh & Pari rushed to him , but before them a pair of hands lifted the boy
"beta aap ko kuch hua tho nahi na...?"asked the old man who lifted the person
But the boy couldn't answer & started crying
"Nahi ...nahi beta...aap royiyegaa math...dekho tho kuch nahi hua aapko " consoled the old man.
"champ..kahaa na maine..aap sunthe kyun nahi ho ?" he screamed the boy with concern.
"bache hai...ho jatha hai ...aap fikar math kijiye...kuch nahi hua ise.." calmed the oldman
"Thank u so much sir..." he thanked the old man "Champ...Dadaji ko thank you bolo "he said turning to his little boy.
"Thank you Dadaji..." said the cute little boy to the old man
The unknown feeling twisted the old man,some unknown attraction was drawing the old man to the little boy.He knelt before the boy & keeping his hand on the boy's hand asked him
"aap ka naam kya hai beta?"
"mera naam tho Aaryan hai ..par papa mujhe champ bhulathe ,badimaa bitto bhulathe aur badepapa ...shaithan ' laughed the little boy revealing his names.
all burst out into laughter ...
"waise lagtha hai ki aap log yahaa nayaa hai ?" asked the old man standing up on hie feet...
"ji...hum yahaa shaadi attened karne ayi hai ..gadodia Nivas mein " he said lifting his little son..
The old man was surprised & asked "Gadodia Nivas?? aap kahaa se aye hai ?"
"ji..main unka Dhamadh hoon...London se ayi hoon "he said smiling to the old man
listening this , at the very next moment the old man's expressions changed & he reached his car in a stance & slammed the door.
The trio stood confused at the old man's behavior ,He asked the pandit who stood near by
"Pandit ji...abhi yahaa se chala gayaa..koun hai wo ?" with doubtful face.
"aap unhe nahi jaanthe...Durga Prasad Gadodia hai " confirmed the pandit & left
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After few minutes they reached Gadodia Nivas , they were warmly welcomed by Shekar ,Ramprasad & Sharmista
"aap ka jounery kaise rahaa? "asked shekar.
"ji..achaa tha..." he answered..
"chaliye andhar chalthe hai " sharmista made their way into the house.
"Bhabhi ...dekhiye tho koun ayaa hai " called ram prasad
Annapurna & sujata rushed to the hall
seeing them he stood up & folded his hands to wish them
"Ji..Namaste " he said
Annapurna's eyes were filled with tears
"bhabhi...ye hamara Dhamadh ji ..Sanskaar..Sanskaar Maheswari " introduced shekar
"maa..." he called & greeted her by touching her feet
She looked at him with affection & then shifted her gaze to little boy
Sanskaar signalled the boy , understanding this ,the little boy came forward & touched her foot & wished "Namaste Dadimaa "
Annapurna broke into tears & immediately took the boy close to her heart & cried.
"Jiji...pandit ji agayiii ..pooja ka time ho raha hai " reminded sujata to annapurna.
Annapurna wiped her tears & welcomed them to pooja
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"pooja sampann hui ...sab log nav vadhu ko ashirwad dhijiye " said the pandit
Gadodia couples blessed Kavitha to have a happy life , then much to Durga Prasad's astonishment pandit ji said "Dhamadh ji ko bhi bulayiye..."
Durga prasad started to move from their feeling sanskaar's presence , but he was stopped by sanskaar
"Papa ji ..." he called
"koun Papa ...Hume Papa bulane ka haq thumhe nahi hai...thum hamari beti ki gunegaar ho..kyun ayi ho yahaa...is parivaar shayad bhulsaktha hai par hum kabhi nahi bhulpayenge aur thume nahi maaf karenge..." he insulted sanskaar by venting out his anger on him...
sanskaar felt very bad at his reaction, but controlled seeing his little boy who was frightened at this incident .He came forward , lifted the boy & came out of the house .
"Papa...ek baath poochon " asked the little boy sitting on the big step infront of the house.
"kya hai..poocho "sanskaar asked him sitting next to him
"dadaji ko aap par ithna Gussa kyun hai ?"the boy asked innocently.
He laughed & smiled "kyun ki...main thumhari maa se in sab ke maarzi ke khilaaf shaadi ki ...isliye.."
"aap ne aisa kyun kiya?" shooted the boy.
"kyun ki..main thumhari maa se bahuth pyaar kartha hoon ...isliye" he answered his son
"achaa...aap ne maa ko pehali baar kab dekhaa??" asked the boy with utmost interest ...
He sighed & said "Thab thum paidha nahi hua...5 saal pehle Darjeeling mein ...thab main apni company ka project leader tha...aur thumhari maa IT student ...thab..."
his memories drove him into his past , beautiful past ...
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5 YEARS BACK
DARJEELING, EVENING 05:30 PM
he was on his way to his hotel , it started raining heavily.He was unable to drive as the view was not clear to him.
"Sheeshhh " he screamed & closed his eyes applying sudden brake of his car
A girl crossing the road stood before him numb closing his eyes & ears with her hands, he was about to hit the girl but applied brakes at the right time.
He opened his eyes & examined the girl whether she was okay or not.
She slowly opened her eyes , released her ears & turned to him.
At the next moment his world stopped , the girl was in white chudidhar , her dupatta draped around her shoulders , few starnds of hair fallen on her face, big eyes which were full of anger on him.
"Aandhe ho kya aap? dAgar driving karna nahi athaa tho chalathe kyun aap?" she started to scold him.
But he was lost in her , he knew that she was speaking but don't know what she was saying him , seeing him smiling at her , she left with disgust & reached a Taxi.
He realized that she left , came out of his car & searched for her on all sides ...but she left ...he stood in the rain completely drenched.
Kumkum Bhagya
Anupamaa
