Part - 2
Maan has become blind..... As he struggles to find his way out all he could think of is the sight of Geet with a stranger that too happy.... Why is Maan so confident that if he is going through something not so good then Geet too should be going through the same.... there is our selfish Khurana...if I'm not happy then she should never be happy...he is not that divine Budha kind of guy who wants only happiness for the near and dear even though his life is miserable.....
If something troubles me then it should obviously trouble you too Geet....how could you forget everything like magic...if she has a magic wand then Maan would like to burrow it from her.... There is nothing in the world that MSK fails but here he feels that he has failed terribly, while Geet has successfully overcome her past and found a way forward while Maan is still stuck in the past....
How could he forget those beautiful days when he went to Hoshiarpur with the entire Khurana pariwar and spent the most memorable and fun filled days of his life there....
5 years back...
It was the Christmas vacation and Maan thought why not take a little journey back into his life and trace his family tree... moreover he has this responsibility hanging over his shoulders for a while...he has to find this Savitri Devi Khurana and give her the news of her son....
It's time for Maan to convey this bad news to that person in the picture.... she looks so happy in the picture holding her elder son.... Will she remember him after all these years? will she be there to receive Maan's message or would she be just a news for him?
Maan is confused but he wants to find the truth about his so called family.... Are they really worth the visit like Madan said or will it be a total waste of time and effort? Maan has never stopped thinking about his father's family... Yes, only his father's family.... How could they be remotely related to Maan when Maan barely considers Madan his family?.....
Maan lands in Delhi with zero clues about what to expect and from where to start.....he first Google's the address at the back of the picture...it's somewhere in old Delhi and this place has changed a lot in these years....this doesn't seem to be a residential area at all and it's purely commercial....there is not even a home where he could ask about their neighbours... It all looks pretty new developed in the past few years only.... How could Maan find anyone to tell him about the people who lived here almost 30 years back? It seems impossible....
Maan thinks it's foolish to even think about asking anyone about the people in the picture... But he is not ready to give up without a try....he just asks an old rikhshaw wala to take him to that address.... He looks at Maan suspiciously but seeing that Maan is new to the place maybe to the country itself he decides to make a fortune.... He offers to help Maan if Maan is ready to pa him heavy... He says that it's pretty difficult to find such an old address... Maan thinks that he is right.... He takes Maan around half of Delhi before going to that address... Maan finds some Mobile Phone dealer at that place instead of his ancestral home... They are not some royal descendants and this not some palace... This place which used to be a small residential place then has now been converted into this busy Bazaar....
That rickshaw wala drops Maan at that place and demands 5000rs. Maan had no idea what to do and just gets rid of that cheat by giving him the money... He then goes to the shop and asks about the Khuranas.. but they don't know anything for they are new to the place and don't know much about the previous owners.... They are here for rent and have no contact with the owners for everything is done by middlemen and they just know the a/c no in which they transfer the rent every month....
Maan then comes to the street and start walking looking for clues...he then finds a very old roti shop and thinks that he could find out more from there...he goes and orders food first to befriend the owner who is in his late sixties and Maan thinks he should definitely know the Khuranas.... Maan introduces himself as Maan Singh Khurana and the owner Mr. Dilip Saxena just keeps staring Maan and not showing any interest in what Maan is saying...
Maan: Mr. Saxena halooooo
Saxena: hmm what's your name?
Maan gets a little annoyed that this man didn't even listen to him all the while....
Maan: Maan Maan Khurana
Maan almost shouts so that he would hear this time....it's no use talking to him and Maan thinks it better for him to move and find someone else instead...there could be more people his age or even older who would know his dadaji and dadi as well...they could recognise her picture...
Mr.Saxena seems happy to hear the surname...... And even this time he is not interested in his actual name....
Maan: Mr. Saxena
Saxena: so you are a Khurana?
Saxena seems to be happy to know that Maan is a Khurana
Maan: thank god you are not deaf
Saxena: do you know Madan Khurana?
Maan is a shocked to hear that....
Maan: how do you know him?
Saxena: I just asked you a question, you should answer it not ask me another question, haa the Khurana blood talking
Maan is happy that he knows his family...now he is not bothered to own the Khurana surname....after all someone knows them and is happy to welcome a Khurana.....but how does he know that Maan would know Madan.....
Why not? Maan resembles his father somewhat and the Indians are experts in finding that....you know whenever we see a newborn the first thing we like to see is whom does it resemble...is it the mother's gene or the father's did it inherit, just the physical looks....
Maan: mr.saxena, I'm his son
Saxena has a winning pride on his face as if he had discovered something big....
Saxena: mujhe patha tha? I just wanted to confirm
Maan takes out the photo and shows it to him
Saxena looks at it for a long time...maybe he is lost in the past...
Maan: Mr. Saxena I have to meet this Savitri Devi Khurana and give her a message
Saxena: hare she's your dadi, show some respect, and don't call me Mr.saxena, you can call me uncle or just Dilip ji if you are not comfortable
Maan: ok uncle, do you know my dadi's address
Saxena: tum toh angrezon ki tarah hi sochthe ho, it's not your fault, Abhi yahan aagaye haina? Ab tum bhi apna Sanskaar seekh loge
Maan: I didn't come here for any advice
Saxena: I can see Madan now, the same anger and the same hasty reactions, had he been a little patient you wouldn't have come in search of your family
Maan is getting restless....
Maan: is my dadi alive or what? I can't waste my time on unnecessary stories and I just came here to give her a message
Saxena: why didn't Madan come with you? Is he still mad at Khuranaji?
Maan: how would I know?
Saxena: I know him, but he loves maaji so much, ye toh aap logon ka faltu gusse ka natheeja hai, poor maaaji had to suffer
Maan controls his anger.....
Saxena: maaji would be happy to see you, and Madan too
Maan: she should be more than happy seeing me for she can never see him now
Saxena: what?
Maan: he is no more, that's why I'm here to give the news to dadi
Suddenly Dilip's feeling so sad and is almost in tears...now he is more happy to welcome Maan....he just comes out towards Maan signalling Maan to come forward...he then hugs him tight....Maan doesn't know how to react but he doesn't hate it that much... He is ok with it....
Saxena: I'm sorry puthar, this must be so hard for you, good that you have come to the right place now
Maan is now confident that this man will definitely know their current address....
Saxena: do you have any pics of your dad? It's been years since I had seen him
Maan takes out his mobile and shows some pics.... There are Sheetal's pics too
Saxena: how is Sheetal?
Maan is surprised that he knows his mother too....Maan has no idea whatever happened in INDIA and why his parents ran away.... He thought thay had no one in India and so they went in search of a new life..... Maan becomes eager to know more about his parents....
Maan: you know maa?
Maan has softened now while thinking of his mother... She was such an innocent and sweet lady.... She loved Madan so much that she blindly followed him to Canada without even thinking for a second...she believed him that much... Maan loves her and misses her a lot for she was the one who took care of him while Madan worked day and night to secure his family's future... After Maan was born Madan was worried about his son and didn't want Maan to suffer for all the decisions he made.... He left all the family and their fortunes at his own risk but Maan deserves all that being a Khurana, so Madan decided to give Maan the same life that Madan had in India if not better... So Sheetal took the responsibility of bringing up Maan and she gave him all the love and care he missed from his father... Only after her death did Maan loose hope in family and love..... Maan is lost in her thoughts...he looks disturbed....
Saxena: Maan, what happened?
Maan: maa mujhe chodke chali gayi, bahut pehle hi
Saxena is really shocked....so Maan is all alone now...no wonder he looks frustrated.....
Saxena: I can't forget those days and those two, kash Khuranaji itni ziddi nahi hothe
Maan is all ears to hear about his parents, specially Sheetal...
Saxena feels that Maan should meet his dadi immediately.... She'll take of everything.....
Saxena: here take this
He scribbles something in a piece of paper and gives it to Maan....
He gives a chit with the new address. They have shifted to a residential area somewhere in Gurgaon...
Maan thanks him for that and starts to leave....
Saxena stops him....
Saxena: Maan maan
Maan turns back and looks at him...
It's that same officer and he is shocked to see Maan rushing....
Maan comes back to the present....
Officer: Mr.Maan what are you doing here?
Maan is totally confused and doesn't know what he is talking about....
Officer: Mr.Maan it's time for your flight, you are late, hurry
He helps Maan carry his things and takes him along holding his hand...for him Maan looked like a child lost in a mela....but that's what is MSK's condition now...thanks to Geet Handa.....
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