I have posted 2 parts today. In the next part, Robbie comes back...........
PART - 14
In Delhi :
Before she knows the day is over and Kasturi will be ready to go to Chandni Chowk. She reaches home and asks the driver to come back for her on Monday morning. Everybody comes out to greet her. Everybody is so excited to see her that they all talk at the same time, surround her and ask her a million questions. And Kasturi will be very happy to see her family so happy.
In Hyderabad:
Neela goes and picks up the baby. Raunak slowly walks towards them. He is seeing his daughter for the first time. She will look just like him!!!!! She will have his eyes and hair!!! The baby is staring at Raunak and Raunak is staring at her. Neela will introduce them to each other.
Neela : Raunak, meet Raaga Singhania, Raaga, meet your dad!!!!!
And she gives the baby to Raunak to hold. The moment Raunak holds her, he will be so overcome with paternal love that tears will flow down his eyes and he will kiss the baby so affectionately!!!!! Both he and Neela will be crying and the baby will be looking at them alternately ( <with an exasperated expression that says - Are you done with crying, or what???? I am supposed to be the one doing the crying!!!! Btw, who is this man? Never seen him before, but he seems very familiar!!!> Just kidding, guys!! Wanted to lighten this sentimental situation a bit!! OK, getting back to the scene....)
Back in Delhi....
That night Kasturi will talk with her sisters till late in the night and then all will sleep on the same bed like when they were kids. Next day morning, Kaushalya will bring tea for Kasturi to her room. She will wake Kasturi up, so she can spend some time with her without interference from Alka.
Kaushalya (giving her tea) : Puttar, kaisi hai tu? Khush hai na?
Kasturi : Maa, meri chintaa bilkul mat keejiye. Raunak ji aur unke gharwaale meraa bahut khyaal rakhte hai. Mujhe ghar mei koi kaam nahin karne dete. Aur ghar baithe baithe, mei bore ho gayi toh, unhone mujhe phirse naukri karne ke liye bhi encourage kiyaa.
Kaushalya (will be beaming) : Kasturi puttar, mei bahut khush hun.
And while they are talking, Navneet also wakes up and she will still be lazily lying on the bed and looking at both the Ks and listening to them.
Kaushalya (hesitantly) : Aur puttar, Robbie kaisa hai? Tujhe kisi tarah se takleef toh nahin pahunchata na?
Kasturi (her heart suddenly becomes clouded but manages to answer normally) : Nahin, Maa.
Kaushalya : Mei yeh kabhi nahi bhool sakti ke ussne tumhaare bauji ko jalne se aur teri zindagi Girish ke haaton barbaad hote bachaayaa!!! Betaa, mujhe aaj bhi yakeen nahi hota ke ussne tumhe dhokha diyaa.
Kasturi : Maa, baat dokhe ki nahin hai. Agar woh sirf mujhe dhokha deke chale jaate, toh bhi mujhe utnaa buraa nahi lagtaa, jitnaa mujhe hamare parivaar ki beizzati ka lagaa.
Her eyes fill up with tears and Kaushalya will hug her and say
Kausalya : Maaf kar de, puttar. tujhe subah subah rulaa diyaa.
Navneet will also get up and hug Kasturi.
Meanwhile Tanu will whine sleepily : Ohfo!! Sone do na maa. Kya subah subah shuru kar diyaa.
Kausalya : Besharam. Dekh toh suraj kaise nikal aaya, aur tu abhi tak so rahi hai. Utt!!!
And Navneet and Kasturi will drag Tanu out of bed.
Kasturi will shower and get ready and come to the kitchen to help her Mom out when Alka will start
Alka : Arre Kasturi!!! Kitni sundar salwaar hai!!! Hayye, bahut mehengi lagti hai!! Arre itni mehengi salwaar, kitchen mei pehan kar aaogi toh kharaab ho jaayegi!!
Kasturi will just smile in reply. But Navneet will not keep quite.
Navneet : Ek kharaab ho gayi toh kya hua chachi?? Dii ke paas toh aise bahut se salwaar hai.
Alka (making a face) : Arre hongi bhai, zaroor hongi. Aakhir Singhaniayon ki bahu hai. Tere shaadi ke kharche ke tale dab kar, hum kuch bhi nahi khareed sakte toh kya, teri thaat dekhkar toh khush ho sakte hai na??
And she wil go on and on.
Beeji : Ab bas kar, Alka. Aaj kal toh JP ki bhi naukri lagee hai. Tere bacchon ke kamaai par hi puraa ghar nahi chal rahaa.
Kaushalya will feel very relieved at this statement. Kasturi will notice this and will be so happy that her father is working again.
Ajay : Haan, maa. Tauji bhi toh ghar ka aadha kharch de rahe hai. Ab iss baat koh aur mat badhao. Kasturi do din ke liye ayee hai, usse khush rehne de.
Everyone will shut Alka up.
Kiku : Hey Kasturi, kyon na picture kaa plan banaaye. Kitne din hue, hum sab milkar nahi gaye.
Tanu and Navneet will scream: Haan chalo, chalo.
So, all the junior Chawlas will hit the road. They will roam around, eat chaat and drink lassi, talk and talk and talk. Go to an exhibition/fair that is running in Chandni Chowk and then they all will go and watch a movie.
Meanwhile, Robbie and party will reach the US. They will settle down and get ready for their first concert. Through out the flight, Robbie will think about Kasturi and wonder what is going to happen. He will make a promise to himself
Robbie : Yeh poora mahinaa, mei Kasturi se koi communication nahin rakhunga. Mei ek baar bhi uss se baat nahi karungaa. Dekhna hai mei uss ke dil mei hun ke nahin. Yeh mere pyaar ke taakat ki agnipareeksha hogi.
Next day, Kasturi and her sisters will get up early in the morning and get into the kitchen. They will not allow their Mom to do any work that day. They will take care of everything. They will also make arrangements for a small party in the evening. They will only invite a few close friends. JP will invite Sameer as he is all alone away from his family.
In the afternoon, K will gift a beautiful pearl necklace set to her Mom. It will be gorgeous and Kaushalya wil be completely taken aback.
Kaushalya : Puttar, itnaa mehengaa tohfaa!!!! Kahin yeh tu apne sasuraal waalon ke paise se toh nahin layee?
Kasturi : Nahin maa, yeh mere paise hai. Mere salary ke paise. Please maa, isse lelo. Inkaar mat karnaa. Mujhe bahut buraa lagegaa.
Everybody will force Kaushalya and she will finally accept it. Alka chachi will be burning up with jealousy.
Kaushalya will not like to cut cake etc, so they will hold a small pooja in the house and then all the guests will arrive and everybody is enjoying the party.
Sameer will come with a beautiful salwar-kameez that he has designed as a gift for Kaushalya. Everybody will love it. And Alka will think, "hai rabba, mere birthday mei aur cheh mahine hai!!!"
JP will introduce everyone to Sameer. When he introduces Kasturi, Sameer will think in his mind, Oh, toh yeh hai Kasturi. Kitni simple aur elegant hai!!! Inke peeche toh koi bhi deewaana ho sakta hai..
Tanu and Sameer will hit it off at once. Both are into fashion, one designs it and the other wears it!!! They will talk a lot and discuss a lot of things. Sameer will look around and notice Navneet and will sigh and think - Party mei bhi wahi faltoo kapade!!!
After a while Navneet will come and say hello to Sameer and will stand besides them (Sameer and Tanu) and look at them irritatedly (because all they talk about is fashion).
Sameer : Tanu, mujhe abhi bhi yakeen nahi hota ke yeh (pointing to Navneet) tumhaara bhai hai... meraa matlab hai, tumhaari behen hai!!!
Both Tanu and Sameer will burst out laughing. Navneet will get so mad.
Sameer : Sorry Navneet! I am sorry. Lekin tumhi majboor karti ho ke log tumpe aise jokes maare.
Navneet : Kya matlab?
Sameer : Yeh samjhane ke liye bahut waqt lagegaa. Uske liye phir kabhi milenge.
She will leave in a huff and they both will continue talking.
Then Girish will come. Everybody will be shocked to see him. JP will get very angry on seeing him and will be about to yell at him when Ajay will stop him.
Ajay : Tauji, Girish ko meine bulaaya hai. Girish haal hi mein jail se choota hai aur apne kiye par bahut sharmindaa hai. Woh aapse aur Kasturi se maafi maangnaa chahtha hai.
JP : Isse yahaan koi maafi nahi milegi. Iss se kaho ke yeh, yahaan se chale jaaye.
Pooja will be surprised to see her brother and feel very upset too. She will think he did not even bother to talk to her first.
Girish : Bauji, please aisa mat kahiye. Mujhe ek maukaa deejiye. Mein aapse maafi maangnaa chahtha hun. Bas ek baar keh deejiye ke mujhe maaf kiyaa, phir mei yahaan se chala jaaonga.
And he will apologize more. Pooja will get very angry thinking, why is my brother apologizing to these people this much!!
After hearing Girish out, everybody's heart melts but JP will still not be ready to accept Girish. Then finally Kausalya will say.
Kausalya : Lalaji, Subah kaa bhoola, shaam ko ghar waapas aaye, toh usse bhoola nahin kehte. Ek baar maaf kar deejiye ise. Aaj ke din, mujhe naa mat kahiye.
JP will listen to Kaushalya and then finally relent and he will forgive Girish. He will spread his arms towards Girish. Girish will first touch his feet and then embrace him and everybody will be very happy. They will continue the party. Pooja will come to greet her brother. She will ask him when he came out. Girish will say that he got out just a day before and that this is the first time he is coming out of the house. He will tell that he wants to leave early and that he will come back another day to meet her.
Then, Girish will come up to Kasturi and greet her.
Girish : Kaisi ho, Kasturi?
Kasturi (smiles) : Mei acchi hun, Girish. Tum kaise ho? Kaafi badal gaye ho. Baahar se aur andar se bhi!
Girish : Haan Kasturi, zindagi ne kaafi badal diyaa hai. Jo bhi hua uske liye mujhe maaf kar do. Tumhaari shaadi mei toh nahi aaya, lekin Congratulations aur yeh ek chota sa tohfaa.
Gives her a packet.
Girish : Yeh tumhaare aur tumhaare pati ki photo hai. Iske alaava mei abhi koi tohfaa nahi de saktaa.
And he feels very low.
Kasturi (with appreciation) : Thank you, Girish. Jo mere pati se judi ho, woh mere liye sabse keemti tohfa hai.
Girish : Accha, toh ab mei chaltaa hun. Bye
Kasturi : Bye.
Kasturi will be about to open the packet, when somebody will call her. She will put the packet on the coffee table and go.
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