Chapter 37
If you leave me, I shall not die
Nor utter grief to shatter the sky
I will walk ahead straight
One foot forward, one behind
I will eat, sleep, wake up
And live life in the daily grind!
I will not die
But I will be DEAD!
In the afternoon, the Judge read out the verdict:
Tamaam gavahon aur sabooton ko maddey nazar rakhtey huey yeh adalat iss nateejey per pahunchi hai ke Mujrim Angad Khanna ne Prithvi Mehra per jaan-levaa hamla kiya tha! Isskey liye unko Chhai saal ki sazaa mukarrar kiya jaata hai…..Lekin kyunki unhoney khud ko aur Ms. Kripa ko bachaney ke liye yeh kadam uthaya, isliye unki sazaa kam karkey chaar saal ki sunayi jaati hai! This Court sentences Mr. Angad Khanna to 4 years Jail sentence, effective immediately!
Kripa gasped with shock! FOUR YEARS! FOUR YEARS she would have to live without Angad!
Jiskey bagahair chaar pal bhi nahin kattey the, uskey bina chaar saal kaisey kaatoongi? She felt faint as if her whole world was crashing around her and everything was getting dark! Mishti and Naina, who were sitting on either side of her, hugged her and tried to console her as she shook with silent tears!
Dilip who was also there secretly heaved a sigh of relief…Achha hua yeh ladka chaar saal ke liye jail jaa raha hai…ab dheerey dheerey Kripa ke dimaag se bhi yeh nikal jaayega aur hum uski shadi kahin aur kar dengey….ek baar iss mamley ko thanda pad janey do….main uski shadi videsh mein kahin kar doonga! …..He thought scratching his beard as Angad was led out to the Black Jail Van to take him to Mumbai Central Jail.
Outside, it was a dark and gloomy afternoon as Angad climbed into the big black Van…..he looked back at Kripa before he got up…..she was standing far behind him with tears streaming down her eyes….he touched his lips with his fingers……she brought up her shaking finger to her lips, their eyes locked in an eternity of promise!
Then she couldn't stop herself……she ran upto him and flung herself, hugging him…..some reporters standing there took their photo before Dilip could come and stop them. Angad's hands were cuffed, he just bent his head and kissed her head and said: Kripa, mere liye intezaar karna….main wapas aaoonga!
Kripa hugged him tightly, sobbing loudly : Main martey dum tak tumhara intezaar karoongi!
Angad shushed her: Phir marney ki baat kee? Main tumhey zinda aur khushhaal dekhna chahta hoon jab main wapas aaoon….wadaa karo apna khayal rakhogi"
Kripa looked up at him tearfully: Tumhari Kripa tumharey liye zinda rahegi!
Angad: Phir milengey, Sweetheart…..he kissed her head again and got up in the van….the cops looking on sympathetically at the two lovers.
Dilip, Mishti and Naina came and took the weeping Kripa home…..she almost collapsed in their arms as they drove back home.
A week later, with Shabbir's help, she got permission to visit Angad in jail…..he was delighted to see her but worried when he saw how weak she looked! He held her face through the bars and chided her : Tum apna khayal nahin rakhti ho….kitni kamzor ho gayi ho"
Kripa said sadly: Mera khayal rakhney wala jo mere paas nahin hai!
Angad caressed her cheeks : I will be back, Sweetheart, I promise you, bass tumhey dheeraj rakhna padega!
Kripa: Mujhey bahut darr lagta hai, Angad, kahin main tumhey poori tarah se kho na doon….she cried…..jaantey ho roz mere sapney mein WO aati hai aur mujhey darati hai!
Angad: Kaun? Dona Paula? Wo kabhi hamara nuksaan nahin karegi…..insaan- insaan ka nuksaan karta hai, koi aatma nahin!
Kripa: Nahin, phir bhi mujhey kyun lagta hai jaisey hamarey pyar ko kisiki nazar lag gayi ho, isliye yeh sab hua hai!
Angad: Hamari Kismat mein yeh Judaaii thi, lekin hamara milan bhi dekhney layak hoga…..have Patience, Baby, everything will be alright, bass chaar saal ki toh baat hai, dekhtey dekhtey beet jayegi!
He reassured Kripa, kissing her hands through the bars; but his heart was crying for her as it was sheer torture for him not to see her beloved face everyday, not to hear her sweet voice!
All his dreams of going to Dubai, marrying her and having their own little paradise had been postponed by the cruel hand of Fate!
But he still believed in making his own Destiny……he would be back after 4 years and get everything back and make Kripa his wife!
Kripa walked out of the Jail crying profusely, she looked up at the glaring sun blazing down on her cruelly…..she suddenly felt as if the whole world was fading, all the sounds around her faded and then BLACKNESS draped her eyes as she slid to the ground in a dead faint!
When she awoke, she was on a hospital bed and Mishti and Naina were sitting beside her…..both looked very serious and concerned! She tried to get up, but fell weakly on the bed again as she was horribly dizzy!
Mama….Dii, main kahan hoon? Mujhey kya hua hai?
Mishti announced bluntly: You are pregnant!
Kripa gasped, looked at her belly…then at them…..Mishti said rather angrily: Doctor ne abhi abhi hamein bataya ke tum 2 months se pregnant ho…….Really Kripa, I didn't expect this from you, I am also very disappointed in Angad! Tum logon ka dimaag kharab ho gaya tha kya?
Kripa felt a cocoon of joy enveloping her as the news sank in…..SHE WAS PREGNANT….SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE ANGAD'S BABY!
She hardly registered her sister's accusations!
She smiled and touched her still-flat stomach, feeling Angad's essence inside her……She said to herself: Tum judaa hokar bhi mujh mein bass gaye, Angad…I love you so much….Thank you for your gift! Tears of joy were in her eyes.
Mishti : Tum sun rahey ho main kya keh rahi hoon? Ab kya hoga tumney socha hai….Angad jail mein aur tum maa banney wali ho….kya hoga iss bachchey ka?
Naina was angry too: Kripa, tumsey humein yeh ummeed nahin thi…..shadi se pehley….kuchh to socha hota….isliye hum kehtey hain ke tum bahut nasamajh ho, nadaan ho…aur wo Angad bhi ….kya usko bhi khayal nahin aaya iss baarey mein? Ab hum kaisey mooh dikhayengey? Tumney humey kahin ka nahin chhoda….ek toh iss case ki wajeh se itni badnaami aur us par yeh bachcha …..she was in tears thinking of what her society friends would say when she returned to her regular life.
Kripa: Aap sab fikr mat keejiye…..main yahan se chali jaaoongi Dadi ke paas taaki aapko kisikey sawalon ka jawaab na dena padey….
Their Dadi lived in Rishikesh in an ashram….she had taken Deeksha from a GuruMa there and lived a devotee's life there, amidst prayers and worship and satsangs/bhajans/keertans!
Mishti of course protested to that, but Naina remained quiet!…..
But when Dilip heard about Kripa's condition next day, there was Mahabharat at their house!
He shouted: Iss ladki ka dimaag kharab ho gaya hai….abhi iska abortion karva do---he yelled furiously at Naina….Tumney aur Mishti ne issko bigaad diya hai apney laad-pyar se…..yeh ladki humein poori tarah se barbaad karkey rahegi! Abhi isey Hospital le jaao aur iskey abortion ka bandobast karo!
Kripa got up from her bed, went down the stairs carefully to the Hall where her father was yelling:
She said in a firm voice: Koi mere bachchey ko haath nahin lagayega…..yeh Angad aur mere pyaar ki nishani hai….main isey janam zaroor doongi aur aap sabko iska mooh bhi nahin dekhna padega…main yahan se jaa rahi hoon…..she walked out of the house!
Mishti wasn't home at that time, otherwise she would have followed her and brought her back!
Kripa walked some distance …..she didn't know where to go…..Dilip's threat of abortion had shocked and grieved her so much that she just walked out without anything!
She went to a little Children's park and sat there, watching the small kids on the swings and slides……she cried tears of joy and touched her belly again: Main tujhey kuchh nahin honey doongi….tu meri ummeed hai, meri asha hai, merey aur Angad ke pyaar ka sapna hai….main iss sapney ko kabhie tootney nahin doongi"
She cried, thinking about Angad, missing him terribly….if only he was here to share this joy with her….she must tell him about their child before she went to Dadi.
She sat on the bench for a long time, the children had gone home, a light drizzle fell on her head…it had started raining….she sat there, getting wet without even feeling it…..
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bheegi bheegi si hai raaten
bheegi bheegi yaaden
bheegi bheegi baaten
bheegi bheegi aankhon mein kaisi nami hai
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
sapnon ka saya palkon pe aya
pal mein hasaya pal mein rulaya
phir bhi yeh kaisi kami hai
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani
aadhi aadhi jaagi aadhi aadhi soyi
aankhen yeh teri toh lagta hai royi
lekar ke naam hamara
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
rutha rutha rab chhuta chhuta sab
toota toota dil tere bina ab
kaise ho jeena ganwara
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahaani
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
kahaani adhuri kahani....
Dusk fell over the city. It was almost dark….the park chowkidaar came on his rounds and saw a girl sitting on the bench, with bent head: Eyy ladki, yahan kya kar rahi hai? Jaaa ghar jaa, park band ho raha hai….yahan kiskey liye baithi hai?
She looked up hazily at him through her tears…..he saw her tragedy-struck face and his tone changed:
Beti, yahan baithna theek nahin hai….tumhara ghar kahan hai? Andhera ho raha hai…..jaao apney ghar jaao…..
She got up slowly as if in a daze and started walking down the road…..a little later a car screeched to a halt beside her and Mishti jumped out….she shook Kripa by her shoulders and yelled: Kahan chali gayi thi tu? Jaanti hai, we were going out of our minds worrying about what had happened to you….kyun kiya aisa tuney? Hum tere kuchh bhi nahin hain kya? Angad hi sab kuchh hai tere liye?
She hugged Kripa and started crying, just relieved that they had found her safe and sound! Naina also got out of the car and hugged Kripa and cried…Kripa cried with them, totally drenched from the rain!
They took her home, made her take a hot bath…. Naina made hot soup for Kripa, Mishti fed her the soup….Kripa looked dead-tired and listless!
.Mishti talked to her gently: Tujhey apni nahin toh bachchey ka khayal toh karna chahiye tha…..agar tujhey kuchh ho jaata toh? Dekh…tuney jab decide kar hi liya hai ke tu iss bachchey ko janam degi toh aisa rehney se nahin chalega…issey bachchey ko khatra ho sakta hai….get a hold of yourself and be strong! You are not alone now, you have Angad's child with you"
Kripa finally responded, she hugged Mishti and started crying: Ohh Dii, I miss him so much….kaisey jeeungi main uskey baghair"
Mishti touched her stomach: Isey dekhkar jeeyegi aur Angad ka intezaar karegi….yehi ab teri zindagi hai"
Naina came and sat beside her : Dekho Baby, tumharey Papa burey nahin hain, unhey tumhari bahut fikr hai, isliye itna gussa ho rahen hain! Har maa-baap apney bachchon ke liye behtar zindagi chahtey hain, humsey kaisey yeh bardasht hoga ke tum itna tadap rahi ho…. aur phir yeh bachcha aayega toh uska kya future hoga tumney socha hai?
Kripa: Mama, main jaanti hoon mainey aap sabko bahut dukh pahunchaya hai...…..lekin mere paas aur koi chaara nahin hai. Main aur Angad ek pavitra bandhan mein bandh chukey hain. Bhaley hi samaaj ke saamney hamari shadi na hui ho, lekin usney mujhey patni maan liya hai. Main uski hoon aur rahoongi! Aur yeh bachcha mere liye ek tohfa bankar aaya hai …iskey saharey main yeh chaar saal jee loongi Angad ke intezaar mein!
Mishti said that she had already called Dadi and asked her to come to Mumbai to take Kripa to her ashram: Wahan ki sundar waadiyon mein tumhara jee bhi lag jayega aur tumharey sehat ke liye bhi achha hoga"
2 days later, Kripa's Dadi, Damayanti Sharma arrived….she was a serene-looking lady in her 70s who had chosen a life of prayer and devotion over the high society life of Mumbai that her son and bahu lived!
She preferred to live in the SantMaharaj Ashram in Rishikesh! After her arrival, she listened to all that had happened to Kripa and accepted it as if it was the most common thing in the world! That was Dadi….totally unfazed….she had been widowed early in life and brought up her only child Dilip after a lot of struggle so nothing really shocked her anymore!
Before leaving for Rishikesh, Kripa tried to visit Angad in jail once more to tell him about their child and her journey…..but she was even more heartbroken to hear that he had been transferred to a High Security Prison in Cochin, where visitors were rarely allowed!
She left Mumbai with a heavy heart: Angad, main tumhari amaanat apney saath lekar jaa rahi hoon…..Apna khayal rakhna aur chaar saal baad mere paas laut aana" she bid a tearful goodbye as she boarded the plane for Dehradun!
HERE ENDS THE FIRST PART OF ANGAD-KRIPA'S STORY!
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE STAR-CROSSED LOVERS? WILL THEY EVER GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN? WILL THEY MEET AGAIN AFTER 4 YEARS?
TO KNOW THE ANSWERS READ THE NEW FF " O BEWAFAA….THE ZEB/KRIPA STORY!
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Pallavi
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Comments (5)
Thank You Very Much For Sharing With Ua Once Agian I am Going To read again . Thanks Pallavi.
15 years ago
No Problem Di ! It's MadihaYeah , first stories are always special and close to your heart.loll awh , well inshallah you can go & visit soon
15 years ago
Thanks Dear!is that u, Sahr? Yes, this was my first story....and first one is always special! I still havent been to Goa and hope to go there on my next visit to India.
15 years ago
Dii ! ,aahh ! i just finished reading Teri Baahon Mein for the third time i can't tell you how amazing the first sequal was . The way your described their romance + passion for eachother was unbelievable! + it wasnt vulgar or anything , just pure love&romance . Amazin' job styll Di
15 years ago
Thanks, Dear! Im glad u liked it!
16 years ago