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Chapter 10
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Location: Presidential Suite, Khurana Hotels, New York, 11:00am
Geet has come to meet Khurana elders today. It has been around three days since Maan's proposal. Geet would have liked to stop this ridiculous behaviour of Maan's earlier but due to Ayush's poor health she decided to wait. Everyday he was sending her huge bouquets of expensive flowers. One day there were roses, one day orchids and one day lilies.
Today she came with intension of telling Maan and elders the whole truth even if meant breaking the romantic bubble of Maan on his head.
When Geet reached the Khurana Hotels she was asked by the reception the name of the guests she wants to meet. When she said that she is Dr. Anna come for Thakur Amardeep routine check up. They immediately let her go to upstairs to the Presidential Suite. She knocked on the suite door and it was opened by Ram.
Seeing Geet standing on the doorway he immediately hugged her saying,"Aaj mujhe meri Gudiya wapis mil gayi hai. Andar aa beta!" (Today, I got my Gudiya back. Come in my dear!)
Geet entered inside carrying the lunch basket.
"Ismei kya hai?" (What is in this?) Thakur Amardeep enquired.
"Ismei aap sab ke liye dopahar ka khaana hai. Mujhe maloom hai ki mere Daddu, meri Dadi ko ghar ke khaane ke liye pareshaan kar rahe honge!" (This has your lunch. I know that my Daddu must be troubling my Dadi for home cooked food.)
Geet then saw Janaki and went near her keeping the lunch bag on the centre table. "Namaste Maa!" Geet went and gave an affectionate hug to Janaki.
"Meri beti bahut sundar ho gayi hai!" (My daughter has become very beautiful.)
"Savitri, mujhe khaana do abhi." (Savitri, I want lunch.)
"Magar abhi toh sirf 11:15 baje hain." (But its only 11:15am just now!)
"Koi baat nahi Dadi, Daddu ka jab mann kare unhein khaane dijiye. Waise bhi abhi khaana garam hoga." (Never mind Dadi. Let Daddu have when he wants. It will be also be hot now!)
After Thakur Amardeep had eaten the whole family was chit-chatting. Suddenly the suite door opened and Maan walked in.
Seeing Geet there Maan was overjoyed, "Anamika, tum yahaan?" (Anamika, you are here?)
"ANAMIKA? Magar..." (ANAMIKA? But...) Savitri Devi squeezed Janaki hand before she could say anything.
"Mom, yeh Anamika hai jisse mai shaadi karna chahta hoon." (Mom, this is Anamika whom I want to marry.) Maan introduced Geet to Janaki.
"KYA?" (WHAT?)
"Tum aisa nahi kar sakte." (You can't do this) Thakur Amardeep yelled.
"KYUN?" (WHY?)
"Kyun...ki Anamika ki sagaai ho chuki." (Be...cause she is engaged.) Savitri Devi said trying to relax her husband. "Suniye aap shaant ho jaaiye aapko abhi heart attack ho chuka hai!" (Listen please calm down you are still recovering from your heart attack!)
"Nahi Anamika ki sagaai iss Sunday toot gai hai!" (No Anamika's engagement has broken this Sunday!)
"Magar tu GUDDO SE SHAADI NAHI KAR SAKTA! " (But you cannot marry Guddo!) Thakur Amardeep got up from the bed in anger yelling and his breathes were becoming laboured.
When Geet raised her voice above the din and said, "EK MINUTE! Kya Aap sab please bahaar jaa sakten hain. Sirf Papa aap rukhye!" (One minute! Can you all please leave the room. Please papa only you stay back.)
Ram and Janaki who were silent observers of the heated arguement between Thakur Amardeep and Maan, now became alert. Seeing Geet's professional medical behaviour, Ram cajoled his family, "Maa, Janaki aur Maan tum sab thodi der ke liye Maan ke room mein beitho." (Mom, Janaki and Maan you please sit for sometime in Maan's room.)
"Magar beta?"(But Ram?)
"Dadi, aapko mere par bharosa hai?" (Dadi, do you have faith in me?) Geet said preparing a syringe for injection.
"Haan beta. Khud se zyaada. Chalo Janaki." (More than even me. Come Janaki lets go!)
"I WILL NOT..."
"MR. KHURANA IF YOU WANT TO BE HELPFUL, PLEASE GET OXYGEN CYLINDER ORGANISED AND SUPPORT YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER. NOW EVERYONE OUT!"
Once Khurana family was out, Geet gave Thakur Amardeep the injection and told Ram, "Papa, mujhe ambulance chahiye aur apne seniors ko bhi inform karna hoga. Aap Daddu ke paas beithiye aur please relaxing baatein kijiyega. Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, ko inke paas aaj ke liye matt aane dijiyegaa!" (Papa, I'll have to call the ambulance and report to my seniors. You please sit with Daddu and keep him relaxed. Please see that Mr. Maan Singh Khurana is not around him for today.) Geet said in hushed voice. Within 15mins Thakur Amardeep's laboured breathes were slowly calming down. Geet was on phone arranging the best treatment with the hospital to be given in Khurana Hotel's Presidential Suite in present circumstances.
TWO HOURS LATER
With Ram's help oxygen mask was on Thakur Amardeep's face, Dr. Neil was examining Thakur Amardeep and a nurse was beside his bed. Seeing Geet exhausted Ram said, "Gudiya beta tum thodi der aaram kar lo." (Gudiya, you please relax for sometime.)
(Imagine Geet without head covered!)
"Nahi Papa, jiss kaaran se Daddu ki phirse tabiyat kharaab hui hai mai uss kaaran ko hi aaj khatam kar doongi." (No Papa, the reason for Daddu's falling ill, I will eliminate that reason once and for all.) Going near Neil she said,"Sir can I be excused for two hours due to personal reasons."
"Yes Anna, its fine. Anyway I'm here, Dr. Stephen and Mary are here."
"Thank you Sir!"
Geet with Ram went to next room, where Savitri Devi and Janaki were sitting tense and Maan was pacing like a caged lion.
Seeing Geet all three pounced on Geet, "Guddo, yeh kaise hain?" (Guddo, how is your Daddu?)
"Gudiya Bauji ko kya hua hai?"(Gudiya, whats wrong with father?)
"Guddo inhein phirse heart attack toh nahi hua hai naa?" (Guddo, I hope he did not have another heart attack?)
"Dadi aap shaant ho jaaiye! Neil sir Daddu ko examine kar rahen hain. Mai aap sabse ek zaruri baat karna chahti hoon."(Dadi, you please calm down. Dr. Neil is examining Daddu. I have to talk to you on an urgent matter.) Geet made Dadi sit and with her eyes signalled Maan and Ram to be near Savitri Devi. "Dadi, shayad Daddu ka chota sa operation karna padhe."(Dadi, we may have to do Daddu's small operation.)
"Operation? Matlab?"(Operation? Meaning?)
"Dadi, umar ke saath Daddu ki ek artery sikhur (constricted) gayi hai iss liye usmein ek device lagaani hogi jisse se woh khul (dilate) jaaye. Sirf aadhe ghante kaa operation hai."(Dadi, with age Daddu's one artery has constricted i.e. narrowed. Hence, we have to put a device so it gets dilated i.e. Enlarged. Its only an half an hour operation.)
"Magar inki jaan..." (But his life...)
"Ko koi khatara nahi hai. Yeh device lagaane se Daddu ki umar badh jaayegi. Magar hum sabko dekhna hai ki Daddu ko bilkul bhi tanaav nahi ho! Iss liye jiss baat se Daddu ko stress hota hai mai aaj woh baat ko khatam karne aayi hoon." (There is no danger to his life but due to the device, his life will get prolonged. But we have to see that he doesn't get at all stressed. So, I am concluding the conversation which is causing Daddu stress.)
"Guddo tum kya kehna chahti ho?" (Guddo, what do you want to say?)
Geet walked near Maan and said, "Mr. Khurana, Aap mere se shaadi karna chahte hain naa?" (You want to marry me?)
"Haan!" (Yes!)
"Toh battaiye aap mere baare kya kya jaante hain?" (Then tell me what all do you know about me?) Maan told about her profession, Ayush and her other personal life. "Nahi, yeh sirf aadha sacch hai. Poor sach jaane ke baad bhi agar aapka Perfect dimaag mujhe apnata hai toh hum shaadi ke baare mein baat karne ka sochenge!" (No this only half truth. If after knowing the full truth your perfect brain is ready to accept me then we will consider thinking of marriage!)
"Beta, ruk jaa. Iss pathar dil ko apni sacchai batta ke phir se apna dil matt tod." (My dear stop. There is no need to tell this ruthless man truth of your life.)
"Papa, jiss rishte ki neev sacchai par nahi hoti woh rishta reth ki tehara hatton se phisal jaata hai." (Papa, if the foundation of a relationship is on a lie then the relationship slips out of your hands like sand slip through your fingers!)
"Tum kiss sacchai ki baat kar rahi ho?" (What truth are you talking about?) Maan was now getting curious.
"Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, aap 7 saal pehle Amritsar gaye the aur wahan aap ne Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa ki poti, Geet Handa ko reject kar diya tha bina uska chehra tak dekhe kyunki woh bol nahi sakti thee. Aur aapke standards ke hisaab se woh imperfect thee!" (Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, you had gone to Amritsar 7 years back for matrimonial purposes to meet Lala Gurucharan Singh Handa's grand daughter, Geet Handa. Whom you rejected even without seeing her face because she could not talk.)
"Tumhei yeh sab kaise maloom." (How do you know all this?) Maan was now getting more curious and his ego was being rubbed the wrong way.
"Pehle battaiye ki yeh sach hai ki nahi?" (Please first answer, is it true?)
"Haan sach hai!" (Yes its true!) Maan's temper was now simmering.
"MAI WAHI GOONGHI AUR AAPKE HISAAB SE IMPERFECT GEET HANDA HOON! Jisse aapne Mr. Perfect reject kar diya thaa! Lekin aaj MAI aapse keh rahi hoon ki "aap aur mai kabhi bhi ek nahi ho sakte kyunki hum ek dusare ke liye banne hi nahi hain". Mai jaanti hoon ki aapne Dr. Anamika Singh ke saamne shaadi kaa prastaav rakha tha kyunki aapko uski awaaz pasand thee naa ki ghoonghi Geet Handa ke saamne. Toh iska matlab toh yehi hua ki aap Geet yaa Anamika se nahi sirf unki awaaz se pyaar karte hain. Kyunki insaan toh dono ek hi hain. Isse pehle ki hum apne priyajano ko aur takleef dein aap apni yeh zidd chodh dijiye! Aur kissi aur se shaadi kar lijiye!"(I'm the same mute and according to you imperfect Geet Handa. Whom you Mr. Perfect had rejected! But today, I'm telling you,"you and me can never be one as we are not made for one another." I know your marriage proposal was for Dr. Anamika Singh, because you fell in love with her voice, not for Geet Handa who could not even say few words. So that means you are not in love with Geet or Anamika but their voice. Because both the persons are the same. Hence, I suggest that before we hurt our loved ones more, you stop this stubborness. Please get married to someone else!) Geet said in frigid tones. Just then Geet's phone rang and she answered, "Yes, I'm coming. Yes, yes I'm on the way." Geet disconnected the phone and started picking up her belongings hurriedly. She said on her way to the door, "Namaste Dadi, Papa aur Maa. Mai bhul gayi thee ki mujhe Ayush ko school se pick up karna thaa." (Salutations Dadi, Papa and Maa I totally forgot that I have to pick up Ayush from school!) Geet went running outside before anyone could respond.
Once Geet left there was a pin drop silence, Ram was first to recover, "Maa yeh sab kya ho raha hai?" (Mother, what is all this happening?)
"Beta, in paanch dino mein sab kuch badal gaya hai." (In these five days everything has changed.)
"Matlab?" (Meaning?) Savitri Devi narrated whatever she knew to Ram and Janaki. Few things were eye opener for Maan as well. "Magar Maa woh iss videsh mein akele kya kar rahi hai?" (But Mom, why is she staying all alone in this foreign country?)
"Aur woh baccha?" (And that child?) Janaki enquired
"Dono sawaalon ka mere paas jawaab nahi. Magar tumhare Bauji aur mujhe vishwaas hai uss ne aapna dukh aur akelaapan ko chupaane ke liye ek baccha godh le leeya hoga. Kyunki swaiccha se (her own free will) toh woh MAAN KE SIWAIYE WOH KISSI AUR KO APNE KO CHOONE NAHI DE SAKTI. Haan agar kissi ne zabardasti ki ho toh baat alag hai!" (I don't have answer for both your questions. But your father and I have full confidence that to hide her loneliness and pain, she must have adopted the child. Because we all know that she WILL NEVER LET ANY MAN TOUCH HER EXCEPT MAAN. Off course if she was forced, then its different! )
"Maa, kya Geet ne battaya ki Rajji kahaan hai?" (Mom, did Geet tell where is Rajji?)
"Nahi Ram puttar usne tumhare Bauji aur mujhe apni kasam di hai ki mai uske aur Rajji ke baare mei kissi ko naa baataon khaas kar Bhaisaheb aur Jassi ko!" (No Ram, she made your father and me swear on her that I will never reveal her and Rajji's whereabouts to Gurucharan Bhaisaheb and Jassi.)
"Maa, kya aisa nahi ho sakta ki Geet humare ghar ki dulhan banne?" (Mother, isn't there a way that Geet can become our daughter-in-law?) Janaki hoped that her long lost wish comes true.
"Janaki kiss ki dulhan? Vicky ko toh woh apna bhai maanti aur mere jeete-ji, mai usse Maan ki dulhan nahi bann ne doongi. Maan ke kaaran pehle hi Geet ne aur Handa parivaar ne bahut dukh aur zilaat jheli hain! Hum toh abb Bhaisaheb aur Jassi se aankh tak nahi mila sakta." (Janaki whose bride? Geet considers Vicky as her brother. I will never let her become Maan's bride. Maan by his rude and arrogant behaviour had made Geet and Handa family suffer lot of disrespect and humiliation. Due to humiliation we can't even look into the eyes of Gurucharan Bhaisaheb and Jassi. )
"Maa, Yash ke baare mein aap ka kya khayaal hai." (What about Yash?) Janaki proposed.
"Haan, yeh accha sujhaave hai. Yash se Geet ki shaadi karaa dete hain!" (Yes this is a good idea. We will get Geet married to Yash.) Savitri Devi supported Janaki.
Khurana elders were discussing Geet's marriage without realising that Maan is still in the room. Maan was shocked and furious where this conversation was leading to! His Anamika, meaning Geet was going to be married to his cousin, Yash! NO! NEVER! He went outside the room slamming the door making elders realise Maan's presence for the first time. "Maa, Maan ne sab kuch sunn liya hai!" (Mother, Maan has heard everything.) Worried Janaki asked.
"Accha hai abb uske hosh thikaane aayenge aur patta chalegaa ki kissi masoom ladki ka dil todhna kya hota hai?" (Thats good! Now he will get a good lesson that how it feels to break an innocent heart.)
As Khurana family were in Maan's room and sick Thakur Amardeep in Presidential Suite so Maan went to the hotel bar. There he ordered himself a stiff drink. Despite of attending a number of business parties he rarely drank but today he needed to. Once the drink came he started drinking and kept drinking and reliving moments of few hours back. He could not remove the image of Geet/Anamika with her sweet voice hammering in his head,
"Aap aur mai kabhi bhi ek nahi ho sakte." (You and me can never be one.)
"Aap Geet yaa Anamika se nahi sirf unki awaaz se pyaar karte hain." (You are not in love with Geet or Anamika but their voice.)
"Aap aur mai kabhi bhi ek nahi ho sakte."
"Aap Geet yaa Anamika se nahi sirf unki awaaz se pyaar karte hain."
Finally his body gave way and he slumped on the bar table in drunk stupor. As hotel was still new there were not much of clients in bar.
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Edited by LM1991 - 9 years ago
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