Rudhita: Rattan

CHAPTER 6 TALK AFTER A LONG TIME

Bon and others entered krishna nagar and reached her house .They were greeted with a group of people as they got off the car.
Bon: Thakur daa!!!
She goes and touchs his feet
Niranjan: Ei mora natuni , pagol na ki betiyan pain nahin chhuti gale milti hein .
Bon smiles and hugs him.
Kalindi: Arrey mujhse bhi mil le ya apne thakur da ko hin saara pyar milega?
Bon: Nahin nahin thakumaa  .
She goes and hugs her too.
Then a girl of 14 came and jumped on her that almost made her fall.
Bon: Payu kya kar rahin hein gir jaaungi mein .
Payal: Di maine aapko bohut yaad kiya .
Bon: Maine bhi tujhe bohut yaad kiya.Bon: Thakur daa mein aapko mere parivaar vaalon se milati hun.
Ye hain kaka sasurji , sasurji , pati babu, aur ye mere dono devar batuk aur Somnath dada. Yeh hain bhari babu .
Aur ye hain mere Thakur daa aur unki behen thakumaa aur mere kaka ki beti meri chhoti behen payal.
Everyone (to each other): Namaste.
Thakurdaa: Bondita tera talak ho gaya hai naa ?
Bon: Thakurdaa aapko kaise pata ?
Ani just lowered his head.
Thakurdaa: Sumati ki chhithi mili usne sab bataya aur ye bhi bataya ki tum log kyun aaye ho yahan . Batao Aniruddh Roy Chowdhury kyunkiya tumne aisa ? Pehle dusra vivaah kiya aur ab talak ?
Ani: (apologetic) Mein...
Bon: Thakurdaa iss bare mein baad mein baat karte hein na aapko pata hain na ki inpe rattan ka kaala saaya pada hein . Toh?
Thakurdaa: Par ...
Thakumaa: Bas dada unhe pehle aaram karne dijiye shaam ko baat karte hein . Bondita inhe inka kamra dikha de .
Bon: Ji thakumaa. Par usse pehle iss sampoorna ko thikane lagalun.
Thakumaa: Haan iss Sampoorna aur iske maa baap par kabhi bharosa nahin tha mujhe bhala neem ke ped se aam phal ta dekha hein kya ?
Sampoorna : Bhulon mat Roy Chowdhury ki bahu hun mein.
Binoy: Bahu nahin ho nahi hin meri patni ho jis din tumne mere beton ki jaan lene ki koshish ki ussi din se koi rishta nahin bacha humare beech.
Paul: Di isse toh mein sambhalti hun aap sab ko unka kamra dikha dijiye.
Bon took them to their rooms.
Rooms were arranged as in :
Kaka sasurji :  1 room
Sasurji: 1 room
Som& batuk: 1 room
Aniruddh: 1 room.
During lunch time,
Bon called everyone to ksj room.
Bon: Woh aaj ghar pe baaki sab ka upvaas hein toh sab raat ko vrat todenge issiliye mein aapka khana yahan le aayi.
Payu: Di ye lo ye mein katori aur chamach le aayi. Ab mein chalti hun.
Bondita served everyone.
Bon: Barrister babu, som da batuk aapko kuch ajeeb lag raha hein kya ya kahin dard ho raha hein ?
Batuk : Kabhi kabhi sar ghumta hein aur sharir mein kamzori aati hein .
Som: Aur kabhi kabhi mehsoos hota hein ki haath jal raha hein mera.
Kaka: Bahu ye thik toh ho jaayega na . Tumhare Thakurdaa isse thik nahin kar sakte kya ?
Bon: Nahin yeh rattan ka kaala saaya hein aur sirf ek rattan hin isse thik kar sakti hein.
Sasurji: Toh ab ?
Bon: Toh mein ye soch rahin hun ki mein apni shaktiyan khol dun yaani mujhe apni shaktiyan waapas mil jaaye.
Batuk: Ye kaise hoga ?
Bon: Ummm.... tum khud hin dekhlena kal.
Batuk: Par...
Bon: Chaliye chaliye ab jaldi jaldi khana khaaiye khaana thanda ho raha. hein.

Ani's POV,
Ye sab kya ho raha hein Bondita rattan hein uske paas shaktiyan hein mujhe kuch samajh nahi aaraha. Bondita ne kahan ki use uski shaktiyan waapas mil jaayegi par kya ye itna aasan hoga bondita ne apni aakhri pariksha de di hein ab bas uske parinaam ka intezaar hein aur meiuske baad wo barrister Babu bondita ban jaayegi  lekin ye sab ko ho raha hein iss sab me beech mein bondita se baat hin nahin ho payi ....
His thoughts were interrupted as
Bon: Barrister babu !
Ani: Bondita
Bon: Barrister babu wo mein aapko  raatke khaane ke liye bulane aayi hun wo batuk aur som dada ki tabiyat kuch thik nahin hein isiliye sasurji aur kaka sasurji unke paas hin ruk gaye aur khana bhi wahin kha liya unhone toh sirf aap hin baaki hein chaliye aur baaki sab se bhi toh milwana hein aapko.
Ani: Haan chalo.

(Now guys the haveli in which Ani and kaka were staying in this story still belong to bon's Thakurdaa so Ani and others are staying there as guests. And bondita and her family lives in the main haveli ).
They reach the entrance of the main haveli. Four persons came. Two boys who looked like a year older than Aniruddh. A girl same as bondita's age and payal.
???? :Golu!!!
Bon: Aahhh ! Dard ho raha hein mujhe.
Another????: Kyun roshogulle se gaal hein tere bilkul nahin badle.
Ani pushes both the men hands.
Ani: Ye kya badtameezi kar rahe hein aap.
The girl removed ani's hands.
Girl: Waah ulta chor kautwal ko daante dukh khud dete ho aur sunate ho hume.
??: Tum hote kon ho humein tokne wale ?
Ani: Main pati hun bondita ka.
???: The ho nahi talak ho chuka hein ab koi hak nahin hein tumhe uss par.
As they started to fight.
Bon: Bas! Aap log 5 saal ke bacche hein kya jo ese lad rahe hein.
??: Par ...
Bon: Kuch nahin ab aap kuch nahin bolenge . Barrister Babu mein aapko sabse milati hun.  Ye hein mere kaka ki badi beti Gayatri . Ye hein mere jethu baba ke bade bete abhinash dada aur Bishwajit dada.
Ani noticed the girl Gayatri was of bondita's age she quite resembled with bondita but she didn't have the warmness which bon had . And bon's brothers abhinash looked quite cold and the quiet types who can intimidate someone with his cold gaze while Biswajit seemed quite intimidating but didn't have that cold look on him.
Jeet: Golu!!! Tu mujhe kyun bol rahi hein inhe bhi toh kuch bol.

Ani: Uh namaste maaf karna wo mujhe pata nahin tha.
Biswajit: Zyada acche banne ki zaroorat nahin hein aapke kartoot pata hein hume.
Bon: Dada!
Biswajit: Kya maine kuch galat nahin bola.
Abhinash: Bas ab ye jhagda band karo aur khaana khaane chalo . Golu chal tera man pasand khana bana hein aaj.
Bon: Ji dada mere muh mein toh abhi se paani aagaya.
Bon licked her mouth and everyone chuckled.

Bon:Chaliye barrister Babu.
Ani: Haan.

By this time Ani knew that bon's brothers hated him for breaking bondita's heart.
During dinner,
Bon: Thakurdaa mein kal apni shaktiyan waapas le rahi hun.
Gayi: Kya ?
Jeet: Golu tera dimaag toh thik hein na usme bohut khatra hein .
Abhi: Haan tu esa kuch nahin karne wali.
Bon: Thakurdaa!
Thakurdaa: Bondita tu ab badi ho gayi hein apne faisle khud le sakti hein . Par yaad rakhna tu jo bhi karegi hum tere saath hein.
Bon: Shukriya Thakurdaa.
Jeet: Par...
Bon: Kya par Thakurdaa ne keh diya na toh bas ab aur kuch nahin.
And the rest of dinner was silence.
Ani: Bondita.
Bon: Hmmm
Ani: Bondita ye sab jo ho raha hein mujhe kuch samajh nahin aa raha mujhe toh aaj tak yahin lagta tha ki ye sab andh vishwas hai par ye sach mein hein ye mujhe vishwas nahin ho raha. Aur tum sach mein koi khatra lene wali ho kya ?
Bon: Aisa kuch nahin hein dada toh kuch bhi bolte rehte hein. Mein samajh sakti hun ye sab kuch zyada hin sach hone ke liye. Pata hein mujhe meri shaktiyan mein jab 5 saal ki thi na tab mili thi aur tab mein kafi dar gayi ghabra gayi thi tab mere baba ne kaha tha ki hum zindagi mein jo bhi dekhte hein jo karte hein wo humari zindagi ka anubhav hota hein aur jo bhi hota hein uske peeche koi kaaran hota hein ab wo accha hein ya bura wo hum use kaise grahan karte hein uspe nirbhar hota hein. Chinta mat kijiye sab thik ho jaayega.
Ani: Kaafi acchi baatein karte the tumhare baba .
Bon : Kyunki wo baba the na humesha sahi hin bolte hein.
Ani: Apne baba ki bohut yaad aati hein ?
Bon: Hmmm bohut . Aapko mere tark bahut pasand hein na mujhe tark karna anyay ke khilaaf awaaz uthana baba ne sikhaya tha . Wo kehte the ki har insaan ka farz hota hein ek dusre ki madad karna anyay ke khilaaf awaaz uthana aur humare paas toh shaktiyan hein humara toh aur zyada kartavya banta hein.
Ani:Kuch aur batao Apne baba ke baare mein ?
Bon: Aur baba aur jethu baba mujhse aur Gayatri se bohut pyar karte the meinhum kuch bhi Sharat karte the par daant abhi daada aur Jeet dada ko hin pad ti thi.
Ani: (laughs) Tumhare dada...
Bon: Haan woh thode gussa hein aapse par aap chinta mat kijiye mein unse baat karungi.
Barrister Babu ab raat kaafi ho chuki heinab aapko andar jaake aaram karna chahiye kal ka din bohut lamba hone wala hein.
Bondita stretches while saying this.
Bon: Shubhratri barrister Babu.
Ani: Good night.
Bon leaves.
Ani's POV,
Aaj kitne dinon baad bondita se itni baat ki jaise bondita kehti hein bohut khush hun mein bohut khush. Aasha karta hun ki sab thik ho jaaye taaki bondita barrister Babu ban jaate aur humara sapna bhi pura ho jaayega.

But will really everything really fall into its place ?