EKAKI

CHANGING TIDES

Door bell rings. Nani opens it.

Nani- itni akal nahi di hain tumhe ki barish ho toh kahi ruk jao aur agar nahi toh rikshaw lekar aao. Yeh bemausam barsaat ke bhi kya kehne. Jaldi aa ja.

Jai departs to his room silently. Nani is amused at his behavior.

Nani- oye ani, iss chirkoot ko kya hua hain? Chup chaap se nikal gaya? Na kuch bola na behas ki? Ye toh aathva ajooba hi ho gya.

Anika- use jaane de nani. Kuch der baad ho jaega theek.

Nani- jhagda toh nahi hua tum dono ka? Anika kya fark padta. Kaha na maine rehne de use aap.

Next morning

Anika- yeh jai kaha marr gaya? Nani use bheje jaldi please.

Nani- beta wo toh kab ka nikal gaya.

Anika (thinks)- accha ab yeh tashan dikhaana shuru sahaab ka. Main bhi haar nahi maanungi.

*Flashback starts*

Bindiya- pata nahi itni der kaha ho gayi inko. Ab tak nahi aaye daftar se.

Durga- aa jayenge maa chinta na karo.

Achanak ek badi gaadi dware khadi ho jaati hain.

Bindiya- basu ji aap? Durga ke baba kidhar hain? Badi der se unka intezaar ho raha hain.

Basu- bhabhiji maap korben ( forgive me). Par shanta ko dil ka daura..

Bindiya- ki? Ab kaise hain woh? Aur kaha hain?

Basu- shanta ab iss duniya mein nahi raha.

Bindiya breaks down with this news. They bring out shantaram's dead body.

Days pass by. There is an air of melancholy surrounding the house. With his death, family faced a lot for the daily bread and butter. Hope never leaves you even when you leave it. Family rejoiced again when durga got a government job. Her efforts through these years helped her a lot. She forced bindiya to leave the work that she had taken up again.

Bindiya- durga, charu ka phone aaya tha. Keh rahi thi raja ke liye ek rishta hain. Unke hi rishtedaar hain. Yahi Kolkata main rehte hain.

Durga- acchi baat hain aur agar didi keh rahi hain to vichar karne ki koi jarurat hi nahi. Aap haan keh dijiye.

Bindiya- aise kaise haan kar doon? Teri shaadi ka kya? Aur raja toh kuch kamaata bhi nahi hain... baap ki jagah par miili toh thi naukri apne garam dimaag se wo bhi gawa baitha.

Durga- aap meri chod dijiye maa. Dusro ki chinta kare. Raja ki kamaayi ka main kuch karti hoon.

Durga's office

Durga- haan dada wahi chinta hain, naukri toh raja se hone se rahi. Soch rahi hoon factory hi kaam aa sakti hai jis se khud ka vyaapar ho.

Dada- arre haan gehno ki kaarigari kaisi rahegi? Khub maang hain inki bazaar main.

Durga- isme toh bahot paise lag jayenge lekin. Jama jamaya toh hain maine thoda par

Dada- toh baki udhaar le le kahi se. chukka dena waqt se aur kya. Bala to talegi ab tumhari.

Durga- haan yeh toh hain. Main chatterjee sahib se baat karti hoon. Shayad baat ban jaye.

Dada- bhalo. (nice)

In the lunch time

Durga- mujhe baat karni hai aapse anmol.

Anmol- ji kahiye.