Byom looked at her eyes going round in recognition but he did not recognize her. And that was rare, he had a photographic memory. And remembered each and everyone he met in his life, and the smallest of nuances of their personality. He was sure he has never met this girl. Then why did she looked so stricken at seeing him?
She received a bunch of flowers shyly. And then again looked back at where he had been standing. But Byom stood afar from the place, a bit hidden trying to decipher her reaction at seeing him. She kept looking, and searching for him it seems but why? But then he shrugged and left...
In a few days...
Rani Mrinmoyi was in the Kali Maa's temple doing revolutions (parikrama). When she suddenly felt dizzy and two arms came and held her, giving her full body support.
MAA....
Mrinu heard the word softly spoken, yet there was so much love and concern. Mrinu extended her palm backwards to pat the face behind her back. She still saw stars, and couldn't see the face but patted it lightly and then kissing her fingers.
Mrinu: Mamuni, theek hu main. Ghabrane wali baat nahi hai Shona, abhi theek ho jaungi.
Mrinu felt a tear on her shoulder sliding through her skin. And looked back...
Mrinu: Arey shona aise pareshan nahi hote... Koun ho tum beti.
Nilu: Nilu maa... main Nileema Bose hu... Aap hi ke ashram mein... Mrinmoyi Anath Ashram mein pali hu. Isliye muh se Maa nikal gaya... Kshama chahti hu apni drishtta ke liye.
Mrinu: (feeling a bit better) Na re shona, dhrishtta kaisi, Ashram ke sabhi bachche mujhe Maa hi kehte hai. Mujhe aisa hi pasand hai, woh sare bhi mere hi toh bachche hai na...
Nilu: Maa, aap agyaa de toh main aapko ghar tak chhod aau? Varna mujhe fikar rahegi aapki... Main rukungi nahi, bas dwar tak chhod ke aa jaungi...
Mrinu: Achha... Fikar ho rahi hai apni budhi maa ki? Toh chalo chhodke aao mujhe...
In the car...
Mrinu: Tum kya karti ho Nilu? Kahi koi kaam karti ho?
Nilu: Kuchh pukka kaam nahi hai maa. Abhi toh padhti hu aur kabhi koi bulaye toh kahani sunati hu.
Mrinu: Tum kahani likhti ho? Mujhe kahani sunna bohot pasand hai. Jab main chhoti thi toh mere Raja Moshai har roz nayi nayi kitab se mujhe kahani sunake sulate the. Kai bar toh unke pair dabate dabate wohi so jati thi unke pairo par... Tum bhi mujhe kahani sunaogi kya?...
Nilu: Haa maa jab apke paas avsar ho mujhe bula lijiye ga main aake kahani suna dungi.
Mrinu: Tum abhi kaha rehti ho? Ashram mein...
Nilu: Nahi maa, main 22 saal ki hu toh ab ashram mein nahi reh sakti... Main apni kuchh aur sahpathiyon ke sath rehti thi... par...
Mrinu: Achha kaha...
Nilu : Nandi graam mein.
Mrinu: Oh toh tum mere paas kyu nahi rehti? Tumhara bhi kaam chal jayega aur mera bhi dil lag jayega...
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Jonakir Khelaghar
Romance🥀 Completed🥀 You all loved Mrinu and Biren and asked for a sequel... well this is your sequel. A story about two imperfect, incomplete souls stuck between two times and spaces. A love story which plays with the eternity and redefines every reason...
