The feeling called Love…Swaragini(SwaSan-RagLak) Few Shots:
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Shot 1 – Just By Chance !!!
The ignition of the Police van closed in front of the building, the driver came out along with the one sitting beside him and some constables sitting on the backside.
“Sir, House No. 101…” Said one of the constables, the one who was sitting beside the Driver looked towards him.
“Follow me…” He walked up briskly while others followed him. He was certainly the inspector.
“House No. 101…” The inspector said as he placed his hand with a thud on the watchman’s desk, the almost sleeping watchman opened his eyes wide at the bang.
“Everyone’s there only, you’ll easily find it…” Said he with a sound chuckle, the inspector was off course in his casuals and so were the other men, the watchman failed to notice the Police van.
“Stop Laughing Dam’ it, here’s a suicide case, Inspector Sanskar…” The inspector, now revealed to be Sanskar said as he flapped his ID in front of the Watchman, the watchman got up in a hurry.
“Sor…Sorry Sir…11th floor…”
Sanskar left without saying a word next, the watchman sat down taking a deep breath.
**
“Please get aside, Please Ma’am we need to see…” The constables tried to move aside the crowd while Sanskar walked inside the house with a cold face, he had seen many dead bodies in his life and this was just an unconscious girl at the end.
He entered the kitchen, the place where the body was supposed to be.
“Randhawa…Why hasn’t the ambulance arrived yet?” He asked as he walked closer to the girl.
“Sir actually, traffic…Mumbai’s traffic, you know…” Answered one of them while Sanskar’s brow tightened. He hated the fact that many people lost their lives only because of ‘Traffic’.
“Alright…” He moved forward, he came mighty near the girl now, there she was lying on the floor , her face turned to the other side, wearing a blue simple Anarkali Suit which had stains of blood at many places , her long hair were opened, some coming at back and some daring to go ahead to cover her face, her one hand was placed below her head giving it support while the other one was casually held on her body…She seemed to be lifeless…Lifeless. Sanskar sat beside her, ‘Thump…Thump…Thump…” He could almost hear his heart beat in the cage of his chest ready to come out anytime. He turned the girl, her hair locks were still on her face hiding the view of her face from him, he didn’t know why but he suddenly felt the urge to move aside the hair locks of this ‘Case’, he never denied his feelings and so he did it…He saw her face , nothing special about it, her face was that of a simple girl, drained and tired as it seemed of Life, it reflected how much twinkle it possessed when it was in conscious but after the loss of so much blood from her body through a cut made exactly on a very sensitive nerve of her left hand, it had become like this…Lifeless…Sanskar kept looking at her until a voice brought him back from his thoughts.
“Sir Ambulance has come…”
“Take her…” He ordered as he got up.
**
“Ma’am can you just repeat what you said…a bit elaborately…I am not able to join the dots…” Sanskar asked a lady in the neighbourhood.
“Sir, her name is Swara, she and a boy had been living here together since past 2 months, they both loved each other and were soon to marry, both are very sweet and innocent children, last night I met the boy, he told me that they are going somewhere for a few days but today morning I heard sounds of things breaking from here so I thought there must be thieves ,I knocked trying to scare the one only to get no reply so I broke the lock outside the house and I saw Swara lying there…in that condition…” The lady was in tears now, she was attached to Swara.
“ You told that they left last night but you found her here today…not getting things…did you see both of them going?” He asked calmly, he didn’t want to make the lady more emotional.
“I just saw Laksh…yes his name was Laksh…I forgot to say…Sir, I think he lied to me last night…” The lady said wiping her tears though they were not stopping.
Sanskar nodded realizing what she meant, “Shinde…Tell the Doctor to examine the girl properly…it can be a molestation case…” Sanskar ordered again, he was certainly not pleased saying this. As he said the words, the girl’s face moved in front of his eyes, he felt a sudden and maybe abstract pain in his heart…he felt for the girl, he never did for any victim before.
**
She opened her eyes for a second only to see blurred things; she closed them again rubbing them a bit, she opened them again, this time getting a clearer view of the surroundings, she took a few seconds to realize where she was, what had happened and as she did she remembered something…
Flashback:
Swara clutched her hair tightly from the roots, all the 10 fingers of her hands gripped her hair with as much force as they could.
“You really thought I love you…Really Swara…” A boy’s voice rung in her head as she closed her eyes.
“You were just a way of enjoyment…just enjoyment Swara…” Swara left her hair and now held her ears closing them from her palms.
Sounds of a boy’s laughter rung continuously in her head, she cried hard, tear drops falling continuously from her eyes as she left her ears and banged her palms at the kitchen shelf throwing many things down.
“Laksh…Laksh…”She was continuously screaming as her eyes fell on the Knife kept in a fruit bucket at a corner, she tried stopping her tears as she moved towards it, she couldn’t, they still fell down though she managed to keep her mouth closed…She took out the knife and placed it on her wrist.
“The ones who loved me, I left them and the one whom I loved left me…Then what am I left for…”Swara thought as she gave a slash on her wrist from the knife closing her eyes while she was doing it, she opened her eyes as she saw blood ooze out of her wrist, she laughed slowly, her laughter increased with time and suddenly everything went blind, she fell on the floor as she continued laughing…life gave her many reasons to cry , she laughed every time then why not today…She thought as she closed her eyes…
Flashback Over
Swara came out of her thoughts as she again clutched her hair sitting on the stretcher, she heard someone’s footsteps, she turned her gaze upwards still clutching her hair…as soon as she saw the one who entered, she held her arm, it was a nurse…
“Wh…Where am I, I was in my Home…where Am I?” She asked still holding her head from one of her hands, her other hand being on the nurse’s sleeve that she was holding.
“Ma’am you tried committing suicide…I hope you remember, thankfully you are saved, the kind of expert you are, seemed you’ll not be alright anytime soon…” The nurse said with a not so happiness showing smile, Swara left her dress, she had failed, she smiled a bit, she had failed, not only in remaining alive but also in being dead.
The nurse left only to bring back a man with her in a few minutes, Swara who was still holding her hair looked up hearing the footsteps…there she saw a man standing…he glared at her with fire blazing in his eyes, Swara could read his eyes, she moved a bit back on the stretcher as he advanced towards her, she gulped the saliva formed in her mouth as he advanced further, her back hit the stretcher, she could go no more back, her face had traces of sweat…As she realized this, she got down the stretcher trying to walk behind, he continued walking towards her…she collided with the wall, her back was completely joined to the wall now, he was still advancing, drops of sweat continued forming on her brow.
He stopped at a distance of 1 scale length from her, she calmed a bit while he loosened his brow, trying to be calm, “Ma’am, you tried committing suicide…I hope you know it’s a punishable offense, I want your testimony for my Case to progress, it can save you too…” He said as calmly as he could, then he walked out as he hinted the nurse too to come out.
Seeing that everyone had left, Swara sat down on the stretcher again taking some deep breaths, “I want your testimony…” Sanskar’s words moved in her ears, she knew what she had to do…She turned around looking here and there for something that gave her what she wanted…Death.
Her eyes fell on the doctor’s kit kept at a side, a scissor shining from within, she walked towards it as she remembered how she had slashed her wrist with the knife…only to lose even at the hands of Death.
“This time, I won’t do any mistake…” She reached near the kit and held up the scissor. She stared at the scissor when someone snatched it from her hand, she turned in a moment of shock, the same guy was glaring at her…he held her wrist as he threw down the scissor.
“Are you Mad?” He sputtered.
Swara looked towards him as teardrops formed into her eyes, she looked towards her wrist that was now in his hands, he held it very tightly, it seemed to pain at the cut, she wanted to scream, she couldn’t.
“Are you deaf or are you Dumb? You know people die to see someone alive, People cry day and night for this, this Life of someone…People Lose their Love on this life and you are here easily snatching it from yourself, I knew it and that’s why I left you alone, have you ever thought about your parents…about the ones who Love you…Ever…” He questioned her while she kept listening to him; blank…tears drops falling down her eyelids.
As Sanskar continued speaking not getting a reply, he suddenly realized what he was doing; his eyes fell on her wrist that was in his hands, he left it. Swara held her wrist and caressed it, the white dressing of the wound was red with blood.
“Sorry…” Sanskar muttered, hardly for anyone to listen…Swara too couldn’t.
She was still in tears, Sanskar looked towards her, he didn’t know why but he felt a sudden urge to hate this girl, hate her a lot…however hard he spoke, she didn’t care, she didn’t. He turned to another side.
**
“You think I don’t care about my family…you are right…I don’t…Let me show you a Proof…” Swara said with dried tears after 15 minutes of complete silence.
Sanskar looked up, he was sitting on the couch placed in the ward waiting for the one who was going to record Swara’s testimony.
“Give me your phone…” Swara moved towards him getting up from her seat as she opened her hand for him to hand her the phone. Sanskar continued looking at her; no one did ever talk to him like this. He still handed her his Phone.
Swara typed something on the browser, Sanskar was left flabbergasted seeing her speed, the girl acted like she’ll miss some train.
“ Here…” Swara passed his phone back to him, her eyes seemed to turn moist as she did, Sanskar looked into his phone with curiosity, he saw a video unfold, it dated back by some 2 months.
“ Rajkumari Swara, the only daughter among 3 brothers of Royal Family of Jaitsar dies in a car accident…The city regrets her death…The accident was caused by her own mistake..” A reporter covered the news standing outside a huge Mansion, Sanskar’s eyes widened as he looked towards a tearful Swara now, was he talking with a Ghost?
“I ran away from my home 2 months and 5 days ago…with my Love Laksh…My family killed me in their thoughts and Laksh…he killed me by his actions…No one cares for me, maybe thats what I deserve for not trusting my parents who told me time and again that Laksh is bad, he is their Rival’s son, he is bad…I didn’t believe him, Laksh made me lose my faith on myself…thats why I want to die, I truly want to…but don’t worry, I won’t try it again…I won’t…” Swara said looking towards the gate, she was breaking down, she still tried to hold on herself.
Sanskar was silent, he looked towards Swara, her eyes, now he felt like hating himself for thinking to hate her…He realized how right someone said when he said that before thinking about your own problems, think about other’s problems…you are sure to find them bigger…he felt bad saying what all he said to her in haste, he knew he might have considered Swara a dumb to believe a stranger over her parents but he even knew he couldn’t…how could he when he knew what this feeling of Love does in a person…it creates ripples in our heart…it makes us feel like nothing in this world is more important than this Love…after all he himself had a bruise with this feeling in the past…only to leave him as what he is now.
“Sir…” A person with a camcorder in his hands shook Sanskar out of his thoughts. Sanskar looked up at him as he got up.
“Record her statement…” Sanskar ordered looking towards Swara who was now sitting on the stretcher lost in her own thoughts, her eyes were no more moist.
“Excuse me…” Sanskar kept a hand on her shoulder realizing she was lost. Swara turned up in a shock, she looked at him and then at the camcorder.
“ I am not giving any testimony…I don’t want to punish anyone, I did suicide on my own…You can arrest me if you want…” She said looking straight into Sanskar’s eyes.
Sanskar’s brow tightened again, what was the use of acting so carefree if at the end she had to show him how Mahan she was.
“What do you mean? Somebody provoked you for suicide…in fact, you just confessed to me that your boyfriend betrayed you…” He said now holding both were shoulders, Swara didn’t react.
“Nobody provoked me…It was all on my own wish…” Swara was calm enough to make Sanskar boil with anger.
“You are dumb…your reports are going to come soon then we’ll know someone tried to molest you, your neighbour is enough to get that Laksh… that Bastard behind the bars…” Sanskar said angrily, Swara looked towards him as she jerked his hands off her shoulders…With a thud she placed her hands on his cheeks…the slap was as loud as a clap and stung his face…Sanskar looked towards her as he placed his hands on his cheeks, the man with the camcorder went still for a second, nobody dared to touch Sanskar ever, this girl just now slapped him.
Sanskar’s hand was still placed on his cheek, “Sorry…” Swara lowered her eyelashes…the horrific words that Laksh said moved in front of her eyes, “You are just an enjoyment Swara…Just an enjoyment…”
“No, I am sorry…it’s your wish, I shouldn’t have interfered…but I am happy you love your love this much that you don’t want to punish him even for his wrong deeds, I had experiences with Love where I suffered just because I did something right…” Sanskar said with tears in his eyes, Swara looked towards him as thoughts of Laksh evaporated from her brain.
“I am not filing any FIR…” Sanskar said as he went out, the slap did something to him that nothing else could do, it did seem that he had been slapped first time ever in life though it also seemed that it was the other way round…maybe the slap had some part memories move in front of his eyes.
“Wait…” Swara said from back as Sanskar was going out, Sanskar turned, shocked.
“I want to meet Laksh…Just once…Can you help me, please…” She asked with her eyes plastered on his face, her eyes had the kind of innocence that provoked Sanskar to agree, he nodded…he was shocked that he did.
**
“Sir…some people have come to meet you…” He heard on wireless, he got up with a thud.
“Someone came to meet Me…But who??” He asked the lady from the wireless.
“A girl…” The lady said with no emotions.
“It means Swara…Let me deal with it Laksh…”A girl sitting on the bed said as she got up.
“No Ragini…Swara can’t come here… I am sure…I know her…that girl was crazily in love with me…now she hates me madly , she can’t come…she can’t…” Laksh said as he held Ragini’s shoulder. Ragini smiled a bit.
“Misconceptions better are removed…” She got her shoulder free and left.
**
“Yes…” Ragini spoke up as she opened the door, she saw Swara standing there, alone.
“ Shanti Aunty…What is this…you could have told me that there were the not so important people on door…I don’t know why people come to spoil a happy couple’s me time…that too on the first day of marriage…” Ragini spoke up with a big smile on her lips, Swara looked towards her confused.
“I am sorry, I don’t know you…I…I just want to…meet La…Laksh…” Swara said stammering.
Ragini looked towards her as she widened her eyes showing that she wasn’t pleased with the question.
“Actually, it’s too much, didn’t I just told you that he’s my Husban…” Ragini stopped as she saw someone entering the main door and then standing next to Swara, Sanskar’s eyes were plastered on his watch that he was setting right and so he failed to see anything else. As he came and stood next to Swara, his eyes fell on the one who was speaking, she was looking at him now.
They both kept looking at each as Swara tried to look inside the house from behind Ragini, she badly wanted to talk to Laksh…just once.
“See, I don’t know what you are speaking but please let me meet Laksh once…I want to talk to him…” Swara said as she realized that she needed to talk to Ragini to meet Laksh…otherwise, she couldn’t. Her words brought back Ragini and Sanskar from their trance as they moved their eyes here and there, they were certainly not happy with this unwanted eye lock.
“S…ee…I to…oldd…you, He’s my…Hus…Husband and I don’t want…him to meet…..anyone…”Ragini stammered harder than Swara as her eyes were again moved to Sanskar’s who looked at her with shock, his eyes seemed to turn moist too.
“Ragini…what happened???” Laksh entered from back, smiling.
“Nothing Laksh…some useless people are here on our door…” Ragini spoke up in a breath…looking towards Laksh now.
“We are not some useless people Ma’am, Inspector Sanskar here and she is Mr. Laksh’s ex-girlfriend whom he mo…Molested…” Sanskar said angrily glaring at Ragini who seemed to move her hands on her eyes time and again.
“Ridiculous…he’s my husband…” Laksh who was looking towards Swara with a smile looked towards Ragini now…shocked.
“ So what, can’t somebody’s husband molest a girl, Well seemingly he even betrayed you…” Sanskar and Ragini were engaged in a verbal fight now.
“ I and Laksh got married yesterday night…in fact, we both were together the whole night…you might me knowing why or should I even say it… well when is this girl stating that Laksh molested her…” Ragini’s eyes were now plastered on Sanskar’s face whose facial expressions changed with each word from her mouth.
Swara was in no condition to speak anything yet she did, “Laksh was with me last night…”
“ Com’mon you liar…” Ragini was cut in the middle by Laksh.
“ Stop Lying Ragini, why should we lie, Yes I and Swara were in a relationship till yesterday night…we were together too, but how can you say I molested her, we were in a relationship dammit, we both did have rights on each other and I broke our relationship up yesterday night…Alright…now leave…” Laksh glared at Swara whose wet eyes widened with his words…
“In a relationship or not in one…you cannot touch her without her permission…”
“I did…Leave…” Laksh banged the door at Swara and Sanskar’s face, both were left shocked.
“ Laksh…” Ragini literally shouted as he placed a hand on her mouth…” Umm…Umm…” Ragini tried hard to speak…she couldn’t…teardrops escaped her and Laksh’s eyes as Laksh dragged her inside.
**
“Stop crying…you yourself wished to meet him and when you did, you didn’t speak a word against him…why…” Sanskar handed his handkerchief to Swara, she was silently sitting in the police jeep next to him yet teardrops escaped her eyes continuously telling him that she was crying.
“I just wanted to ask him once…just once why he did this to me, I didn’t, I don’t know why I didn’t…that girl…it means he already has a girlfriend…He told me he played with me, I knew he played with me yet I thought he didn’t, I am a dumb, a duffer…” Swara was now crying from her mouth too along with her tears.
Sanskar looked towards her as he remembered Ragini, her words when she talked to them…he felt his heart broke into million little pieces as he remembered her talking about Laksh.
“Love gives pain…only pain…Swara” He said as he started the ignition.
“You know Sanskar…I didn’t know about Love…I didn’t, Laksh made me meet this feeling of Love…he made me Love this feeling of Love…He made me Hate this feeling of Love…”
“How did you meet him? What was your story?” Sanskar asked concentrating on the road while Swara looked towards him, Sanskar indeed wanted to know it.
“I met him in an old fort…” Swara started.
**
“You lied to me…you are a liar…It’s disgusting…” Ragini said with tears as she sat on the bed, Laksh had left her mouth by now.
“Ragini…Listen to me first…I didn’t lie…I didn’t…” Laksh sat on the floors next to her holding her hands, he was in tears…Ragini raised her teary eyes to look at him; she wasn’t convinced by his words.
“You told me you didn’t even touch Swara…You told me you truly loved her then how can that inspector say that you molested her??”
“I didn’t, I didn’t touch her Ragini…that inspector, he was lying…he lied to you…” Laksh was trying to make her believe.
“No, he can’t lie…Sanskar can never lie…”Ragini said getting up, Laksh looked towards her, her back was towards him now, he was shocked.
“ Ragini, you trust him and not me …why?” Laksh questioned turning her towards him holding her shoulders, Ragini was completely in tears as she lowered her eyelashes.
“Is he that…that Inspector whom…whom…” Laksh stopped in his words as Ragini nodded in a ‘yes’ completely breaking down now.
“Ragini…you always told me you left him but why? Why did you leave him, Ragini not everyone is lucky to get their love, you can then why did you leave him? You even trust him so much…” He asked as he made her sit on the bed, he had this feeling of separation; he didn’t want everyone to feel it.
“Laksh, I and Sanskar were college friend…” Ragini started speaking among her tears while she looked at Laksh who too was in tears.