Jo Tu Mera Humdard Hai … part 33

I guess tomatoes & potatoes await me so I am leaving you all with Sona … Happy facing the veggies Sonakshi!!

SONA’S POV

So… ummm … how do I explain this … This is the most awkward situation I’ve been in, I am clueless how to react. Before I tell you what is happening in this not-so-normal-life of mine, I will make one thing clear… I don’t lie …

I am standing in an isolated place, it is the ruins of some houses which are standing since the time of the Raj. It is midnight. Juhi is holding onto my forearm, with a photocopy of my expressions pasted on her face & Elena is poking my elbow constantly as if trying to say something but I don’t want to react because right in front of me is standing a … a … A GHOST, which is not the worst part the worst part is what he is doing to Jatin & Dev

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He is making Dev & Jatin dance on MAA DA LADLA & there dance is turning from a scared one to slightly funny to umm … should I say this? Well it looks a bit sensual now … No don’t get me wrong both of them are straight but you know how a bhartiya naari feels when it comes to the topic of a SAUTAN & here I am getting a male sautan which is a BIG NO NO

Has lo beta! But I have to stop them…

How do I fight with this ghost? Let them dance till I tell you how have I landed in this situation. The day was as normal as it could be but this Purushottam spoiled it. Purushottam is our milk man, he is honest when it comes to his business, I can guarantee that but never fall for his words he is the biggest liar in entire ASIA … He is our in-house Pheku

Yesterday he saw some ghosts dancing in these ruins on ‘ ZINGAAT’ & he claims that he fainted at the sight ( I would have died laughing seeing such a scene). After that he went around Mussoorie telling everyone about it. How did we fall prey to his words? Well, here’s the story

THAT DAY, AFTER WORK, ON OUR WAY BACK HOME

Elena: Nahi Shona … Aami shotti bolchi

Sona: I don’t believe this Ele

Elena: The milkman Purushottam has seen it

Sona: See I believe in ghost stories but I don’t believe him

Elena: You should have seen his face … Itna dara hua tha

Sona: He is a great actor

Dev: Kaun? Shaheer Sheikh? I know … Even I like his acting skills

Sona: Uffff Tauba!! Do you even know what we were talking about?

Dev: That you have the best husband in the world

Elena: Ignore him Sona … Meri baat sun … We can go there in the night & investigate

Dev: Mujhe bhi jana hai … Waise where do we have to go?

Sona: Why? Mr Know it all, You know everything, Don’t you?

Elena: My milkman … Purushottam … has seen ghosts on Pari Tibba

Dev: Yes & I’ve seen 2 aliens

Sona: Kaha? Kaha?

Dev: Yaha… in front of me the two of you … Who believes in ghosts yaar in the 21st century?

Elena: I do … ANY PROBLEM?

Dev: Accha … Keep quiet for some time Suman Aunty is calling …

Hello … Haan Aunty … Nahi we are just coming … Jatin & Juhi have arrived … That’s good … Whh … What did you say? Ghosts? Aunty, please don’t tell me that you believe in them! … Aunty it’s on the other side of Mussoorie … Fine, Fine… We are coming!

Sona: Ho gaya Popat! Let’s move now

BACK AT LADY BACCHAN’S HOUSE, ON HER FLOOR, IN HER LIVING ROOM

Juhi: Hi Elena!!

Elena: Juhi!!! Seeing you after a long time! Shaadi ke baad to mile hi nahi

Jatin: Seriously Juhi you are hijacking my friends now!! Hey everyone even I’m also here .

Sona: Hello Jatin

Jatin: Thanks Sona

Dev: What a reunion it is!! I wish Vicky was here too

LB: If Mr. Tripathi comes he’ll surely finish all the food that I’ve made for you … Mrs Roy, you should meet that guy once he didn’t had a stomach, he had a factory inside him to store whatever went inside his mouth

Jatin: Nahi ma’am, He has controlled his eating habits now, ab to 6 packs banake ghumta hai

Juhi: I want to see the 5 of you together again

Dev: Wait I’ll call him

As Dev was about to call him, he saw Elena looking down, nervously moving her fingers. Her face had turned pale

Sona: Call him

Dev: On second thoughts, I’ll call him afterwards

Elena smiled at him & then shifted her gaze towards the window. All this didn’t went unnoticed by me & I felt that I needed to enquire about this

Sona: Dev, am I missing out on something

Dev: We’ll talk about this later

I gave him a quizzical look, while Dev just smiled reassuringly

Juhi: I want to see all the places in Mussoorie, Elena you have been living here for a long time, you’ll be my tour guide

Elena: Yes ma’am

LB: I suggest you go in the morning, it’s not safe in the night, especially after what Purushottam had seen

Jatin: Even you believe in these stories ma’am, I mean Aunty?

LB: I had to

Dev: It’s sheer nonsense.

Sona: It isn’t nonsense Mr Devrath Dixit… But I don’t believe Purushottam … Let’s go & investigate now

Juhi: Ghost hunt! That sounds exciting!

Jatin: No, no one is going anywhere

Elena: Dar gaye Jattu?

LB: Hold on! Hold on! You can decide what to do after you listen to what I have to say

Dev: Theatrical effects ke liye I suggest we switch off the lights.

Sona: Wait, I’ll bring the torch… You can keep it below your face ma’am … That’ll make you look like a ghost

LB: Ms. Bose, I agree that I can’t detain you now but there are other ways to punish some out of discipline children

Jatin: Ma’am please keep the torch near your face

Dev: Please ma’am please

LB: I’ll agree to this stupid demand of yours if you promise that you’ll do what I say

Elena: Promise

LB: Shotti?

Sona & JuTin: Shotti

Dev: I smell something fishy

LB: I had just shifted to Mussoorie, my neighbor was an Anglo-Indian woman Mrs. Littlewoods

Juhi: Wo bhoot hogi, I am damn sure

LB: Don’t disturb me Mrs Roy, She was a friendly lady, we became friends quickly. She told me various stories about all that had happened in Mussoorie in the late 1960s… From murders to hill station ghosts she had all the news.

Sona: There are ghosts in Mussoorie

Elena: Yes Sona

LB: Do you want me to continue or should I leave?

Jatin: Chup baith yaar

LB: An Italian family had shifted to Mussoorie in those days. The man of the house was about my age, he was too grumpy. Many claimed that it was because his wife had left him a year after his marriage

Dev looked lovingly at Sona & gently whispered in her ears, “I don’t want to lose you ever.”

LB: Mr Dixit, It wasn’t due to romantic reasons … He got married in the age of 40 & his wife who was barely 22 died in a car accident. He couldn’t get married again & so remained angry all the time

Elena: He would have been a lonely man

LB: Not really, His nephew stayed with him. He was in his early teens. Someone told him the story about Pari Tibba

Jatin: This is the story of Pari Tibba … How could someone tell him his story before he lives it? It’s a big crap

LB: Pari Tibba is frequently struck by lightning; many have died & it was rumored to be haunted because of the high death toll … The kid demanded to go there but his uncle, the grumpy Italian man denied

Elena: Then?

LB: The boy went there all by himself at midnight & when the grumpy man knew about it he killed him, actually shot him dead at Pari Tibba

Juhi: Ohhh… So sad

LB: Hmm … his ghost is seen by many

Dev: Have you seen it?

LB: Nope but I have always wanted to. So

Sona: So?

LB: You should go for it

Juhi: We’ll go in the morning tomorrow

LB: No go right now

Elena: Abhi?

LB: It’s a punishment for interrupting me while I was narrating & saying that I’ll look like a ghost

Sona: But … Aaa… Aunty what if we die

LB: Oh! Don’t worry you can dance on Zingaat with the other ghosts

Jatin: Aunty… isse acchi to detention thi

LB: Do you want some tea/coffee?

Sona: Coffee

LB: Fine I’ll pack some for you all, Its cold outside & It is believed that when there is paranormal activity going around the temperature falls down drastically

With this she threw us out of her house

Dev: Nikal gayi hekadi teeno ladkion ki?

I wrapped my arms around him & we all began walking towards the ruins to meet the ghosts

PRECAP- SOME BHOOTIA LOVE