Another beautiful morning and i lazily gets up from the bed… But my pillow and bolster was looking at me with puppy eyes… Calling me ‘shona why so soon… Sleep for sometime more’… I also made a puppy face… But then i remember my kharoos boss’s Dracula face and i jumped from my bed… I rush to wash room.. And then comes to balcony for drying my clothes… Then i again saw him… Staring at space… I wander he has no work except staring at sky from window… I came in this colony before 5 months and from next day j am seeing him… Always sitting there beside the window staring at space…
I jerked and quickly make some toast butter and runs out… I take my scooty… I stopped in front of his house… I heard a shouting of a girl.. The voice is too sharp to be understood… I beep scooty’s horn as all gathered there… I am least bothered about other’s personal staff… And hurriedly left…
At office…
As soon as i reach i look at my Dracula boss seeing me with red eyes… I look at my watch… 9:30 perfect timing… Then why he looking at me with so much love… I frown and look back… I chuckle seeing ragu… My drama queen standing with puppy face… Dracula barked
Boss: ms gadodia i told you to come before 15 mins and you are coming now ???
Ragini (starts her drama) : what to tell sir… You know na how beautiful i am… When i come out from house i saw big line of boys near my gate… You don’t even think sir how i manage to come here…
I press my lips firmly not to laugh out loud then look at our dracula boss who is in red face and smokes even coming out from his both ears… Seems like dracula has changed in to a angry byson…
Dracula : misss gadodiaaaaa….
Whole office tremble with his shout…
I close my ears… So as others….
Dracula : you will work today for extra one hour..
Ragini wide her eyes ????and takes out her small pocket dairy..
Ragini : no way sir… I have date with my 66th boy friend….
I can’t control more and burst out in laugh….
Dracula look at me with narrow eyes, : miss bose.. You are laughing so much?? You also work with her…
I was like ????
Then dracula goes to his cabin.. Well all are thinking it’s wired right?? Well Ragini is very sincere worker in our office… She did many daring operation… And make our news channel as top news channel… Very bubbly and naughty girl… And our boss Mr durga prasad khanna… A 55 years old strict yet kind hearted gentleman… Treat us like his own children… That’s why he scold us like hell in small mistakes but also love us a lot… Before one week sourav’s father got heart attack … And he give a big amount of money… And tell sourav to take care…
I angrily walk towards Ragini who is busy in checking files… I slapped her on shoulder firmly and she looks at me angrily…
I: for you i have to work for late huh… Idiot ???
Ragini : i didn’t told you to laugh… ??????… And shona u are my best friend can’t you do a small thing for me…
Uff again she give me her innocent look which she is obviously not… I roll my eyes and sat with her checking files…
At evening… 7pm..
I was yawning… And ragini is checking last file when dracula came…
Dp: finished??
I jerk up from sit and nodes vigorously in yes…
Dp: ok go… And ms gadodia if you again come late then you will be out…
I roll my eyes hearing same dilog from past 5 months…
We come out… Ragini took taxi and left and i in my scooty…
I being tired enterd inside the lawn of my flat…
I look at the shop and remember i have no choco in my home… I went to buy… As i was returning some thing fall on my head…
‘ouch’ i rubbed my head back… 1st look up then down…. A copy has fallen beside me… I look up at the house from where it probably came… And find his house… I took the copy…
A name was written beautifully…
‘SANSKAR MAHESHWARY’
I heard again that sharp voice… Which is shouting…. Does anyone tell her how bad her voice is… Whatever i took the copy and walk to his house and bell the ring…
A mid aged woman seems like she can quarrel well, open the door…
Lady(snapped at me) : kya hai?? (what)
I : nothing… This fell from your house… So i thought to return…
She look at me from top to bottom… Then at the copy… She snatch the copy… But for my surprise she walked outside and throw it on dustbin… My blood boil…
I: if threw it intentionally… Dont you have manners…
Lady : o lecture ki dukan… Go from here…
I stamp my foot and goes to my apartment…
I goes to balcony for take the clothes i saw that lady and a man with a girl going out… I shrugged…. And Prepare dinner….
I was reading a story book on my favorite bed when i heard someone is playing violin… The music is sooo painful… Like the person is conveying his pain through this… I goes to balcony… 1st time i am listening this… But who is playing… I look here and there… The whole colony is silent…. Only that violin music is roaming… I sat there on my swing… And close my eyes…. I found myself crying hearing that painful music…. It’s so painful… Suddenly i jerked when i feel that it’s coming from his house… I look at the window… It’s closed… I was about to go to my room.. My eyes stick on the copy which is in dustbin… I don’t know but i was curious to see what was that… So i went… I stand in front of the dustbin… Suddenly the music stop… I look here and there… I saw a wooden stick… And i take the book out…
I sees the book… But after sometime i feel someone is seeing me… I look here and there but found no one…
I went to my apartment… I open the book… And look a lady holding a boy of probably 6 years… Both are smiling… I looks carefully… I thought tomorrow is Sunday so why to spoil my beauty sleep… I close the diary when i heard that lady is again shouting… Uff she has no other works rather than shouting… I go to balcony…
I saw the lady is standing there in the road… I can’t see clearly but probably she is beating someone… I shrugged and went to sleep…
Next day… Sunday… In the whole week this is my day… I got up late… And was cleaning my apartment… I saw the copy… I sighs and open it… But i heard door bell… I place it on table and open the door… I shocked to see that guy… Who always use to staring at sky…
‘yes??’ i asked…
He looks here and there… He is not looking at me… Somehow i feel he is scared…
‘what you want??’ i asked again…
But i shocked when he answered in his strange voice which i can’t understand…
Guy ‘ k… Oo…. Iii…’
His voice is bit loud and somewhat Strange…
‘what?’… I asked with ??
Again he told same in his strange voice… Then coughed… I look surround… All are looking at the guy like some alien came… And some are chuckling…
He looks down… I thought to tell her come inside….
‘you come inside’… I said giving him side to enter… He entered… I close the door… And turn… I find him looking here and there looking for something…
Suddenly he sees towards table and runs to it… I saw him taking the diary… And hugs it… But i stand still at my place looking at his hand full with red stripe of clotting blood… All over his hand… I saw him carefully… He is wearing simple black t-shirt and blue jeans… There is same stripes on his neck… I slowly walks to him..
He turns and starts to go towards door not looking at me bending head down… He was about to open the door …
‘hey wait’… I stopped him… Goes to him..
‘you are wounded… How did it happen…’ he said nothing but hugs his diary and quickly open the door and runs out…
Who was he… Is he that sanskar maheshwary… I shook my head and runs to balcony… I saw him entering in the house…
I shrugged… But somewhat upset and curious also… But his voice is still now echoing in my ears… So strange voice…
I was eating strawberry in the evening sitting on my swimg… I saw him again… Sitting beside the window… He was writing something
He is so mysterious is not he… I shrugged…
Next day…
In office…
I am sitting in conference room…
Dp: we are thinking to publish a magazine of own… So want some writing… It may be a story… A good poem… Or some essay about society…
Ragini : sir should we contact with some famous writer….
Dp : hmm thinking same… Swara and you… I am giving responsibility to you both… Ok..
Both nodes…
Dp: we will give add in chanel also…
Ok…
That evening when i came from office… I saw that lady and may her husband and their daughter going somewhere with 2 big bags… But where is that guy… They left… I shrugged… Just then some kids runs towards me…
Radhika(5 years old girl) : shona di… You came early let’s play…
I smile… : ok 10 mins… I will come after freshen up…
I run to my flat… And freshen up… They love me a lot… So do i…
I play with them until their mothers come… And drag them for study… Ok i have to prepare dinner then check some files… As i was going to apartment… I saw him buying biscuits… Being curious i start to go to him…
He took the biscuit… Small biscuit of 10 rupees.. He sees sweet shop with a sad face then goes to his house…
I shook my head.. Stop being curious about others… But i am curious…
Again that night i heard that melodious painful violin sound… Not even i the whole colony was listening… There are so much silent that they are all listening that music only… Even the nature the moon the stars… Those trees, the air… All have stop moving for listening that music only…
I look at his house… Today his window is opened… A dim ray of light is coming from window… I stand in the balcony to listen that music… Today also feel like it’s coming from there…
Sorry if you feel bore… How is it