‘shona… shonaaaa…. Swaraaaa…. Ai meye ( aey ladki) uth… uth naaa…’ a lady of late 40 shouts shaking the girl who is covered by white with pink rose patched blanket from head to toe…
she pulls the blanket but swara cover herself…
swara with sleepy voice: mother india please… 1hr please…
swara’s mother akka sarmishtha slaps her own forehead…
shomi: shona beta… today some people are coming to see you… please wake up…
swara: but I don’t want to see anyone…
shomi enough of her tantrums: swara this is last warning… get up or else I will really beat you… and here is the list go bring the things… hurry up… I am going to kitchen…
swara : hmmm….
Swara gets up after 5 minutes making a crying face… she takes the list and then purse… and headed towards the door… not even gets ready or brush her messy hair… she was going out from the main door… when she heard an angry voice from behind…
“SHONA”…
Swara with almost closed eyes turn… sharmistha is throwing draggers at her…
Sharmishtha: he ma durga… ai meye( ai ladki) where are you going…
Swara ups her right hand shows her the list…
Sharmishtha angrily: you are going like this? What will people say… looks at your dress and at least brush your hair…
Swara: mother india… people will say I am maid of this house…huh… I will go like this only or I will not go…
Sharmishtha sighs… : I don’t know what I ate when I gave you birth… at least come fast… they will come after 9 am…its almost 7… please hurry up shona…
Swara widen her eyes: what its only 7… you know I only slept for( count on her finger) 3 hours… you are so bad mom… you knew I was doing my projrct works…
Sharmishtha: I told you before only… now go and come soon… don’t waste time….
Shona stamps her foot and goes out with a crying face…
She goes to nearby shop… she was in blue night dress(full pant and shirt) hair is totally messy… but looking damn cute…
Swara: ashis kaka…
Ashish(shop keeper): han beta…
Swara: 2 kilo maida, 2 kilo sugar, and I don’t know what mom has written… give this all…
She was having a very angry pout… a man comes there and looks at her top to bottom… swara looks at him with frown…
Swara: kya hai… haven’t you seen any girl before…
The man chuckles: no I have seen… but never see any live cartoon…
Swara looks at him angrily… she was about to say something but asish cuts her…
Ashish: beta what happened… why are you so angry from morning…
Swara cryingly: I slept only 3 hours… and mom wakes me up… then send me here: you tell kaka… if some one is coming then they should bring this things… why I have to bother… this is so unfair…
Man looks at her shockingly: are you mad?
Swara: you again speak… didn’t your mother teach you at childhood not to talk with strangers…
Man: but I think I know you and you will know me soon…
Swara twitch her nose: I am not interested…
Man: kaka… one diary milk silk…
Swara: kaka jaldi… or mother india will start her all india radio…
Swara takes the bag and pay the bill…
Swara goes to her house: mother india take this…
Shomi comes out and slaps her lightly: I cant believe you are doing phd and also giving lectures at college…
Swara: that’s why you woke me up so early… and where is your ladla…
Shomi turns towards kitchen and says casually while shrugging her shoulder: he is sleeping…
Swara’s jaw touch the ground….: mom this is not fair…
Shomi: don’t argue swara go get ready…
Swara stubbornly: no I will remain like this only…
Shomi: shonaaaa….
Swara: I am sleepy mamma…
She says walking after her and put her head on her shoulder walking behind her….shomi sighs…
Suddenly someone knock their door…
Shomi looks at her wrist watch its only 7:45… who will come now….
Sharmishtha: swara leave… look some one has came…
Swara hugs her tightly with closed eyes: hmmmmm
Shomi: ufff swara… leave… let me go…
Swara: take me in godi and go…
She says in sleepy voice…
Sharmishtha shook her head and starts to walk dragging her daughter with her and swara also walk hugging her like that…
Sharmishtha opens the door and shocked to see people standing there…: ji aaap log… but you all are supposed to come after 9…
She then sense swara who is sleeping at her back… she wiggles and makes swara stand… swara frowns and looks forward : yes whom you want and what you want…
Sharmishtha widens her eyes and hit her head’s back… swara rubs her head and looks at her mother with swallowed cheeks: aaaahhh mom…
Sharmishtha: go in… and get ready…(looks at the people who are standing there) you all please come in…
Swara looks at them and then her mother then goes in with confused face…
A lady of early 50: sorry sharmishtha ji… as you know our house is little far… we reached early here that’s why… you don’t need to be worried…
Another lady of same age: yes… jiji is right…
All come and sits in hall… 2 ladies… 2 man of late 50… 2 guy of late 20 and 2 girls one is of mid 20 and one is of early 20…
1st lady: let me introduce… I am annapurna maheshwary… he is my husband durgaprasad maheshwary… he is my brother in law ramprasd maheshwary and his wife sujata… and she is uttara one and only daughter of our house… and he is…
One guy: and I am laksh… her one and only son… and this beautiful leady is my wife… ragini… and he is today’s bali ka bakhra sanskar… now enough of introducing aunty I want one cup of tea badly… I don’t feel well if I can’t get one cup of tea… so please aunty can you make it…?
As soon as he complete he gets two smack at his back…. One is given by ragini and other is given by sanskar… dp glares at him…
Ap: I am so sorry sharnishtha ji…
Uttara: aunty my brother is a joker… so please don’t mind…
Sharmishtha was looking at laksh with shocked expression but compose: its ok… no problem… you just wait I will make tea…
Laksh nodes… then only a boy of 15 years old comes down: mom by bornvita…
He stops at his track and looks at whole maheshwary family with wide eyes… here swara was coming down running with out seeing anything correcting her dupatta… and while coming dashed with her brother….
Swara: ashuuu…. Why are you standing like pillar at the middle of stairs…?
Sharmishtha slaps her own forehead… ashu akka ayush looks at her angrily…
Sharmishtha: ayush swara go to your room…
Swara looks at her amused… then at all… but widen her eyes seeing the man who called her cartoon at morning…
Swara comes down with shocked face and straight walks to that man… all looks at her confusingly: you here?
Man chuckles and stands up: yes any problem ms cartoon…
Swara widen her eyes: mom what is he doing here… and you mr khamba you again call me cartoon… mom he called me carton at morning also…
Then looks at sujata…
Swara: you tell me aunty do I look like cartoon from any angle…
Sharmishtha feeling like she will faint at any moment…
Swara: by the way… who are you all… mom are they any of our relatives… but I have never seen them… sorry aunty I can’t remember you… and so you came because some people are coming to see me… hey bhagwan mom look I am ready… but they haven’t come yet… now you are happy… always you scold me… now you have to make gulab jamoon for me… I got ready fast… okay you talk here I will bring some snacks… its almost 9 look…
Saying all this she was about to go but dashed with that man again… swara rubs her forehead…: you mr khamba… stand at side… huh
She walks to kitchen with quick pace… all are silent… ayush comes and stands beside his mother…
Ayush: mom who are they…
Sharmishtha looks at him then at all… but says nothing… she is total numb… what she thought and what is happening here…
Soon swara comes with tea trey and cookies…
She sits on floor and looks at all…
She looks at dp: uncle do you have diabetics?
Dp comes in sense: umm no beta…
Swara with smile: then how much spoon…
Ap quickly says: 1 spoon…
Swara shows them the sugar amount: this much?
Ap nodes… she asks all elders… and gives younger on her own wish… after giving all tea… she forwards cookies to all…
All cookies are cartoon shaped… one is Mickey Mouse… other is Pikachu… other is duck…
All looks at her…
Swara: I made this… ashu likes it very much… you are our relatives… so I am giving you… mom don’t dare to give this to those people who will come to see me… I made this with many difficulty… they will come and eat them then no contacts… huh…
Sharmishtha’s breath stuck in her throat… sanskar starts to cough…
Swara: arey mr. khamba aramse….
She walks to him and pat his head then blow air…
Sanskar looks at her and smiles: I am okay… but ms cartoon you made cartoon like you… but I can’t find your face here…
Swara stands up fuming in anger: you mr khamba… (and snatch cokies from him)… I will not give you… you drink only tea huh…
Sharmishtha holds nearby table feeling dizzy…
Swara: mom I think they will not come… they have cancelled me already…
Sharmishtha whispers: sure they will…
Swara: koi nei… uncle aunty… today I am free so I will make something special… so we will have fun… by the way… what type of relative you are? I mean I don’t know you all sorry…
Sharmishtha with low voice: swara… they are…
Dp clears his throat: wo beta I am your mother’s brother from a far relation…
Swara: oh okay… so ashu.. what you want to eat…
Ayush: kulcha paratha and Kashmiri alu dum… and for lunch veg friedrice and paneer butter masala… and rasmalai also please diiii…
Swara bends infront of him: ok my lord…
Ayush comes and kiss her cheek…
Swara with pout: I can’t make this much amount alone… mom please help me…
Sanskar: ms cartoon lets go I will help you…
Swara with frown: I don’t need your help…
Sanskar raise his one eyebrow: but I want miss…
He throw his hand around her neck and drag her to kitchen…
Sujata: sharmishtha ji sit with us…
Shomi gulps: jiii? (then nodes) ji…
She sits… chanting some mantra of god…all seat quietly…
At kitchen…
Swara : you know cooking?
Sanskar looks at her with shocked expression: you don’t know me?
Swara with a grin: arey… you.. you…
Sanskar gets happy: yes i?
Swara: yes I saw you… in tv… in a add… ambuja cement… a man is carrying a whole building on his shoulder… you are that only right mr khamba…
She says blinking her eyes…
Sanskar broad smile fused in a second…: is that a joke ms cartoon…
Swara: not at all…
Sanskar: everybody says by seeing my face that I am chef…
Swara hold his face and observe it very closely by turning his face side to side roughly: where… from which angle…
Sanskar was lost in her… swara leaves him…: huh… now help me or go from here…
Sanskar smiles and starts to help her… after sometime ragini and laksh also came… ragini also helps her…. 2 chatter box mingled with each other easily…
All gets impressed by her cooking skill during breakfast…
During preparing lunch… all ladies are helping swara… sharmishtha is still in fear and is highly embarrassed… some what confused what the hell is happening here…
At that time… swara gets a call…
Swara with serious voice: okay sir I am sending…
She comes to hall and sees laksh sanskar rp dp and ayush is playing or chatting… wara with serious voice…: ashu go bring my lapy…
Ayush run upstair… swara sit beside sanskar… sanskar peep in the laptop…
Swara with serious face starts to do something… sanskar sees file name phd…
Sanskar: ms cartoon what are you doing…
Swara: ssshhh sanskar ji… I have to send my last night project work… to my sir…
Sanskar feels something listening his name from her mouth…
Sanskar: which subject…
Swara: palaeontology
Sanskar: on which you are researching…
Swara: micro fossils…
Sanskar stops seeing her serious expression…
All are looking at her… dp rp sujata and ap exchange their gaze…
After half an hour… swara with happy face: yayyy done…
Swara looks at ragini: ragu bhabi how is my veg friedrice…
Ragu: its going good captain…
After finishing lunch…
Laksh: wah.. bhaaaaaa….
All looks at him rather than glares at him…
Laksh: bhalo… khb bhalo…. Really good… awesome… and the rasmalai… ummmmaaahhh… its awesome…
Swara: you like it?
Laksh: very much…
Swara: thank you…
After an hour…
Swara: uncle please come again… I really enjoyed a lot… ( then pouts) nei toh… all time I have to listen all india radio of my mother india… you all came I got really happy…
Dp smiles and put hand on her head…
Sanskar looks at swara: so ms cartoon… I told you you will know me very soon…and you know what you were really looking very cute in the morning…
Swara pouts: so I am looking bad now…
Sanskar chuckles and pulls her cheek…
Swara: tell na… am I looking bad…
Sanskar takes a deep sigh and throw his both arm around her neck: I will tell… no no show you… but after some days… now bye… don’t forget me okay?
Swara acts like thinking: I will think…
Sanskar: you will think han? Think han?
He starts to tickle her… both laughs…
Sanskar: okay now bye..
Swara nodes with smile…
Sharmishtha: I don’t know what to say… I am sorry…
She says with folding hand… bowing head…
Sujata and ap hugs her…
Dp: we will tell you our decision…
Sharmishtha nodes with folding hand… she looks up and sees their disappearing car…
Sarmishtha whisper: I know your decision already…
She sighs heavily…. She goes in and sees swara and ayush is doing pillow fight… she see on another sofa holding her head…. Swara notice this and goes to her: what happened mom…
She asked worriedly… shomi looks at her: what have you done swara…
Swara: what I have done…
Shomi looks at her then sighs: they are not your any uncle aunty… they only came to see you…
Swara widen her eyes: whaaattttt….
Sharmishtha nodes holding her head…
After 3 days…
Swara comes out from a class after giving lecture and going towards staffroom when someone drags her closing her mouth… swara looks at the person with wide eyes…
Swara: you…
Person smiles: remember me?
Swara : I am sorry… I didn’t know… but…
Sanskar: ms cartoon is so much serious today…
Swara: you all didn’t do well…
She says sadly…
Swara: and I think you shouldn’t come… its not good…
Sanskar pulls her by waist: you talk too much you know…
Swara’s breath stuck: ji aap… what are you doing…
Sanskar: I told I will tell how you look after some days…
Swara looks at him with wide eyes… but her phone start to ring…
Sanskar: pick it up…
Swara picks it up…
Opposite side her mother: shona beta they said yes for marriage…
Swara looks at sanskar with wide eyes… sanskar smiles….
Swara: but mom…
Shomi: I am so happy… you are in class… I am sorry but I can’t stop my self… bye…
Swara: bye… (to sanskar bending her head) why you did this…
Sanskar: I ddont know… I found you quite interesting and I think I am falling in love with you…
Swara close her eyes tightly… sanskar breaks the hug and looks at her: how many shades you have… I cant believe you are shying…
Swara buried her face in his chest…
And here a new story begins….
The end…
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