Part 75
March 4th 2011
3 PM ish
Kilokri Office of the NGO
Her Ma usually called her atleast twice during the day, instructing her to eat right and stay hydrated etc. But there were no calls today, instead Papa called..... more than once..........
She suspected she had some heart ailment.... it wouldnt stop banging against the chest walls........ like a squash ball........... slamming on occasions, especially when the phone rang or the text indicated "Raghav"
Poonam and Umesh jumped out of their skin when she said she was marrying Raghav "Tera ek aur grand plan hai kya?"
"Jeweler ke bete ko lekar Antwerp bhaagne ke plan se behtar hai kya?"
"Shaadi karke Ma ke ghar rahegi kya? Woh kya naam tha us movie ka Poonam? Saathiya?"
"Main chaloon mandir auto mein?" Poonam gushed
Radhika teetered from being very quiet to talking until her throat hurt........
Of her 100 "close" phrands".... as she would say.... not one knew thus far........, she planned to break it tonite at the Peg Leg Anne's Pub....
She was spending more time with Raghav... answering his texts, narrating the world problems, pollution and traffic in Malviya Nagar.............
Ritwik called asked her if she smoking weed these days.... she had laughed out loud and told him she wished she was.... "Rad, are you serious about this guy?"
"His name is Raghav" she declared proudly
"Lekin Rad SHAADI?" "I thought you were going to dedicate your life towards the cause of bringing clean water to UP villages?"
"Woh bhi.... lekin (checks herself bites her lower lip to arrest her wandering amorous thoughts)
"You should just have an affair" (sound brotherly advice!)
"Ma would kill me"
"Shaadi kya khushi se karwa rahin hai Ma?"
"Nahi.... she wont talk with me" (lump in her throat)
"Then give it up Rad!" (he pleads)
The thought of not being able to see the man ever again causes her physical pain.... his eyes, the soul patch all come into magnified focus.... the way he chuckled when she stopped her monolog to catch her breath......
"Hes amazing" (she gushed huskily)
"Did you do it?"(curious)
"Shut up"
"How do you know? He could be...." guffaws
"Lame...." she countered
"Nahi seriously Rad........ SHAADI? I mean...... aajakl KAUN shaadi karke.......... I mean........" shakes his head in Sydney
"Main aajkal ki naari nahi hoon"(cliche)
"Lekin Ma bata rahi thi ki woh bade baap ka bigda hua aulad hai" (cliche back..)
"he is Papa's BOSS Rad"
"Not HIM!" (defensive)
"What if you cant fit in... I am sure they eat out of gold plates and treat their help like shit" (challenge)
"I can return to Saket if I am unable to change all that" (sigh!)
"Rachu said he was polite and respectful" (olive branch)
"Sach mein? Thanks!" (pride)
"TUJHE nahi bola ITEM!" (mocks)
"Mujhe bola ya UNKO sab ek hi baat hai" she continues to gush....... tells Rit about CMU, about writing apps for iphones, about mountain biking about his Mom's love for cooking..................
"Are you planning to have kids?"
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! I HATE kids!" "I want the guy.... me no want any kids!" resolute
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Golf Links
4 PM ish
Dadi sees her fave grandson enter........... she is reading a Newsweek........ Dadaji is snoring on the couch....... Mom's on her tablet reviewing her book
Mridula: Does it look like its going to rain?"
Raghav nods warmly, smiling............. he is wearing tan trousers and a white crumpled shirt.... his sould patch is a tad bit longer.... his glasses have a silver frame today................
Mridula signals a help to bring something.... pats the seats by her just as Dadi does too
Points to Dadi's seat, and lets the septugenerian have her grandson
Dadi smiles at her fave DIL
Dadi: Its time for rain... its time to celebrate... ghar par shaadi hai bhai
Mridula's face takes on a quick worried look later she grins
Dadi: Raghav has made us so happy (Punjabi)
M: Ma.... (worried)
D: I will speak with Krishan..........
M: You know he doesnt want to talk..............
D: Time do beta
Raghav is texting................... Radhika?
D: Iske bache honge to sab bhool jaayega.....
M is joyous.......... "Raghav ke?" she is thrilled she has to hear it again
D: Aur nahi to kya?
M: How exciting Ma!
D: Mujhe to DO chahiye... aaj kal sab ek kar rahe hain (complains)
M is shocked but laughs
Raghav: Mujhe teen Dadi! (winks at his Dadi)
OH MY GOD!!!!! kaisa family yaar..bro is advising sis to have an affair..n sis says she doesnt want to have kids..
ReplyDeletebut ladke wale ke yahan 1 nahi do nahi 3 chahiye humare hero ko..LOL!!!!!
eagerly awaiting to know kya hoga..
her phrendz ko bada shock hoga..so now its just poonam who knows abt the marriage..an they r planning to do "saathiya" style shaadi..
i'm super duper excited..
loved the update! congrats for 75 updates! hmm wonder what will happen when they have kids or just the topic comes up
ReplyDeleteWOW!!The update is fabulous!!!She declared she gonna marry Raghav to Poonam & Umesh..cool..and their reaction is LOL:-)all got stumped..
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!Her bro advices her to ve an affair instead of marrying..what a brother..LOL..whats wrong in getting married???no one can be so open like them in real life..Do such people really exist in real life???LOL:-)
He is fond of kids and want 3.. she is exactly having opposite opinion..its gonna be a volatile relationship..
Congratulations on the "75th update"..wish many more to come..:-)
Looking forward for more:-)
Thanks for the update:-)
good going Aditee.. caught up with the updates... he has agreed to marry her.. that was a surprise.. and now he wants 3 kids while she only wants the guy and not his kids... how mean Rads!!
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