Part
9
15th
Dec 2011
Mangal
Kunj
9:48
PM
Rec
room
Akshay
and Shaan were deep in conversation…. Sunil and Madhavi were trying to watch a
movie, Amogh creeped, crawled, took baby steps, walked without help… and whined
at not being able to walk without help
Khushboo
was on the phone…
Sunil
grabbed his grandson “Shaan pay attention beta”
Shaan:
Hes done that atleast 7 times in the last half hour(laughing carelessly like “Its
not my fault”)
Dadi:Dinner’s
ready you guys… (seats herself by Sunil)
Akshay
and Shaan nod but get up and go towards the huge pool table…
Akshay:
Do you want to go first?
Dadi:
what are you guys watching?
Sunil:
Madhavi wanted to watch the old airplane disaster movie Airplane 77.
Madhavi:
It lands in water… in the ocean…
Dadi
shrugs fearfully “WHY Madhavi, you just got back?”
Madhavi
grins impishly…
Dadi:
khanak aayegi to she cant watch it
Madhavi
is unmoved, Sunil answers a call
Shaan
looks at his Dadi the moment his wife’s name is mentioned
“WHERE
is she?” asks Akshay readying for the first play…
Shaan
shrugs carelessly…
Akshay:
Look what you did to her man!!! She cant get away from work…
Khushboo
is on the phone chattering about “great preschools”
Shaan
mocks “So when does he start? Two weeks?”
Akshay
laughs out loud shaking his head “More like two years”
Shaan:
On the path to becoming a nerd like Dad I guess”
Akshay:whose?
Mine?
Shaan:
No, Amogh’s
Akshay
is embarrassed… “You are quite the star yourself”
Shaan:
Didn’t go to Stanford…
Akshay:
But nailed a AVP at 28….
Shaan
is smug… “The new project is a horror bhayya”
Akshay:
You know what would make it more exciting?
Shaan:
Build a mall in the center?
Akshay:
Wrong answer… have a child.. it spins everything out of control
Shaan
just stares.. and quickly pockets a few…
Akshay:Damn!!!
Dadi:
akshay
Akshay:
I apologize!
The
nanny… looks at the TV clueless about all the visuals….
Sunil
joins his boys… they laugh and crack jokes as HL makes them their drinks
Shaan
gulps his SOR down in a hurry…
“Akshay:
Getting an early buzz?
Shaan:
I am supposed to meet friends at midnite… on my way from the Site..
Sunil
looks at his son… wants to pick a fight…. Is furious….
Akshay:
Diddnt you spend the nite at the Site last nite?
Shaan:I
did, we had to fire our geologist…
Explains
the whole excavation debacle, hi back is facing the twin wide glass doors…
His
wife enters…. Dadi is al smiles, the baby coos loudly, Khushboo nods and walks
to the balcony…. Still on the phone… now chatting about… Gucci and Armani………..
Akshay:
Heyyyyyy… look whos here….
Shaan
turns aound and looks at his wife…. The cobalt blue saree and the red smudge of
a teeka smeared all over her blue bindi…..
He
stares fully…. Waits for her to say or do something… Dadi pretends not to watch….
Madhavi,
increases the audio… as the baby whines and cries… the nanny shushes her
Akshay:
Hi! Khanak
She
smiles…. Visibly uncomfortable at the direct attention… squeezes her pallu in a
clump in her left hand…
Madhavi:
Tum mandir gayi?
Khanak:Hmmm
(barely audible)She stood there by the door, Akshay walked up to take the baby
from the nanny, he lunged at his Kaka, Shaan held him and laughed as he reached
for his SOR…
Sunil
answered yet another phone call… Shaan’s phone rang… she continued to stare as
he answered
His
wife walked towards his Dadi and sat down…
Khanak:
HL prashaad la rahe hain
Dadi:
I love the fact that you are so religious, I am not sure how we managed to
raise a bunch of atheists… (pointedly)
Shaan
creeps up toward his wife, but just to grab some nuts from the coffee table
Pours
himself another drink
Khanak:
Aaaj maha divas hai Dadi… aur mujhe (promotion bhi mila?)
Madhavi:
You look nice… (back handed)
Khanak:
its Ambika chachi’s saree… mera matlab, it was part… of the trousseau, aapke
ghar se…
Madhavi
nods like she has heard that before.
Dadi:
Ambika to hamare ghar ki hui, Ambika is not her relative…
Khanak:
I mean… (THE GUJRALS)
Dadi
pours juice for Khanak “Itna late kyon beta?”
Khanak:Pehle
kaam phir mandir
Dadi:I
spoke to your Dadi… and Dad
Khanak:
Aada se?
Shaan
scores multiple points with his Dad, after handing the baby to the nanny
Dadi:
Jao tum bhi khelo
Khanak
stares at the TV, as the plane struggles to make a water landing… in horror.
Dadi:
Its a movie (gently patting her knee)
She
looks down at the rug
Sunil:
This is it… Khanak’s here, lets have dinner
Shaan
turns around and walks towards his wife… Dadi clears her throat and gets up
making rom for him to sit
Khanak
jumps up “I need to change”
Dadi:
Ruk jao beta…
Madhavi:
I cannot imagine sitting for a moment more wearing a saree.. Its December and
Mumbai hasn’t cooled down (whiny, she is wearing a gorgeous kurti and some
lounge pants)
Khushboo
is in a mini skirt…
Akshay
and Khushboo reenter.. playing with Amogh, walk to the balcony…
Dadi clears away the coffee table, HL walks out with the
various trays
Shaan
answers another call and steps out of the rec room
Dadi
watches him go…
She
goes to her closet… fuming… the image of her laughing husband… holding his
brother’s baby bothered her… she hadnt been able to speak with him for a whole
day… he sent flowers for no reason… she had been waiting to tell him about her
promotion.. she had pinged him with a “Hi!” he responded with a “Hey” that had
been it!
The
room was messier now…
She
stood in her closet… staring at the long line of night clothes…
She
heard her closet door slide open…
“Go
away” she said
As
he firmly shut it and leaned on it
She
turned around hand on her hips and demanded “Why did you send me the flowers?”
He
grinned… she sounded like “why didn’t you pick me up from work? I HAD TO WALK
HOME”
He
smelled like some cologne and SOR and ……… him… shaven showered….clean…reeking
of wealth
“Why
did you bring them home?” he asked
She
turned and looked for clothes not answering…
He
reached and ran an index finger down the row of tiny hooks…burning her skin..
She
turned immediately “I…I don’t need help”
He
took a step in her direction…
“Why
did you go to the temple” he asked… in her face
“I didn’t
want to come home. Ghar par koi hota nahi” cryptic
He
laughed out loud…
Set
his drink on a shelf to his right… she noticed he still held his phone…
It
made her more agitated… “Its like he is sewn to it”His arm went around her
waist…. Warm and firm… her skin was moist and cool…………
He
yanked her
“Nahi”
she said as he nuzzled…
You
are drunk”
“You
talk too much” he declared
She
placed a palm on his face and pushed it… he had arched her like a bow… her
pallu and braid swayed…
“I”
she began
“Shhh”
he said
She
evaded his seeking face… as both struggled… he was unbraiding her hair…
“Ram
promoted me” she said accusingly
“I
know” he responded…
She
stiffened.. “you knew?”
He
was busy… she squirmed…
The
pin holding her saree on her shoulder was gone…
“You
look gorgeous” he muttered hoarsely staring at her form… as she stood with the
thin film of a saree covering her front….
His
phone rang…
She
pushed him… with both hands…he didn’t answer… atleast not yet…
“It
could be the site” she offered sweetly
He
pushed her against the wall and placed himself on her…
“Thank me for the flowers Khanak” he demanded
“I
did… @ work” she lied..feisty
“NOW”
he urged…
He
was feeling her tiny blue sapphire earrings… just like everything else her
choice in jewelry was elegant and understated..
“Shantanu…
”Giving him a big frustrated heave
He
shut her up… just as his phone rang again…as complainingly as her moans
Loved it Aditee completely!!
ReplyDeleteThey didn't speak a word in rec room, but then...ahem...
He's early this time!! But he will be gone early!!
He knew that she was promoted!! how come?? did Ram say??
Pink line!! Awesome!!
Continue soon!!
ek aur mil saktha hain kya??
Hey Aditee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I was following scoop of life but did not get time to comment. CASA is really special to me, very very close to my heart. last few weeks was busy so cld not catch u. today when i saw it really felt very happy. will update comments again when i read all the updates. love u. take care
HE is the AVP, I wanted to ask you that...thats WHY he is so BUSY!
ReplyDeleteI love how Sunil and Dadi, or for the matter of fact that Akshay are warm with her, warna that home is so DISTANT.
I so agree with her, there are people living in the house, but there is no-body actually.
She seems really annoyed with the phone/work obsession, there is a thin line between professional and private life and he seems to always border them in between.
I want to see how this turns out to be a another reason for confliction, as the separation was the testimony of it but it still seems some things will take time for acceptance and change.
LOVED 'You talk too muck'...specially coming from Shantanu, as one time it was like he always had to rile her up so she would talk. But I think he said it more in the moment of physical proximity so she could be quiet and let him on.
AND another thing I noticed, first she would have either sulked and be in the silent mode if she did not like something, but she kinda snarled it in, of mentioning how there is nobody (meaning him).
update sooooon :)
Awiiee Amogh! <3
ReplyDeleteGhoosshh..! This guy is SO busy! Any woman will sulk..! And Khanak does that least I'd say! :P
I love it, how each time..he is at awe of her beauty! Love this demanding 'him' and evading 'her'! ^_^
That 'Shantanuu'..and the way he shut her up! Hayeeee! <3 <3
OMG aye hayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ahhhhh
ReplyDeletec after reading last 2 lines my mind is numb now
kash aur ek update mil jaye
lovely Aditee :)
ReplyDeleterec room part was awesome from dadi to our shanak and Amongh
i loved it :)
she told him about her promotion but he knew it how comes
omgeeeee!!!!!!!!!! when she always sais his name he knows how to shut her up ayeee!!!!!! hayeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! his phone rang as complainingly as her moans ;) too good
update soon
he didnt congratulate her but he wants a thank you.. he is so Shaan.. now that he has become an AVP, can we expect a baby soon???
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! The whole Gujaral family is so lively and they ve lots of fun and enjoy by playing or pulling each other legs..Wow!!! Shaan is now AVP..His sole aim in work was to get it and he achieved that!!! *claps* What next career-wise??? He must ve celebrated it thoroughly.. :) was Khanak as ecstatic as him or her usual self when he shared the news???
ReplyDeleteAwww!!! Shaan knew she got promoted but didn't ask anything..but gave flowers..will he wish her personally??? Looking forward and thanks for writing :)
the rec room part was very nice.........love this family!! after a long time, all of them were together in the same room!!loved the details!!
ReplyDeletethe Shanak part in the closet was blazing!!