Rectitude

Part 1 : Pune Mumbai Pune

Even before The Bhaskar (Sun) visibles the world, a girl is seen in the kitchen cooking the meal. Her fresh face emits positive energy in the atmosphere. With the simile dancing on her face, she cooks professionally, putting the chopped onion in the kadhai, she drains the wet flaked rice. Stirring the golden brown onion and adding various spices, she adds the flaked rice in the mixture. Stirring the whole mixture after adding fried peanuts, she gives an eye to the ginger tea. After the breakfast is ready, she closes the kadhai with a lid.

Entering the bedroom of the one BHK where she and her family lives in Pune, she tries to wake up her sister.

'Pillu (baby sister), wake up!!!! Lord Sun have come upon the head and your still sleeping after selling the horses!!!!' Screams the girl.

'Tai (Sister) five minutes, let me sleep. Besides its my summer vacation you can't ruin it like this. Let me sleep, please!!' Murmurs Gauri.

'The holidays are going to continue for three months. Are you going to sleep for whole three months like this only? No, no, no, no. I'm not going to listen a word more. I have prepared the breakfast. Get up. Freshen up. Afterwards don't cry when the breakfast is finished. I'm not going to make anything else as today I am going early to office.' said the girl.

Listening to this Gauri got up with jolt and rushed to the washroom. The girl laughed on her act.

'Anu today you have to go to office early right? Do you need to take tiffin today? Asked a lady in her mid-fifties.

'Yes Aai (Mummy). Its Saturday, and I need to go early to the office today. As there is an important meeting with the clients. And no, I don't need tiffin today as I'm going to come early - at afternoon'. Replied Anika rising up to get ready.

'Anu is it necessary to do an internship? You can study without handling the work. We are still alive to spent the expense of your further studies'. Said Manisha.

'Aai again the same thing? I am 22 now. Its almost been a year that I'm doing internship. I have already said that the topic is not about the money. I want to learn new things even before getting an actual job. At job interview they see the experience too. So if I have experience, the chances of getting a nice job touches the sky. Besides isn't it nice that I'm being paid for job? Also I have taken everyone's affirmation before joining, then why to discuss the same thing again and again?' Said furious Anika.

'But Anu I can see that you are having difficulties in working and studying at the same time. Along with that after coming home you even complete household chores and also help Gauri in her studies. God knows how you even do all this at such age. Other youths enjoy their young age while studying and you are working day and night. And about your affirmation I never agreed to it. You emotionally blackmailed me. Said Manisha in the same tone.

'Aai did you forgot with who's gene is my body made up of? It's of Mrs Manisha Shinde. Then multitasking is not a big deal for me, I guess. And about emotionally blackmailing, I never blackmailed you. I only asked a simple question which I am going to ask now too. 'Don't you want to see me successful?' said Anika dramatically.

'Ok fine ! You won. Now get ready. I will serve the breakfast till then.' Manisha stated.

'Aai, listen!'

What?

'You look very bad when you frown in the morning. Please smile to look good.' Saying so Anika rushed out to get ready.

'Mad Girl' laughed Manisha on her daughter's act.

Few minutes later.

Getting ready in formals, she joins her sister for breakfast.