Raksha-Kavach ........

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(The day has ended. Virendra & Purvi are in their respective home. While Virendra is busy arranging his clothes in the cupboard; Purvi is seen stitching the clothes to wear tomorrow. 

He picks up a kurta to keep into the cupboard but stops in between. He looks the kurta carefully. It is the same kurta that was stained by Purvi that day. He started thinking that how she was laughing, he recalled that how her eyes were filled with tears; her glances.

Yo manne ke ho raha hai. Baar baar yaa chori kyun manne yaad aa rahi hai. Uski baatein, uska mare pe hasna; kyun sab yaad aa raha manne. Bhool mat Mukhi ki va chori ne tanne chor bola tha, keechad phenka tha, aafat hai aafat wo chori. Pata nahi baar baar kyun mere te takrati rehve se............!!

Purvi while stitching her clothes get pricked by the needle. She stumbles a little & thinks of the incident that happened in the morning. The way Virendra took stand for her. She recalled that how his eyes were filled with justice, anger & a bit of trust on her.

Ye kya ho raha hai mujhe. Baar baar har baar mujhe wo Mukhiji kyun yaad aa rahe hai. Jo bhi kaam kar rrahi hun, unhi pe dhyaan jaa raha. Bhool mat Purvi, kaise akdu aur gusse wale hain. Door hi rehna unse tu. 

The scene ended on both of them looking confused.)

(Next morning Purvi is getting ready for her first day at the NGO. She's all dolled up in a red faded flarred kurta upto her heals. She braided her long hair which were touching her waist. To complete her look she put up a red bindi. Though she didn't had any jewellery; yet Purvi was looking as pretty as a blooming flower. She's about to leave when her mother feeds her dahi cheeni  so that her day goes well. She steps to go.

Virendra on the second had is too seen getting ready for his panchayat. He has worn a pale yellow kurta with matching sadri & a red pagdi. As usual, he is looking as royal as a king.

He comes out from his room & leaves for panchayat in his lavish car.)

(Purvi reaches NGO. She sees the people around & goes to the office. She comes out with a file. There's a lady who's helping her to see all the work & explaining her the stuffs. She then took her to the backside of the NGO where there's a large hall where all the materials, papers, blankets, etc. are kept. They both come out of the room & the lady locks the door. Purvi turns to go when she senses that if someone is watching her from behind. She turns but sees no one. She moves away & gets busy at her work.)

(The day has almost set down. Both Virendra & Purvi were quite busy at their respective places. They've almost forgotten about each other. Purvi's first day at work comes to an end. All the ladies there leave the NGO bidding her goodbye. At last, only Purvi, that lady & the watchman is left. Purvi is about to go when the phone in the NGO office rings. She picks up the call & a person from another side informs her that few cartons of required materials for the NGO that were ordered from the city will be delivering right now. So someone needs to stay there. Purvi gets worried as the day has almost set. She's about to say something but the phone disconnects. 

Kya hua Purvi, chalna nahi hai, chalo.......

Madhu didi, wo aaj jo saaman magaya gaya tha naa humne shehar se, wo aa raha hai abhi. Toh rukna padega.

Purvi, mera toh chota baccha hai, wo intezar kar raha hoga. Kya karun abb...??
Haan toh aap jao naa, hum sambhal lenge sab, Aur waise bhi Gopi kaka hai naa, wo rahenge hamare saath. Aap jao.

(Purvi sends Madhu away with an assurance that she'll take care of everything. She goes inside the office & sits on her seat. Thinking of completing the paper; Purvi kept herself busy.

Virendra is just about to leave the Panchayat when he learns that some vendors have come to meet him from the city. He decided to attend them today itself & thus stays there.)

(It was almost night when Purvi realized that the truck has still not arrived. She went outside the ground to see & called Gopi.

Arrey Purvi beta, bahar kyun aayi itni raat ko, jab truck aavega , main khabar kar dunga aakar. Tu jaa andar. Itni raat mein bahar naa nikal.
Kaka andar bethe bethe mera mann ubb raha tha, isliye bahar aa gayi. Hum jaate hai. 

She was about to turn when she heard the horn of a vehicle. she turned & found a truck coming towards. Gopi went forwards, stopped the truck outside & went to check. He found 4 men sitting. They showed their identity & started unloading the truck. Purvi till then came out with a register & checked out the list of the materials reached. On being assured with all the things, she permitted to go the godown & keep there safely. Gopi was about to go with them when one of the men said:

Arre chaukidar chacha, aap yaha hamara truck dekhiye naa. Koi samaan naa chura le usmein se. Godown kholne ke liye ye madam ji hai naa. 

Purvi noded her head to Gopi & stepped forward to go with them.

On the other hand, Virendra started feeling uneasy with something. He wasn't able to concentrate on the vendors deal.

Yo manne achanak se ke ho raha hai, itni ghabrahat kyu ho rahi hai. Jaise kuch hone wala hai. Hey Ramji, raksha karna.

Purvi reaches the backside & opens the gate. The men goes inside with the sacks, they return to the truck & carry more with them. After 3 rounds of doing this, this was the last time they were carrying the sack back. 4 of them came outside & told Purvi.

Madam ji, ek baar boriyaan jaakar gin lo. Dekh lo jaake ki sahi ginti hai ki naa. Warna kal ko aap shikayat karoge toh hamari hi naukri jayegi naa. 

Purvi nods her head & went to the office to get the final list. Meanwhile, all 4 came outside towards the gate & started talking to Gopi. They saw Purvi going to the backside.

Chacha, yaha koi dhaba hoga ke. Wo kya hai ki badi bhookh lagi hai aur waise bhi itni mehnat ke baad naa pet ekdam khali ho jaya hai. Aur machis milegi zara hamein. 

Gopi says them to stay & went outside the NGO to get a matchstick from the shop on the other side. When he returns, he saw only 2 men standing there. 

Arre baki 2 kaha gaye tumhare saathi.

Arre chacha, aapne bataya tha naa ki peeche jaake ek dhaaba hai. Bas wahin khana pata karne gaye hai.

Acha aacha, Ye Purvi beta nahi nikali abhi, jaakar dekhta hun.

Arre chacha, unn madam ka pooch rahe ho kya, wo toh chali gayi............

Chali gayi.....???

Haan, wo unhone sab booriyaan gin li aur ye chabhi dekar chali gayi. Boli ki aapko bata den.

Arrey, dhanyawaad. 
Accha hum chalte hain chacha, Ram Ram

(All of them go to their respective ways. While Gopi closes the NGO gates, the two men also go away in dark.)

But where is Purvi.........???

Kya Virendra ki ye ghabrahat hai kisi musibat ka ishara...???

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