My Journey - A Left Right Left Story

XXIX

29th November, 2006.

Anyways all of us, that is the 3 Capt.'s, Dr.Shalini and super six were hanging out together and decided to play basketball to pass some time till lunch. On one side was Dr.Shalini, Pooja, Yudi, Aalekh and me. On the other side was Abhimanyu, Gunny, Rajveer, Huda and Ali.

We were just going to begin our tie-breaker match when,

Orderly : Cadet Singh aaapko Major Bhargav ne aapne office mai aaane ko bola hai.

Naina : Thik hai, thank you.

Saying that both Aalekh and I began to move.

Naina : Aalekh kya kar raha hai ?

Aalekh : Tere saath chal raha hun. Koi problem hai kya ?

Naina : Mujhe toh nahi hai par Mogambo ko mogi.

Aalekh : Mera uske office ke bahar khade hone mai usse kya problem hogi ?

I know a losing battle when I see one. After what I told him yesterday, it's going to be a long time before he gets back to normal.

Flashback :

After telling the Capt.'s with their not so dead bff I walked out of there, knowing fully well that Aalekh will want an explanation.

Aalekh : Ye kya chal raha hai, Naina ? Tu jab dekho tab tu aur teeno sir ji puri-puri raaton ke liye gayab ho jaate ho. Aur ab B.C. tera baap hai ?

Naina : Main sirf ek question ka jawab dungi. Konse ka chaiye?

Aalekh : Naina....Dusre ka jawab de.

Naina : Tujhe pakka dusre ka jawab chaiye?

Aalekh : Tujhe kissi se toh baat karni hogi ? Aaryan aur Akriti shayad sab jaanta hai par woh yahaan nahi hai. Main hoon.

Naina : Fine, par kahani thodi lambi hai.

Usually mom's aapney bacho ko fairytales, ya fir loriyan (lullaby) sunati hai aur meri mom. Meri mom mujhe aapni academy days aur missions - at least utani jitna wo mujhe bata sakthi this - ki kahaniya sunati thi. Do you have any idea main ne kitne encounters ki kahaniya sunni hai. Kitney terrorist nabing operations ke baarey mai sunna hai.

Mere Nanu humesha se aapne bete ko army mai dalna cahatey the. Par unki sirf ek beti thi. Meri mom. Nani childbirth ke waqt... Nanu ne dusri shaadi nahi ki. Instead unhone dad ke father yani Dadu ke saath factory mai kaam karney lagey. Mom, Dad aur Maasi (Aryan's mother) were of the same age. Maasi Dad ki cousin thi. Dadi ne hi unn 3 ko ek saath bada kiya. All of them were as close as siblings.

Mom Nanu ki wish jaanti thi. Jab mom ne unhey bataya ki wo army join karna cahati hai, toh pehle woh nahi maney par mom aur dad ne unhey convince kar liya. In fact Nanu ne toh unhey physical test ki training bhi khud di thi. Pata hai meri mom aapney entrance exam mai top kiya tha, aur scholarship jita tha.

Humari jitni ladkiyan nahi thi unke batch mai, there were only 10 girl cadets. Sirf ek female officer thi, jo infirmary aur girls hostel ki in charge thi. Unke saarey teachers girl cadets nahi cahatey the. In fact by the end of first year 5 ne toh drop out kar diya tha. Par mom. Mom ne har kadam par, har drill mai unhey wrong prove kiya. Na cahatey huey bhi unhey mom ko equally treat karna shuru kiya, aur fir baaki ki girl cadets ko bhi.

Jab wo officer bani tab fir se unhey aapni ladai shuruat se ladni padi. Finally unhey Intelligence join karney ka mauka mila. Training ke waqt Shakti uncle unke buddy assign huey. Aur wo dono Major Gaur, ab Major General hai, ke team ko assign kiye gaye. He was very impressed with both of them. Unki pehli revolvers bhi unhi ne di thi, jab wo officially Intelligence main appoint huey the.