Kuch Ankahi Baatein

Seva ya Saza

In early morning hours doorbell rings, Preeti opened the door half-sleepy..

Taiji shouts entering the house, "O bai, tum log abhi tak so rahi ho... koi kaam kaaj nahi hai kya... itna bhi nahi hua ki subah se chai bana kar bado ko pucha hota" she came inside and sits on swing adjusting her pallu...

Preeti irritatingly, "Nahi voh kal Haseena ko bukhaar the toh raat ko der se soye the.. isiliye aaj college bhi nahi jaa rahe hai.... chai toh humne banai hi nahi abhi tak, vaise bhi aapko mere haath ki chai kaha pasand hai"

Taiji (happily dancing from inside): haan toh theek hai na, achcha hai kuch ghar ka kaam bhi ho jayega... chalo uss maharani ko bhi uthao aur lag jao ghar ke kaam kaaj mein... ye Bela bhi kitna ganda ghar rakhti hai... (in her mind: aaj dekhti hu in dono ko kaun bachata hain mujhse), aur phir mere ghar par bhi kuch kaam hai, voh bhi kar lenge ab mauka mila hai toh isi bahane...

Then only, Karishma and Santosh also came out from another room rubbing their eyes.. "Preeti, kya shor macha rakha hai subah subah... kaun chilla raha hai gadho ki tarah.. neend bhi kharaab ho gayi...."

Taiji shouted: O bai, dekho toh... Zara bhi tameez nahi hai in ladkiyon ko.... lagta hai sabne milkar khoob masti ki hai kal raat, tabhi der se uthi hai... aur kaha hai voh tumhari Rajkumari... use bhi toh uthao... dekhu main bhi kitni bimaar hai kaam chor sab ke sab"

Preeti gets angry but an idea strikes in her mind, "Taiji jo kaam hai mujhe bolo, main kar dungi par aap Haseena ko mat pareshaan karo, uski tabiyat vaise bhi kharaab hai... ab jyada kharaab ho gayi toh kahi hospital na leke jaana pade aapko.. ab mummy papa toh hai nahi yaha... soch lijiye, sab aapko hi karna padega... matlab dawai aur hospital ka kharcha.."

Taiji thinking, "theek hi hai... ab agar kuch hua toh hume hi kharcha karna padega... pade rehne do use kamre mein... vaise bhi hamesha bimaar hi padi rehti hai"

Taiji turned to Preeti, "haan haan theek hai.. chal tu lag ja kaam par... vaise bhi uske bus ka kaha hai kuch kaam karna"... Preeti gets angry but didn't want any more problems for Haseena so agreed silently...

Preeti turned to her friends, "Karishma Santosh tum log ghar jaao varna tumhe bhi saara din pareshaan karengi order de de kar, meri toh majboori hai"..

Karishma smiled mischievously and said, "hum kahi nahi jayenge.. bada shok hai na inko safai ka, apni seva karwane ka, aaj dikhaate hai inko safaai kaise hoti hai... chal Santu lag ja kaam par" she winked to Preeti and Santosh who all nodded in yes and smiled wickedly looking at fat figure sitting on swing...

Preeti Karishma went in kitchen to prepare breakfast……...

Santosh starts dusting and keeps on moving in the direction where Taiji sits, "Taiji aap vaha baitho dekho yaha kitni gandagi hai...." the moment she shifts to another place, Santosh reached there and keep on shifting her from one sofa to another... lastly she got irritated & tired with Santosh and left saying, "kya ladki hai ek minute bhi chain se nahi baithne de rahi.. saare ghar mein ghuma ghuma kar mera dam nikaal diya... Preeti, tu naashta ban jaaye toh bula lena"... Trio laughed and said together, "Jee Taiji"....

After preparing breakfast, they called her and served half burnt stuffed parantha with curd added extra salt & red chillies, she shouted seeing the food, "O bai yeh kya banaya hai... saara toh jal gaya hai"..

Karishma came forward and innocently pointed out her finger to a corner of parantha, "Taiji aap yeh jo thoda sa kam jala hai ise kha lijiye" she keeps serving her 2-3 more with added too much of salt and pepper... "O bai ek toh jala hua upar se itna namak aur mirchi... kambakhton ne munh jala diya... saari ki saari nikkami hai... kisi kaam ki nahin"....