Tujhme Rab dikhta Hey

One

"Khushi,Khushi..Aree Ohh Titliya..Have you finished your work or not?"asked her Buaji,nth times. Khushi was in the bathroom,getting fresh for the day..

"Lo and behold. here I am Miss Gupta. The kingdom is all yours"said Khushi in mock salutation as she walked out of the washroom,her hair wet..

Madhumati shooted her head at the crazy girl. Her father too smiled behind the newspaper..

Humming her favourite Bollywood songs,she started getting ready. She had to go to temple. It was her daily routine..

"Darling..Can you stop singing? It's very harsh on ears.."her father said,with half fun,half truth.

Actually Khushi was tone deaf. But she loved music.

"Nothing doing Baba. You better close your ears. But I would not stop singing. It makes me feel alive Baba"whinned Khushi like a child,pouting..

Her father laughed at that. Infact they were habituated with such bickering. The small family of three was like that.

"Baba..I am going to temple"said Khushi as she put on her favourite white dupatta,and walked outside home..

Sashi nodded. She and her Devi maa. Both had this friendship. Khushi would share her everything with her Devi maa. Even when she was sad,missing her mother,she would fall asleep,holding the idol close to herself..

"Do you know,today too I got scolded by Buaji.. But she is too cute,right. She cares for me. That is why she is always behind me. Maa,today too I miss you. Today too I miss something. This heart is growing empty. No matter how much cheerful persona I put,my soul,it's crumbling. Donot know why.. I am not depressed. I have no sadness. Yet this silence is slowly consuming me. And I cannot feel anything most of the time.."Khushi continued her silent prayers sitting leaning on a pillar in the temple..

There something caught her eyes. Someone helping someone getting down the car. She watched as the man ever so carefully helped the lady down the car. Like in trance she got up and walked down,to have a closer look. He had glasses on. The lady walked the stairs towards the temple. Yet he waited down there. There was something about him that made Khushi forget everything..

She walked back home. Her day went like usual. But at times she was lost. Who was he. Why was he silent. There was something about him that was pulling her towards him.

Next day too she waited. But they did not come. A week passed. Khushi felt like she was breaking down. But why. They had no relation. Infact she didnot even know his name..

Again after a week he appeared. Same circle. She watched as he carefully helped the lady.

"Devi Maa. I wish to have someone like him in my life. How careful he is of his wife.."Khushi prayed. Yet it was hurting her somewhere. But why..

That day,he had not wore glasses. She finally saw his eyes. Mesmerizing. How she wished to tell him,to stop hiding those beautiful expressive eyes. It talked volumes. Actually they had crossed paths as she had stood infront of the stall to buy offerings to offer,for her Mother's death anniversary. He too was there, buying same..

"Maa.. Today I saw him again. So close. His eyes,donot know why,it feels so known. They talk. But what. When he came infront of me,it felt like the whole world stopped. A second I was breathing and then it too stopped. Maa,for the first time,I felt like there was someone called God in human. It felt like in him I saw my God. Maa,does it actually happen? That we revere someone unknown so much. I wish to bow down to him Maa. Donot know what is happening"Khushi wispered to her mother,as she stood watching the star shinning brightest in the sky. And the star blinked as if understanding her..

Was she falling in love,that too with someone who didnot even know about her existence?

Who knows. She just knew,she could see her God in him ..