Next few days Karan and Monami carried out their daily work without much fuss or fights. Monami was sweet to Karan making him wonder if she had really changed or was that an act.
Karan wanted to test her so he would try to object to Monami's decision, cut when she is speaking , just to piss her off. Monami not reacting to Karan's instigations annoyed him more.
Monami controlled her anger over Karan's antics , which was actually not her nature. She did one hour of kick boxing every day just to dust off her build up anger on Karan, but in front of him and the other workers, she only smiled.
Monami had shown some profitability improvement plans to her father but he felt any big changes could be difficult as getting rid of extra workers in this factory was a challenge. But after going through factory papers Monami knew laying off some workers is one effective way of reducing costs significantly, but under current contract conditions it was difficult. So she needed to make the changes in contracts and if Karan was convinced, then workers would automatically agree. So for now, she needed to keep her calm in front of everyone.
Their charades continued for 4 days till Monami presented Karan the new draft for the worker contracts. "Ye latest laws and industry best practices ke according drafted hai. Mere lawyers approve kar chuke hain. Aap bhi dekh lijiye, 2 din baad milke baat karte hain. Koi suggestions honge to bataiyega. Discuss kar ke ise implement kar denge."
"I must say, aap ke kaam ki speed dekh ke bohot achcha lagta hai. Aap hamesha itni tez rehti hain ya isme aapka kuch bada fayda hai"? Karan tried to see through Monami.
"Kaam focus se kiya jaye to zyada waqt nahi leta. Aur main jo kar rahi hoon wo workers aur factory dono ke fayde ke liye hai" Monami was getting impatient with Karan's behaviour but tried to stay calm.
"Jee..... vaise itna kaam kar ke aap thak gayi hongi. Aaj shaam ko workers colony mein Ganesh utsav manaya ja raha hai. Workers ki families ki taraf se aapko nimantran, I mean invitation hai. Aap aayengi to sabko achcha lagega."
Monami accepts the invitation though she is least interested. She was too tired and sleepy and has no idea how to dress up for such events, which made her very uncomfortable. But she decided to accept the invitation to keep the good face with workers and their families.
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Karan was running late. He usually helped out at the Ganpati decorations but today he was stuck with another machine issue at the factory. So he worked till 2 hours after his shift ended.
"Jaldi kar Karan, wo Reena ka 3 baar phone aa chuka hai. Choti malkin pahunchti hi hongi, phir Reena ka dance performance hai. Wo tere bina perform nahi karna chahti", Karan's mom (Yashoda) asked him.
Karan: "Uska dance hai wo kare, maine kya karna hai?"
Yashoda: "Wo tujhe pasand karti hai. Aur tujhe dikha ke impress karna chahti hogi."
Karan: "Usse bachpan se jaantaa hoon ma, ab dance dekh k kaise impress ho jaunga."
Yashoda: "Kab tak shaadi se bhagega. Uske baba ka wo property wala case khatm ho jaye, mujhe lagta hai tab wo shaadi ki baat karenge. Main haan karne wali hoon, bata deti hoon."
Karan: "Ma tujhe jo ladki pasand aaye tu haan kar dena. Bas teri seva kare, aur mujhe kuch nahi chahiye"
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When Karan reached the pandal Aarti was already on.
Yashoda: "Kitni der kar di. Jaa aage ja isse pehle ki aarti khatam ho jaye. Reena chhoti malkin ke saath aarti karne gayi hai, ja tu bhi Aarti kar ke aashirwad le le."
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Misaligned Stars
RomanceThey say that love stories are made when the stars align. Everything falls into place and two hearts come together like pieces of puzzle. But what if these two stars are on different skies. From where they can see each other, even cross each other's...
