CHAPTER 2

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Raavi unwillingly went out to have dinner with everybody. She does not want to eat anything,but Suman said it does not look good if newly wed bride went to sleep without having dinner.

Slowly she went towards kitchen and sees Dhara is preparing to serve everybody.

Raavi:  Dhara di mujhe dijiye mein bhi le ke chalti hoon.

Dhara:Nehin Raavi abhi kuch ghanto pehle hi shaadi hui hein,aaj ke din kuch mat kar. Mein kar lungi.

Raavi: Khali bethne se samay katne ko dour rahan hein,kaam karungi toh acha lagega.

Dhara:  Raavi dekh thoda aram kar. Acha lagega.

Suman:Leke jaane de thali katori aur chamach. Man bahal jayega.

Dhara:Par Ma,abhi iski

Suman:Shaadi kin halath mein hui hein tu bhi janti hein. Yeh sab karne se isse yahan ghutan nehin hogi.

Raavi took the plates and cutlery and laid it on the stools and calls everyone for dinner.

Dhara bought food with her. Everyone comes and sit at their respective position.

Rishita is standing at one side not knowing what to do. Dev saw it and he went to Rishita, takes Rishita's hand make her sit beside him. Shiva is also there, sitting quietly. Raavi and Dhara start serving food. Rishita does not take rice she only had Roti sabji. Raavi had dal chawal,start eating. Raavi notice that Rishita is having some difficulty while eating. She looks at her questiongly,she shook her head in no and continue eating. Even Suman sense that.

Suman:Dekho Rishita ab tumahari shaadi ho gayi hein. 23 saal tumne ek ghar mein apne tarike se bitaya hein, kisi  nayi jagah aake wahan ka khana rahan shan saab mein dhalne ke liye waquat lagta hein. Abhi tumhe 23 ghante bhi nehin huye hein humare saath, ashajta hogi, dono taraf se koshish karni hogi samjhane ki, tum humme samjhogi , hum tumhe samjhenge dekhna dheere dheere tumhe yahan pe acha lagega. Aur yeh baat Raavi par bhi lagu hoti hein, Raavi pehle ke tumhare aur humare rishte mein aur abke rishte mein fark hein. Ab tum Pandya pariwar ki bahu hoon, ab iss ghar mein haq hein tumhara, par haq ke saath farz bhi aata hein. Ab tumhe apne mayake aur sasural mein talmel bananna hoga. Prafulla aur humara rishta kaisa hein yeh batane ki jarrorat nehin hein.

Raavi nods her head in yes. She can feel uneasiness of Rishita,if she who has spent entire childhood in Pandya Niwas if she is uncomfortable,then this house is completely new to Rishita, she might be uncomfortable too.

Suman: Dev aur Shiva ek baath tum dono ko bata deti hoon, rishta nibhane ki jimmedari sirf Patni ki nehin hoti, Pati ki bhi hoti hein. Tum dono ka haath tham ke yeh dono iss ghar mein aye hein. Inka maan samman banaye rakhne ki jimmedari tum dono ki hein. Ab tum dono ek pati bhi hoon, iss baath ko maat bhulna.

Dhara:Fikar mat kariye ma,inki parwarish meine ki hein. Yeh dono kuch galat nehin karenge, dekh lijiyega.

Gautam:Han ma tu fikar maat kar Dhara saab samal legi.

Dinner was done. Everybody is tired. Everyone wants to sleep. Shiva went and laid his cot on angaan.

Dhara: Shiva kamre mein jaake so jaa.

Shiva: Mein yahan hi thik hoon.

Dhara:Nehin tu kamre mein soyega.

Suman:Bhagodi ki beti usse jahan sona hein wahan sone de.

Dhara:Par Ma.

Suman: Waquat de,jabardasti se rishte bante nehin ulajhte hein. Waquat saare rishte sahi kar dega.

Raavi also went to the room. She is tired both physically and mentally. She kept her head on pillow but sleep is not comming,she kept tossing. She close her eyes forcefully. But her mind took her back to that date which has changed her  whole life.

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