Tamanah A Story Of A Village Girl

part4

Chapter 4                                                                                                       “Dhara tell me each and every thing  from the day 1 of your marriage till now” Swadhinta said” everything was fine Mihir was in office an i was doing my house old work first time i was making  food without my mother so i called her for her help” it was 10 pm Sofia was feeling sleepy so Swadhinta made some arrangements for her .Dhara continued “it was evening 8pm and still Mihir didn’t returned home i was feeling hungry but i thought when MIhir will come then we will have dinnee together at 8:30 he came  before going to eat he noticed that i am looking at him he asked me “wht happened? You want to say something?” “no” i replied i continued looking at him again he asked “you want to say something? Again i replied “no” but i continued again he asked “what happened please tell me” “in Jamnagar whenever i made this type of food  i used to get very much exited that what papa will reply after eating this and you know in what way he used to reply??see if the food is fine then he use to say ok and if the food is very much tasty then he used to hit on my back” i said “so can i eat now"?? Mihir asked “yaa yaa why not” i said “so how is the food” i asked he bitted me on my back “what was that” i said “the food is very tasty and you told that your papa used to reply like this”one evening Mihir brought a bokque of roses for me “these are real roses” i said “ no these are artificial roses in Mumbai it is difficult to get real roses but you know i love roses” Mihir said . On that day i decided that i will plant a rose plant for him. But i needed ice cubes for   the plant so i went to neighbour and asked her for icecubes . she even didn’t talked to me nicely and gave me icecubes . next day when i was doing my houseold chores  bell ranged i opened the door there was a girl with a  beer bottle in her hand she introduced herself to me “myself Lavanaya Dubey i am your neighbour remember icecubes??” she said “oh yaa nice to meet you why are you standing outside get in” i said “so what’s your name??” she asked “Dhara Solanki” i replied “nice name Dhara i was busy that day so was not able to talk to you nicely but today i am free so we will have a long talk okay?? We talked for some time  “bring glass” she said then i brought a steel glass by seeing this she laughed  “Dhara i want beer glass” she said “sorry i don’t have that glass” I said “Dhara  you don’t  drink?” she asked “yes I don’t drink and i think  i have seen this for first time in my life” I said [indicating the bottle in her hand]  “Dhara i am feeling very hot in this uniform so i am going home for changing  you just wait for  me I will be back in  five minutes” she said and went after few seconds Mihir  came he was surprised when he saw the bottle of beer on the centre table  I understood his expressions “I don't drink” I said “what happened? Lavanaya interrupted us none of us answered her question “ok so  I should go now” she said “hello” Mihir said “what” she answered then Mihir showed her the bottle of beer “oh sorry” she took her bottle and left “next time you should not be seen with her” Mihir said “why” I asked “she is a character less girl even she don’t know what wear what to not” “ok” I replied                                   next day as usual i was making food suddenly bell ranged i rush to open door there was a boy i asked him “what you want”? “didi i want ball” he said “what” i said “actually didi we are playing cricket and when i was batting ball came in your kitchen balcony” he said “wait i am giving” i said i gave ball to him  suddenly i heard the voices of the children playing cricket in society compound i observed  batsman for some time  he was not batting correctly  i shouted but he was not able to hear. So i went down and i taught him how to do batting and i taught other childrens   how to play cricket “to become a good player you all should play every day” i said “didi we can’t play here every day we are allowed to play here  only in weekends” they said “why” i said “ 4 months ago the secretary had banned cricket in this society after that we insisted him to please allow cricket in the society then he allowed us only on weekends” they said “who is that khadoos secretary i want to meet him” i said. Then a black car entered our society “didi he is that secretary” children said i went there to talk with him then wht i saw the secretary was my husband