Janam Janam (Life after Life)

Part 6

Nandini : "Hmm.. Yes. I will tell it to you if you don't make fun of me and also  keep it to yourself."

Cabir : "Okay.. fine.. spill the beans."

Nandini : "As I told you earlier, I started getting these recurring dreams after I heard that tune. In my dream I see all these places."

Nandini : "I also see a boy singing a song with the same tune, but lyrics are different. I feel that he is singing it for me, but I don't know who he is and how he looks."

Cabir : "Oh.. so our Laila has come to India in search of her Majnu."

Manik's thoughts : "She has gone crazy. She has come in search of someone without knowing who he is and how he looks. It may be just her imagination and he may not even exist in real."

Manik's thoughts : "He is a very lucky guy, if at all he exists in real."

Nandini : "I myself don't know what I am looking for.. and today when I saw this house, few scenes flashed in my mind. I saw myself falling off from a height and then I lost consciousness."

Nandini : "Probably, I didn't tell you earlier that I have acrophobia. I am afraid of heights, but I haven't figured out the reason for that so far."

Nandini : "I want to find answers for everything and I think I will find my answers soon."

Cabir : "What makes you think so?"

Nandini : "See, these are the pictures I clicked today. See these sketches. They are the same."

Nandini : "According to dad and mom I have never come to India before, but all these places feel familiar to me. I wasn't able to find any information in spite of searching so much, till I came here. So the chances that I have seen them some where before and imagined things are nil."

She was lost in her thoughts again.

Manik's thoughts : "Hmm.. strange!"

Manik remembers that he came there to call them for dinner and others will be waiting for them.

Manik : "What Cabir? You came to call her and you also stayed back here. Everyone's waiting for dinner."

They all went downstairs for dinner.

Nandini goes to sleep thinking about the day's events. She dreams again, but she sees more things than usual. She sees herself entering the house she is in now. She is running up the stairs and going to a room. The dream ends with her falling from a height.

Nandini wakes up tensed. She is not able to go back to sleep, so she comes out of her room. She recollects her dream and goes towards a room. She reaches there, but finds the room locked.

Next day, she calls her grandmother to confirm she has never been to that place or India before.

She approaches Manik to find out about the room that was locked.

Nandini (pointing to the room) : "Whose room is that ? Why is it locked?"

Manik : "I don't know. Why?"

Nandini : "I was just curious. I wasn't able to sleep yesterday night, so I was walking around. I saw that room was locked from outside, that's it."

Manik : "If you want, I will check and let you know."

Manik asks his mom about the room.

Manik's mom's thoughts : "Why is he asking about that room now? When he was little, he used to always go near that room and meddle with the lock. He wanted to go inside. I thought he was just curious as a kid because it was locked. Then we moved to Mumbai. I thought he had forgotten about that room."

Manik's mom : "Why do you want to know about that room, Manik?"

Manik : "Just curious.. that is the only room which is locked here.. that's why?"

Manik's mom told him about the room and Manik communicated the same to Nandini.

Manik : "That is my uncle's room. It has remained locked from the time my uncle died."

Nandini : "Oh...What happened to your uncle, how did he die?"

Manik : "It seems he committed suicide."

Nandini : "Sorry about that."

Nandini thinks for a while.

Nandini : "If it is ok, can I see that room once?"