Manan forever

Part 6

Manik aur Mukti saath me lunch karte hai aur phir Mukti Manik ko Rihaab ki tour

karati hai aakhir Manik ko waha pe ek mahina jo gujarna tha.

Mukti: Manik yahaan pe Mr. Sharad Mehra hai.business me nuksaan hone ki waje se biwi

aur bache chod ke chale gaye.nashe me dubte gaye aur yahaan aa gaye.

Manik (pointing at a room): yeh kiska kamra hai.

Mukti: usse tum dur hi rehna.woh Adi khana ka kamra hai.college me drugs ki aadat

lag gayi aur tab se aisa hi akela raha karta hai.

Manik: Itni kam umar me log samjte nahin.aur yeh wala.

Mukti: yeh Madhyam Singhania hai.teen mahine pehle nashe ki halat me car chala raha tha.

accident ho gaya aur tab se yahaan pe coma me hai.

Manik; bahot bura hua bechare ke saath.

Mukti: bura to isse jis aadmi ka accident hua uska.pura parivaar khatam kar diya isne.

Manik (worried): Mukti.hum bahar khuli hawa me ja sakte hai.

Mukti: sab kuch thik to hai na.chalo pehle.

Manik aur Mukti bahar garden me bethe hai.

-Mukti: Manik jab se maine tumhe Madhyam ke bare me bataya tum kuch pareshan lag rahe ho.

Manik: Mukti mere parents ki death ka jimedar bhi main hi hoon.meri waje se mom dad.

Mukti (shocked): Manik.saaf saaf batao kya baat hai.

Manik (tears in his eyes); Mukti.maine hi us din zid ki thi mom dad to apne pass aane ki

kyunki main tut chuka tha .jab Nandani ne mere pyaar ko thukraya tha.main apne kamre me

bethe bethe apne pyaar ko kos raha tha jab mere cell pe call aaya ki mom dad ka accident

ho gaya aur woh dono muje akele chod ke chale gaye.main bahot akela mehsoos karne laga.mom

dad bhi nahin rahe aur Nandani bhi muje chod ke chali gayi.jine ke liye do hi sahare the.

Cabir aur sharab.main har chuka tha apni zindagi se.

Mukti (tears in her eyes): Manik main tumhara dard samaj sakti ho lekin usme tumhari koi

galti nahin.galti to halat ki hai. ab to ek umeed jagi hai na.Manik ab tumhe Nandani ke

bare me sochna chahiye.

Manik: Haa Mukti.ab Nandani ke liye to jina hai aur Nandani ke liye hi marna hai.waise

kya yeh hospital ke bahar uski koi apni zindagi hai ya nahin.

Mukti; 24 ghante me se to 20 ghante yahi apne office me hoti hai.shayad ab tum hi use

jina sikha do.

Manik: waise aaj subaah ke baad maine use dekha hi nahin.

Mukti: aaj tuesday hai aur her tuesday ko Nandani sixth floor children ward me hoti hai.

jao jake mil lo.jaona.

Manik: thik hai.bye.

(in chilldren's ward)

Nandani is sitting on one of the bed and some children are sitting making circle aroud her.

Manik saw that and just stands near the door without letting Nandani know.