"Pragya beti,come in" dadi welcomed her ,when she saw pragya at her doorstep.
"Dadi I want coffee...." Abhi stopped at the stairs as he saw pragya in his house hugging his dadi. before they both see him,he hides behind the pillar.he wanted to know about her.if he go there,either she goes silent or runs away .so,he decided to stay hidden and watch her.
"How are you puttar? nowadays why are you not coming here often? You too don't have time to see me" abhi was surprised, hearing his dadi complaining like a kid.
"It's not like that dadi.your grandson has came after a long time. so I thought not to disturb you" pragya said and she hesitated for a minute before continues to say "what if your grandson does not feel comfortable seeing me in his house".
"Arrey beta don't consider him as living here.don't get afraid of him.his face may look harsh but inside he is a scary cat.even he gets scared seeing the cockroaches" dadi said while giggling.pragya smiled lightly.abhi's eyes widened hearing that his dadi sharing his secret to a stranger.
"Dadi,here is the advance money and the documents .check them" pragya said forwarding the cash and papers.
"Beta money is not need.I...." before dadi continues, pragya said "dadi please. you have done lot of things to us.this will not be right dadi, transferring your land without giving money.please accept this money for me" dadi sighs and got the money half-heartedly. "Then,shall we keep the registration next week" dadi nodded. "Dadi,I will leave now" she turned and started moving ,when dadi asked "pragya you are leaving without having anything".
"Next time dadi .maa will be waiting for me" she said , turning her head towards dadi.
Seeing her leaving ,abhi comes out from the pillar "dadi Why are you transferring the land to that girl without money" he asked loudly.dadi jerked hearing the unexpected sound. "aaah" she shrieked in pain holding her knee caused due to the sudden movement.abhi quickly moved to her seeing her in pain .he make her sit on sofa . taking the ointment from the nearby table,he started massaging her knee gently while dadi caresses his hair,who is sitting on the floor.
"Dadi,I think that girl is acting affectionate with you to get the lands and money from you" he said while massaging .
"I am not a kid abhi, not to know who is acting or who is genuine" dadi said frowning at him.
" Then why are you giving our lands to her" he asked.
"Who said I am giving to her .I am giving the lands to the farmers .do you know who she is?" Dadi asked .abhi looked up and shakes his head as 'No'.
In the meantime
"Oh I forgot to give the ayurvedic oil to dadi" she stopped in her way when she remembered about the oil which her maa prepared.she turned back and started walking towards the house.
Reaching at the entrance,her foot halted when she heard dadi saying "she is one of the farmer's child".
Hearing some sound,dadi and abhi look towards the door at the same time but she quickly hides before they see her.
Dadi pauses a moment and said "Her father,Raghuveer arora was a farmer".
Hearing her father's name, pragya rests her head on the wall closing her eyes.the past memories clouded in her mind.some people say memories are the incidents in the past which was stored in the brain. but these memories were her life .she is living in these memories.
Flashback
"Pragya.....pragya .....ruko" sarla said panting while running behind her 7 year old daughter,who is wearing her Papa's shirt . seeing her papa sitting on the old wooden arm chair,pragya jumped onto her father's lap,crushing the newspaper which he was reading.Raghuveer didn't study much but he know how to write and read his mother tongue language.
"Maa you can't catch me" she giggled seeing her mother breathing heavily.raghuveer keep the crushed newspaper at the table and made her to sit comfortably on his lap "what happened Rani" he asked .
"Dekho papa, maa is asking me to wear that dress" she complained to him pointing at the dress which sarla was holding.it was a cotton orange top and red skirt with a red colour chunni,which has simple flower design.
"You have to wear this while going out" Sarla said sternly.
"I don't want to wear this.I will go out in Papa's shirt" she protested in loud voice.raghuveer gestured sarla that 'i will handle her'.
"Rani.." he said slowly to get his daughter attention "when you wear this dress, all will look at you.you will look beautiful" .
"But I don't like this dress papa" she said with a sulky face.
