Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot-Adbhut!(35)

Mathuradas asked ,” What’s the time ? “ No one had have watch and there was no clock in Mathuradas’s house. So he went out to ask about the time. He came back and said , “ It’s twelve thirty , I need to cook food “ Vishakha said “ No Kaka , you don’t need to cook food we have brought food more than enough, we just need some plates. Mathuradas didn’t have that much utensils so he went in and brought some Pattal Dona ( plates and bowls made by some special type of leaf and they all stitched by the leaf stem. “ All the girls came down from the cot and served food from each lunch box. They happily had enjoyed their lunch together with Mathuradas and then collected the Patral Dona to throw in the dustbin ( not properly a dustbin ) those days people used any thing as dustbin. Mathuradas continued , “ Shamu and Kavita had have very sweet relationship with each other”They used to play indoor games, like luka chhipi ,or “ Asht Chang pe “ ( it’s a very interesting game and Vishakha and her friends were known to it as they themselves play it sometimes in summer vacation. This is a game like ludo but, it was Poor people’s play, without spending any money. Children draw a board divided 8 X 8 boxes. Four players can play it at a time with different pawns. ——— Continued —

Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot-Adbhut!(34)

Mathuradas Continued , he said , “ It had happened a number of times that Kaminidevi insisted her husband Chandan Singh to take her with too, to the function or celebration of small or big in the nearby villages.They didn’t want to take Kavita there as these parties were containing alcohol, and dancers too. So Leaving Kavita at home they used to prefer going by their horse cart at that time the cart was driven by Shamu but We know that Shamu was a very good runner too so after dropping them he used to come back running to the haveli. He knew that the Party will continue whole night and there was no use sitting outside in the cart. He always kept this arrival secret. Only Kavita knew that Shamu will be back. They were free in the haveli the childhood’s attachment was converted into love and they crossed the boundaries, this had to happen. Both were getting such opportunities off and on. They were meeting silently and secretly but nothing can be hidden permanently. The workers working in the haveli gradually came to know this but no one conveyed this to Chandan Singh. ———— Continued ——

Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot-Adbhut!(33)

Mathuradas started speaking , “ I was very small but I am blessed with photogenic memory and so I guarantee that word to word which I have narrated is hundred percent truth. Vishakha said , “ Kaka we trust you and we know it’s one hundred percent truth. You please carry on . “ Okay now listen, he started “ Last time I told you that when both the children Kavita and Shamu entered in teenage they were not allowed to meet openly like they were meeting and playing yesterday like children. All day long at home was the routine of girls females those days. Because Chandan Singh was rich and wanted to follow the new trends followed by rich people those days. And so the middle age Samantha was teaching English and the English trends those days rich people followed and so Chandan Singh hired Samantha James as tuition teacher. She used to come at four in the evening and teach English along with the general Knowledge things and the etiquette followed by the high society people those days because it was the time British left India and still the effect was there on some high society people. ————— Continued ——/

Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot-Adbhut!(32)

 Even if Vishakha slept late but she woke up on time. She first kept Pinku’scage in her Parent’s room because she had experienced the strange thing twice and she didn’t want to take any chance now. She then went to the kitchen and said to mummy ,” Please pack my lunch we all friends are going to study all day long together “ Mummy said , “ Okay she didn’t even asked her that in which friend’s house they are going to study. Vishakha went to her room and had have her bath. She got ready at nine forty five. She took some books and notebooks also the lunch box and came out . When she reached out of her street she found all the four friends waiting for her. All started walking towards Mathuradas’s house from the streets less in use. They didn’t want someone to see them. They reached Mathuradas’s house in ten minutes. They knocked the door. Mathuradas opened the door , though he was not informed about their arrival but he was ready. In villages people do bathing early and get ready. He allowed them to come in without asking any question. The girls were sitting on his bed and he himself was sitting on his mudda ( made by cane and straw ) Vishakha said , “ Uncle please today complete the story of Javita and Shamu and the haunted haveli. We have lied to our moms that we are going for combined studies. We have brought lunch for you too but today we will listen the complete story. Mathuradas’s face turned pale by thinking the past but he said okay today I will tell you the complete story. ———- Continued ——

Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot-Adbhut!(31)

While coming back from school they were anxious and in dilemma, what to do and what not to do. Today even they were not looking at the group of boys. But at last Vishakha suggested that they will say their moms for combined studies at each other’s home, and they will be back home within one or two hours so it won’t be a question of worrying for their mothers. All agreed and planned to reach to Mathuradas’s house at twelve in the after noon it was usually a resting time of all moms after doing all household works and lunch. In villages ladies used to do all word on their own, which was a big task. All the girls departed and moved to their own house ways, with the promise of meeting tomorrow at twelve . But something more was waiting for Vishakha at home. As usual she reached home, freshen up and decided to do some studies before dinner. And she did it without any problem. We know Vishakha was a brilliant student and was a topper in all the exams so she always worried about her studies and always tried be sincere in class and home also regarding studies. When she got tired she brought Pinku in her room and started talking with him. He tried imitating her. She tried to teach him his own name “ Pinku Pinku “ and he learned that. She thought let him stay in her own room tonight. Nothing will happen. But at midnight after twelve, he again started  squawking, Vishakha woke up and brought his cage on her bed and started patting him he then became quite , Vishakha could sleep very late.————- Continued ———

Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot- Adbhut!(30)

Vishakha , Manjula and Deepa got surprised , why they screamed. They looked at them. Both were pointing at the upper part of the tamarind tree with the closed eyes. Vishakha Manjula and Deepa looked up and found nothing. Vishakha shook Kamla and Deepa shook Vimla, “ Hey ! Open your eyes nothing is on the tree.” Kamla and Vimla owned the eyes and looked up, Kamla said , “ I saw Shamu there, he was sitting on the branch and smiling at me. “ “ Vimla also said the same thing” All the girls shocked and then Vishakha described that last night, she heard breathing of some other person, she said , “ To check it, I stopped breathing for some moments , or you may say a minute, but still the heavy breathing was still heard.The bell rang for the prayer, All the girls ran towards the corridor where everyday prayer was sung. After prayer all the girls reached to their classes. All the girls couldn’t concentrate on the lectures and were deeply thinking about their exuberances . Manjula and Deepa saw Shamu at the tailor’s shop , Vishakha didn’t see but her Parrot’s squawking and the heavy breathing was really horrifying. What should they do ? Vishakha thought, tomorrow it’s Sunday , they will go to Mathuradas’s house to hear the further story of Kavita & Shamu. They will have to convince their Parents any how. ——— Continued ———

Dharavahik upanyas Bhoot-Adbhut!(29)

 It was the time when , girls schools and boys schools were separate and and due to teenage attraction they used to get attracted towards each other that was just infatuation.In most of the cases this process used to finish after school life , or girl’s or boys marriage with different partners, because they never dared to declare it in front of their parents . Very rare could dare to break the limits and those too never succeeded in getting a successful life together. But besides social bindings in Vishakha and Viraj’s case one more factor was active. What was that ? Or we can say who was that ? It’s a matter of hidden future. Any ways, the boys group walked speedily and the girls too increased their speed. They again went running to their classroom and after putting books on their desks , turned around and reached running under the tamarind tree. All were breathing heavily. After a minute they became normal and then Vishakha started speaking , “ You know,  what happened to me last night ? All looked at her curiosity , Vishakha said , “ I heard someone’s breathing sound. “ “ Are you joking ? No , I am serious. Vishakha replied. Meanwhile Kamla and Vimla screamed , the other three looked at them . —————Continued——-