“So…how was the night???” I
asked Keshav after our formal
talks.
I couldn’t attend his marriage
ceremony so I went to
congratulate him after two days
with my cousin sister. I suggested
my sister to go and meet his new
‘Bhabhi’ in her room.
“nothing…whole night I was busy
in various rituals of marriage like
‘Jaimaal’, ‘phere’ around the fire
and all… ” Keshav replied
showing his night busyness by
vibrating his head.
“Hahaha…Stupid… I am not
asking about that night…Tell me
something special…” I pinched
on his shoulder. Actually Keshav
didn’t even talk to her wife
before their marriage as his
parents have elected a girl for
him and it was a ‘arrange
marriage’. This was the reason I
was very excited to talk on this
topic.
“Oh… I got it… What you want to
know… But you will laugh at
me…” Keshav replied with a lot
of hesitation on his face. He was
blushing like a newly married
bride.
He started to tell me the
incidents of their first night,” You
know Girdhar…I did hardly chat
with Priya twice or thrice on
facebook only…and you can’t say
anything about a person in such
little span of time…”
I picked his invitation card to
make me sure that her wife’s
name is Priya…and put it back on
place.
He continued, “I thought to
propose her on very first night…
as there was no other better way
to start… I moved forward to
decorate a rose on her hairs and
mean while I was going to speak
three magical words on her ears.
I reached just behind her when
she suddenly moved away
towards a table…”
“Ok…continue..I am hearing you”
I showed Keshav my presence.
He took a long breath and
spoke again, “I think…She didn’t
like my attempt of being closer
to her so she moved away. I also
stepped back and pretended to
look outside from window. You
know it is impossible to find a
professional girl who doesn’t
have a boyfriend now a days. I
thought she also likes someone
else. After some time I found a
letter on her hand …she was
trying to say something to me… I
am sure she was going to tell me
about his boyfriend…But I was
not capable of listening all that
rubbish on very first night of my
marriage so I just put my finger
on her lips indicating her to stop
and not to speak anything…
Then I moved to our bed,
decorated by my younger
brother… It seemed like a jail to
me… I just pick my pillow and
went on sofa to sleep…. I looked
back her… Now she was looking
outside the window… o my
God..she didn’t even care…I am
sure she was missing her bloody
boyfriend… You know Girdhar…
this arrange marriage has
finished my life….”
I could feel some moisture in his
eyes. I was also just about to be
emotional when my cousin sister
disturbed us coming out from
Keshav’s wife room.
She pulled my hand and asked
me, go back to home
immediately. I petted on
Keshav’s shoulder to show my
sympathy to him and said
goodbye. I didn’t even desire to
meet his wife after listening the
story.
I noticed my sister sweeping tears
from her eyes on the way and
asked her the reason of being
emotional.
She busted into tears, “you all
boys are the same…”
Tell me..na… what happend??? I
forced her to speak.
She stared me and spoke, “You
know what happened on Priya
bhabhi’s first night… She has
decided to propose Keshav on
that night to show her dedication
towards his husband. As soon as
Keshav entered her room she
moved towards a table to pick a
letter she has written for him.
But when she turned to give it to
him, she found him looking
outside the window… She
realized that her husband was
not interested in her at all…
perhaps he likes some other girl.
She tried again to speak to him
that she has no concern about
his past and she will try to
become a good wife to him… but
you know… Keshav didn’t even
want to listen her voice and he
put his finger on her lips to stop
her. Being very hopeless Priya
looked outside the window
praying God for any miracle to
make his husband his real life
partner…When he just picked his
pillow and went to sleep on a
sofa showing her that he doesn’t
want to make any relationship
with her as he loves her bloody
girlfriend very much…”
I didn’t waste any more minute
talking to my sister… I just
returned to Keshav’s home very
rapidly…with my eyes wet and
smile on my face..