ANIDITA : A Life For Revolution

CHAPTER 8 : Part 3

Bondita's p.o.v

"Toh phir yeh tay raha... Agle somvar ko Roy Chowdhary khandan ke chote bete Batuk Roy Chowdhary aur Chatterjee khandan ki beti Shubhalakshmi Chatterjee ki saghai hogi" Pandit Ji announced.

"Khoob bhalo!" KSJ chimed.

Som dada, Tapas and Pati babu hugged Batuk before hitting him while Laya and I taunted Shubha. Both of them looked ecstatic, their eyes glinting with joy and the love they have for each other. I should say I felt a bit jealous seeing someone can love somebody this madly. Batuk has literally lost it. All I could do was glance at Pati babu and sigh about my fate. Can I ever get a day like this? I don't think so.

"Wah Indroneel babu! Sambhan Ji, Mubarak ho" Sasur Ji hugged Shubha's father.

"Apko bhi Binoy babu" he hugged back.

The atmosphere was so lovely and light hearted. Seeing my family sharing happiness after so long actually made me emotional. I hope it continues this way. I badly want it to.

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"Batuk! Use ghoorna band karo! Bas do maheene ki baat hai, uske baad aa jayega woh iss ghar mein tumhari Patni bankar..."Tapas smacked Batuk's head and then leaned towards his ear to whisper "Control karo bhai"

They were sitting on the sofa while we ladies were sitting on the floor below them, busy arranging flowers for the evening Arti.

"Oho Tappu... Ap kaunsa mahan hai jo Batuk ko sikha raha hai? Ap toh khud Rudhira ko ghoorne mein vyasth rahta hai" I taunted.

"Kya? Mujhe?" She asked in panic.

"Nahi! Barrister babu pagal ho gayi hai tum, kya bakwaas kar rahi ho?" he snapped at me in panic and turned to Rudhira "Hira tum ispar yakeen mat karo... Yeh kuch bhi bolti rahti hai" he said annoyed.

"Hira?" I tuned, smirking.

"Yeh kab hua bhai? Rudira se Hira kab ban gayi yeh?" Batuk pounced on Tapas.

"Um... Woh... Rudhira bohot lamba hai na? Toh..."

"Tum Rudhi bhi toh bula sakte the... Jeise Shubha bolti hai" Laya commented, smirking.

"Kya tum log bhi! Shaadi in donon ki ho rahi hai, meri nahi!" he roared.

"Arre tum gussa kyun kar rahe ho? Shaant ho ja Tappu..." I quipped.

He scoffed and stormed out while Rudhira flushed in front of us. We laughed out and that was enough for her to protest.

"Bohot hasi aa rahi hai ap sab ko?" she enquired in embarrassment.

"Aur nahi toh kya? Dekho keise dhua nikal raha tha uski naak se. Bada aaya mujhe sikhane wala" Batuk laughed.

"Ae akal ka dusman! Dhyaan se baat karna warna khoon choos lungi tera... Jante hai na? Khoon se khelna toh shauk hai mera... Naam hi aisa hai" she warned.

"Isiliye toh mein tumhe kehta hoon... Machar kahi ki! Dekho ise gussa aarahi hai... Tapas ko meine jo bola hai" he snapped at her, leaning forward from the sofa.

"Tera toh-" she leaned forward when someone cleared his throat.

We all turned our heads to see KSJ standing there and giving a pointed look to Batuk. Both of them immediately retreated back and we all stood up.