"London." "The greatest city in the world." "For 22 years, I've lived here" "Every morning I take a walk down this street" "Every morning, the street asks me my name..." "Chaudhary Baldev Singh?" "Who are you?" "Where are you from?" "Why are you here?" "Do I have a reply?" "After half a lifetime spent here... this land still remains alien to me; and I to it" "No one here knows me." "None except these doves." "Because they're like me" "Neither do they belong to a country." "Just drop down where you find food" "Have your fill, then fly on" "When shall I fly?" "I don't know." "Of necessity, my wings are clipped" "I'm shackled to my bread." "But someday I'll surely go... to my land." "To my Punjab" ""When the koels sing in spring, it's time again for memories"" ""It's time again for swinging under the boughs"" ""Come home o'wanderer, your heart beckons"" ""The mute soil doesn't read your letters"" ""Come, kiss your soil, bring back the earth to life"" ""Yes, you have your dreams;" "but we are yours too, your kin"" ""You are so forgetful, but we miss you so..."" ""Come home o'wanderer, your land beckons"" "Glory to The Goddess" "Yes Lajjo, I'm here safe and sound." " Good" "Why is my little one giggling away?" " Mom!" "Every day for 20 years..." "Dad has been walking down the very same street... to his very same destination." "Yet every day, you call him up... just to ask him, "Have you reached?"" " You won't understand" "Just assume it's a habit." " Habit left unchanged... tends to become necessity-like." " Philosophy, again?" "You're twelve" "Talk like a 12-year old!" "Why all this big talk?" "There's no childhood, no adulthood." "One is as grown-up as one feels" "All right!" "I lose!" "Now go to school, chew yourteacher's brains, okay?" "Why d'you forget the almonds everyday?" "What to do?" "Just assume it's habit" "Will you get out?" ""This is the first time it's happening in 18 years"" ""Some stranger I have never seen, comes to my mind"" "That's my diary!" " So what...?" "Only I can read it." " That was so funny" "Let me read some more." " No way!" "This is a private diary." "Why hide anything from me?" "When a girl is grown up... her mother becomes her friend." "Show that to me" "You won't tell anyone, will you?" " Never" "All right." "I'll read." "You listen." " Very well" ""This is the first time it's happening in 18 years"" ""Some stranger I have never seen, comes to my mind..."" ""shadow-like before my eyes"" ""Someone raps on my heart"" ""Deep eyes want me to give myself up"" ""When I look at my hands, there I see a face etched"" ""A silken breath brushes my cheeks"" ""My hair still smells of the odour on his hands"" ""Yes, it's happening for the first time in 18 years"" ""I've never seen this stranger who comes to my mind"" "Simi, you've begun writing quite well... and the boy seems lively." "Who's he?" "Ma, I've yet to set my eyes on him" "So there's no one?" "I was wondering." "One doesn't find such boys nowadays" "And you dream of someone you haven't even seen!" "Quite mad" "No Ma." "This is no dream" "I may not have met him, seen him." "But he's there." "Out there, somewhere" ""The one who comes in my dreams..."" ""the one who teases me..."" ""just ask him to face me, once"" ""What's he like?" "Who is he?" "Who knows where is the one..."" ""my lips will say yes to?"" ""Is he someone I know?" "Is he a stranger?"" ""Is he for real, or just a legend?"" ""He stares at me, from far, far away"" ""Tell him not to rob me of my sleep"" ""The one who comes in my dreams..."" ""the one who teases me..."" ""just ask him to face me, once"" ""Some kind of spell is overcoming me"" ""Oh what do I do?" "My heart yearns so"" ""My heart tells me it's mad for you." "Then why do you keep hiding from me?"" ""He makes me blossom, it's all his fault"" ""Tell him, I'm asking for the Moon"" ""The one who comes in my dreams..."" ""the one who teases me..."" ""just ask him to face me, once"" "Raj!" "This partying all night!" "Party all night and you don't sleep" "And how do you get up in the morning?" "Late for graduation!" "Hurry!" "Is it a holiday...?" "What Raj...?" "Late for your graduation?" "What to do?" "Last night..." "What's wrong with him?" "Has he had one too many beers?" "I hear someone has failed." "The Dean has decided... to announce his name in public" "You've made Dharamveer Malhotra stand an inch and a half taller in his shoes!" "I don't think you heard it right." " I knew, someday you'd make me proud!" "And not only me, the whole dynasty is proud of you!" "Look, they smile at you" "My great grandfather Diwan Brijnath never went to school" "His son, my grandfather Diwan Dwarkanath failed... his fourth standard examinations." "My father, your grandfather..." "Diwan Pushkarnath, failed his eighth standard examinations" "And I, your father, failed to matriculate" "Not having an education, failing, are family traditions." "I'm happy... that you have kept tradition alive, and indeed you're two steps ahead" "We failed back home in India." "You came to London and failed!" "Are you really happy?" " Glad" "Education is all useless." "Filling your head with books... won't fill your pockets" "Look at me." "Runaway peasant-boy from Bhatinda-turned millionaire in London" "So, whatever happens is for the good." "Join my offices from tomorrow" "Offices?" "From tomorrow?" " Today, if you wish" "I can't attend office now." " Why not?" "Pops, you're a man of experience" "You know what amount of hard work it takes to fail." "And I'm tired, Pops" "I want a little rest, you know, like a long European holiday" "Long European holiday?" "How long?" " Month or month and a half" "Will you hold this for me?" "And turn around" "Moron!" "Did I bring you up to see this day?" "No, don't drop that" "Are you all right, Pops?" "Pops, you're right." "I ought to take care of your business" "You've become so old." " You tell your fatherthat?" "Pops, I've decided against Europe." "I'm joining the offices from tomorrow" "In this house, only your father decides." "You're going to Europe" "No." "I've had enough of a good time." "My years of youth are over for me" "Never say your youth is over." "All my life I've slogged to give you whatever I couldn't do" "When youth came and went, I never got to know" "But I wasn't sad, because I knew that my son will have my years" "If you think you've had enough of a good time... if you think the years of youth are over for you, well no problem" "Just go and live my years for me" "Ajit's letter?" "Lajjo!" "Look, what's here Letter!" "From my friend" "From Ajit" "Just smell it, lady!" "The fragrance of Punjab!" "The flavour of mustard curry on leavened maize bread" "Those long tailed shirts, the short knickers" ""My dear friend Baldev, We're fine here"" ""We hope to God that you, your wife and the children are well too"" ""You will be pleased to hearthat my son has graduated in arts"" ""He has joined my business." "By God's grace, it's time now... for us to let our childhood friendship mature into a relationship" "Let's make good the promise we made to each other 20 years ago." "I hope... you will come here at the soonest for Simran's wedding to Kuljit" "Read on" "She's shy!" "See Lajjo?" "That's our etiquette, our culture" "My daughter is still so shamefaced." "I'm not a failure" "In the heart of London, I've kept India alive!" "Still staring?" "Lajjo, your daughter's wedding!" "Celebrate it with sweets" "Chutki!" "I'm so happy today" "Can I say one thing?" " Say fourthings lt'd be betterto ask Simran once." " What are you saying?" "Ever since she was a baby, she has known that she is engaged to Kuljit" "That she knows." "But 20 years..." " Don't you worry!" "Simran is going to be so happy... you'll pray that she never gets the evil eye!" "I'll write to Ajit right away." "God!" "At last, comes the day" "Simran, what are you doing?" "I had forgotten, Ma." "I haven't even the right to dream" "No my child, of course you may dream" "But don't expect them to come true" "And who know, Kuljit might be the man of your dreams" "I don't care." "I've bought yourtickets." "You're coming to Europe with me" " I can't" "Babuji won't let me go to college alone." "Will he let me go away... touring Europe for a month?" "I have lots of work here." " You've known me for years" "Can't you make up an excuse?" "An excuse, I can find." "But I don't feel like lying to Babuji" "You must come." "Dolly and Payal are coming too" "Let me talk to Ma tonight" "Europe?" " Yes" "With friends?" " Yes" "For a month?" " Yes" "Chutki, call the doctor." "Tell him that our Simran has gone stark mad" "Will you at least take a look?" " Check out your brains first" "You talk of travelling by Eurail?" "If he hears, he'll bring the roof down" "A lone girl mustn't travel like this." " Mom, I'm not going to be alone" "My friends are going to be with me." " No good arguing with me" "I'm not going to object." "But you will need his permission" "Ask him when he's home" "God, please keep Babuji in a nice mood" "It's just beer." "It's over there." " I told you." "The store is shut" "Get out" "Got the beer?" " Didn't find any" "Can't even do such a simple job?" " That was an angry man" "I'll get it." " You won't" "Can I have an Aspirin?" " The store is shut" "My head is about to crack up!" "It's sinusitis" "If I can't find an Aspirin, I'll faint." "All the other stores are shut" "Please let me have one Aspirin." "One Hindustani ought to help another" "Glory to The Goddess." " Here you are" "I'm feeling bad about forcing you to open your store for a small medicine" "I'd like to buy some otherthings from you" "I'll pick up some beer." "Not for myself." "My friends out there, they drink" "Put it down." " Why sir?" "Are you trying to con me?" "You aren't getting anything." "Put it down" "You're getting worked up over nothing." "This is for your profit" "Will you put it down?" " Not that umbrella" "Here you are." "A pound extra?" "No two." "Keep it, okay?" "Shameless!" "You call yourself a Hindustani?" "You give India a bad name" "You're a liar and insolent!" "Get out of here" "I'm off." "I'll keep this" "Rev up!" "Babuji" "What is the matter?" "You're late." " Bloody shameless scoundrel" "They call themselves Hindustani!" "Blot on India!" "Ought to drown themselves" "Rascals!" "No shame, no decency." "How to respect their elders... they don't even know." " Have you had a fight?" "Scum!" "He came for beer." "I told him the store is shut." "He took it perforce" "He even broke the statue of The Goddess!" "Bloody half-caste!" "I say Lajjo, thank God that you and your daughters... haven't been marred by this Britishness!" "Else, you would've been nowhere!" "Damn these scoundrels!" "Set sail in stormy waters, and you're in danger of sinking" "You were so little when we brought you here." "And now..." "They said that a grown-up daughter is a burden on a man" "But a daughter like you, makes a father's chest swell with pride!" "You're my good girl" "Will you give something if I ask you?" " Whatever you wish" "I want to take a look at Europe" "Eurail is offering a month's tour." "All my friends are going" "Please don't be cross." "I have never disobeyed you, Babuji" "I'll be going away to a land I have never seen" "The man I'm going to marry is a complete stranger." "But..." "I have no complaints." "You must've considered it in my best interests" "But I won't get a chance like this ever again." "I don't even know whether I'll ever come back... whether I will have these friends later on" "Besides, it's only for a month." "In a month, I will have lived a lifetime" "For the sake of my happiness, won't you let me have a month of my life?" "Please Babuji, give me one month" "Go." "Live it up" "My baby" "Where's Simran?" "Where might she be?" " Has she slipped in the loo?" "I told you to wake up Raj Did you?" "No" "Open sesame" "Do you have the keys to this?" "Anybody home?" "No one at home" "Haven't I seen you somewhere?" "At Robbie's party, no?" "I don't go to parties." " Great!" "Nor do I, ever" "Your eyes..." "What's wrong with my eyes?" "Reminds me of someone." " Of whom?" "My grandmother." "Like you, her eyes too had hues of yellows and blues" "Keep reading." "I only wanted to find out how you read upside-down" "This is the limit!" "Simran, you're here?" "I heard you've missed the train." " No, I took it" "I was afraid..." " By the way, what's your name?" "Sheena" "Here I am." "Shall we...?" " Take it easy" "Pump it up" " It's pumped." "Look" "It's nothing." " Raj, where have you been?" "As usual." "Caught up with a girl" "Girl...?" " I help her onto the train" "And she falls for me." " What...?" "He bored me." "He had me all alone, and he began flirting" "Same old hat..." "haven't I seen you before?" "She sidled up to me." " What?" "I was scared!" "Only so much space, and there she was with me" "Then?" " Then what?" "She was lost in my eyes" "He was after my eyes." "Wouldn't shut up." "Boys these days..." "These girls!" "I just managed to come out unscathed" "What's that?" " Invitation to a party" "I told you." "It'll be a bore." " You prophesied a train crash" "And then we'd all be charred alive after supper in a dinner-hall fire" "Look, boys." " Where...?" "He's the one" "Where have we landed?" "Was this your idea?" "Us?" "or the waiters?" " For me." "Rocky shut yourtrap" "Why did you have to call him?" "You know Sheena, haven't I seen you before?" "Me?" "Really?" "Where?" " At Robbie's party?" "You might've." "I go to so many parties" "You know Sheena..." " What?" "Your eyes remind me of someone." " My eyes?" "Really?" "Whom?" "My grandmother" "Is she singing or crying?" "And I can play better piano" "You know how to play the piano?" "I was born on a piano." "Been playing the piano ever since I was a baby" "You know, I've magic in my fingers." "No soonerthan I touch the piano... it starts playing" "Isn't that voice familiar?" "Was this necessary?" "Doesn't the magic in your fingers make pianos start playing?" ""Stop, my wild lover"" ""I've got to ask you something"" ""What are you, girl or magic?"" ""What are you, fragrance or poison?"" ""Come, let me touch you"" ""Wait, my wild love"" ""I've got to ask you something"" ""Look at me, smiling, unknowing"" ""I'm waiting for you, holding my heart"" ""She looks subdued"" ""But she has lots to say"" ""If you say yes, I have something to say"" ""Wait, my wild love"" ""I've got to ask you something"" ""What are you, girl or magic?"" ""What are you, fragrance or poison?"" ""You aren't the only pretty woman around"" ""Why are you the only one who's cross?"" ""The one I've fallen for, is someone else"" ""If she says yes, I'll take her in my arms"" ""Wait, my wild love"" ""I've got to ask you something"" ""What are you, girl or magic?"" ""What are you, fragrance or poison?"" ""Come, let me touch you"" "About last night, I'm ashamed" "I misbehaved with you" "I wanted to tell you something else" "What...?" " This" "Run" "First come, first served" "Hurry!" "The train is about to leave." " Where did I keep my money?" "One minute, I don't know how to count this currency..." "lots of small change" "Can you tell me one, two's, eighths...?" "Stop" "Train's gone?" "The train is gone!" "Don't cry, Senorita" "But you just stopped crying" "It's raining!" "Don't cry, please!" "I'm with you, I'm here!" "Look" "Okay, I'm gone... gone!" "Here's your bell" "The next train is very late." "To catch up with the train... at Zurich tomorrow morning, we can eithertake a bus or hire a car" "What would be your pleasure?" "Bus or car?" "Where's she?" "Ever since you met me, you've been harassing me" "What are you saying?" " All along the trip... you've been chewing my brains." " I...?" "Something's always the problem with you." "Today, I've missed... the train, thanks to you." " To me...?" "I wish to make it to Zurich on time." "So you go your way, I'll go mine" "Strange!" "We're fellow-travellers, on the same destination, same train" "Why split up?" "Besides, a man like me ought to stay with a girl like you" "Wrong!" "A girl like me doesn't need a guy like you." "Stop pursuing me" "I'll sew it up." "I have a thread and needle." "I'll buy you a new dress" "What have you got yourself into?" "I told you not to pursue me!" "Who do you think you are?" "What do you think of yourself?" "I wasn't pursuing you" "And I don't fancy touching you." "Thank your stars I came in the nick of time" "Else, you would've been in jail." "I help her, and she says this" "Hey, take her away" "What did you say?" "I got carried away" "Never mind Senorita, never mind." "In big places, such small things happen" "What's about this Senorita?" " My first girl friend was from Spain" "Why did you dump her?" " She hated Indians" "You like Indians, don't you?" " When do we reach Zurich?" "What's in Zurich?" "This is the real Europe" "So beautiful, so pretty." "Sometimes, I fear, it might become dirty" "Here for the first time?" " Yes" "Will you drive faster?" " What's the hurry Senorita?" "Train leaves Zurich at 11:30 tomorrow." "We have a whole night and half a day" "We'll be there on time." " Still, if we could..." "What had to happen, has happened." "Now you're with me" "Nothing can go wrong" "Europe is best done on foot" "Just the four of us." "Chutki is way ahead of her years" "And Ma's more a friend than a mother." "So I never felt the need for a friend" "You can't live the rest of your life with friends." "Sometime or the other... you will need someone who will walk by you all your life" "Can't walk anymore." "I'm tired." " Do I pick you up in my arms?" "I can't afford a hotel." "Let's try that house." "We might find lodgings" "Come." "Arrangements for the night is done" "Which is your room?" "Situation is somewhat like this." "There's only one room" "And we spend the night in the same room?" "You presume somewhat like that?" "How compelling!" " Not quite so compelling" "I'm not staying here one minute." " You take the bed." "I'll take the sofa" "No problems." " No way." "I'm leaving" "I'm not joking." "I'm going away." " And I'll have the bed all to myself?" "So nice... so romantic!" "And these curtains... so nice!" "And the view!" "No horses?" "It's so warm in here" "There!" "You have a fire going" "Granted." "You have a great sense of choice" "You couldn't find a better place to spend the night, right?" "We were getting a nice room" "But you'd rather spend the night with me in the stables." "Not in the room" "Eat" " I'm not hungry" "All right." "Don't eat." "How am I bothered?" "Eat it" "I told you." "I'm not hungry." "Come on now." "Eat" "What did you say?" "I got carried away" "Never mind." "In big places, such small things happen" "You were right, Senorita." "The spirit of adventure in this barn... you could never enjoy in that room." " But how do we get to Zurich?" "No, not Zurich." "Tomorrow evening, we entrain at Berne." "Tomorrow morning... we take the first bus at eight." "I've found out everything" "Now, nothing can go wrong" "What's that?" " Life" "Aren't you ashamed to drink in the presence of a lady?" "Betterthan dying before the lady!" "If you wish to live on... you too should have a bit, Senorita." " Don't you dare come near me" "All right, don't" "I'll see you tomorrow morning if you're still alive." "Until then, goodnight" ""May I have a jig?" " Oh no!"" ""May I try a pirouette?" " Oh no!"" ""How about a kiss?" " Goodness!" "No!"" ""Let me fly with the wind"" ""God!" "Help me"" ""The chill in the breeze sets my body afire"" ""I feel like..."" ""making love to you"" ""This never happened before"" ""I've taken my first step"" ""Let me fly with the wind"" ""God!" "Help me"" ""May I have a jig?" " Oh no!"" ""May I try a pirouette?"" " Oh no!"" ""Give me a kiss?" " Goodness!" "No!"" ""Where do you think you're going, my darling, my love...?"" ""You're a pretty girl." "I'm a handsome young man"" ""Come into my embrace"" ""Let me hold you in my eyes"" ""Oh, I'm drunk"" ""God!" "Help me"" ""May I have a jig?" " Oh no!"" ""May I try a pirouette?"" " Oh no!"" ""Give me a kiss?" " Goodness!" "No!"" ""Oh, I'm ecstatic"" ""God!" "Help me"" "Up in the mornings, you look even prettier" "How did I get here?" "With me." "Last night" "I don't think you've ever had a drink before" "And you had one too many" "Have this" "What happened last night?" "What happened last night, was bound to happen" "But I didn't imagine it'd happen this way" "Tell me the truth, Raj!" "What happened last night?" "How do I answer this question, Simran?" "Look, look into my eyes." "Aren't my eyes telling the truth?" "No!" "This could never have happened" "This could never have happened." " That's exactly what happened, Simran" "Who can stop what is to happen?" "You're lying!" "You're lying, aren't you?" "No Simran." " Please tell me you're lying" "Granted!" "I'm lying, my eyes are lying." "But are these love-bites lying?" "Speak" "Tell me Simran!" "Are these yours?" "Or someone else's?" "Don't cry!" "I was just joking" "Those aren't real!" "Look!" "I used your lipstick" "You only had one too many, and you were dripping wet" "I had no options." "I had to bring you here." "I swear, I'm just joking" "You were all alone on the bed." "I slept out there." "I'm just joking!" "I swear" "Don't cry, don't" "I know what you think of me." "You think I'm a wastrel" "I'm not scum, Simran." "I'm Hindustani" "And I know what honour means for the Hindustani woman" "Not even in my dreams can I imagine doing that to you." "Trust me, Simran" "I'm saying the truth." "Last night, nothing happened." "Just a joke" "Please, never joke about that." "You don't know what I would've done" "Please, no jokes like that" "I promise neverto crack a joke like that" "Get changed." "Fast." "We got to catch the bus" "May I have my shirt back?" "Fifteen minutes before the bus leaves." "You want to eat something?" "No, I'm not hungry" "Come on, let's take a look inside." " Churches aren't worth a look" "I'm not going" "Go on." "Take a look" "What?" " Hurry up." "We'll miss the bus" "Shall we?" " Why not leave aftertea?" "What did you ask for?" " You aren't supposed to speak of it" "Then you must be sure about being given what you've asked for" "Whatever one seeks with a pure heart, one is surely given" "Go on." "I'll be back in a minute." " What happened?" "Go on." "I'll join you" "I'm Raj" "I'm sorry, I don't know how to pray." "But I want nothing for myself" "But that girl Simran, she's nice." "Very good at heart" "Give her whatever she asked for" "Where have you been?" "In the church?" "Half a teaspoon of sugar, one spoon of milk, bit of cream." "Your coffee" "You want a postcard to send home?" " Postcard?" "For home?" "If that postcard reaches home, my Pop will give me up for dead" "When were you last serious?" " Till now, never" "If ever, it'll happen only once." " When?" "When I'm in love" "A boy like you was never in love?" " I've had many affairs" "But I was never in love, Senorita." "Never found one" "What kind of girl are you looking for?" "Want me to tell you?" "The moment I look at her... all my heart's desires, all my dreams will come alive" "Has never happened." "But now I hear a voice, behind the clouds, calling" "She's a stranger, a face I've never seen before." "When will the clouds part?" "Has it never happened with you?" " No" "No stranger ever invaded your dreams?" "No place for strangers in my dreams" "I am engaged to marry" "Engaged to marry?" " Yes" "Where's the fiance?" "In London?" " No, in India" "Looks...?" "Don't know." "Never seen him" "You've never seen the man you're going to marry?" "Not necessary." "My father has seen him." "His friend's son" "You'll spend your life with someone you've never met?" "A complete stranger?" "That's how it happens with us." " And you're happy with this decision?" "The train is here" "Lovely photographs." "Send me a set of copies." "And your wedding photos too" "Won't you be there at my wedding?" " Who's going to travel so far?" "Sheena, you must!" " Just joking." "Of course, I'll come" "I got to take a look at your groom." "Who knows what idiot she's marrying?" "You dropped this" "What happened?" "Why are you staring like that?" "I have something to tell you Simran" "Go on" "I'm in love with you" "Just look at your face" "You thought I was saying the truth?" "Strange Simran!" "You've known me for so long... and you still can't make me out?" "Remember?" "I've never been serious" "All this love etc. is beyond me." "Still haven't been able to make out... how some men spend a lifetime with one girl!" "It's a world full of pretty women" "Someone has beautiful eyes, someone has good lips, someone has nice hair..." "You boys are all the same." " But you're one up on all of us" "You're about to spend a lifetime with someone you haven't even seen" "That must be true love" "Forget it." "Think for a moment, what if you're in love with someone?" "I mean, imagine you're in love with someone you've met on this trip... why someone?" "Say you're in love with me, and I'm in love with you too" "Then what will you do?" "Will you go back to marry that stranger?" "Or, will you have the courage to have an affair with me?" "What will you do?" "I don't want to miss the train again." " I want to miss it again and again" "What...?" " Nothing" "If she's in love with me, she's going to turn around" "Turn" "Turn" "Back in London." "How a month passed by, I didn't even notice" "Raj, you haven't given me your address." "I'll send you my wedding invitation" "You'll come, won't you?" "No, I won't come" ""What's come over..."" ""my heart?"" ""Have I lost it?"" ""What's come over my heart?"" ""Where have I lost it?"" ""You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, but you're in love"" ""You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, but you're in love"" ""Darling, this is love"" ""You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, but you're in love"" ""Darling, this is love"" ""You didn't care to turn around..."" ""but I was still waiting"" ""By the time I wanted to stop you..."" ""you were too far away"" ""What happened?" " I don't even know"" ""Why is my heart..." " In love...?"" ""You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, but you're in love"" ""You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, but you're in love"" ""Darling, this is love"" ""Oh time!" "Stop, tarry..."" ""go backwards"" ""I've left myself behind..."" ""at the crossroads of life"" ""Where am I...?" " Where are you?"" ""What is this...?" " Magic"" ""You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, "You're in love, my love"" ""Try refusing a million times, but you're in love"" ""Darling, this is love"" ""What's come over..."" ""my heart?"" ""My heart was with me always"" ""Have I lost it?"" ""I've lost it"" "Ma, you remember the dream I wrote about in my diary?" "That face I imagined holding in my hands?" "The one, I wanted to face" "I've found him" "What...?" "What are you saying, Simi?" " Yes Ma." "When I was leaving..." "I was clear about what I was getting out of life" "For a month, I wanted to be as happy as I could." "Then I'd come back... and go away to my country to spend a lifetime with a stranger" "I had come to a compromise with my destiny, Ma." "But little did I know... this was in store for me." "Like a storm he came... and he swept me off like a fallen leaf" "Love's like this, like that, I had read, I had heard" "But I never understood." "When, for the first time, he offered me his hand..." "I still didn't understand." "I was with him for so long... still I didn't understand anything." "But today, when we were parting... for the first time I felt that afterthis moment..." "I'm not going to see him ever again." "I kept looking back." "He was going away" "I wanted to stop him, I wanted to say something, I wanted to hear something" "But he didn't stop." "I understood." "This is what love is like" "And to him, I've given all my dreams." "I don't even know whether he loves me" "All I know is that for me, he's life." "I can never be anyone else's, Ma" "You're up?" "Simi and I have been talking" "She's back after so long." "I even lost track of time" "I told you, not to betray my trust" "I took a promise from you." "And you've deceived me?" "No Babuji..." " Listen, first ask her" "I don't want to listen to anything!" "Pack." "Tomorrow morning, we leave for India" "For good" "Let her cry" "She has writ it on her own destiny" "She will have to learn for herself how to get over it." "Let her cry" "What's her name?" " Simran" "What girl, Pops?" "The one whose face you see in the moon." "I'm not one of them... who will go crazy about a girl." " Yes, I forgot!" "Some have good lips, some have beautiful eyes..." "Lives where?" " Who, Pops?" "This..." "Simran" "Don't know" " How is she?" "Very lovable" "Then what's the problem?" "Problem is, she's about to marry." " How about stopping the wedding?" "In yourtimes, it was different." "Times have changed" "Love is still called "love"." "That has never changed, nor will it ever change" "She's going to be someone else's." " The bride goes to the man... who brings her home." "I didn't sire you to play that fiddle." "We aren't... those who stare at the moon." "You reach out to the moon... you bring her home." "Go" "And come home only with your bride." "Get it?" "Gone." "The daughter is getting married." "They've sold out and moved to Punjab" "I'm coming, Simran" "I'm coming" ""When the girls go to the riverbank, you'll hear their anklets chime"" ""When the ripe mustard sways in the farms..."" ""you'll know a year has come to pass"" ""Come today, come with a smile, bring me a song, I've been waiting..."" ""for the whistle of the chugging train"" ""Come home o'wanderer, your mate beckons"" ""Come home o'wanderer"" ""Your land beckons"" "Bless me, Ma-ji" "No Ma-ji" "Son, 20 years I've held back these tears" "Today, they won't stop, son." "Not today" "Simran, my child" "My baby doll" "How have you been?" " I haven't changed a bit!" "You're the bride's aunt now!" "Time to find a good groom for yourself" "Lajjo, I've been ready all these years!" "But in this village... there isn't one who's a match for me." "So what do I do?" "For me, I think... it'll have to be a foreigner!" " You haven't changed a bit" "Not a bit!" "You did keep us waiting." "Anyway, better late than never" "Wife, will you excuse us a moment?" " Get lost" "Come on." "Baldev, who's this?" "Go on..." "You don't know?" "My daughter Preeti" "Kuljit's sister." " May you live long" "Wonderful, isn't it?" "In 20 years, the whole generation has come of age" "She's beautiful." " Father's daughter, right?" "Get lost" "Where's Kuljit?" " Yes, where's Kuljit?" "Bhaiyya (Brother) is out for a hunt." "He should be back soon" "My respects." " May you live long, son" "My respects." " May you live long, son" "That's a strong lad from Punjab." " Whose son is he anyway?" "Get lost" "Come, breakfast is ready." " Yes hurry." "I'm famished" "Come on kids" "For you, for you and for you" "You must take me out tomorrow morning." "Sure Didi (Sister)" "Kids, Grannie wants everyone downstairs" "You know Simi, when I was a kid, my father would tell me... there's no difference between man and woman." "All have equal rights" "All my childhood, I lived believing it's true." "But as I grew up..." "I realised what a lie that is" "I wasn't given an education, because it was more important... that my brothers be educated." "That was my first sacrifice" "Then, at every step, sometimes as daughter, sometimes as sister... sometimes as wife..." "I went on sacrificing my own happiness" "But once you were born... when I held you in my hands for the first time..." "I made a promise, never to let happen to my daughter, what happened to me" "No more sacrifices at every step as daughter, as sister, as wife" "So what if she's a girl?" "She'd live her life as she wishes" "She'd have her share of happiness." "But I was wrong, Simran" "I had even forgotten that a woman hasn't even the right to make promises" "She is born to be sacrificed for their men." "For their women... men will never make sacrifices, nor will they ever make sacrifices" "Therefore I, your mother, come to take from you, your own happiness" "Forget him, my child." "Forget." "Because your father won't care for your tears"