"If you need it let us know." "The company has made it for the public." "You'll see the effects within a week." "I've sold this to 40,000 passengers of this train.." "..in the last 3 years." "If you need it let me know." "One is for 1 2 paise and 2 for 1 4 paise." "Whoever needs one please ask for it." ""ALL of us are sinners, everything is an illusion."" "This one is for Mrs. Tarulata." "Mrs. Tarulata!" "The best way to make yourself beautiful." "Mrs. Tarulata!" "The makers have created it for your use." "Not once or twice, it will work as many times as you use it." "Whoever needs it please take it." "The boy's affirmative?" "I'll take care of that." "He wasn't willing to marry All these days as I'm here." "But I won't last forever that I can take care of him on and on!" "Moreover, you know my son earns well." "But, I think the girl is a Little young for him." "Anyway, we don't live in the city.." "..that she needs to be an adult." "What say?" "I agree." "In any case the difference in age is not so much." "It's quite common in villages to have an age difference like this." "Actually, I prefer a young daughter-in-law." "Oh yes!" "We've to mould the girl to our standards, you see." "Don't you worry about that, missus!" "She is putty in your hands." "You can mould her anyway you want." "Mum, I'm leaving." " Are you leaving?" "Start preparations." "Whom should I approach?" " The matchmaker." "Just get rid of him." "I won't be the crutch for some imbecile!" "The daughter-in-law is quite good looking." "You know, mum." "I feel very lonely at times." "I work so hard each day." "My days are spent only working." "Why?" "What for?" "Why do you speak so?" "God has granted us life." "You've to live it up." "You can't lose hope, dear." "Mum, do this." "Send for the matchmaker." "Who?" "Mr. Bhattacharya." "I believe he is a matchmaker." ""Let me see the bride, I might have to run away."" ""Let me see the bride, I might have to run away."" ""Let me see the bride, I might have to run away."" ""Let me see the bride, I might have to run away."" ""Let me see the bride, I might have to run away."" ""We will meet on the sly without uttering a word."" ""We will meet on the sly without uttering a word."" ""We will meet on the sly without uttering a word."" ""We will meet on the sly without uttering a word."" ""We will meet on the sly without uttering a word."" "Hey, you took such a brave step and hid it from us?" "You're too much!" "It's only 4 paise tram fare from Howrah." "Surely, you could've informed us." "You see, it happened All of a sudden." "Very well, you didn't inform us." "You got married quite late, a late marriage!" "Don't stick to your wife at all times!" "What?" "Will you stick to her All the times?" "Tell me." " Say it, mister." "Tell us, tell us!" "No, I mean.." "You must Leave by 3 o'clock, Go, go, go!" "Don't be late!" "Go!" " Bye!" "Mr. Priyanath!" "Listen!" " Yes?" "Give the wifey a hug, on my behalf!" "A present." "Where are you?" "Where?" "Where is everybody?" "No one at home, it seems." "Mum, mum!" "Mum!" "Coming!" "You're back early today." "I don't feel too well." "Why?" "What happened?" "No, it's okay." "Where were you?" "There was some music in the village, I went to listen." "You left the house vacant in the evening!" "Don't you've any sense of.." "Isn't daughter-in-law in?" "Daughter-in-law, indeed!" "Daughter-in-law!" "Daughter-in-law!" "Look at that!" "She is out at someone's house at this time!" "There was a time when everything was in place." "Inhabitants, their retainers, pride of place in the village!" "The entire village was in awe of them." "They had tigers roaming their estate." "And wealth?" "It was not wealth but an open house." "I hear my grandmother had arranged her pet cat's.." "..marriage and spent Rs. 20,000 on it." "And one of my ancestors, during the Durga Puja.." "..festival had wanted to turn night to day." "He Lit up thousands of lamps and hoisted a canopy made.." "..of real silver to turn darkness to light." "Today.. it's All over." "It has vanished like camphor fumes." "It's bound to happen." "You've to pay for your deeds." "They also treated people badly you see." "So many innocent people vanished for the sake of.." "..the landowner's whims." "They cared so little." "Many unsuspecting people were buried alive." "People were tortured endlessly to satisfy the.." "..quirks of the landowners." "The Almighty couldn't stand it any longer." "So much ill-treatment, people's woes, their curses." "Grandpa's courtyard that you saw earlier, at one time.." "..it used to be choc-a-block with visitors." "And the visitor's hall?" "I believe one of the British officers.." "..had come to a banquet there." "And now?" "It feels like a haunted place when you go there." "Have you fallen asleep?" "Hey, are you listening?" "Hey!" "Sleep properly." "'Now available!" "Special color for ladies' feet!" "'" "'Kalakara products' best cosmetic for ladies!" "'" "'If you want one please ask for it!" "'" "'All of you, who have female family members, do buy this.'" "'And see them smile!" "'" "'Please ask for one.'" "Who's there?" "Thief!" "'Srimati Alta!" "The color that adorns ladies' feet!" "The one and only Srimati Alta!" "Suppose one of you wake up in the middle of the night." "And you see your wife sleeping soundly, without a fear." "And then you'll see her adorned feet!" "Won't you go absolutely wild seeing her adorned feet!" "Won't you feel so excited?" "!" "If you really want to win your wife over, if you really want.." "..to enthrall her." "If you want to see her mesmerized." "If you want to see her absolutely thrilled.." "Hey, stop it!" "You're going on and on, what is this?" "!" "Move, move!" "Hey you, you seem to have bought off the entire market!" "Something like that!" "Earlier I couldn't make him do a thing even if I told him.." "..repeatedly." "And now it's like magic." "He hesitated a lot but finally came out with it yesterday." "He said, "Mum, let's change the covering on the roof."" "I said very well." "Inform Balram." "Yes." "He didn't find me home." "He told my daughter, Tepi.." "..to send me here when I returned from the market." "He said you had sent for me." "As if!" "It was his wife." "Now it is his wife, who gets everything done." "Does he listen to whatever she says?" "Listen to her?" "He is at her beck and call." "I teach her everything." "Say this, ask for that." "Yes." "I heard about your daughter-in-law.." "..from my daughter." "She says she is a gem, hard to find one like her." "She is right, Balram." "My daughter-in-law is a gem." "She has brought light into our lives." "Now that his roof has been done, why don't you.." "..repair your roof too?" "Oh no, how can he manage repairing both at the same time." "Expenses are high you know." "I'll manage this year." "We'll see next year." "You're home early?" "It's the end of the month." "Sales weren't good." "I got this." " What is it?" "Guess!" "Looks like a rose sapling." "Yes, it's a rose plant." " Oh." "Have you eaten?" "No, daughter-in-law hasn't eaten." " What?" "Brother, let me have a look at the rose plant." "Wow." "Looks good." "Where did you get it from?" "From Kolkata." "Jog Nursery." " What?" "It's a famous nursery at Kolkata." "It cost Rs. 2." "You purchased it?" "From Kolkata?" "!" "For Rs. 2?" "!" "You actually bought it for Rs. 2?" " Yes." "This is not a local plant, you see, not a local plant." "It's imported." "A special quality." "You'll see when it blooms, the flower will be so big." "So fragrant!" "The entire house will be aromatic." "You bought it." "Good." "Your daughter-in-law likes it a lot you see." "So I bought it." "Die, die!" "May you perish!" "You find only my tree to steal mangoes!" "Hey you, thief!" "Thief!" "The old lady is mad, the old lady is mad!" "Catch her, catch her!" "Catch her!" "Oh dear, my back!" "You useless girls!" "If it wasn't for my back I would've.." "..beaten up All of you." "You won't be able to digest those mangoes." "You won't be able to digest it." "You'll die, you'll perish!" "The arm that stole the mangoes, will rot." "It will become lifeless." "Send out invitations, don't mutter here." "Senseless, All are senseless!" "You can't go on like this!" "How can she do this?" "You've encouraged her." "How dare you enter my garden!" "When she will come to fight you'll know." "If you had your own garden you'd know!" "So will you take on like this?" "The arm that stole the mangoes will rot, it'll perish." "Oh Goddess Chandi, you know everything." "What is the matter?" "Why All the shouting?" "Sister, see how bad they are." "They come and pick on my mangoes All the time!" "So what?" "Aren't you ashamed of cursing them like this!" "What?" "Should I baulk at saying this?" "Why?" "Whom should I fear?" "Who has reared me here?" "I'll say it, say it as many times as I want." "A hundred times over!" "You'll rot, you'll rot to the end!" "What?" "You'll rot!" "Don't say a word!" "You're just like them." "You look at me and say what you want." "Mum!" "Mum, whom are you arguing with?" "Come!" "If you want to eat mangoes, plant your own trees." "What is the matter with you?" "Why do you take her on?" "Don't you know what sort of a person she is!" "Come, come on!" "I told you not to talk to her." "I'll rot indeed." "May you rot!" "Die, go to hell!" "'So much courage, so much fortitude.'" "'Thousands of people follow Sita's path.'" "'They struggle endlessly till their bodies can take no more.'" "'In the middle of the jungle Sita lives on valiantly.'" "'This is the best day of my life.'" "'You, my beloved, have come to my door.'" "Read this." "'For 1 4 years she suffered in the forest.'" "'Yet you carried on with a smile on your face.'" "I too will write." "You can't watch." "Please move away." "Here again?" "Please go." "Please go away." "Please go out." " No." "No, I.." " No, please go out." "Wait!" " No, please go away." "Let go!" "You simply don't keep your word." "Why." "What happened?" "You said, you had seen a picture of Lord Krishna at.." "..Kolkata." "You didn't bring it for me." "I'll get it today for sure." "As if!" "You don't have to bring it." "Everyday you ask for different things." "Where on earth will you keep All this?" "As if one picture will occupy the entire house." "Daughter-in-law, please get the dry clothes inside." "Oh goodness!" "It's quite late!" "It's quite late." " Serves you right." "You'll learn your lesson when your bosses scold you." "You've started before the bosses!" "Bye!" " See you!" "Son, are you leaving?" " Yes, mum." "What is it?" "I had to tell you something." " What is it?" "Let's go that side." "What is it?" "Tell me." "Balram was saying." " What was he saying?" "About my roof." " What happened to the roof?" "Last time it wasn't repaired." "Once it begins raining it won't be possible." "Yes, so what?" "How about sending for Balram?" "Send for him, let's see if he can fix it." "There's still time for the rains, mum." "Not now, when you can do it, do it." " Okay." "Bye!" "Who's there?" "Oh it's you." "It's okay." "When did you come?" " Just now." "When did you arrive here?" "Day before yesterday." "Sit." "Daughter-in-law!" "Give Tepi a seat." "I brought this from the Chaudhary's garden." "Tepi, you'll stay for a few days, won't you?" "I've to stay for a few days." "At least for 5 months." "Go, move away!" "Go, go, go!" "Tepi, tell your father." "We had discussed about repairing my roof." "There is no need for it now." "I'LL manage with what I have." "Do tell him, okay?" " Okay." "Ask your father to come." "Why, mum?" "Why not get the roof repaired?" "Don't delay." "No daughter-in-law, don't say like this." "You can't get everything you want nowadays." "Sooner or later, you've to start a family." "We must spend money judiciously." "You said that yourself." "Yes, daughter-in-law, I hear the fair in the village is going.." "..to be grand." "Why don't the two of you visit there today?" "Go visit." "Daughter-in-law, take pleasure in everything that is here." "Do all this before I go." "This way, this way!" "Come." "Careful!" "Careful, there's water here." "It's a well." "My goodness!" "It's nothing, it's just a fox." "Did you see how big this tree is?" "It's been uprooted entirely!" "Come." "Careful, careful, hold my hand." "Careful, there is a pit here." "This unexpected storm seems to have destroyed everything." "What happened?" "Did you get a thorn in your feet?" "Yes." "Come." "It's quite late." "Mother must be worried." "What happened to the mango tree behind mother's room?" "Did it fall?" "Pachall, come soon!" "Mum, mum!" "Mum!" "'There were sounds in the mansion.'" "'Thunder and lightning struck in the sky.'" "'He said, now come to my land.'" "'Just like a Brahmin keeps his word, Laxman too followed Ram.'" "'He said, don't worry about what will happen to your.." "..good kingdom, oh Lord let us take the right path.'" "'As long as you've the good qualities of Ram.'" "'It is equal to going on pilgrimage.'" "'I go to the land of Ram and Laxman.'" "'I've nothing to worry, oh Lord.'" "'This is what the king uttered.'" "'This is what Ram said to Laxman.'" "'Ram said if this is what you say, then I'll obey.." "..my mother's orders.'" "I'll now go to Mithila without a thought or worry.'" "Listen!" "Here!" "Listen." "I had made up my mind for Tepi." "I had decided if she gets a girl, I'LL call her 'Golapi'." "Tepi too liked the name a lot." "It's your favorite name and you gave it to someone else." "Then?" " Then what?" "No!" "It seems, Tepi's husband has set up home with someone.." "..else in the city." "He has taken to vices too." "Tepi was telling me the other day, that he probably.." ".. won't take her home." "She was crying a lot." "Balram is very unfortunate." "Looks like he'll have to bring.." "..up his daughter and grand daughter." "Some more rice for you?" " No." "How about taking Balram in?" "He can stay in the rooms over there in the south." "At least he'll be free from taxes." "And you'll get company!" "That's wonderful!" "You know, I find it so difficult." "You Leave for work." "The house is so empty it bothers me." "Seems like a haunted house." "An unlucky house." "My mother used to say the same thing before you came." "Very well then, I'll tell him." "Why think of a new room, give them mum's rooms." "They will stay there." "I couldn't do anything till mother was alive.." "..and now I am giving away her room." "Let it be that way." "Come fast." "Move away." "Nobody's mother lives forever." "I agree she had an unfortunate death." "But what kind of behavior is this!" "I've been observing your heart is not in your work." "Do you know what business you've given us.." "..these past few months?" "It's dismal!" "Very bad!" "You know, this is business." "There is no dearth of workers." "A lot of youngsters are joining this line of work." "You're an old employee." "I don't want to fire you." "But there is a limit to everything!" "Go, go and work!" "You know what the fact is, manager?" "He is mesmerized with his wife, he is crazy!" "His mother is no more." "He doesn't feel like leaving his wife alone." "Really!" "I can't manage anymore." "I can feel my age now." "ALL this running around, jumping and boarding trains." "How can one manage All that at my age?" "!" "I left everything else to join this field of work." "If I Leave, I don't know what will happen." "Move, out of the way." ""O friend, oh companion of mine!"" ""What did I get after All?"" ""O friend, listen O friend of mine!"" "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law!" "Come out, quick!" "What is it?" "Brother fell off the train." " What?" "He is in the railway hospital." "He is quite serious." "Daughter-in-law!" "Pari!" "Where are you?" " Coming." "What is it?" "Just see if there is sunshine on the verandah." "Oh, I'll adjust your position." "Let's see." "Come." "What is it?" " Nothing." "Just move these." "Time doesn't want to pass." "Seems like ages." "I can't take it anymore." "Balram had been to the hospital." "You've to go there once again." "The doctor says you can walk now." "I'll be back, okay?" "Hey, cranky girl!" "Why are you crying?" "You're hurting are you?" "Yes, I think so." "She cries too much." "I see." "As if you never cried." "Come to me, dearie." "No need to cry, come to me." "You're a big girl now." "You shouldn't cry." "No dearie, don't cry." "No crying." "Good girl, no crying, no crying." "No crying, good girl." "No more crying." "No crying." "No crying, let's see who beat you." "No crying." "Look at that." "Do you see that pool?" "No crying." "No crying at All." "No." "No crying at all." "He said that he was.." "Bijoy." "Then I told him.." "Is it the physician?" "O physician!" "Then what happened?" "Then, I thought it is a thief." "I got up with a start." "I get up and see.." "It's not a thief!" "Oh dear!" "Why did you come away?" "Why didn't you call me?" "Whom should I call?" "Who was there?" "You need to attend to the patient at home." "Never mind." "It seems fine." "But do change the tire." "It hasn't been used for long." "It has given good service though." "So many years.." "Oh.." "It's fine." "Sit." "Everything is going." "One by one, I see everything going." "Mother went." "I'm crippled now." "The little jewellery we had has gone too." "I had thought, I'd keep memories of those days.." "..close to me." "It was not to be." "Don't you see, how the days are slipping by in front of.." "..our very eyes." "I feel like ending my life." "But no." "They won't let us live, it seems." "There is no oil, no sugar in the market." "Cloth too has gone missing." "The price of rice is going up fast." "Looks like there is a famine in the land." "Here, keep this money." "See how far it lasts." "Your company had said they'd give you some more money." "Please write to them at Kolkata." "See what the bosses say." "I'LL write if you say so." "But I don't think they'll give anything." "They're businessmen." "They are done with me." "They don't need me any more." "Tepi, pick up this child." "See where she is now." "I wrote to them to give me some writing work." "Writing accounts or something." "Written work at the office." "They ask me whom they should remove." "They can't create a job for me." "How about visiting uncle one of these days?" "Uncle?" " My maternal uncle!" "I hear uncle's rice business is doing very well now." "You are really nave." "You don't recognize people for what they are." "Not All five fingers on a hand are same you know." "Three of these have passed since morning." "He just told me." " What?" "A military post will be set up in this village." "Military post?" "Why?" "Is there going to be a war?" "No, not a war." "Military matters." "They might've to run around later." "Probably, they're setting up a post in preparation." " Oh." "Why not try there for a job?" "Work?" "For me?" "A cripple?" "No." "I'll go." "I'll go to Kolkata." "I'll go with this crippled leg." "I'll take on Kolkata city." "I'll take it on with this broken leg." "It's okay." "Whatever I've done." "I've taken on a responsibility." "Should I perish showily like this, without food?" "Go, go now." "No." "I've been waiting in the queue for so long." "Go on, move!" "What happened?" "What's there to happen!" " I say what's up?" "What happened?" " They've shut the shop!" "What are you saying!" "We've been standing in the queue for so long!" "Open up!" "Open up!" "We've been waiting so long!" "Open the door!" " You've to open the door!" "Open the door!" " Open the door!" "What's going on here?" "What happened?" "We've been waiting." "We've been waiting since morning." "Give us rice." " Rice!" "There is no rice." "It's over." "It's over?" "How can you say it's over?" "It's over?" "Yes, it's over." "Come tomorrow, we'll see." "Come tomorrow, we'll see indeed!" "What will we eat today?" "Why do you ask me?" "Instead, ask the government." "Why should we ask the government?" "You have finished the rice." "You've to give us." "If there is no rice, should I manufacture it now!" "Manufacture it?" "!" "Last night, you sent Madhu Ghoshal.." "..3 bags of rice." "Where did that come from?" "Yes, where did that come from?" "All those sacks of rice that come in the night." "Where do they come from.." ".. and where do they go?" "He is giving it to the military!" "To the military!" "Are you beginning a riot here?" "If you go on like this, I'll hand you over to the police." "Don't you think there is Law of the land?" "Law of the land?" "To starve your countrymen slowly to death." "What sort of Law is that?" "The child is crying so much!" "Hey Tepi!" "Trailing her around!" "Better off than me!" "What's the matter with you these days?" "Nothing." "It's you, you folk!" "Why?" "What's wrong with me?" "I can't give you so many explanations!" "'I can't give you so many explanations!" "'" "You finished eating so soon?" "Well off people have grown up eating good food." "One is used to facing ups and downs in life." "One gets used to even starving." "I'm not talking about that." "What I mean is, I think he is becoming rather strange.." "..day by day." "He wasn't like this before." "He was so attentive toward me." "He used to be so concerned." "And now, he has become so selfish." "Times are so bad." "Moreover, he has no job." "To add to his woes we too are living here." "All this together has made him like this." "But should you.." "Look, Tepi, you know everything." "Don't try to console me." "Aren't others suffering?" "Have they All become like that?" "Inhuman?" "He has changed." "You know, he has changed." "Shame on you!" "You can't break down at a time like this." "I won't break down so easily, I'm not one of those." "I didn't break down.." "..when I saw him for the first time." "Sounds bad, doesn't it?" "The daughter-in-law of the house." "She shouldn't speak like this." "You know, I had overlooked everything." "I had overlooked All shortcomings due to his.." "..good behavior." "I could've continued Like that." "He didn't let me." "Do you think I Like?" "to think Like this?" "But, you tell me, you tell me!" "What did I get from my husband?" "What did I get in my husband's house?" "Haven't you ever thought of me?" "Can't you see it with your own eyes?" "Are you blind?" "They've been supplying everyone with free food.." "..and clothes in the city." "I think I'll lock my home and go there." "Go." "Turn this village into a graveyard." "Go away, everyone." "Each one can think only of himself." "Aah!" "What's this?" "All the time, this walling at my ear!" "Give her to her mother!" "Why are you reacting like this?" "Talk sweetly indeed!" "Haven't had a thing to eat since.." "..morning and you want me to talk sweetly!" "See, so much expectation is no good." "Here I'm dying of hunger and you want everything to go.." "..on as usual, All hunky dory!" "You chose a good time to help out." "Go, go take her there!" "No, I won't!" "What?" "Tepi!" "Hey Tepi!" "Go take your daughter!" "If she doesn't come, force her to." "She won't give, really.." "This is my home." "Remember everyone, this is my house!" "This is my house." "No one dare speak too much here!" "We can't feed ourselves and here we're caring for others!" "Damn it!" "Give her, give him." "Give the child's mother, give the child's grandpa!" "I know how much you care for everyone!" "You heard me, right!" "No feeding strangers." "You can't feed strangers, not for a day even!" "What does your uncle say now?" "Your uncle, your wealthy uncle!" "The hoarder-of-rice uncle!" "Has your father even bothered to find out about you!" "Whether you're dead or alive!" "I understand everything." "I know everything." "Each one is thinking only of himself." "I'm the only fool fretting here." "I tell you once and for all." "I can't feed strangers any more!" "If anyone gets hurt, so be it!" "They can leave if they want to." "Let them go where they want!" "Go to hell!" "Mum, mum." "You escaped." "You died and found freedom." "You wouldn't have been able to bear it." "You couldn't have borne it, if you saw what has happened.." "..to your home and hearth." "At a time like this, the Almighty too turns his face away." "Were He here I'd have shown Him." "I'd also see, I'd fight till the finish and see if I can live or not." "Quiet." "We're leaving." "Fine." "Go, All of you leave!" "Brother Priyanath, we're leaving." "We're leaving." "They've left!" "Listen, I've come." "Priyanath here." "Are you asleep?" "What happened?" "Listen, I'm Priyanath." "Listen!" "Open the door!" "Listen!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!"