"How much is it?" "Rs.9." "I'm sorry, anil." "I got a bit late." "How are you?" " How do I Iook?" " Very nice!" "You're the one who's very nice." "Like always, only you have come to receive me even today." "My family members aren't here." "Do not be disheartened." "You know how busy your brother is." "And then, where does he have the time for all this?" "Time is strange!" "A person who has time, has abundance of it." "And a person who is short of it, has absolutely no time at all!" "My brother has no time at all and my sister has abundance of it." "But there's no question of her coming here." "She manages to come out of the house with difficulty." "She is..." "Forget it!" "..." "I don't spot your car anywhere." "This can never be." "Even if the car owner  doesn't come to receive me, he'II surely send the car." "There it comes!" "How were your final exams?" "Very nice." "I may even secure a first class, first." "This means, you will soon become a top class engineer!" "Maybe." "But I certainly won't be thrilled about it." "Why?" "Because my studies will be over." "And then, I'II have to stay here, with big brother." "In a house which has very high walls." "Whose foundation is laid on principles, not love." "Where everyone has to live under the shadow of brother's rules!" "I don't like to say so  but I prefer to stay at the hostel, far away from home." " Far away from me too?" " No, Kavita." "Sister and you are the only ones from whom I have received love." "Both of you are my only support." "There comes your house." " How's your aunt and uncle?" " Fine." "When do I see you next?" "Very soon." "I may come this evening itself." "Sister!" "Sister, how are you?" "I'm fine." "But why have you entered the house so stealthily?" "For fear of brother." "He may feel offended, hearing my footsteps." "I've barely entered home, and I'II be admonished." "Brother is not at home." "What difference does it make?" "After all, he is in town." "He will somehow get to hear of it!" "fool, brother is out of town." "What!" "He has left just today, and will return only after 3 days." "Who screamed?" "What happened?" "Sir, you!" " Good-day, sir." " Good-day." "Did you make that frightful sound?" "Yes, uncle Karim." "This is how I had done it." "This is the sound of freedom." "Sister, you, me and all of us are free,  not for just a day or two but for 3 days!" "And we'II host a party to celebrate this freedom!" "What are you saying, anil!" "... A party?" "It will be unprecedented in the history of this house!" "Look at the walls here, the chairs,  the doors and the windows." "Sister, they too must be tired of adhering to brother's principles." "Even they will feel a little happy, along with us." "uncle Karim, rush to the kitchen  and prepare dinner for 100... no, 150 people." "In the meantime, I'II phone all my friends and invite them." "Hey, hurry up!" "There's going to be such a big party at home for the first time." "I wonder if we have so many spoons here!" "One, two, three, four...." "How often have I told you that my name is not Ramdu?" "It's a short form you use!" "Before a man can call out your long name,  he'II finish buying the entire bazaar!" "fool!" "You keep learning magic all the time!" "Who's going to work!" "I can get work done at the snap of my fingers!" "What do you want?" " Indeed!" "... where is my knife?" "!" " Knife?" "Here's your knife!" "should I slice my neck with this knife?" "!" "Where's the chicken?" " Chicken?" " Yes!" "Here it is!" " In this?" " Yes." "Where is it?" "!" "I'II show you, uncle Karim..." "Here is the chicken!" "A chicken, in this!" "Yes, at 8 O'cIock tonight." " How many calls have you made?" " Around 1 00-1 25." " You invite the other guests." " Me!" " How can I phone anybody?" " Come on, sister!" "Invite whomever you want to." "Come on!" "Your guests too should come!" "uncle Karim!" "Magic!" "Good Lord!" "The big boss is here!" "Phone uncle Karim immediately!" "uncle Karim, the big boss is here." " The big boss is here!" " The big boss!" "The big boss is here!" "Run!" "What's happening here?" "!" "Brother,..." "anil is here..." "To celebrate... we had... a party..." "Whose party?" "!" "Which party?" "!" "Brother, I..." "I..." "I..." "Stop stammering and answer explicitly!" "I hosted the party." " You?" " Yes." "With whose permission?" "!" "Has there ever been a party in this house?" "!" "You know very well that I hate parties!" "Listen to me carefully!" "If you support the children again, I'II throw you out!" "What are you standing here for?" "!" "clean the place!" "Throw away all the filth!" "Did you see the outcome of having a party?" "Am I not his brother?" "!" "Don't I have any right here?" "Can't I even have a party?" "!" "Aren't there parties held in other people's homes?" "please don't compare brother with others." "You know that he is not Iike the others." "That is the tragedy!" "Anyone else in his place,  would have embraced me, seeing me after so long!" "He would have asked, when had I arrived and how I was!" "How did I fare in the exams!" "But... but... but there was no such thing here." "Stop it, anil!" "Stop it!" "Sunita!" "Marry her?" "..." "But... but she is very strange." "And you know my taste very well." "She doesn't look like a girl but a poor cow!" "tell me just one good thing about her." "Good thing?" "..." "Sit." "The greatest thing about her is that she's Ashok BansaI's sister." "And the whole city knows what his greatest asset is." "We don't earn the money he pays as income-tax annually,  even in 1 0 years!" "Your brother is right, Pradeep." "One cannot jump and reach the pinnacle of success." "One attains it, step by step." "And that girl isn't just a step but your ladder to success!" "Just tread on the first step, and you'II reach the end on your own!" "We have come here only on a holiday for a few days." "We'II return to London." "But before we leave, we want to see you settled." "I think it's quite a good deal." "I feel it's not a bad idea!" "It's very good!" "The wife will remain at home." "Who can stop you if you want to have another woman sometimes!" "Done!" "I accept!" "That's more like it!" "Whether the time is auspicious or not, I shall speak to Ashok BansaI tomorrow itself about your proposal." " Yes, brother?" " Where is Sunita?" "Brother, she... she..." "Isn't there a clock in your room?" "Didn't you hear this clock chime!" "Don't you know it's 9 O'cIock?" "It's 'Raksha Bandhan' today." "I was preparing for it." "You should have prepared for the festival beforehand!" "Did you remember now that you had to buy a 'rakhi'  and pour oil in the lamp!" "Sir, I've prepared the bank papers that you had asked for." "But, sir... the 'rakhi'..." "Do not lay more importance on relationships than business!" "And henceforth, just talk about your work!" " What's this!" " A 'rakhi'." "Even I can see that!" "I'm talking about your half sleeve shirt!" "This is an office, not your house!" "Go and change it!" "Fenni, give me the names of the industrialists  who will be attending the meeting today!" "Didn't you hear me?" "!" "Sir, my mother..." "I mean, my mother was unwell, sir." "So I had to become a doctor." "I mean, I had to take her to the hospital to see a doctor, sir." "Ho... hospital!" "Even you should have stayed in the office then!" "Why did you come to the hospital?" "!" "I mean, why did you come to office?" "!" "I pay you more than the other companies because I want work!" "These 8 hours belong to me!" "Go now!" "Get me the list  of the industrialists attending today's meeting." "Here's your kerchief!" "I've managed to keep aside 2 minutes for you." "I have to attend a meeting." "Say whatever you have to, soon." "I will try my best to take as little time as possible." "else, it takes 2 hours to just begin such matters." "Hurry up, Jayram!" "It's the jet age!" "Speak fast!" "Mr.Ashok, there's a good family which wants..." "Go on!" "I'm listening." "You know Pradeep MaIIik, don't you?" "The renowned industrialist." "He is a very competent boy." "Even you have a younger sister, and he..." "I see!" "You have come here with a marriage proposal." "Yes." "If they get married,..." "AII right." "I'II think about it and get back to you." "Okay?" "Get me married!" "Get me married!" "Excuse me, Kavita..." "which incantation is this?" "It is not an incantation but a sincere prayer." "A religious ritual will be held today." "It's said that any wish you seek now, gets fulfilled." "Suppose God does not heed your prayer, then?" "I'II have a nasty fight with Him!" "I'II even stop talking to Him!" "And suppose even that doesn't affect Him, then?" "I will abduct you then!" "And where will you keep me?" "!" " In my eyes." " really?" "Let me see how the house I will reside in, looks like." "Go ahead." "How's it?" "beautiful!" "Very lovely!" "I feel I haven't seen such a place anywhere in this world." "And I shall even call this place 'Kavita'." "Hey, Kavita!" "And I will have a permanent board outside the house." "Aunt?" "..." "Aunt!" "Kavita,... is all the work done?" "Yes, it's done." "And we've found a house too!" " What!" " He means, this abode is ready." " Yes, it is ready." " Is it okay?" "Yes." "But the priest has asked for some more articles." "Go, get them." "Yes, we'II get it!" "We'II need some articles too for the house!" "Keep this bell..." "Kavita, Iet's go." "Have you taken all the papers for the meeting?" "will the industrialist, Pradeep MaIIik, be present too?" "Our motive in doing business should be,  to use the best of techniques." "So that we can return the money invested by others  in our ventures, with the interest." "only then will the money double, and come of use in our ventures." "But some of our friends..." "What's your opinion?" " uncle Karim." " Yes, sir?" "Shut the door." " Sir!" " Brother!" "I had gone to attend a religious ceremony." "So I got late." "Who was that girl?" "!" " girl?" " Yes!" "The one whom you riding with, on an ordinary cycle!" "Why are you silent?" "Don't you have the guts to speak the truth!" "Do you have the guts to hear the truth?" "Sir!" "I have always done everything because of my guts!" "people who lack guts cannot rise from rags to riches!" "What do you want to tell me?" "She is an orphan." "Her name is Kavita." "She stays with her maternal aunt and uncle in the colony." "We've known each other since very long, and..." "And?" "I want to marry her." "You have known the ordinary girl since years." "But my experience tells me that she loves my wealth, not you!" "No, brother!" "She isn't that way." "She loves me." "Love!" "What do you know about love?" "!" "Love doesn't exist in this world!" "Nobody loves another!" "It's just deceit!" "Love is meaningless and has no value!" "Indeed!" "You deem love, feelings and relationships as deceit!" "Because the good things in life do not adhere to your rules!" "Do you know what you're saying?" "!" "Very well!" "You tell me, has he ever loved us?" "Has he ever been considerate about our feelings?" "AII he is concerned about is his wealth!" "Yes, I do love wealth!" "Because I know the world very well!" "Even the death anniversaries of the rich are celebrated." "But not even the birthdays of the poor are celebrated!" "I know!" "But no rich man could take his wealth with him!" "That's why a shroud has no pockets!" "It's very easy to condemn wealth but very difficult to earn it!" "You are in this position today because of that wealth!" "The comforts, exclusive cars, expensive attires, a posh home..." "You roll in this lap of luxury because of that wealth!" "Even the dogs of an affluent man have these comforts!" "I have realised today how much you value me." "But I am the elder here." "I know very well what my responsibilities towards you are." "I will certainly not let you get married to that girl." "I will marry only her!" "Therefore, I'm leaving this jail!" "jail!" "This palatial mansion appears a jail to you!" "Even if the chains are made of gold, a man cannot love it!" "Fine!" "The decision lies in your hand!" "The doors of your misfortune are open behind you!" "No, brother!" "Wait!" "please don't leave us, anil!" "Brother!" "please stop him!" "Don't let him go!" "He is obsessed with love now!" "When hunger and thirst wreck him in a few days, he will return!" "He will never return, brother!" "Mr.Ashok, if you darling sister becomes my brother's wife,  it will be our good fortune." "She will live like a queen." "She will roll in happiness." "I know that." "I have a small request to make." "We have to return to London." "So, please find the earliest auspicious date for the wedding." "Even I want the wedding to take place as soon as possible." "Because youngsters often tend to go astray in this age." "The wedding will be held soon." "Make the needed preparations." "Heartiest congratulations!" "Come on, my dear." "How can I go there?" "Do you think I don't want to go home?" "But brother didn't even send a messenger to invite me." "Perhaps he doesn't want me to ever step into that house again." "He has severed all ties with me." "Your brother has severed ties with you, not your sister." "So why are you punishing her?" "anil, her eyes must be on the door, waiting for you." "Go." "At least, bid her goodbye." "bless you." " Take care of her." " Okay." "Come on." "Sir..." "The house appears so empty today." "What?" "..." "It's not empty." "There are the walls, the chandeliers, the sofas!" "Then, why does the house appear empty to you?" "!" "Sir, the Ranigadh meeting has been arranged for." "We will leave for Ranigadh right today." "What's happening!" "Nothing." "My friends asked me how you walk." "I demonstrated." "Rude boy!" "Baboon!" "You...!" "When I walk,..." "do you feel like laughing?" "certainly not." "Why should I feel that way?" " Do I walk like a camel?" " I don't know, sir." "certainly not!" " Then why did they laugh?" " Who, sir?" "The rude children whom I met in the morning near the hotel!" "gentlemen, I was saying that Bonson  Bonson Company  is opening a factory here for automobile casting." "It'II be the biggest factory in the country and the world's best." "Baboon!" " What did you say?" " Me?" "..." "Nothing, sir." "The machines made in our factory will benefit farmers in..." "Baboon!" " What's it?" " Nothing, sir." "gentlemen, I was saying, when the camel went behind the baboon  the baboon began walking like the camel." "And the camel laughed at it." "Sir, I found out..." "The children are from the orphanage." "Pratap, you!" "I'm sorry, darling." "But you hide liquor in places  where a rich man hides his black money!" "old habits die hard, huh?" "I don't like to walk even a step for alcohol." "I'm at peace if I can get to drink at any place." "But why have you brought your rotten face here?" "Wow, Shanti!" "In the dark, this face looks no less than a hero to you." "But in the light of the day, it appears rotten?" "AII right!" "How's your car stealing business?" "First class!" "I had come to sell one of those cars here." "But what's happening!" "You've started cleaning your face too, along with the orphanage!" "If you cleanse all the make-up, the kids will not recognise you!" "What!" "I'm sorry, darling." "I meant, you will look like a goddess then." "That's how I want to look!" "journalists come every year to see if it's all fine here." "I have to pretend to be a pious lady before them!" "That's why the government sends regular funds to run this place." "And you spend that money on alcohol!" "Sister!" "The journalists are here." "I'II be there!" "Go away!" "children, you don't face any problems here, do you?" "children, answer madam's question." "Madam, she is..." "You be quiet!" " Priya, you answer." " Okay." "Madam, she is very nice." "She looks after us like a mother." "children, do you get to eat properly?" "Hey!" "Isn't he the renowned industrialist Ashok BansaI?" " Yes, he indeed is." " Come on soon!" " Hey!" "Who is he?" " Don't you know?" "!" "He is one of India's richest men." "He doesn't know the amount of wealth he possesses!" "Then he must be a very nice man!" "Sir, you in an orphanage?" "You are known to be very cruel and stone-hearted." "Then, what are you doing amidst children?" "I'm here because I..." "He loves these children very dearly." "children are his weakness, so he visits orphanages." "To meet small children." "please come... sit down." "Sir, I'II be back soon." "Can these orphaned children be your guests for some days?" "Why not?" "Kids reside in his heart." "Staying in his house is no big deal then." "Why had you laughed, seeing me?" "!" "Look!" "He even knows how to make children laugh!" "Indeed!" "He can make them laugh, at the snap of his fingers." "children begin to laugh just looking at him." "Quiet, children." "These affluent men have donated to our orphanage." "How much would you want to donate?" "Donation, sir!" "What you often give..." "Here's the cheque book." "Don't add another zero." "She was smelling of alcohol." "She spends all the money on alcohol." "Understand?" "I'II fix you later!" "only Rs.50!" "I received only Rs.50 today instead of 50,000 because of you!" "What did you tell him?" "That I spend all the money on booze!" "You think you're too smart, huh!" "You'II pay for this!" "You've been talking too much!" "Go to the room!" "I won't spare you!" "Stop her!" "Don't let her go!" "Stop!" "Fine!" "You will have to return when you feel hungry!" "I'II see you then!" "If I return, I'II be beaten some more." "Not to mention, remaining hungry and thirsty as well!" "Why don't I escape to the city with them?" "The big boss is here." " Has the boss returned?" " Sir?" "The boss has returned." "Begin work!" "You won't improve!" "Everyone's working, and you are busy doing the sleight of hand!" "Damn!" "Not the sleight of hand, uncle Karim!" "It's magic!" " To hell with your..." " careful." "Karimbhai, this is a fruit basket." " You're a great magician, right?" " Yes!" "Remove a child from that basket." "A child!" "Yes!" "You remove eggs and chickens!" "Now bring a child!" "A child?" "..." "Look!" "'Let a child arise from the basket!" "'" "'Let a child arise from the basket!" "'..." "Abracadabra!" "A magical boy!" " What happened?" " A magical boy!" "The magician, Ramdu, removed a basket from a fruit boy!" "No!" "I mean, he removed a boy from a fruit basket!" "What's happening?" "Why this noise?" "!" "A boy arose from a fruit basket!" "The fruits became a boy!" " A magical boy!" " Yes!" "magical!" "What nonsense are you....!" "bloody!" "..." "What's this child doing here!" "uncle Karim, I have become a magician!" "I turned fruits into a boy!" "Hey, don't touch him or this magical boy will vanish!" "How did you reach here?" "!" " You brought me here!" " Sir?" "Me?" "Did I bring you here?" "!" "Of course." "You'd said that  any orphan could come to your house and stay for some days." "Sir, there's a call for you from the Times." "Sir, is it true that you went to meet the orphans in Ranigadh?" " There's a call from the media." " Yes, I did go!" "A reporter wants to talk to you." "Yes, I did go there!" "The editor wants to talk to you." "I did go!" "This is your fault." "If you hadn't lied, he wouldn't have come here!" "And the press wouldn't phone me!" "We'II have to live this lie for some days or we will be maligned." "Let me stay for just 2 days." "He stinks!" "... go and give him a bath!" "Scrub him with soap and bathe him!" "Do not remove my clothes!" "You're so small, and yet feel shy of us!" "Remove your clothes!" " No, I won't!" " Remove them!" "Good Lord!" "Sir!" "..." "Sir!" "A girl!" "..." "A girl!" "A girl?" "..." "Has he brought a girl along too?" "!" "No, sir." "That child is a girl." "He saw it." "And so did I..." "She has long tresses!" " What!" " Yes, sir." "It's a girl!" "We realised that, after going to the bathroom." "That doesn't matter!" "Give her a bath!" "Sir, what are you saying?" "How can we bathe a girl?" "Above all, he..." "I mean, she is not even undressing." "Who will give her a bath if you don't?" "only a girl can do that, sir." "A girl!" "..." "bloody!" "... where will I get a girl from now?" "!" "Right away!" "You took so long?" "Sir has been waiting since very long!" "Why has he called me?" "What wrong have I done?" " Sir can answer that." " That too, in his bedroom." "In his bedroom?" "!" "Yes." "Sir tells everything only in the bedroom." "Don't cry." "I'II give you a tip." "Do exactly what he asks you to." "Sir!" "Did you call me?" " Undress!" " Yes, sir!" "Not you!" "What are you doing!" "Undressing." "Don't undress me!" "Go to the bathroom and undress that girl!" " girl?" " Yes!" "Stop staring, and go!" "Yes, sir." " What's your name?" " Munna." "What's this?" "I don't know." "It's been around my neck since childhood." "Hey, look!" "Touch wood!" "She looks like a real tiny angel!" "My name is Munna." "And you?" "I'm uncle Karim." "You may call me uncle." "My name is Pikdhani." "I'm John." "I'm ChuniIaI." "I have a very long name." "But you may affectionately call me Ramdu." "What's the matter?" "Why are they running like this?" "It's sir's lunch time." " Was it from home?" " Oh no!" "It was sir's phone." " Sir's?" " Yes." "Look, even he has a similar phone kept near him." "uncle, why do you sit so far?" " Because I always sit here!" " I see." "But why do you eat only soup and toast?" "Because I always eat only this!" "You mean, you've had so many dishes cooked only for me?" "!" "No!" "Because this is what's always cooked here!" "So much food, and only one man to eat them!" "Such a palatial home, and only one man living in it!" "I have now learnt who you are." "What?" "Who am I?" "!" "I've read about you in my story books." "You are a king, right?" "What!" "She means, you're like a king." "No." "King uncle is actually a king!" "Neither am I a king nor am I your uncle!" "One minute..." "May I ask one last question?" "Is everybody here deaf?" "Why?" "Then why do you shout so much?" "Take her away, and throw her back into the orphanage after 2 days!" "Is this how you treat your guests?" "!" "There are 2 girls here, and yet you sit!" "Stand and speak!" "I'II leave after 2 days but you will take me out in these 2 days." "Me?" "..." "Never!" "Fine." "I'II tell the journalists everything then." "What?" "That, King uncle is very nice." "He loves me a Iot." "He personally fed me, and took me to nice places." "Even parents won't do what King uncle did, for an orphan." "But it's a lie!" "However, it is true that you let me stay here for 2 days, right?" "I hadn't seen this world even in dreams but you showed it to me." "That's why I'II find happiness even in this lie." "But, Munna, it's bad to lie." "Is it right to lie for just a little happiness?" "It is right for us." "We orphans find even little happiness with great difficulty." "Sorrows are a part of our lives." "uncle Karim, bring the car!" "Moustached man!" "Hey, why did you beckon my moustache?" "To give you some good news." "My mother has agreed to get us married." "But, moustached darling, my mom has a little condition." "tell me." "I can even cross these hills to get married to you!" " There's no need to do that." " Then?" "You will only have to shave off your moustache." "My moustache!" "The symbol of me being a man!" "You mean, sacrifice this!" "..." "No!" "tell your mom that I can cut off anything else that she wants." "But I shall certainly not shave off my moustache!" "What!" "You won't?" "!" "I won't!" " You won't shave?" "!" " I won't shave!" " You won't shave!" " No, I will not shave!" "I won't!" "Not even for me?" "I said, I will not shave!" "... I will not!" " Wake up, King uncle!" " I will not shave!" "She's talking nonsense!" "She's asking him to snip his moustache!" "Hey, look how good Munna appears!" " Indeed!" " And so happy too." "Hey!" "Are all of you working properly or not?" "children, what are you doing instead of working?" "!" "Nothing... just nothing." "What are you hiding?" "..." "Show it to me." " It's nothing." " bloody swine!" "will you show it to me or should I fIay your hide?" "!" "Renowned businessman Ashok BansaI's journey to Ranigadh." "The opinion of an orphan, Munna, staying in his house." "I see!" "So, that bitch has now reached the rich man's house!" "And is living in a lap of luxury with him!" "With a man who had given me only Rs.50!" "I'II teach you such a lesson that you won't pity an orphan again!" "This is Shanti speaking, the matron of Ranigadh's orphanage." "I'm sorry but I didn't expect a man like you to do  something so despicable..." "and lowly!" "What nonsense!" "really?" "Haven't you kidnapped Munna from my orphanage?" "Perhaps you are not aware, Mr.Ashok BansaI,  that kidnapping a child from an orphanage is a grave offence." "Are you nuts?" "!" "You are casting a false accusation on me!" "Prove that in court now, Mr.Ashok BansaI!" "Yes, King uncle?" "Did I kidnap you and bring you here?" "!" "No." "I have come here willingly." "will you be able to say so, before your matron?" "Of course, I will!" "We'II leave right away." "But where, sir?" "To Ranigadh!" "Where else!" "You have to sing a song beginning with 'ka' not 'ja'!" "I have only interchanged the order of the words in the song." "How does it matter?" "The implication remains the same!" "Why has the car suddenly stopped?" "I'II see, sir." " What's wrong!" " I think the dynamo has failed." "I'II have to remove it and take to the village gone by." "It can be fixed only in a garage." "What!" "How will we reach Ranigadh?" "!" "We'II take a lift." "gentleman, get down." "We have to go straight." "But I want to go to Ranigadh!" "well, that's the way to go to Ranigadh." "will I walk 20 kilometres, you fool?" "!" "Quiet!" "Drop us till there!" "Hey, you moustached man!" "Lower your voice!" "I'm not your slave that I'II reach you till Ranigadh!" "Impertinent man!" "Do you know whom you're talking to!" "I can buy off your truck right away!" "Hey!" "You will buy off my truck, huh?" "!" "Keep your arrogance to yourself!" "You're talking too much!" "I will slap you!" "You will slap me?" "..." "Go ahead!" "..." "Come on, slap me!" "slap me!" "Goodness me!" "..." "Where's the handle?" " There's a rod." " Give it to me." "Do not worry, King uncle." "Both of us are with you." "I'II fix you now!" "A spanner." " And that too, a metal one!" " metal!" " Where's he?" " Over there." "You hit my boss!" "If you have the guts, face me!" "Hey, look!" "What's this!" "Get up, King uncle!" "Get up!" "He's here!" "W..w..what's this?" "The remedy for your pain." " With a brick!" " Yes!" "Cure a stone with a brick!" "In our orphanage, the remedy for all pains is a hot brick." "Hot brick!" "It's not very hot." "Where is the smoke being emitted from?" "!" "Yes, smoke is being emitted!" "Then assume that the pain too has been cured." "please hurry!" "Here it is, madam." "Do you have a fork and knife?" "My boss is used to eating with them." "What!" "Be grateful that you got a place to stay, at this late hour!" "Or you'd have frozen to death!" "... Fork and knife, indeed!" "King uncle, wear your socks, your feet will remain warm." "Did you get some food or not?" "Yes." "There's 'bajra roti', garlic chutney and..." "will I eat this food?" "!" "Just eat once and see." "I'II starve but never eat this!" "Your wish!" "I'm famished." "Aunt, Iet's eat." "This is great!" "And the onion too is so sweet!" "Just like you..." "And this green chilly..." "Eat it in winter, and you feel very warm!" "After a heavy meal, I feel very sleepy." "Let's go to sleep." "You are a girl, so you sleep on this cot." "I'II sleep on the ground, ... and... oh yes!" "Here is King uncle's mattress!" "Is this a mattress?" "And that too, on the ground?" "I will not sleep!" "King uncle!" "You are as stubborn as a child!" "You won't eat!" "You won't sleep!" "You won't do this...!" "Do what you please!" "Aunt, at Ieast let us go to sleep." " What's all this?" "!" " Nothing." "I just kissed you good morning, and woke you." "How did I reach here?" "!" "I don't know, sir." "I'II bring it right away..." "Aunt, in the meantime, have a bath." "Thank you?" "..." "For what?" "For sleeping with me on the floor and draping your coat over me." "Munna, please pass the mug." "There's soap on my face." "My eyes are burning, Munna!" "Give it soon!" "..." "please!" "You're eating 'daI' and rice!" "And that too, you're gobbling!" "You were being so fussy about food last night." "What's happened to you suddenly this morning?" "Aunt, do you know what's brought about the sudden change in him?" "Munna, he... he..." "I'II tell you!" " What happened?" " Everything possible!" "I had to sit with goats in a truck!" "I had to stay hungry!" "I had to sleep on a bare floor at night!" "And you are responsible for all this!" "You are!" "I've never had to face so many adversities together!" "I'II be at peace when I hand you over to your matron..." "Come on!" "Hey, Munna!" "Munna is here!" "My child!" "Where did you leave me and go?" "I was so worried, my dear!" "Nothing seemed good." "I didn't feel like eating or drinking!" "My child!" "My dear, I have sued him for kidnapping you from here." "If I don't teach him a lesson, then I'II be damned!" " Sister." " Yes, my child?" "He did not take me away." "I was the one who went with him." " What are you saying!" " Yes." "I had run away from here." "To stay with King uncle for some days." "Why are you silent now?" "will you sue me in court?" "!" "Don't you feel ashamed accusing a person without knowing the truth?" "In fact, I've had to go through a Iot because of your child!" "I have broken my rules and principles!" "So, on the contrary, I should be suing you for it!" "Let's go, Fenni!" "bloody wretched girl!" "An icon of truth, are you?" "!" "CouIdn't you lie a little for me?" "!" "The other day, because of you, I faced a loss in thousands." "And today, it was in millions!" "I'II show you today what actual beating means!" "Wretched girl!" "I won't spare you today!" "rascal!" " Sir, food is ready." " AII right." "The food is getting cold, sir." "I'm not hungry." "You eat." "Like you, even I am not hungry today." "Nothing seems nice today." "Munna's absence is being felt." "I'm missing Munna..." "Right, sir?" "Neither am I feeling anyone's absence nor am I missing anybody." "Your anger and restlessness clearly shows that  you have even begun to love her." "Love!" "What nonsense!" "Love does not exist!" "Nobody loves another!" "It's a deceitful word!" "It's meaningless and has no value!" "There's no place for this word in my Iife!" "That's why I hate it!" "I abhor love!" "..." "I loathe it!" "Father!" "..." "Father!" "One, two, three, four!" "At ease!" "Attention!" " Father, come home!" " What's the matter, Ashok?" "Mother is leaving home!" "What's this!" "Where are you going?" "Far away from this life of poverty and helplessness!" "Where I won't have to always curb my desires!" "I am beginning to feel stifled in this dirty shanty of yours!" "Where only seasons change, not one's luck!" "I want to spend the rest of my Iife the way I want to  freely!" "I see!" "So you want to break our marriage and go to that rich man?" "Yes!" "Because he has the wealth!" "And with it, he can fulfil every desire of mine,  of which, I have always only been dreaming about." "I want to lead a luxurious life." "Your measly salary will never be able to afford me that!" "There's something called luck, KamIa." "Even circumstances hold some importance." "If my luck has not improved, then is it my fault?" "!" "Your luck will remain the same all your life!" "You will never rise beyond a square meal!" "You are a mother." "Why are you punishing my innocent children for my misfortune?" "Just think, what will happen to the poor kids after you're gone?" "They will manage on their own!" "Do motherIess children die?" "!" "You cannot use them as fetters to enchain me!" "Mother, please don't leave us!" "Leave me!" "Father, please stop her!" "Mother, please don't leave us!" "I'II finish studying and then mint money!" "Mother, please don't leave us!" "That was it!" "From that day, I became obsessed about money." "I spent my childhood working very hard." "I made myself a money minting machine." "I struck rich... very rich." "I then began searching for mother." "To show her my wealth and fame." "To tell her that the one whom she'd dumped as iron fetters  had turned to gold now!" "But unfortunately,..." "she was no more." "She was dead." "They say that a mother is an icon of love." "And that a mother's affection epitomises love." "It's said that a wife bestows all her love only on her husband." "And his house is a temple for her." "It's a lie!" "It's incorrect!" "When a wife can reject her God and break her temple,..." "When a mother can forgo her love and abandon her children, then love becomes meaningless!" "What importance does it hold?" "Nothing!" "That's why I have permanently erased love from my Iife!" "Madam, I have brought the car." "AII right..." "sir, the car is here." "Why have you stopped the car?" "Sir, look ahead."