"Here comes India, our India!" "We endured a lot of troubles to see you... so that, we could live for this very moment!" " Whom do you have here?" " Everyone!" "My mother father, brother live here." " And he..." " Who?" ".." "Your husband?" "When did you get married?" "Thousands of years back, in my last birth." "We were not strangers in our own country then." "In the year 1947, when the human race had not turned into monsters... and everyone led the same life." "My anklets ring with a chime of anxiety... wonder whom my heart is awaiting?" "This is called the spring of youth" "The spring is here with it's adornments... this radiance has brought happiness in our lives" "The excited breeze kisses the flower laden trees" "The branches of flowers bow down with love" "Wait there mister, what is the hurry?" "Why do you wish to fly like a gust of wind?" "My anklets ring with a chime of anxiety... wonder whom my heart is awaiting?" "This is called the spring of youth" "Oh, God!" "Brute!" "..." "Impudent..." "Beast!" "Everyone praises their own things but yet brother, I'd like to say... my Shanti is very docile." "You are back, my child?" "Greet him." "Please have this cake, Rai Sahab." "Why hasn't Keval yet come?" "He must be on his way... you know Lalaji, this is Lahore... there are various obstacles on the way, in this town." "He has come to see you!" "Rai Sahab is a very rich man from Lahore." "And why are you dressed like this?" "Come on, change your dress quickly!" "Mother, I met a beast on the way." "Wonder when these men in Lahore will improve?" " Hello." " God bless you, son." "Why were you so late, Keval?" "Father, I met a crazy girl on the way." "God save us from these girls in Lahore." "One of them almost stifled me today." "He is very outspoken." "Have tea, son...." "Rai Sahab, I heard you've got a bungalow in Model Town?" "Right, I want Keval to shift there after marriage." "He will be settled there and I will be free in my own house." "But Lalaji, my friends say that the times are changing... wonder what may happen tomorrow?" " What can happen, Rai Sahab?" "Why are you standing, sit down, child." "Come Rai Sahab, let us go outside." "Alright, let's go." "Sister, come, let me show you my house." "You stopped so soon?" "We have a long journey together." "Listen...before you go, I want you to answer one question." "Hey!" "You crushed something under your feet!" " What?" " A poor man's heart!" "You finally did smile under some pretext." "Tonight is our nuptial night... and to solemnize this night, I got this ring..." "What happened to the light?" "It will be back..." "Anyway, this room is alight with your radiance." "The light is back." "No, the light will never come back again!" "And this light will bring darkness in our life." "Man has turned into beast!" "Half of Lahore is burning today!" " I am scared!" " Don't be afraid!" "Don't worry, I am with you." "Look, what I have got for you!" "Show me your hand." "I will always protect you." "But when the time came to protect me... he had left for Delhi, with his father's gold..." "I don't know if you've remembered me even once in the past 5 years." "I don't know if I am alive or dead for you!" "No, my heart says that she is alive!" "And one day, she will surely come here!" "Forget it Keval, since past 5 years, you are saying the same thing." "I am fed up of hearing the same thing, son." "Has anyone risen from the dead?" "Only God knows what the poor girl must have endured in past 5 years." "What must she be thinking about me?" "I loved her..." "I made a promise to her..." "I promised to protect her." "Forget your love and promise!" "A wedding of one month cannot be called a marriage." "I suggest you forget about her, nothing is yet lost." "People come with new proposals everyday." "Father, how can you think like that?" "Keval, I am a human being, not God!" "Rai Bahadur Dinanath spoke regarding this matter in the club, yesterday... he has earned a lot of money in his business... he has only one daughter and will give a hefty dowry." "Enough father, I cannot hear further!" "Hello Rai Sahab, tell me?" "Some girls have come from Pakistan and their names are published... and one of the names is of your daughter in law." "My daughter in law?" "Isn't she your daughter?" "My relation ended the day I got her married in your family!" "She is the honor of your family now." "It's your choice whether you accept her or reject her!" "You cannot change my decision with your tears." "I cannot get her home!" "My heart is crying out too!" " But, I am helpless!" " I am her mother!" "But, I meet people outside, how will I be able to face them?" "Father is right, mother... to keep our honor intact, we've been telling people since 5 years... that, Shanti is dead." " But, she is alive!" " The one who is alive is not my sister!" "Can't I see her just once?" "You can see her!" "But, you have to give me a promise." "I beg of you, please don't let me stay here!" "No, I will not go back." "He must be not knowing or he would surely come here!" "He will surely come, so will my father!" "My mother will come, my brother will come." "He will never say that I am not related to him." "Child, there is a girl called Shanti here, where is she?" " She is inside." " Oh!" "She is inside." "Come, Kamla." " Father!" " My child." "I was sure you would come!" "You are making a mistake child, I am not your father!" " Father?" " Child, I think you are under a big shock!" "Or, the girl whom I have never seen in my life... why would she call me father?" " You mean...?" " Yes, I am not your father." "You tell me, don't you also recognize me?" "You endured grief and raised me up... you kept me in your womb for nine months... aren't you my mother?" " Mother...what happened?" " Come on father, let's go." " Brother...!" " Don't call me brother, I don't know you!" "You too?" "..." "Even you don't know me?" "See the scars on your face?" "I had scratched you when we were small." "How could you forget all that?" "I am your..." "Why have you come here to disgrace our honor after so many years?" "My sister is dead!" "To save her and our honor, she killed herself!" "." "Mother, let's go home." "Come on!" "Mother!" "Don't do that, Shanti!" "I should be apologizing to you." "I can forgive you for any offense at this moment!" "For me it is enough that you recognized me!" "How would I not recognize my own life?" " I have cursed myself a lot..." " Don't say any further!" "Let me look at your face to my heart's content!" "I lost everything in life, my life had come to a standstill!" "My life changed but, you have not changed at all!" "Let's go, I hope your father will not mind my presence?" "Forget about him, we will not stay with him." "Why?" "..." "Will you leave your parents for my sake?" "I will not leave them, I have already left them!" "You and I will stay together and make our own world." " Come along." " I will..." "you wait here for a minute." "I want to show you something." "Please wait here for my sake!" "Look here, Keval." "This is your son!" "I have kept him close to my heart for the past five years." "My son!" "Son, what is your name?" "Don't get me wrong, his name is Anwar but, he is your son!" "Let me explain to you why his name is Anwar!" "I don't wish to hear anything!" "Come here, Anwar!" "Anwar, what is your father's name?" " Do you yet want to say something?" " Yes, I want to say a lot!" "The child is saying what he has heard." "Perhaps he is saying the truth!" "Keval, you should have atleast asked me who Abdul Rehman is?" " Who is he?" " Abdul Rehman is the man... who will not know who I am even if he comes in front of me." "He will not know me by my looks." "He can identify me only by my feet or my voice." " Just as Laxman recognized Sita." " I don't believe that!" "If God could has incarnated himself, he is in form of Abdul Rehman!" "It's because of him that I could reach to you... and get your son to you!" " Abdul Rehman is like my brother!" " Enough!" "I cannot hear further!" "For five years I considered you as a Goddess and worshiped you!" "And today, you are narrating the story of Ram and Laxman?" "I was a fool to go against my parents wishes and come here." " I never knew you would cheat me!" " Go away from here!" "Go away!" "You are crying, mother?" "..." "Why are you crying?" "I am feeling very sad, my son!" "Mother, remember, when I used to wake up from sleep, I used to cry... father used to wake up and come to me... you also say the same what father used to say... say after me, alright?" "Life and this world are both very beautiful... but today, I am spurning both and going to end my life... many a times, death seems to be an easier option... and life seems difficult... and today, life seems to be very difficult for me... by the time someone gets this letter... till then..." " Mother!" "Coming, son." "Mother, I am not feeling sleepy, please sit with me." " Go to sleep, son." " No mother, tell me a story." " How can l?" "Everyone is asleep." " So what?" "Say it softly." " Which story do you want to hear?" " Let me think.... father's story!" " It's a modern times story." "A brother had become a brother's enemy." "The value of water was more than blood." "My in laws had left the house... they said that they would come back to fetch me." "They lied to me, I was all alone." "And on all sides there was..." "Is anyone at home?" "If someone was there, I'd kill him myself, I'd use my rifle!" "Oh!" "It's you, we are sorry!" "Sister, cover your face." "I am a true Pathan, I will never raise my eyes and look at your face!" "I am not a very nice man... but, I had a sister called Sakina, who is now in India..." "I help the helpless women here... with the hope that God will help her with the Hindus and Sikhs there!" "What are you thinking?" "How could a saint like me get into this?" " You're not a saint." " People pretend to be but, I was born one!" " How is that?" " How?" "When a person becomes a saint... he forgets the class, caste, creed discrimination..." "I am a saint because, I don't know who I am!" "I don't even know whether I am a Hindu or a Muslim... or a Christian!" "Now tell me, am I not a saint?" " You are right!" " Press hard on my back." "That's fine chief but, if you don't work, what will you eat?" "How will you live?" "He has a point after all, the saints also have to live." "Alright then, let's go!" "Stop crying!" "You have irritated me since morning!" "Hey, what happened?" "Come here!" "Stop crying!" "..." "Did she hit you?" "Don't cry because, if you cry, the world will make you cry even more!" "Who are you?" "I?" "Chalia is my name..." "Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian accept my salutations" "O everyone, just give it a thought... somewhere there is joy and somewhere there is grief..." "Why do such things occur?" "O great Almighty, somewhere there's light and somewhere there's dark..." "Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian accept my salutations" "Chalia is my name" "These beautiful eyes obstruct my path..." "I am just a sweet-talker, I never learnt the art of love" "I agree to do whatever work I get..." "Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, accept my salutations" "Chalia is my name" "I am the prince of the poor..." "I can offer whatever I have" "The princes play with swords, I wipe other's tears" "My deed is hard work, the rest is left to Him" "Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, accept my salutations" "My name is Chalia" " You want something?" " No, read this letter for me." "' Life and this world are both very beautiful... but today, I am spurning both of them and going to die" " What?" " 'Many a times, death seems a simple option... and life seems to be difficult... and today, I think my life has become very difficult to live... by the time someone receives this letter, I would have been..." " Read further." " Whose letter is this?" "Won't you have something?" " Don't you have anyone of your own in this world?" " No!" " Your parents, siblings or your husband?" " No!" "I have nobody in this world to live for!" "Leave me!" "..." "Leave me alone!" "Why did I say I have nobody?" "..." "My son!" "I have a son!" "Sister, your son was crying a lot and left this place in the morning." " Where did he go?" " I don't know but, he has yet not come back." "The door of my house is yet open to you." "I am not a very nice human being." "But I promise, I'll never misuse your weakness and helplessness!" "You assume that you have committed suicide and you are born again." "And I promise not to ask you anything about your past." "If you wish you can come along with me." "Wait...you wait here, I'll be right back." "You can come now." "It's a small hut but, I'll try my best that you have no problems here." "How can we both live in such a small place?" "Don't worry, that place is for you and I will sleep outside." " Out in the cold?" " I don't feel cold!" "I am a strong man, I exercise a lot." "But the only problem is that I enjoy talking to the stars in the night." "Lock the door from inside." "For a minute I thought that I have come to someone else's house." "This house looks so different!" "A woman's presence in the house makes a lot of difference!" "A small hut also looks like a home." "Don't mind my words, what I meant was..." "I do not know what a home means." "I spent my life out on roads and considered this also as one!" "Have tea." "Careful..it's hot." "Mother!" "..." "Mother!" "Every artist desires that his work should get famous after him... his name should be famous and for that, one needs to have a son... and to have a son, one needs to have a wife... so I have decided that I will get married if I find a nice girl." "It's not a bad idea but, you always said that you'd remain a bachelor." "Right but, along with being a bachelor, I am a great artist too." "and I fear that if I don't marry then my present will die with me!" "That's a great thought, chief!" "." "Listen...where are you going?" "Are you going to the bazaar?" "Wait...take this." "Get some vegetables." " Sister, I know where your child is." " Really?" " Where is he?" " In Young Boy's school." "Sit down, children." "There he is!" "Come here!" " What is your name?" " My name is..." "Anwar!" "Come here!" "I remember the day when Rai Sahab got you to school for the first time." "You could not even button your own shirt." "Every great artist desires that his work should get famous after him... his name should be known and for that, one needs to have a son." "No!" "..." "I think my son is fine here." "You didn't go out?" "I was waiting for you...for a moment I thought you would not come back." " I am going now." " When will you come back?" " Why?" " I will wait to eat with you." "When will you come back?" "I will wait for you." "She will wait for me!" "Wait for me?" "Wait for me!" "You will wait for me?" "Dum dum diga diga, it's a wet wet day..." "I slip without being drunk..." "I swear by God, it's for your lovely face" "I like your style... your subdued eyes and those unsaid words... someone has fallen for you today" "I agree that I am poor..." "I may not have a great luck and may not be rich... but, my heart is rich with love" "I swear it by God, I've fallen for your beautiful face" "Dum dum diga diga, it's a wet, wet day..." "I slip without being drunk..." "I swear it by God, it's for you lovely face" " Tell me what is in my fist?" " There must be something." "No, you tell me what is in it?" "I don't know." "A watch?" "It's very pretty." "But the one for whom I have got, is even more prettier." "When she wears this, she will look like an embellished ornament." " Where did you get it from?" " From the market." "Did you buy it?" " Really?" " Yes." "Show me your hand, let me see how it looks on your wrist." "My wrist?" "It looks very nice." "Wonder how it will look on her wrist?" " On whose?" " For whom I got this." "She is very beautiful, so pretty that when you see her... that you will be embarrassed by her beauty." " Where is she?" " She is here but..." "I will introduce you to her some day." " Listen..." " What's this?" " Until then, you wear this." "You give it to her yourself when you meet her." "Seeing his father, the son called out... 'father!" "'" " Sit down." "The child looks at his father... the father..." "Why did you stop Anwar, read further." "I am sorry sir, I am missing my mother a lot!" "Anwar, are you missing your mother a lot?" " Yes, master." " Anwar, don't call me master." " Then what do I call you?" " Call me father." "I too will call you Kuwar, isn't that a nice name?" "No, I like my name Anwar." " Why?" " My mother also called me Anwar... so did my father." "Aunty, please read and tell me what is written on this?" " It's written ' naughty'." " Naughty!" " You are upto some mischief?" " No, please send her here everyday." "I will teach her." "Buy rakhis!" "Sister, since the time Shanti..." "I am sorry, I was just blabbering." " Hello." " Come, doctor." "Won't you give her an injection today, doctor?" "No Ramesh, I will not even visit her from tomorrow." "How long can we keep cheating ourselves?" " What are you saying, doctor?" " Let me say one thing clearly." "She is not suffering from any sickness... she is suffering from a deep shock." "She cannot recognize anyone she sees." "But doctor, is there a cure for her shock?" "Her sickness is her cure!" "Whatever has been snatched from her, get it back to her!" " I will go now." " Okay, doctor." " How is your mother?" " Go and see her yourself." " Where are you going, Ramesh?" " To get Shanti here." " Have you gone mad?" " Today I know why my mother is sick!" "We told mother not to recognize Shanti!" "Since that day, she has lost her power of recognizing anyone!" "I think this is right perhaps, mother is also paying for her sin... or why would my mother suffer?" " Shut up!" "She's suffering for bearing a girl like Shanti and a rude son like you!" "Listen to me Ramesh, she cannot come here till I am alive!" "Mother!" " Ramesh, whose ' rakhi' is this?" " Where did you find it?" "It was inside, on the windowsill." "On the window?" "Only Shanti used to tie such a ' rakhi' on my wrist." "She used to make it with her own hands...but, how did it come here?" "Gardner...did you see a girl coming here?" "A girl was standing near the window and she left crying." "I think it was Shanti." "I am standing in your path with a hope in my heart..." "I am madly in love with you..." "O my beloved, the light of my eyes... you may stay away from me but, I will get you some day" "Everyone can see the clouds pouring... but, nobody can see the tears in my eyes... only one heart can understand the agony of another" "I fell in love with a impostor... my heart of glass crashed against a rock... neither is he mine nor does he belong to anyone else" "I am standing in your path with a hope in my heart..." "I am madly in love with you..." "O my beloved, the light of my life... you may stay away from me but, I will get you some day" "What are you doing?" " I am studying." " Is it?" " I want to write my letters one day." " Really?" "You know that I love one girl..." "I cannot tell her anything when she comes in front of me... so I thought that I should write about my feelings... and I cannot make others write my letter that is why I am studying!" " How much can you read so far?" " A little, I can read alphabets." " I have problems in big words." " Alright, read this." "' It is wrong to steal'" "Rubbish!" "I've got admitted in a wrong school!" "If you keep throwing your books then how will you study?" "And if you don't study, how will you write the letter?" "I will ask someone to write it." "If someone else has to write it then give it to me, I'll write it." "What shall I write?" "Write...my...my dear..." "Hey, No!" "don't write dear, write, only mine..." "That's it?" "No name?" "That's the problem!" "When I think of her name, my heart beats faster!" "Okay, what do I write further?" "Write...you are so close to me that I can touch you... but yet, you are so much away that the stars seem closer to me... and I feel I cannot reach you." " And?" " That's all for today." "Below you write, yours... only yours." " What address shall I write?" " Don't write any address." "I will deliver it personally, I don't trust the postman." "Alright." "O my love..." "O my love, you may do what you like... you may take my life... but, give your heart only to me" "Think of me sometimes, take my name sometimes... do come in my dreams" "Talk to me for a while, let me see your pretty face... if you wish, I can get the stars and the moon on earth for you" "But promise me that you will never leave me and go" "What do I do if your memories torture me?" "What do I do if I don't get any support from you?" "What do I do when the moonlight also scorches me like heat?" "Come close to me and tell me if I am bad, O pretty face" "If you are pretty as the moon, I am no less" "Think of me sometimes, take my name sometimes... do come in my dreams" "My love, you may do what you like, you may take away my life... but, give your heart only to me" "I can't find my spectacles, Keval, read whose letter is this?" "'Aba (father), Marfat Khuda, Pakistan'" "Read the contents." "'My dear father, greetings to you... you are there and I am here... but, where is mother?" "'" "'I don't like it here... consider this letter as a telegram and come here quickly... your son, Anwar'" "Whose letter is this, Keval?" "Keval, whose letter is this?" " It's Anwar's letter." " Do you know him?" "Yes, he studies in my class." "Send Anwar here from class one." "I feel very sorry for this kid... how could his mother leave him and go away?" "How could his father abandon such an innocent child?" "If we tell this boy that his letter did not reach his father... then his heart will break." "We have to tell him that his father has sent him a letter." " May I come in?" " Come in, son." " Greetings, sir." " Hello." "Anwar, there is a letter from your father." " Letter!" " Yes, he will come." " Will he really come?" " Of course, he will." " My father will come..." " Anwar, come here!" "Listen Anwar, your father has..." " Whom are you talking about?" " The infamous goon of Amritsar." "If he passes from here, the door of the safe open by themselves!" "close the shop quickly!" "Lala, why are you clinging to your safe?" "Abdul Rehman!" "There comes Chalia!" " What will happen now?" " Two super powers will attack each other!" "Two swords will clash against each other!" "One will bleed and the other will quench his thirst!" "Khan, you have finally reached Hindustan?" "I have and I am sure even you can see that!" "I can see that, Khan!" "But, I am not alone." "I am alone and so is my almighty!" "Then remember Khan, I am also a true man!" "I will deal with you alone!" "If you are a true man Chalia then don't forget, I am also a Pathan!" "I promise I will not leave this place until..." "I don't settle my scores with you!" "Now that you have seen this girl, Khan... you can avenge for Sakina and abduct this girl." "You will not find your Sakina here." "But atleast you can douse the fire of revenge burning in your heart!" "Hey!" "Won't you eat?" " I will eat later." " Why?" "Just like that..." "I am fasting today." "Fast?" "...." "I too will not eat." " I will also fast." " You cannot keep this fast." "Why, which is this fast that you can keep and I cannot?" "You are being obstinate." "Whatever but, I will eat only when you eat!" "How can I explain him that I am fasting for my husband." "My husband has spurned me... but, I am praying for his long life." "What marvel is this, O Lord?" "I am a married woman but, I cannot abide to a married woman's rituals." "I am a mother but, bereft of my child." "There is darkness all around me... there is so much darkness that I cannot see light in your temple too!" "Listen friend, whether you Iike it or not..." "I will address you as my friend." "Listen, my friend, I am in a great trouble." "I have fallen in love with one girl... but, my problem is that she is not aware of it... and I cannot tell her." "You know, I can fight the toughest goons..." "I don't get scared but, this chit of a girl, when I go close to her..." "I become speechless." "I get tongue tied and my hands and legs start shivering." " What are you doing here?" " Why, you think God belongs to you?" " Can't I ask him for anything?" " Of course you can." "What did you come to ask for?" " A little courage." " Courage?" "!" "Aren't you courageous enough?" "It's not Iike that, the fact is that..." "I've not been able to express myself to the girl I Iove." "Then tell her." " Shall I?" " Yes." " Really?" " Or introduce me to her, I will tell her." " No, I will tell her myself." " alright then, you tell her." " Shanti,..." "I..." " May God keep you happy as a couple!" "No!" "Listen to me..." "Did you see that, people like me are born with such a fate!" "Before I could say something, she refused and ran away!" "It's alright." "Someone ask my broken heart... what I am going through?" "O fate, you have strange ways... you have deceived me in many ways... when the flower bloomed, the branch withered away" "The one I thought was love... was a mere illusion... it is nobody's fault" "I asked for love but, I acquired separation... this world did not give me anything..." "I was spurned at my first step" "I was detached, I had no idea that..." "Iove is such a sweet poison" "Someone ask my broken heart... what I am going through?" " What are you doing?" " I am leaving!" "Where are you going?" "I don't know but, I cannot live here now!" " Why not?" " Don't ask me that!" "Why not?" "Have I done something because of which you are leaving?" "No, you have done a Iot of favors on me." "please do me one more favor." "Don't ask me why I am leaving." "But tell me where will you go all alone?" "I am not alone, my unfortunate destiny is with me!" "Listen...before you go, won't you meet the girl I Iove?" "I will...where does she live?" "Come with me." "Where is that girl?" "You are taking me towards the temple?" " She is here!" " Where?" "You will meet her now, come with me." "Listen, you shut your eyes." "Come ahead." "Now open your eyes." " Look here!" " No!" " No!" " This is the truth, Shanti." " I Iove you a Iot!" " No!" "Don't say that, it's a sin for me to even hear such words!" "Sin?" "..." "You have forgotten that one day, you were singing here... that you fell in love with a Chalia and when I admit, you say it's a sin?" "Hatred is sin, love can never be a sin, Shanti!" "Love is the most beautiful truth of Iife!" "But, this too is a truth of my Iife!" " Who is he?" " My husband." "Your husband?" "!" " When did you get married?" " In my last birth." "Why didn't you tell me before?" "You said yourself that you don't wish to know anything about my past!" "That is why I didn't say." "Besides, what else could I do, you gave me a new life... and till date, I lived with the hope that... if not me, he should atleast accept his son!" " Your son?" "!" " Yes." "Like his unfortunate mother, he too Iongs for his father's love!" " Where does he live?" " Here, in Delhi." "He lives close by but yet, he is so much away!" "It's such a small world... but, the distance between two people are so vast... they are so deadly and intense!" "Well done, Chalia!" "You keep it till then and when you meet her, you give it to her." "Are you leaving without meeting Chalia?" "He saved you from dying, gave you a new life... did everything to make you happy... but, never tried to take advantage of your helpless situation." "You may not love him... and he does not deserve your love... but before leaving, atleast thank him for the favors he has done!" "Doesn't he deserve even this?" "I will take Sakina's revenge from any woman!" "You will take revenge from a woman?" "Khan, I am yet alive!" "Brother!" " Sister!" " Take this, Khan!" " No!" "Don't kill my brother, I plead to you!" " Khan is your brother?" "!" " Yes!" "He is the one who endangered his own life and gave me refuge." "I can never forget the good things he has done for me!" "Sister, pierce this knife in my eyes... these eyes have cast an evil eyes on you." "And Chalia, you come ahead and cut off my hands." "These hands were going to harm a helpless woman!" "You are going, Khan?" "Won't you avenge for Sakina?" "Khan is dead, Chalia!" "Khan died the day... he thought of avenging for one sister from another sister." "You have not found anything about Sakina?" "No but now I am sure that... nobody else but a bad brother like me must have abducted Sakina..." "I just pray to God that... he should pardon my sin!" "May God bless you!" "Chalia, take care of my sister." "Hey, blind man!" "Can't you see?" "Ice cream!" "Father!" "It was because of me that Sakina was abducted." "Father, forgive me, don't leave me and go, I will stay with you." "Don't leave me, father!" "Father, I am sorry, I will never stone anyone again!" "Anwar, come on, it's time for our class." "Father, I will never stone anyone again!" "please sit here." "Sit here...don't go anywhere, I will be right back!" "For my sake, father..." "don't go anywhere!" "It was because of me that Sakina went away!" "It was because of me..." "Khan, you are here?" "I was looking for you everywhere..." "look, your wallet had fallen down... and there is a permit in this, your permit to come to this country." "Your permit expires today, you will have to leave for Pakistan!" " Where is Pakistan?" " Pakistan is the country not in Hindustan!" " And where is Hindustan?" " Let it be where it is." "You come with me, Iet me board you in the train." " Where is my father?" " What are you talking about?" " You mean that crazy Pathan?" " Yes, he is my father." " He left." " Where?" "To the railway station." "I am also not a very good human being... but, I promise you." " Good bye, Chalia!" " Good bye." "Father!" "Father!" " Father!" " Hey!" "Whose kid is he?" "Father!" "Leave me, I want to go with my father." "Are you blind, kid?" "What if you would fall under the train?" " Father!" " Where is your father?" "He went in the train, leave me, I want to go to him!" " Father!" " Don't you have a mother?" "I have but, she has left me." "Leave me, I want to go to my father!" "Listen, where do you live?" "I study in Young Boy's school." "Leave me, I want to go to my father!" "Are you going to Pakistan?" "Do me a favor, someone's daughter is with me since many years..." "I have treated her like my own daughter..." "I am growing old, if I don't hand her over to her family now... then how will I face God?" "You can help me!" "Yes, this girl's brother is in Pakistan... just unite her with her brother... you will earn good deeds." "Come here, child." "Brother Khan!" "Don't you recognize me?" "I am Sakina." "I have lost my Sakina." "It's because of me that Sakina has gone away!" "Sakina is in front of you, brother!" " Does this child study here?" " Yes." " Where did you find him?" " At the station." "He was trying to board a running train." "Doesn't he have parents who can take care of him?" "What if he would fall under the train?" "Son, you please go out." "Thank you very much for saving the life of this child." " Who is this boy?" " He is a very ill fated boy." "His mother has left him and his father is not willing to accept him." "Do you know who is his father?" "Yes, he teaches in my school." "He has never admitted it himself but, I can read his eyes." "I know that Keval is Anwar's father." " And his mother?" " The poor lady came here after five years." "But, her parents refused to recognize her." "Her husband spurned her... the society vents out their frustration on such innocent women... or on such small children." "I have tried several times to make Keval understand." "You have tried several times now once, Iet me try!" "And I will use my method!" "Who are you?" ".." "Where are you going inside?" "I want to know who are you?" "I have many names, call me whatever you Iike." "And if you wish, you can call me Chalia too!" "Why have you come here and why did you get him along?" "I have come to meet you, to hug you... to kiss your hand that is why, I got him along." "He must have also never seen a brave man like you." "I don't understand what you are trying to say." "I mean it, I have seen many brave men..." "I've seen courageous men and macho too... but, I have never seen a brave man like you!" "When there was a fight between Hindustan and Pakistan... millions of people were displaced from their homes... thousands of children were orphaned... thousands of women lost their husbands... both the religions were at a loss." "You are a brave man who is avenging that incident from a small child!" "You want to avenge the enmity of two religions from this child?" "And that too from a kid who is your own son?" "What is the proof that he is my son?" "Proof?" " What have you kept here?" " It's an idol of God." "Do you have proof that He is God?" "My heart believes that He is God!" "Okay, Iet me ask your heart, whose photograph is that?" "He is my father." "What proof do you have that he is your father... and you are his son?" "You still want a proof?" "Come with me!" "Look into his eyes,keep a hand on your heart and say he's not your son!" "He has the same features, the same eyes... and one day, I had spurned him." "My son!" "Come close to me, Iet me look at you at my heart's content!" " Okay, I will go now." " Where?" "Where I stay." " Anwar, now you stay with me." " But..." "Yes son, stay with me, I will take you to the Dashera fair." "There, we will buy lot of things for you... good shoes and a Iot more." "A father has met his estranged son... and the son has united with his father... the husband should find his lost wife... and the wife should get back her happiness and family... but, what will I get in return?" "I?" "." "I will attain peace." "How will you feel when Shanti goes away?" "Well done Chalia, is this why you came to Delhi from Amritsar?" "And in Delhi I lost my heart to a married woman... never mind." "Get ready quickly, we are going to see the Dashera fair." "What will I do in the fair?" "Why don't you want to go?" "Don't you know it's 'Vijay Dashmi' today?" " Which one do you Iike?" " I don't want." "Why?" "What's the problem?" "Look, what's written there, Shanti ornament shop." "Besides, bangles are worn by all married women." "Show me your hand." "Hey!" "How to put them on?" "Everyone here, listen to the story of a hapless woman" "you must have heard several stories but..." "listen to the tale I narrate" "Even today Sita cries in my country..." "I have seen Ram and Sita of this age" "Teacher..." "Father!" "The one you have heard about, I have seen her..." "O brothers and sisters of my country, I have a new grievance" "She is the helpless, mother and a wife, whom everyone can see" "She pleads for her lost love from her angry husband" " There was a kid here, where is he?" " He has gone." "Everyone has seen His marvels but, nobody knows what she endured... her love is here, beloved is here but, he refuses to acknowledge her" "Go ahead O my friend, you are the only man in her life" "Tear open her heart, you will find your name etched on it" "Even today Sita cries in my country..." "I have seen Ram and Sita of today's age" "Even today Sita cries in my country..." "I have seen Ram and Sita of today's age" "She is the sister of a brother who is upset with her... she is the mother of a son who is separated from her" "If the father abandons his daughter, where will she go?" "Mother recognizes her daughter but cannot admit it" "Even today Sita cries in my country..." "I have seen Ram and Sita of today's age" "Why you cannot trust her, is her love not true?" "Answer me, are her tears fake?" "If her grief is fake then this world is also phony" "Mother!" "Mother, help me!" "Mother, help me!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Mother!" " Anwar, my son!" " This lady is standing too close!" " Mother, will you ever leave me and go?" " I will never!" "Shanti, along with this Ravan, my doubts have also burned today!" "Let's go." " Mother!" " Shanti, my child." "Child!"