"JAB JAB PHOOL KHILE" "I'm glad your education takes care of our responsility." "How did you find Kishore?" "Kishore... aunty's son?" "Yes." "The son of my partner the late Kishanchand." "He handles the business in Darjeeling." "Do you approve of him?" " Approve of him?" ""If it is marriage you are talking about, no way!"" "I've yet to decide if I will marry at all!" "I haven't yet thought of what I will do with my life!" ""After the experience of America, I want to go away to a place... "" "where I can escape the noise and din!" ""A place that is peaceful, quiet and comfortable. "" "Which place must I visit?" " To Kashmir." "Wonderful!" "I'd thought of Darjeeling." "But Kashmir would be better." ""Are you already sick of me?" " You will join me, too. "" "I can't leave the city for a minute!" "Ask your Mom instead." "My women's conferences..." "I can't even take a massage!" "I'm getting fat..." "and your dad hates it." ""Eat less, Mom!" " Shut up!"" "Will I go all by myself, Daddy?"" ""No, dear." "Stella will join you." "When do you want to leave?"" ""Any day, dad." " In that case... "" "I'll book a house-boat for you immediately." ""Excuse me, madam..." "... "God forgive"!"" "Where the hell is he?" ""Allah Baksh!" " Yes, sir?"" "God is kind to you!" "You have a guest from Mumbai." "Do you like this house-boat?" "Very much." "But this one..." "not that." "Have my lugagge kept in that houseboat." "It belongs to the crazy Raja!" "He will not rent it out!" "Do as I say." "But I've got to ask him first." ""You've got it made, Raja!" "My lucky boy!"" "There's a guest from Bombay who's flipped for your houseboat!" "It's not available." "Go look for another one." "Won't you let it out then?" " No!" "The madman!" "The houseboat is already booked for someone." "But no one has still arrived..." " No." "Not yet." "Tell him that I'm willing to pay him more money." "I'll have to ask again." "Lucky boy!" "Let's have a deal!" "She'll pay you more money!" ""Once I give my word, money is of no consequence. "" "It's not available..." "it's already booked." "God!" "He's crazy!" ""Accept the offer, brother. "" "The guests were to arrive the day-before and still haven't." "So?" "Just shut up!" "Crazy chap!" "He says he does not hanker after money!" "Where is he?" "Take me to him." ""Don't harass me, manager!" "Else I'll throw you in the seas. "" ""Brother...!" " Stop scaring me, sis!"" ""It's my houseboat." "I will not let it out, if I don't wish to. "" "My God!" ""What's the rent of the houseboat?" " Just 500 Rupees, madam. "" "I'm willing to pay you 600 Rupees." "Will 700 be all right?" "800?" "How much do you want?" "!" "500 Rupees, madam. "" "What?" "!" " Yes." "Just 500 Rupees." "Let me show you the houseboat." "Please come with me." ""Stay here, manager." "I'll be back soon. "" ""Strange man!" "If you wanted just 500, why did you refuse me?"" "It's not a question of money;" "it's principles." "The houseboat was booked by two guys from South Africa." "So?" " They didn't turn up... and I let it out to you." "Please come..." "This is the drawing room." "And this is the library..." ""with authors like Tagore, Shakespeare and Munshi Premchand. "" "And that's my audio collection with albums by..." ""Mohammad Rafi, Saigal and Mr Lata Mangeshkar. "" ""There are foreign albums, too." "Including Elvis Presley. "" ""You're surprised, aren't you?" "Yes." "I'm not educated. "" "But I hear and use information I get from educated guests." ""This is the dining room..." "it's nice, isn't it?"" "And this is the bedroom... with Kashmir silk bedsheets and a matress by Dunlop tyres." "Dunlop tyres?" "!" " Yes." "Take a look." "You mean the Dunlop pillow!" "It's beautiful." " Thank you." "I'll go and get your luggage." " It's already here." ""Should you need anything, you will find me in my cottage." "Bye. "" "Greetings, sir!"" "So you've arrived!" " Yes..." ""Did you receive our letter?" " I did, but since... "" ""you didn't turn up, I gave away the boathouse to someone else. "" ""What for?" " You're late by two days, sir. "" "We were late by 12 days last year!" "It was different then." "I've let it out this year." ""You must have let it out to a girl then, right?"" ""Yes." " She's beautiful, isn't she?"" ""Yes." " And young, too?"" "Now look!" "A guest is dearer than my life!" "I'd rather die than hear anything rude against my guest!" ""Try another houseboat, sir..." "Allah Baksh has a nice one. "" "Take off that sign and take our luggage inside." ""I hope you consider your guests dearer than your life, too. "" "Of course, sir. "" ""Don't let anyone badmouth us, okay?"" ""Certainly, sir." " Now get out stuff. "" "Boss!" "There are two of them!" "D'you see what I see?" "Retreat!" "Let's retreat!" ""Call me quickly, madam... "" "Brother!" "Have you gone mad?" "Yes!" "Go and tell the police." "Not the police." "I'll tell the lady." ""Not a word to her, okay?" " Here I go... "" "Now wait..." "I'll dump you in the waters!" "How could I do that to you?" "You are my darling sister!" "Your mom asked you to write a letter everyday." ""Write one to Mr Kishore, too." " What for?"" "You promised him at the airport." "Dear Kishore...?" "No." "How did you address your boyfriend in your first letter?" ""I haven't yet got the chance to do that, missy!"" ""But you can call him "darling"..." "... No?"" "How about sweet-heart?" " Oh no!" "Stop it!" " Why?" "You're disturbing my mistress!" " What is that?" "It's disturbing her..." "she doesn't like it!" "Doesn't like it?" "Big deal!" "I've let out the houseboat!" "Not myself!" "I will sing and do as I please!" "Won't you stop?" "I'll tell her that you have refused!" "It's okay!" "We'll find another houseboat... just you wait!" ""You're scared, aren't you?" " I'm not scared of anyone!"" "I'll go and play the music anywhere I please!" "He's a nut!" "You didn't stop singing even after Stella told you to!" "I've stopped it now..." "Am I an awful singer?" "I have nothing to do with that." "I just want you to stop." "Why?" " I was writing a letter..." "I don't want you to sing when I'm writing!" "I get it!" "I'll never make such a mistake again!" "I will sing only after you have finished writing!" ""May I ask you something, madam?" " What is it?"" ""Do I sing well?" " Oh, shut up!"" "Wonderful!" ""Wake up, madam!" "Good morning!"" "What are you doing in my bedroom?" "!" ""I bring fresh flowers every morning, madam." "Take a look... "" ""All right." "In future, always come after I've woken up. "" "And knock before you enter." "Okay?" "Okay." "I must sing only after you have finished writing." "And I must bring flowers after you've awoken." "All right!" "That's it then..." "I will leave now." ""Didn't you like my brother's song, madam?"" "He sings pretty well." "Then why didn't you give him a tip?" ""That's the custom here, madam. "" ""When you like something, you must always tip him. "" "Ask Stella to get me some tea and I will tip your brother." "What is it?" ""Mail this letter for me, Raja. "" "And listen?" "What do you want me to get?" " It's a tip for you." "It's because you sing well." ""Take it..." "Go on." " Thank you, madam. "" "Wait...!" "Where are you off to?" "I'm going to say a hello to the neighbours." "I will say hello to them!" " And what will I do?" ""Go inside and read the papers!" " No way, boss!" "I will join you!"" ""In that case, d'you know what I will do?"" "I will sack all your family members who are in my employ!" "Sure." "Do that." "But do remember the secret I've got to know!" "Jhunjhun!" "You're more of a friend than a secretary!" ""You can join me on a condition." " Name it, boss!"" "You must woo the maid and I will pursue the mistress!" ""Let me carry the flowers." " But that's mine, boss!"" ""Buy another!" " I'm broke, boss!"" "Good morning!" " Good morning!" "Whom do you wish to see?" " I wish to see you... and my secretary will meet with your maid." "I have no maid..." "I'm myself the maid." ""In that case, my secretary wishes to see you!"" "And I will meet your mistress!" ""Look at me, lady..." "I'm a man, too. "" "All right." "What is it?" " I just came to say hello..." "I'm your neighbour and I believe the Lord's message..." ""Love thy neighbour, if you love me. "" "But what brings you here?" "I'm here to profess my love for you." "Shut up!" "I have heard not a word of what you say in rage!" "Just get out..." " Please hear me out." ""Get out, I say!" " Very well. "" "Throw me out of the house..." "but I'm already in your heart." "I'll hand you over to the police!" " No sweat!" "I'll fix them!" ""No, Raja...!"" "Where are you off to?" " To the other hillock." "Won't you sing here today?" "I will never sing here again." " Why?" "Scared of the lady?" "I'm not scared." "It's just that the lady gives me a tip... when I sing and that breaks my heart!" "Wow!" "Give someone a 50 paise tip and he's thrilled!" "The lady gave you 10 Rupees and it still breaks your heart?" "Yes!" "It's my heart!" "What is it to you?" "You're crazy!" "You?" "!" "What the hell are you doing here?" "!" "I've been hearing you sing!" "You sing very well!" "Here's your tip!" "You tip me?" "!" "Aren't you ashamed to equate yourself with me?" "Why should I be ashamed?" ""You tipped me, when I sang well." "I tip you, when you sing well. "" ""Get out!" "Get out, I say!"" ""It's you!" " Yes, madam. "" "I will come with the flowers everyday." "Not my brother." "Why not?" " He's scared of you." "Why must a tall and strong man like him be scared of me?" "That's his problem." "I don't know." "All right." "Ask him to see me." " Very well." "Good-bye." "Brother..." "The lady has sent for you." "Really?" "Why does she send for me?" "That's her problem." "I don't know." "Was she angry?" " She was asleep." "Must I go then?" " Sure." "Go ahead." "Must I really?" " Go on!" "Serious... must I go?" " You're crazy!" "All right." "I'll go over." ""Good morning, madam..." " Good morning. "" "Did you send for me?" "Yes." "Why didn't you come with the flowers today?" "Just like that." " You're scared of me then." ""Not true, madam." "I'm scared of no one, but God. "" "But your sister said you're scared of me." ""No wonder." "You're like God, too." " What!"" "There's God in all of us, madam!"" "Chatterbox!" "Mail this letter for me." "May I ask you something?" " What is it?" "Whom do you write to everyday?" "To my people... my friends." "Why did you ask?" "Just like that." "Who could you have in your family?" ""There's my Mom, my Dad, a younger brother... "" ""And?" " The usual servants, too. "" "May I come to the point now?" "Your tea is ready, miss. "" "Haven't you still come to the point?" "No... what do you write to them?" "Don't you know what one writes in letters?" "I'm like the fish in a pond which dies where it is born." ""Besides, what and whom would I write to anyway?"" "You know I'm not educated." "Won't you write to your wife... should she happen to go away someplace from you?" "My wife will always be with me;" "I won't let her go anywhere!" "You're mad!" " You're right!" ""My father was mad, too." " What?" "!"" "It's true." "He was an educated officer." ""He came here on an excursion, fell in love with my mother... "" "quit his job and married my mother." "Your mother?" " Yes." "I was born later!" "I had a baby-sister later." "They loved each other very much." "They once went fishing on a fateful stormy day... and drowned in the waters." "But they were madly in love with each other." "Even their bodies were found holding each other's hand!" ""That's my dream, too. "" "I want to die with my hand in hers." ""Who is "her"?" " My wife, of course. "" ""Are you married then?" " No!" "I'm unmarried, too. "" "Very well." "Go and mail the letter now." ""Well... forgive me if I've said something wrong, madam. "" "Madam..." " Yes?" ""I've made up my mind to study, madam. "" "That's a good thing." "You can start going to school." ""No!" "Not the school!" "You must teach me, madam. "" "I?" " Yes!" ""I'd feel shy going to school, with tiny tots!"" ""But there are night schools for grown-ups, too. "" "Where the old would feel shy to study with me!" ""Do you know the alphabets?" " No, madam. "" "I'm not interested in English;" "I'd rather learn Arabic." "I don't know that." " I'll learn Hindi then." "All right." "Sit down." ""Sit on the chair." " No, madam!"" "The student sits on the floor and the teacher sits on the chair." "A... "Aa"... "" "E... "Ee"... "" "Look at the slate!" ""All right, miss. "" ""Would you mind it if I say something, miss?"" "You're taking a lot of interest in Raja... you're even teaching him now." "He's a very nice boy;" "decent and simple." ""What's wrong if he studies something, with my interest?"" ""I like it, too, madam!" "I'll tell him right now. "" "Man... woman and a child." ""It's all wrong in here, madam!" " How's that?"" "Man and woman are all right." "But this child-stuff is wrong!" ""It's okay." " No, it's not!"" "It ought to be like this." "Man and woman marry..." "after which the child arrives!" "You always misbehave!" "Don't you know what to say to a girl?" ""I'm sorry, madam." "But I've never spoken to a girl before. "" "How would I..." " You're a bore!" "Tell me what I am to say to girls." "I'll do just as you say." ""You ought to learn some manners." " What is that, madam?"" ""There's a proper way of doing things." "Of talking, dressing... "" ""Anything else, madam?" " My foot!" "Go away now. "" "Good-bye, madam. "" "Measured steps..." "like the gentlemen!" "Raja!" "Where to?" "Why aren't you talking to us?" " I will not talk no nonsense!" "Madam!" "What's gotten into you?" "It's you something has gotten into!" "Me?" "I'm fine." "Didn't you say there's a proper of doing everything?" "I will follow the rules now." ""I will talk properly, walk properly and dress properly too. "" ""No." "You don't need to do all this, Raja. "" "You're good as you are." "Very good." "Am I really good as I am?" "Yes." "You're original and natural like a rose." ""Not anymore praise, madam!" "I'll take off these clothes!"" ""Not here, Raja!" "Do it in your room. "" ""I'm sorry, madam." "I will never wear this dress again!"" "Raja!" "Where are you?" "There's a wire for your guest." " Awire?" "Is everything okay?" "Check out the contents... but let's have your thumb-impression." ""You've learnt to write, have you?" "Who taught you?"" "There's a wire for you, madam. "" "What's wrong?" "I must rush!" "Dad has met with an accident!" ""Get a taxi, Raja." " Very well, madam. "" "Dad has met with an accident." "I must leave immediately." "Go with Raja and arrange for the tickets." ""Since I can write letters now, madam... "" "May I write to you?" "All right." " Will you reply to me?" "Yes." "I will." "Don't worry." "Your father will be fine." "And you must visit Kashmir again during the next season." ""You will, won't you?" " How can I say that now?"" ""You must come, madam." "And you must stay in my houseboat. "" ""I will wait for you, without letting it out to anyone. "" ""You will come then, won't you?"" ""Okay." "I will." " Thank you, madam!"" "I remember... just a minute." "Please don't go away." "Madam!" "I've brought a gift for you." ""Thank you so much, Raja. "" ""Good-bye, madam. "" ""Do you know what saved me, dear?" " A minor accident." "That's what. "" "Not true." "God wanted to fulfill my last wish." "You must've decided what you want to do with your life." "I mean..." " I know what you're getting at." "But I didn't even think of marriage in Kashmir." "Neither did I..." " What makes you smile?" "There was this silly boy there who always spoke of marriage." "Whose son is he?" " I don't know." "Did you like him?" "He was a poor man!" "There's a letter for you from Kashmir." "It could be his." "Whose letter is it?" " It's from the houseboat." "We forgot to pay him in a hurry." "This must be in that connection." ""Please have 500 Rupees sent to him, daddy. "" "May I leave now?" " Weren't we discussing something?" ""The doctor has advised you rest, daddy. "" ""My salutations, madam"" ""It's just 4 days since you have left... "" ""but it feels as if it were 4 years"" ""I pray for your father's long-life every morning"" "Stella!" "There's a letter from Raja." " Really?" "What does he say?" "He has asked about Dad's health." "Now there's a sweet chap." ""We forgot to pay you the rent in a hurry"" ""You will get it in a day or two"" "She thinks I've written to her for the money!" "What else did you write to her for?" ""I will surely visit Srinagar during the next season... "" ""and stay at your houseboat with Stella"" ""You may convey that to the neighbours"" ""Right away, madam!" "I'll do it right now!"" ""Hey, guys...!" " What a nut!"" "Listen, guys... "" "Madam and Stella will be coming over next season!" ""Stella, too?" "Have you received a letter?"" "Yes." "Madam has written to me!" "She'll be here next season!" "A letter pleases him so much!" "What happens if the lady arrives?" ""Will you eat today or won't you?" "... actually, you'd better not. "" "Why?" " It's good to know how to starve." "Because we will soon have neither rice nor money." ""Listen to me, brother!" "Let out the houseboat!"" "No." "I had promised madam that I'd wait for her." "For how long?" "We have lost half the season already." "Are we going to starve if she doesn't turn up?" "Don't worry." "I'll find a job to feed you." "But I will not give my houseboat to anyone else." "He was crazy last year..." "he's crazier this season!" "Kishore has written to say that he will join you in Kashmir." "But why do you want to send him with me?" ""Your mother and I want you both to get married, dear. "" "It will strengthen the friendship of our families." "But I don't want to force it on you." "Spend a few days with him." ""If you approve of Kishore, our wish will be fulfilled, too. "" "But I don't think..." " You haven't met him." ""He's a very good boy." " Okay, if that is what you wish. "" "Gentleman!" "Whom are you looking for?" "There was a houseboat here by the name of Gulistan..." ""It's still around." "Only thing is, it's now called "Madam"!"" "Thank you." " You're welcome!" ""Raja..." " Yes, sir?"" ""The houseboat..." " is not to be rented out, sir. "" "We booked it a year in advance!" " No." "It must've been another one." "This houseboat belongs to madam." " Madam?" "Who's that?" "Miss Rita." "From Bombay." "I see." "That's whom I represent." "Do you represent her?" " Of course." "Hasn't she come then?" " She will arrive tomorrow." "Show me around the houseboat." "Come on... it's Rita who has sent me." "This is the dining room... and that is madam's bedroom." "You can sleep in that room." ""I will sleep here tonight..." "I'll shift out tomorrow, I say!"" ""Set my bag down here." " Very well, sir. "" ""Call me over, if you need me." "You'll find me in my room. "" "Madam always thought I was an inquisitive man." "But I can't help it..." "can I ask you a question." "What is it?" " Are you the lady's father?" "What nonsense!" "Do I look like Rita's father?" "!" "You must be her brother then." " I am not Rita's brother!" "You're a servant!" " Don't you talk nonsense with me!" "I'm her fiance.." " What are you?" "I'm her fiance..." "We're getting married very soon." ""I have no cook with me." "Do send me some tea, Raja. "" ""Good-day, sir. "" "What do you think of my choice?" " It's beautiful." ""Write a letter to your dad, miss..." " Insolent rascal!"" "Your father is?" "!" " No." "Raja." "He begged me to stay at this place." "And now that I'm here..." ""When he sings today, I will tell him that he's a nuisance!"" "And what if he doesn't sing?" " So?" "!" "You may leave!" "Good night." " Good night." "Where's the little girl..." "Yes madam." "How are you?" " There's nothing wrong with me." "Where is Raja?" " He's away in the mountains." "What for?" " His business..." "I don't know." "Can you show me the mountains?" " Certainly." "Come along." ""He's on that mountain out there, madam. "" "Raja..." " Madam?" "What's wrong?" "You were neither at the airport nor at your houseboat to greet me!" "I didn't consider it proper, madam. "" "But you'd greet me a hundred times a day earlier!" ""It was different then." "But now, out there... "" "What is it?" "Tell me!" ""You will lie again, even if I ask you something. "" ""Why must I lie to you?" "!" " You did, madam. "" ""You said you had dad, mom and a younger brother... "" "you didn't say a word about your fiance." "My fiance?" "Who's that?" " Mr Kishore." "What's so funny?" " He's played a joke on you!" "Do city-folk crack such jokes?" "!" ""It's his habit, you know!"" "But I'm not used to such sickjokes!" "Who is he anyway?" "He's a friend dad wants me to know very well." "What for?" ""So I can agree to marry him, if I get to like him. "" "Is marriage left to your choice then?" "Of course!" "May I ask you something?" "Yes!" "Do you like Mr Kishore?" "Meet my husband." "You will know." ""I will, of course!"" ""You want to go to the houseboat in my "Shikara", right?"" "Please come along..." "Give me the flowers." "I'll set them in the vase." "Why didn't you get the Nargis?" " I'd have to go far for that." "I don't feel like leaving madam." " What?" "!" ""That's the name of my houseboat, sir!"" ""You may leave." " Very well, sir. "" "I want the shikara here at 9.30." "I will take the lady out." ""We want to see Mr Kishore." " By all means, sir. "" "Raja!" "Where's the tea?" "... here it is!" "A visit to Kashmir without Amarnath... is like going to Hardwar and not taking the holy dip!" "You must go there." "Who's going there?" "Rita and I." " Really?" "Please sit down." ""Take Stella along, too." "She can look after Rita in the cold. "" "Won't you have some tea?" " No thank you." "This tea is just great!" ""We love everything about this houseboat, except its owner!"" "Why is that?" " We once came to say hello..." ""to Rita, and had to escape through the waters!"" ""He's jealous of us!" "Doesn't he envy you, too?"" "What's wrong?" " It's only a burp..." "Go ahead." "As I said..." " What's wrong?" "We've taken some great pictures." "I'll get them in a minute!" ""I'll go and get the album..." " No, boss!" "Let me get it!"" "It's okay." "You can show it to me later." "No way." "You must see it today!" " What am I paid for?" "!" "I'll go and get it." "Are you going to fetch the same album as I want to?" ""Obviously, boss." "I'm in a bad way. "" "Let's go!" "Watch out...!" ""Why not take Stella along, too?" " Yes." "And Raja, too."" "What do we need Raja for?" ""We're strangers here, Kishore." "Raja knows the place very well."" "Don't you want him to accompany us?" "It makes no difference to me." ""Well, okay." "Let's go."" ""Careful, madam..." "sit here."" "Why?" " I'll sit down there." "Come on." "Please wear this for me." "It belongs to the mistress." "She will scold me." "She has left and won't be back before long." "Wear it.." "Go on." "Good girls are not stubborn!" "I can't wear it..." "Please wear it... just once!" " All right." "Sit down there." "Good Lord!" "I forgot to carry my purse!" ""Would you have some money on you, Kishore?"" "Not much." ""Turn around towards the houseboat, Raja."" ""Very well, madam."" "God!" "I was born in a poor family." "But I wish I marry a very rich man." "So I can afford such a beautiful dress." "Right?" "Yes." "You look great in it." ""You dare wear my dress!" " I made a mistake, miss.."" ""Mistake, my foot!" "How dare you do such a thing?" "!"" ""The girl insisted, miss..." " Will you jump in the well..."" "if she asks you to?" "You are a bloody thief!" ""I'm not a thief, miss." "I'll have it dry-cleaned for you..."" "D'you think I'd wear something you have already worn?" "!" "Don't you dare put it in my clothes!" "Throw it away!" "How much more do we travel?" "I'm exhausted." "You were the one who was keen on coming here." "When I didn't like it here as a kid... my grandpa used to tell me a very nice story." "But my grandpa isn't here." " So what?" "The story is." "Which story is that?" " Of the love-birds." ""Remain here, all of you!" "I'll get the horses!"" "Madam!" "Where are you?" "Raja!" ""Where are you, madam?" "!"" ""D'you have some milk, Stella?" " Let me check."" "How is Rita now?" " She'll regain consciousness soon." "Have this medicine and give some to Rita." "You'll be fine!" ""This is no time for romance, Kishore!" "We need a doctor!"" "Call a doctor from the neihbouring village." "Go on!" "I'll help Stella heat the milk." " Go with Kishore!" ""Where's the milk, Stella?" " There is none."" "Fetch some from the village." " How will I go there all alone?" "!" ""No?" "Come here, and don't worry."" "Let's lock arms like this..." "and let's get going." "Hail Lord Shiva!" "Hail Goddess Kali of Calcutta!" "May Your promise hold true!" "Holy sir... may we heat our milk on the fire?" "" Go ahead, son."" "Is someone ill?" " My mistress fell in the storm!" ""That's all right!" "People fall in esteem, once the secret is out!"" "" Is the milk already hot, Stella?"" ""What's worrying you, son?" "Do you have a secret, too?"" "Not at all." "I'm a straight-forward man." "Indeed!" "You're as straight as a circle!" "But are you not deceiving these poor innocent women?" "What does he mean?" " I don't know." ""But I know it." "I speak of the guilt, deep within!"" "That sounds like English!" " I speak every langauge!" ""Hindi, Urdu, Chinese..."" ""His secretary knows all the langauges, too."" ""The secretary?" "!" "Now, there's the man with a golden heart!"" ""Dump this rascal, lady...!" "And go unto him!"" ""Nonsense, holy sir!" "He's a cheat!" "He deceived me in disguise!"" "Not true!" "He did not deceive you!" "He fell in love with you!" "He could still be here in disguise!" ""You must recognise him, dear!" "Recognise the man!"" ""With your arms around his neck, say, ""I love you, Jhunjhunwala"" !"" "How can I say that?" " Indeed you must!" ""I can't live without you, Stella!" "I love you very much!"" "Real swines these ascetics are!" ""This is no ascetic, Stella!" "Here is a great man..."" "Fraud!" "Cheat!" "Please!" "I have loved you!" "Sack him now!" "Immediately!" "Indeed!" "This instant!" " Sack me and I will..." ""Well, I can't fire him..." "You don't understand!"" ""He'll freeze in this weather, if I fire him right away!"" "I'll fire him once we're in the city." "Let's go..." "See those pigeons...?" " Yes." "They're immortal." "Really?" "Don't they die in the biting cold?" "When Lord Shiva narrated the Amar Katha to Goddess Parvati... the pigeons eavesdropped on them and thus became immortal." "Do you believe in all that?" " I have great faith in God." "I prayed here last year and I got whatever I sought!" ""And what did you seek?" " I mustn't reveal that, madam."" ""You will get whatever you seek, too." "Pray for it, madam!"" "If your wish is going to be fulfilled you will find two drops of water on your face." "And nothing if not." ""Pray to God, sir..." "Make a wish!"" "I'm here sight-seeing." "Not to pray." ""You make a wish, madam." " God has given me everything."" "Very well then." "I'll make a wish." ""You fulfilled my wish that the lady visits us again, Lord."" "I now wish madam would never leave me again." ""What happened, Raja?"" ""I made a wish, madam..." "and God gave me tears!"" ""In that case, I will pray to God on your behalf, Raja."" "You have saved my life." "I will pray for you." "Lord!" "Please fulfill Raja's wish." ""You will get what you have asked for, Raja!"" ""Will I?" "!" "Oh, Madam...!"" "I think we must leave." " Let's go." ""I hate the insulting manner in which you behave, Rita!"" "When have I insulted you?" "Isn't it an insult when you flirt with Raja?" "!" "I hate the way in which you mingle with these poor people!" "Why don't you like it?" " Because you have come with me..." "It's you who has come with me!" "And I will do as I like!" "" Thank God, the bore is asleep!"" "Where are you off to?" " Didn't we plan on Char Chinna?" ""Yes, we did." "But I'm not feeling like it."" "Raja!" "Take Kishore along to see the Char Chinna." ""I'd rather not go, too." "I'm not feeling very well either."" "Let me see..." "You're running a high fever!" "Come along and rest..." "I'll call the doctor." ""I'm okay, Rita..." "listen!" " Not at all." "Come along!"" "Lie down here!" "I'll call the doctor!" ""I don't need a doctor, Rita!" " I know better!" "Just lie down!"" ""Let's go, Raja." " To the doctor, madam?"" ""No." "Let's go to Char Chinna!" " Very well, madam!"" ""I didn't know you even lie sometimes, madam."" ""You talk too much, Raja!"" ""Yes, I do." "But I speak the truth."" "How about a race?" " It's on!" ""I can handle them on my own, ma'am!" " No." "I willjoin you, too."" ""We are close now, madam." " To whom?"" "To the Char Chinar." "Beautiful..." " What is?" "this Kashmir of yours." "...isn't it?" "It is." "It is more beautiful from the place I watch it." "Where is that from?" "Let me also try it." ""No, madam." "You can't." " Why not?"" "Because the place I watch it from..." "I see only you in my Kashmir." "My Kashmir looks even more beautiful with you in it." ""Didn't you like what I said?" " You're crazy, Raja!"" ""Yes!" "I was crazy earlier, too." "But I'm crazier now!"" "Raja!" "You having been crossing all limits!" "But I have done nothing that the lady does not approve of..." ""Shut up... and you shut up, too!" "I won't tolerate such behaviour!"" "Come along..." "I said nothing when you hit me!" ""But I will break your hand, if you touch her!"" "Don't compel me..." "Let's go...!" "To hell with him!" "Insolent rascal!" "How dare he throw you to the ground!" ""Had you not stopped me, I'd have killed him!"" "Doesn't he know that I love you?" "Yes!" "I love you with all my heart!" "I know you still don't love me... but you will one day love me more than myself!" "." "I will marry you then!" "You will live with me in the cottage." "I will never let you meet these city types!" ""I will change your name, too!" "I will call you Rajju."" ""It's true!" "I'm speaking the truth, madam..."" ""Relax, sir." "We don't hit the dead."" ""I came to take you back, because madam told me to."" "Let's go." ""At Kishore's behest, you are..." " That's what brought me here!"" ""Had he not wired me, God knows what you would have done!"" "What would I have done?" "What did I do anyway?" "What does that man mean to you with whom you go out all alone?" "What does Kishore mean to me that you've sent me here with him?" ""You might marry Kishore someday." " I might marry that man, too!"" "Shut up!" "And come with me!" "Brother!" "Where were you?" "And what's happened to you?" "Why's there no one in the houseboat?" "Where's madam?" "She has left." " Where has she gone?" "The lady's father slapped her and took her away to Mumbai." "Slapped her and took her away?" "This is Kishore's doing!" "Do they think I can't get to Mumbai?" "Are you going to Mumbai then?" " I can anywhere for madam!" "My sister told me that your father slapped you and took you away!" ""I could break his hand, if you say so, madam!"" "Good!" "How can the hero see his heroine being slapped?" "Shut up!" "And get out!" ""This is the yokel you wish to wed!" " Yes, daddy."" "But why?" " Because he loves me." ""But do you love him, too?" " Yes, I do."" ""And not Kishore, whom you want me to marry."" "I've already finalised it!" " Against my wishes?" "You know I have done nothing against my wishes!" "I will not marry Kishore!" "Tell her that I will get her married..." ""to a two-penny, uneducated and ignorant rustic!"" ""Tell him, too, that his daughter is educated and progressive."" "She will not marry anyone against her wishes!" ""Please don't go to the city, brother."" "How won't I?" "She has written to me to come over." "But would you or madam be able to achieve there?" "On your own?" "Pitted against all of them?" "She will not be alone." "I will support her." "And don't worry." "I'll write a letter to you everyday." "All right." "Do as you wish." "May God with you." "Where d'you think you're going?" " Does Miss Rita stay here?" "Why do you ask?" " I want to meet her." ""Oh, get lost!"" "Tell her that Raja from Kashmir wants to see her." "She does not meet beggars!" "Go away!" "I can answer your abuse!" "But I don't hit the poor." ""Tell her that I'm here!" " She's not in, I say!"" "Then tell her father that Raja's here to meet him." "What's the name?" " Raja!" "From Kashmir!" ""You're up against me, uncle." "Let me see what you do now."" ""Someone called Raja from Kashmir wants to meet you, sir."" "Show him in." ""It's the same chap, uncle!" " I know that, Kishore."" "Don't worry." "Just watch what I do now." ""But, uncle..." " Let me work out..."" "what happens when I play this game of chess." "" Greetings, sir."" "So you are the one who threatened to break my arm!" ""Is that what brings you here?" " I was angry, sir."" "What do you want now?" ""Actually, my parents are no more." "Or they'd have done this."" "Done what?" "You know I love her very much and want to marry her." "That is what brings me here." "You wish to marry her." "What if she does not want to?" "Why won't she?" "She wrote and called me here." "What if I don't permit you to meet her?" ""Please, sir... you know, no one has ever been able to stop lovers."" "You're threatening us...!" ""Relax, Kishore!" "Wait for me in the room next-door." "Go on."" ""I have the power to stop you from meeting her, Raja."" "But I won't use my power for such a thing." "I also won't allow anyone to play with the respect of my family!" "" I will not ""play"" with it, sir."" "I want to make her the respect of my home." "And also to make my wealth and money your own!" "Womenfolk in our families are considered Goddesses of Wealth." "" If you think likewise, too..."" "then I'm certainly here to take away your wealth to my house." "There's only one wealth this one!" "Take away as much as you want!" "Take it all!" "How much more do you want?" "Please ask your father to remove this from between us." ""What's all this, daddy?"" "I wanted to see this man for whom you have revolted against me!" ""I approve of your choice." " Really, daddy?" "!"" "We'll talk later." "First take him to the guest-house." "" Go on, Raja..."" "Funny!" "You were my guest out there." "And I'm your guest out here!" ""You will see that I consider my guest to be dearer than life, too."" "Really?" "But what about Kishore?" "Daddy will deal with him." "You promised to get Rita married to me!" "You were right." "We are not up against an ordinary man." ""This game is complicating, but interesting."" ""I must see if the moves I make, do succeed."" "I talk of myself and Rita..!" " Go home." "I'll talk to you later." ""You've liked Raja, haven't you?" " Of course." "I've told you so."" "But you will have to take my advise." "Bring him to the standards we are so used to." "I'd hate to see you feel ashamed to introduce him... to your friends after your marriage." ""Teach him the manners, etiquette, and ways of our society."" ""When he has learnt all that, bring him to me..."" "I will introduce him to my circle of friends." ""Thank you, daddy!" " Not at all, dear."" "B.A.T?" " B.A.T. is bat." "C.A.T. ?" " C.A.T. is cat." "R.A.T. is rut!" " it's rat; not rut." ""It's a rut, this English and Hindi!" "I'm sick of all this!"" "Why do you want me to change?" "Didn't you say I was good as I was?" ""Pure like the waters, uncorrupted and untainted?"" "That was good in Kashmir." ""But now, you also belong here."" ""My friends and society are now yours, too."" "No!" "I don't like all this!" "I don't want any of this!" "Won't you listen to so much?" "When you say something..." "I have to obey!" ""You're a a darling, Raja!" "Let's begin again."" "" One, two, three and four..."" ""I'm tired, Raja." "Continue your practice with Tresa."" "Now look; you ask me to dress and speak like foreigners" " I do." "I even dance like them." "But I will not dance with another woman!" "It will only be with you." " Why not?" "You will be my wife; not she." "You're the limit!" "Let's get on with it." ""Notjust hello..." "you must shake hands, too."" ""You mustn'tjust hold the hand." "Press it gently, too."" "Let's do it again." "You're a brute!" " Didn't you ask me to press it?" "Not so much that you kill someone!" ""But I was gentle, madam."" ""Stop calling me ""madam"" !" "Call me Rita." "Just Rita!"" "Must I?" " Who else will?" "How can I utter your name?" "You can't marry my!" "My foot!" "You're scared witless!" "Rita!" "I can call you that!" "You can." "But do it with a little bit of love..." "Rita!" "See?" "Why?" " Because you love me." "Do you love me?" "What's wrong with you?" "I've read it!" "Stella is willing to marry you!" "So why must you sulk?" "We ought to celebrate!" "I wish I'd got that letter." "How happy would you have been?" "Shut up!" "You'd never get it!" "Only I can!" "I'm going to marry her and spend the honeymoon here in Kashmir!" ""Give me the money to go back home, boss."" "I don't want to be an obstacle anymore." "Thank you so much!" "I will make arrangements for you!" "Hey... don't cry!" " Thanks!" "I don't want this!" ""Come on, darling!"" ""Congratulations, boss!" " Where did you spring from?"" "I've got you a wedding gift!" " What's that?" "It's a present." "Where is it?" "Here you are..." "My first wife!" "You cheat!" "You ditch me and marry again!" "Who will feed the kids?" "You have cheated me!" "Bloody cheat!" "God!" "What will happen of me?" "Don't cry." "I'll marry you." " You are also a cheat!" "I swear!" "I'm still a bachelor!" " Really?" "Will you marry me?" " Of course." "Come on." "Ladies and gentlemen!" "Let me have the privilege..." ""the Chief Guest of the evening, Mr. Rajkumar."" ""Pleased to meet you, Mr Rajkumar." " Nice meeting you."" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "Let's have some tap-dance!" "Let's have a song from you!" "Attention!" "Mr Rajkumar will sing for us." "Let's have a song from you!" "Come on!" "" What have you done, Raja?"" "You know they liked you!" "They were happy with you!" "There was no reason for you to do this!" ""I had a reason, Rita."" ""Because it involved not their happiness alone." "But my own, too."" "And I didn't like all that." " What didn't you like?" "I didn't like anything of that!" "What is this culture that makes a daughter drink before her parents?" "What makes these parents display their daughters like showpieces?" "Where one man's wife dances with another?" "As you did." "Dance with others!" "So?" "What difference or harm does it do to dance with others?" "You ask me that!" "You once threw away a dress your maid had worn!" "That was but a lifeless garment that could have been washed again!" "But you're going to be my wife!" "You belong to me in body and soul!" "I can't bear to see you dance with others!" ""Why not?" "You had agreed to accept my society, our ways and culture!"" "Our culture and traditions?" "These are ways and traditions you have stolen from others!" "A culture of hypocrisy and promiscuity!" ""You can call these ways your culture, Rita." "Not I."" ""Because, even after coming into your society..."" "I have not forgotten my culture." "A culture that is deep and vast and ancient in its roots." "My culture is the one that saw the birth..." ""of women like Sita, Rani Padmini and Habba Khatoon!"" "Not the Rita who leaves her husband to run into the arms of another man!" "You must forget this cliche-ridden drivel and nonsense!" "Why don't you accept that Sita and I belong to different ages!" "I can't accept it!" "I can't concede that the land that gives birth to Sita can also..." "I'm sorry about this." ""I have nothing against you, Rita." "I still love you as I always did."" "But I can't accept this new way of life and culture!" "Then why did you agree to it earlier?" "How was I to know that they would try to..." ""rob me of my culture, my traditions and values?" "!"" "You are only dressed differently!" "But you are still a rustic!" "You're right." "A man's dress does not change his soul." "Do you know what you are saying?" " I do." "You are refusing to marry me!" " I did not say that." "But if I'm going to be humiliated like this... this marriage will never take place." "All right!" "Go back to Kashmir!" "Go back to your people!" "Go to hell!" "Madam..." "Please forgive me for my mistakes." "" Good-bye, madam."" "You still love me and have nothing against me!" "But you have walked out on me for your silly obstinacy!" ""If you are stubborn, Raja..." "so am I!"" ""Even if what you say is true, I will still not come to you..."" "to pacify and mollify you!" "You can very well go away!" "Raja!" "Why have you gone away?" ""I love you so much, Raja..."" ""Believe me, I didn't know you would succeed in your maneouvres."" "I was sure!" "Or why would I keep the beggar here in my house?" "I knew I couldn't get my daughter married against her wishes." "So I laid a trap and my daughter didjust as I wanted her to!" "What if it hadn't worked out?" " How wouldn't it work out?" ""Remember this much, to be successful in life."" "Just as a rich man values his wealth... you must snatch a poor man's self-respect to kill him!" "Raja is dead now!" "He will never return!" "There is no one between Rita and you anymore." "There can be no one between Raja and me..." "I have heard it all!" "I didn't know a father could betray his daughter... to have his way!" ""No matter what you think, I have done it for your own welfare!"" "I know what is good for me and I'm going to bring Raja back!" "Please get me a platform ticket." "Train No. 42 up will leave Platform No. 3 at 9.1 0." "The train for Pathankot leaves Platform No. 5 at 9. 40" ""Forgive me, Raja!"" ""Forgive me for all that I have said to you, Raja!"" ""It was a mistake, Raja!" "I had gone astray."" "I didn't know it was a trap... a vicious game they were playing with us and our lives!" "But I realise that what you said was the truth!" "It is true that a fish cannot survive without water." ""I concede defeat, Raja.." "I have lost!"" ""Please take me with you, Raja!" "Please take me along!"" "You had said that I would someday love you more than yourself!" "." "That you would marry me... and not even let me meet the city kinds." ""You have always listened to me, Raja!"" "You have obeyed everything madam had to say!" ""Won't you listen to the pleas of""Rajju"" ?"" ""Here I am, Raja..." "Begging before you as Rajju!"" ""Rajju implores you!" "Take her along, Raja!"" "Take your Rajju with you!" "Raja...!" ""Always remember this story in life and death""""