""What a wonder life is!"" ""Life, an empty sea drowning boats"" ""Life, a lifeless desert"" ""Life, an empty sea drowning boats"" ""Life, a lifeless desert"" ""Life, the beginning of death"" ""What a wonder life is!"" ""Do not despair"" ""Have courage"" ""Do you not see the flower blossoming upon the grave?"" ""Do not despair"" ""Have courage"" ""Do you not see the flower blossoming upon the grave?"" ""For the darkness is the beginning of a new day"" ""What a wonder life is!"" "Coming..." " Aditi, where's my tie?" "That's what I'm trying to find." " I'll be late." "There's a meeting." "It'll go on till late." "Aniket, are you ready?" "One minute..." "let me call Shri." "Why does it have to ring now?" "Shrikant Pandit?" " Yes, who's speaking?" "Dr Ravi Bapat... do I know you?" " Drop the melodrama." "Melodrama!" "Where the hell are you?" "I hope you never died." "Can't you even call me once in a while?" "Nothing of the sort happened." "I might not have called." "But even from Goa, I've kept track of whatever has been happening in Pune." "So what makes you call today?" " I'm calling you from Pune." "Meghna is with me too." "I'm here attending to property matters." " You're having dinner with us tonight." "Swine, you never even attended Aniket's engagement." "I wanted to." "But I couldn't." "Let's keep the dinner for later." "This evening I have an appointment with the estate agent." "One minute..." "I have to be back in Goa tomorrow morning." "I'm calling to congratulate Aniket on his engagement." "No!" "Doing it over phone won't do." " Shri, try to understand..." "Isn't the appointment in the evening?" " Yes." "Don't you have to go to work?" "You catch a cab and come right away." " Listen to me." "What's up?" " French leave." "You have two appointments today." " Postpone them." "My friend is in town." "Ravi Bapat, from Goa." "We're childhood friends." "Go to the office, cancel my meetings, and come home with Revati." "She must have gone to work." " Bring her over." "Let Ravi and Meghna get to know what you're destined for." "Let me organize lunch." " Listen, cook up something spicy." "The doctor is a glutton." "I'm high on my second." "I'm not accustomed to drinking during the day." "And you're still fine after two beers!" " Look, I live without tensions." "I drink without tensions." "To live life in Goa you have to pick up the rhythm." "It's in the air." "And it's fun." "I wind up the day's practice by 11 or 11:30 and I'm back home." "I like my afternoon beer." "I enjoy myself." "Lucky you." "Freedom from tensions, and freedom where?" "In Goa!" "And I'm still slogging it out in Pune." " Making money too." "What do I do with money?" "Eat it?" " With so much money you can cook up whatever you want." "As of now, eat some cashew." "Do you have the sea facing your house?" "Soothing to the eyes, isn't it?" "My house is right across the sea." "There's the sea, and here I am." "And in between, there's the beach." "With God's grace, even an ass will make it!" "A house in Goa by the sea and a beach in-between!" "The girls are so soothing for the eyes!" " Jealousy!" "Jealousy!" "One-pieces, bikinis, topless...!" " Look at this!" "An old man in the throes of youth?" " At heart I'm still young!" "And you've stayed single for so long." "After you broke up with Sanya you said you'd never marry." "How come you did it?" "I mean, one look at Meghna, and anyone would." "But you...?" "I wasn't about to." "But two years ago, on a trek through the Himalayas..." "I met her." "We struck up a friendship." "A day before the trek was to end..." "I proposed to her." "A few days afterwards, she said yes." "She told me everything about herself." "Her first marriage, that had failed her divorce, her two children." "From the first marriage." "Radhika is the elder." "Fifteen The younger is Shravani." "Thirteen." "Are they accustomed to living alone?" " They've gone over to their father." "Prashant Vaidya." "He lives in Goa too." "I'm very clear about this." "We might have separated." "But he must also share the responsibility of the daughters." "They are as much his as they are mine." "It's another thing that I'm not his wife anymore." "Anyway, he never had any sense of responsibility towards his wife." "No, why should you feel awkward?" "It's been four years since we separated." "He started having an affair with his business associate." "When I got to know, I was hurt." "What hurt me most was..." "Prashant found nothing wrong with it." ""So what if I made a mistake?"" ""Why rake up faith and fidelity for nothing?" That was his point." "He never understood the relationship between husband and wife." "Even if he did, he never appreciated it." "I found Ravi." "Gem of a man!" "Have the girls accepted him?" " For them, Ravi is closer than I am!" "So tell me, what are you up to?" "I...?" "You do nothing else?" " There's so much to do at home." "So!" "Do something!" " What for?" "Look at me." "Only after the divorce did I realize that I should've been doing something." "One mustn't give up one's self-respect." "Certainly not for the sake of a man." "I started a boutique of my own." "It's doing well." "And most importantly, I'm standing on my own feet." "I don't need any man's support." "You should do something too." "All of us should have something to do." " My time for doing something is over." "Are you silly?" "Time is never over." "Answer the door." "That must be Aniket and Revati." "Revati is my daughter-in-law to-be." "A very close friend." "Nice pair, Aniket." "You sure know how to pick a diamond." "Whose son is he after all?" "Look at him, he's handsome!" "Just like his father." "Go on, have it." "What's this sham about taking permission from your father?" "Once the wedding is done, you're going back to your own sweet will." "Lovely lines!" "By the way Revati, what do you do?" "I'm a computer science graduate." "I'm working with a computer firm." "So many times I've told her to quit the job." "What do we lack?" "Why does a bride of our family have to work?" "But this girl won't listen." "You quit that job." " Never!" "You're on the right track." "Very well." "Revati, you want to work?" "Then join my company." "That I shall never do." " Why?" "What's eating you?" "In my father-in-law's firm, I won't have any competition." "It's going to kill my motivation." "I won't take a job like that." "Go on working, wherever you are." " What are you?" "Friend or foe?" "I'll complain against you to your wife!" " What complaint do you have?" "She's Aniket's..." "Revati, Meghna is this old buzzard's pretty wife." "You aren't going to believe this, but she's a mother of 2 grown up daughters!" "That's why I married her." "Pretty woman, and two readymade daughters." "Readymade daughters...?" " From my first husband." "And some virtues, maybe from my past life, came with Meghna." "Into the desert that my life was ...how do I say this?" "Meghna came in like an oasis!" " Brilliant!" "My diary!" "I must write those lines." " Do it later." "I'm drunk Aditi, later on I'm going to forget it!" "Answer the door." "You needn't go after the diary." "You can all to ask for it." "Everytime my marriage comes up, that's what I say to impress her." "Registered post." "For you." " For me?" "Letter for Aditi?" "Give it to me." "Addressed to Aditi, isn't it?" "You read your letters." " But she's my wife, isn't she?" "What difference does it make?" "What is it, Shri?" "Whose letter?" "Shri, I don't get any of this." "Will you tell me what's up?" "What's in it?" " My wife has hit paydirt!" "Last week, some Malhar Kamat died in Hubli." "He has given all he had to my wife!" "15 acres of land, one ancestral home, 1.5 kilos of gold and 860,000 cash!" "My wife has hit the jackpot!" "This is a lottery!" "Who's this Malhar Kamat?" " Whoever he was he has left my wife a treasure!" "Hey wife how about a loan sometime...?" "That's if I ever need it..." "Aditi, was this Malhar a relative?" " No." "Many years ago..." "I used to take music lessons from him." " And what a rhapsody comes out of it!" "The teacher gives the disciple all he had!" "Great!" "Wife here's to you!" " Enough Shri." "Let's eat now." "What's the big hurry?" "Have a drink, my man!" "Want me to give you another drink?" "Drink this." "Have Ravi and Meghna left?" "Did they eat lunch?" "They had waited so long..." "we finished lunch at three o'clock." "I should never drink." " At long last, you realize." "Want me to massage your head?" "Who's this Kamat?" " Malhar Kamat." "I used to take music lessons from him." " Have I ever met him?" "Yes." "Once, when you returned from a tour." "The second time, after Aniket was born." "Yes, he came to see Aniket." "He gave Aniket gold bracelets." "Afterwards you stopped taking music lessons, didn't you?" "Had I continued, who would've taken care of Aniket?" "But he never saw us again, did he?" " No." "Was he married?" "And later on...?" " How would I know, Shri?" "Why am I asking you all this?" "Were Ravi and Meghna hurt?" " They didn't express it but they might be a bit hurt." " I'm such a..." "Let me call them." "Go on Pandit, go on." "I had one too much." " Only one too much?" "Much too much!" "Forget me." "Your daughter-in-law was with you." "You should've considered that." "I was the atmosphere, you know!" "Besides, I was meeting you after so many years." "Otherwise, I wouldn't have got drunk." " Want me to ask around town?" "Go on." "Please yourself." " What if I find you're lying?" "I'll throw you a party." "The next time, we're going to be sober." "In fact for the next time, come over to Goa with Aditi." "You won't mend your ways!" "Still after bikinis." "What was he saying?" " What else?" "He called to say sorry." " He's so self-centered, pompous." "You just met him." "You hardly know him." " I don't need time to make out men like him." "I spent 17 years of my life with someone like him." "Prashant Vaidya." "Your Shrikant Pandit is one of them." "Do your writing tomorrow." "I had so much to do today." "I'm tired." "Aditi, in all these years, have I ever put off my diary till tomorrow?" "Go to sleep." "I'll sleep after I've written my diary." "All right, turn on the table lamp." "I'm switching off the light." "June 19, 1999." "Today Dr Ravi Bapat and Meghna from Goa, came home." "I in vited them for lunch." "I skipped office because they were coming." "In the afternoon, during the party, a letter arrived by registered post addressed to Aditi." "One Malhar Kamat has willed all his property to Aditi..." ""Won't you let me fill my pitcher?"" "What is the matter?" "Sing." "Not in the mood today." " Not in the mood?" "You don't want to practice?" " Singing isn't my cup of tea." "Then sing just that." " What?" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""Melody and tune, they aren't mine"" ""Melody and tune, they aren't mine"" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""Melody and tune, they aren't mine"" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""Naughty Radha once danced where the railway track meanders by the Yamuna"" ""He could whistle a million times, but to no avail"" ""From dusk till the chime of dawn bells in temples, he will wait..."" ""...till the city streets are filled with clamoring crowds"" ""Now cities full of love." "Why sing odes to Vrindavan the city of love?"" ""Love blossoms everywhere." "Why sing odes to Krishna?"" ""Why sing odes to Krishna?"" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""Melody and tune, they aren't mine"" ""Singing isn't my cup of tea"" ""He won't let me fill my pitcher"" "You have music in your veins." "When you sing, I hear nothing else." "Please don't praise me to the skies." "I just can't sing some of your tunes." "This isn't false praise." "Your voice is God's gift." "What would you like?" " Like every other day." "Vithal, get us two cups of tea." " Get us three cups." "When did you come?" " Five minutes ago." "Why didn't you come in?" " It was such a lovely session." "I didn't want to disturb." "Shri, this is Malhar Kamat." "An exponent of music." "And this is Shrikant." "My Mister." "How does my wife sing?" " Her voice is God's gift." "I know." "That's why I tell her that she must keep practicing." "Yes!" "She must never stop practicing." "Great voice." "In a couple of years she can become a professional singer." " What a shame!" "Not for a career." "She wants to learn music only because she fancies singing." "Not to make money." "Making money is my job." "And that I'm doing." "My wife needn't work." "She wants to learn music because she likes it." "Not to make money." "Right timing for tea!" "Is breakfast ready, Vithal?" " Yes, sister." "Shri, it's past eight." " Coming." "Why?" " All of yesterday's work is pending." "I must attend all the appointments." "I have to get to work early." "Without breakfast?" "Eat something, Shri." "I'll eat something at the office." "Where are you off to, Dad?" " I'm in a hurry." "You come after your breakfast." " Two minutes, Dad." "What did you say?" "Mom, I'm hungry!" "Please give me something to eat." "Hurry up!" "Stop behaving like a kid." "You're engaged already." "So what?" "when it comes to Mom, I don't care for anyone else!" ""Received that fax from Singapore." "I decided I'd go over"" ""I had to supervise the final phases in one of our electronics contracts"" ""I had just returned from Nepal." "I had been there on official work"" ""And then on, directly to Singapore." "Naturally, Aditi was upset"" "Aditi..." " I won't hear anything." "Enough!" "I understand everything, Shri!" "You weren't going away for at least 3 months after you returned from Nepal." "You said that, didn't you?" "You think I like this wandering?" " Who knows?" "What do you mean?" " What else, Shri?" "Not two months in the two years we've been married, have you stayed home!" "Mauritius, Singapore, Colombo, and God knows where else!" "Never-ending tours!" "And here I am at home, all alone!" "All the time!" "Just a matter of a few more months." "In a year's time, I'm starting my own business." "That'll be the end of travelling for me." "I've foolproof plans." "Plans!" "Your plans are for yourself." "Where do I fit in?" "We, our family, we don't fit into your plans, do we?" "This loneliness is terrifying!" "Had we even a child, I would've put up with everything." "Even your absence." "Aditi, I have to stand on my own feet." "Let's have the baby in our own house." "Not here, in this rented place." "Then I'm coming with you too." " Who pays for you?" "The company?" "Very well Aditi." "I'll do the spending." "But even out there..." "I won't be able to spare time for you." "You'll still be lonely." "Can I take up a job?" "Please." "Look, never before has any woman in my family gone to work." "I don't want my wife's money." "I can run my household." "Look Aditi, I understand everything..." "your loneliness, emptiness..." "Just put up with it for a few months." "For my sake." "Why don't you get back to music?" "You have a nice voice." "After we got married, you've stopped practicing." "Get started again." "It'll help you bide time and you'll like it too." "Aditi, look at me." "And give me a smile." "Dad, the cement folks are here to discuss the project." "But Dad, it's important for you to be present..." ""Just back from Singapore." "I met Aditi's music tutor Malhar Kamat"" ""I liked him." "The truth of it is that I was worried about something else"" ""Tomorrow morning I have to leave for Nigeria." "Urgent supervision job"" ""When Aditi comes to know, she's going to bring the roof down." "I know." "But"" "I've decided to quit the job." "There's no appreciation for someone who puts in hard work." "Am I expected to work day and night for the company's profits?" "Shrikant Pandit is efficient!" "He's raking in profits for the company." "So put him on the treadmill!" "Aditi, they don't even realize that I'm married..." "I have a wife, and she's so lonely!" "I don't get to see her for months!" "Now they're telling me to go to Nigeria tomorrow!" "Have you packed for tomorrow?" "Yes." "I give you my word, Aditi." "For 3 months after this Nigeria trip..." "I won't step out of the house." " If you do, I'm leaving." "I'm going to divorce you, Shri!" " I won't go anywhere." "I swear it by you!" " Why make false promises?" "Very well, do I swear by myself, by Vithal, the neighbor's dog...?" "Enough." "You'll be back before July 21?" " Why?" "Our wedding anniversary, Shri!" "How can I forget the anniversary?" " You just did, darling." "Drink your milk while I change." "Please Aditi, not tonight." "I'm tired." "I have to get out early." "Wake me up at five thirty." "Call from your residence." "Put me on." "Go on." "What do you want?" " I called to find out whether you've eaten anything." " Aditi, I..." "Forgot it." "Work pressures, right?" " Aditi, I ate something." "Really?" "What?" "I'll call you later." "Bye..." ""It's our anniversary." "I tried my best to get home early." "But I got delayed"" ""When I got home, I was elated." "I had just landed..."" ""...my first independent contract in Nigeria." "For my own company"" ""That anniversary was to mark a new beginning for me"" ""When I came home, Aditi was morose." "As usual"" "I've committed an unpardonable crime." "I'll take whatever punishment you give." "Put me in a spike, have me trampled under the feet of elephants throw me to the lions bury me alive in a wall but please Aditi, forgive me." "I'll tell you why I'm late." "Take a look." "Here's my first contract for my own company." "Come on Aditi, pack your bags." "We're going away to Khandala." "Let's stay together for two days." "We haven't been anywhere together." "Because of me, all because of me." "Not anymore now." "Really." "Every month, I'll create time for you." "I swear it by you..." ""Back from Khandala." "Aditi is sick." "It's nausea"" ""I couldn't go to office"" "Careful." "Are you all right?" " Yes." "Sit." "Let me call up Ravi." "Let him take a look." "No, I'm having the medicines Dr Doshi gave me." "Ravi is a specialist." "Surely a specialist is better?" "I'm going to be all right in a few days." "Don't get so worried." "Is it something you ate?" " I ate whatever you ate." "Then what is it?" " Nothing." "I get this acidity when my periods get delayed." "My date was yesterday." "It hasn't happened yet." "Don't get so worked up." "Smoke a cigarette, please..." ""I saw a plot for our house." "I like it very much." "Very soon, I'll buy it out"" ""Today was a special day." "I have bagged a special contract"" ""I got home with the good news"" "What is the matter, Aditi?" "Tell me." "Aditi, today I've signed the biggest contract of my life!" "Today itself, I saw a plot of land for our house." "And now this...?" "I have to tell you something." " I don't want to hear anything!" "Hear me out!" "Shri, I've made such a big mistake!" "Back early?" "Are you all right, Shri?" "Aditi, please come to the bedroom." "Sit." "Aniket was born on April 3, 1974" " Yes." "But why are you telling me?" "I spoke to you about my trip to Singapore on April 27, 1973." "That day, I also urged you to take up music." "On May 5, 1973 I went to Singapore." "I returned on June 19, 1973." "One and a half months later." "That was the day when I met Malhar Kamat in our house." "The very next day, on June 20, I left for Nigeria." "I returned on July 22." "After one month 21 July was our wedding anniversary." "I couldn't make it on the 21st." "So I took you out to Khandala on the very next day, the 23rd." "We got back on July 26." "The day after, you developed nausea." "That's also when you told me that your periods were delayed." "You also told me that you were due on July 25." "On August 1, 1973, you told me that you were pregnant." "And on April 3, 1974 Aniket was born." "In eight months." "Aniket wasn't a premature baby." "All these days and dates, I had noted in my diary." "That's why I know the chronology of events so clearly." "Aditi, why doesn't the date of Aniket's birth match these dates?" "Do you see what's amiss?" "Why this mismatch?" "Aniket is Malhar Kamat's son." "Shri, won't you say something?" "Why did you call us so urgently from Goa?" "Aditi will give you the reply." "Shri, why are you doing this?" "Why this farce in public?" "This is between us, Shri." "Please." "Ravi is an old friend." "It's important that he stays here." "More importantly, everyone must get to know the truth." "I don't want people to put all the blame on me." "Aniket, please go out." "Aniket stays here." "He has the maturity to understand whatever he's going to hear." "What's going on, Dad?" "Will you tell me something?" "Shri, what's this?" "Some farce?" "Why don't you say whatever you have to say?" "Do you know Malhar Kamat?" "That magnanimous gentleman who willed all his property to Aditi." "He's the one." "Maybe." "But what has Malhar Kamat got to do with our being here?" "Malhar Kamat is Aniket's father." "Why all this happened, how, when..." "I would like to hear in Aditi's words." "In the presence of all of you." "This is your personal matter." "Whatever you want to hear from your wife you can do it in private." "There's no need for this public farce." "Anyway, I'm not interested in staying here." "Stay, Meghna." "For my sake, please." "In a few days after you had left for Nigeria my sister Sudha and her husband Amar had come to Pune from Bombay." "So what brings you to Pune all of a sudden?" "We're going on a pilgrimage to Jejuri." "And Rahul?" " With his grandmother." "He's with her most of the time." " Much to our benefit!" "You're a father of a three-year-old!" "Grow up!" "That's after you behave like a three-year-old's mother!" "I like to see my wife looking attractive." "Do you want me to grow older?" "Now that isn't so nice." "Enough of it, Amar!" "Let's talk." "We're meeting after years!" "Go on." "I'm only sitting quietly." " Amar, take a walk!" "Are you coming along?" "Or should I...?" "Let me freshen up." "Mad!" "He's mad!" "I'm fed up!" "All the time, he's trying to sidle up to me." "Your Shri isn't this mad, is he?" "Is he ever around?" "There's a solution." "A quick baby." "Shri wants to plan it out." "Not even one kid, and you've begun planning already?" "This madman of mine has been clamoring for another ever since Rahul turned two." "See?" "He won't leave me alone for even a minute!" "Savage!" "Coming!" "I'll be back." "Why are you calling me?" "Let me be with my sister for a while." " Please yourself." "I'm going out and I don't know when I'll be back." "I thought I'd do a k-i-s-s before leaving." "You're such a...!" "Amar, what are you doing?" "Leave me!" "They stayed for a few days." "Their unbridled lovemaking their closeness without a care for anyone..." "I watched it all." "I was restless, lonely." "The morning after they left..." "I was practicing singing." "With Malhar." "What happened?" "My foot!" "My foot!" "One minute..." "Show me that foot." "How are you feeling now?" "Very nice!" "I missed him a lot those days." "My music lessons went on but my mind wasn't on music." "I was growing restive." "I think Malhar sensed my loneliness." "He started being a bit too sympathetic towards me." "During the lessons, we began touching each other lightly." "I don't know why I didn't feel the need to stop him." "One day, I was on the harmonium." "He was singing." "My concentration was gone." "I think he sensed this." "He came and sat down behind me." "His hands slid over me, as he reached down to the harmonium and began playing the notes." "That was the first time he did that." "I was surprised at his audacity." "But I couldn't stop him from touching me." "Maybe that's what I was looking for." "My face was like an open book, and he was reading every word." "My lessons went on." "And Malhar kept on coming." "After the lessons, he would leave." "But once he was gone..." "I was ashamed of the thoughts that came to my mind." "And every day, I would decide to tell him not to come back." "But I would also wait recklessly for him to arrive." "Lest my emotions showed up on my face, I would send Vithal away every day." "That day Malhar brought the notations of a new song he had composed." "He was eager to sing it to me..." ""Walk with me"" ""Every moment in every beat of my heart..."" ""...you are"" ""Walk with me"" ""Every moment is lonely..."" ""...without you"" ""Walk with me"" ""You are the spirit of my song"" ""Walk with me"" ""In my heart..."" ""..." "I have only one desire"" ""To see you to my heart's content"" ""To lose myself in dreams of you..."" ""...when I close my eyes"" ""Astride the seven notes, I swing..."" ""...with you, day and night, every moment"" ""You are the spirit of my song"" ""Walk with me"" ""The flowers have stolen the fragrance from your cheeks"" ""Dark clouds have drunk from your lips"" ""You are my song"" ""You are the spirit of my song"" ""Walk with me"" ""You are the spirit of my song"" "The weakness of a moment." "I lost all I had in a moment." "I even thought about killing myself." "But I didn't have the courage." "I didn't want to make Shri face the whole world." "The day after, Malhar came home again." "I have decided not to take any more lessons." "I would rather that you didn't come from tomorrow." "Don't say that Aditi." "Everything that happened yesterday is etched in my heart." "The experience has become a part of my body, my soul." "Don't take yourself away from me." "I am in love with you." "Whatever happened yesterday, happened on the spur of a moment when my body held my mind hostage." "I'm not blaming you." "I won't." "For me, the body might have been yours." "But that face was Shri." "Go away from my life." "Forever." "You returned from Nigeria, ebullient at garnering a new contract." "But I was sad, morose." "You thought I was cross with you for not having arrived on our anniversary." "But the reason was different." "I wanted to tell you whatever happened." "But I was also apprehensive." "You would be hurt." "You took me away to Khandala to pacify me." "The atmosphere made me feel light-hearted." "I wanted to forget everything, to begin life anew." "Destiny has quite something else in store for me." "We came back from Khandala, and I missed my period." "I went to the doctor." "I came back with a report saying I was pregnant." "I called Sudha." "Aditi, you're going to ruin two lives!" "No." "Terminate this pregnancy right away." "You needn't tell anyone anything." " No Sudha." "I cannot deceive Shri." "I know Shri very well." "He will never forgive you." "No matter what, I'll bear it." "I have to." "Don't do this, please!" "No Sudha." "Look, if anything goes wrong, just let me know." "I'm with you." "That day you were ecstatic when you came home." "You had won a new contract." "You had also seen a plot for our house." "One look at me, and you asked..." " Aditi..." "What's the matter, Aditi?" "What is the matter?" "Tell me." "Aditi, today I've signed the biggest contract of my life!" "Today itself, I saw a plot of land for our house." "And now this...?" "I have to tell you something." " I don't want to hear anything!" "Shri, I've made such a big mistake!" " To hell with our planning!" "I'm going to become a father, Aditi!" "Vithal, I'm going to become a father!" "I must call Ravi!" "Pick it up!" "Hey Uncle!" "I'm going to become a father!" "Please let me speak to Ravi." "Who is it?" " Ravi!" "I'm going to become a father!" "When did you get to know?" " Right now!" "Aditi just told me!" "Today, I saw a plot for our house, and today I signed a big contract!" "And Aditi gives me such great news!" "You were so ecstatic." "You didn't even suspect that the baby wasn't yours." "I saw you so happy, and I didn't have the courage to tell you anything." "It would've broken you." "I knew it." "You couldn't have taken the truth." "Did Malhar know that Aniket was his son?" "A few days after Aniket was born, he visited us." "Welcome, Mr. Malhar Kamat!" "Where have you been?" "I had some work back home in the village." "That's where I'm living." "I have become a father." "That's why I dropped by." "I met Vithal in the market." "He told me." "Aditi and..." " They are inside." "Go in." "I'm coming." "You...?" "Why have you come here?" " To congratulate you." "And to look at the baby." "Aditi, this is how I used to look when I was a baby." "The same nose, eyes, lips." "Exactly." "He isn't your son." "I know, Aditi." "I know." "But don't be afraid." "This secret will be buried in my heart forever." "With me, this secret will be buried too." "I wanted to take a look at my son." "For once." "I will never intrude upon your life ever again." "Forgive me, Shri!" "Please!" "I didn't do anything on purpose." "It's the truth!" "Now you tell me Ravi, what am I to do?" "Look Shrikant..." "I consider you a very close friend." "In all these years of friendship, I've noticed something." "Aditi's love for you." "You and your family." "That's what her world was and is." "From what she says, it was human error." "Any other woman in Aditi's place would've done the same." "Maybe even I." "But she has made a clean breast about everything." "Shrikant, you are a sensible, mature person." "Whatever happened, took place years ago." "Even time doesn't want to think of the past." "Forget everything." "And accept the circumstances." "Would you, in my place?" "I have accepted Meghna and her daughters." "Ravi, you knew everything about Meghna's past before you married her." "You married her after knowing." "Were something like this to happen...?" " Despite that, I would've accepted her." "And after hearing what Aditi had to say, definitely." "In that case, you are a man of lofty ideals." "I regret I'm not." "I can never forgive Aditi." "If this is your stand, how loyal have you been?" "You remember telling me about your affairs a few years ago?" "Remember?" "And it was in the passing." "And I never made a baby out of it." "And even if I did, I wouldn't bring him home." "I'm not staying here for one more moment." "Come with me, Aditi." "Let me go, Shri." "After putting me through all this, you think you can get away so easily?" "So that people can tell me that I left you because my son wasn't mine?" "You can get away." "But people will say..." ""There goes the eunuch." "For 25 years, he thought someone else's son was his"" "No Aditi." "No." "You aren't getting rid of me so easily." "All your life you'll live in this house." "This is your punishment." "You will live with your husband, who will keep no relationship with you." "And also with your son, whom I shall never accept as my own." "What are you doing?" " Packing." "I can't stay here any longer." " Are we going to desert Aditi?" "I'm leaving this house." "Not this city." "I'm not leaving Pune without solving Aditi's problem." "What a disgusting fellow this Shrikant Pandit is!" "To call him a man would be an insult to mankind." "I made him out early on." "I told you." "And that's what he turns out to be." "What surprises me isn't the way he behaved." "What shocked me was Aniket's behavior." "He belongs to this generation, of the so-called..." ""modern outlook"." "At least he should've understood his mother." "And he insulted her, and in what words!" "But Meghna, as of now, I see no solution of this problem." "I can see a solution." "What happened Aniket?" "Don't you say a word!" "You have ruined me!" "You have destroyed me!" "Why didn't you kill me when I was born?" "Oh God!" "Why did you put me in her womb?" "I don't even want to look at your face!" "This is my house." "Not the marketplace." "This woman has ruined my life!" "Revati has called off our engagement." "And you are the root cause." "If you have any shame left go and blacken your face." "What I feared has happened." "Today Revati knows." "Tomorrow, the world will know." "The whole world will laugh at me." "Mr. Shrikant Pandit will stand naked in front of the whole world." "I will have the divorce papers ready in a few days." "There's no point anymore." "And yes, you needn't take the trouble of going to court." "After divorce, I'll give you alimony." "You needn't worry about money." "I want nothing, Shri." "Nothing?" "Oh yes, I had forgotten." "Now you don't need my money any longer." "You are a rich woman." "The sole inheritor of Malhar Kamat's legacy." "Whether or not I accept his money, I won't put you to trouble." "I only request to be allowed to stay on for a while till I find an alternative." "I have tolerated you for 27 years." "What are a few more days?" ""So many stories of you and me"" ""So many stories of you and me"" ""When the sun is hit, give me your shade"" ""Let me kiss the soil at your feet"" ""So many stories of you and me"" ""On your bed, so many dreams I have dreamt"" ""Through your windows, so many Suns have shined on my soul"" ""In your garden, I blossomed like a jasmine"" ""Through your doors walked in those seasons of pleasure"" ""So many stories of you and me"" ""So many stories of you and me"" "An 24-year old relationship with this house ends today." "True." "Like a baby being cut away from his mother's umbilical cord." "Before I leave I wish to say something." " There is nothing left to say." "You have tolerated me for 27 years." "A few moments more, Shri." "You wait too Aniket." "Don't leave." "Nothing you say will impress me." " No!" "Don't be afraid Shri." "I will say nothing to make you stop me from leaving." "I only want to say some things, I haven't been able to speak." "No matter how many women a man enjoys, he expects total fidelity from his wife." "A moment's weakness 27 years ago, has destroyed my family." "How strange." "What I call weakness, you call infidelity." "Tell me something, Shri." "At heart, is a man different from a woman?" "Is a man's desires different from a woman's?" "Does desire affect me any less than it affects you?" "And in case I am aroused, what do I do?" "What am I to do?" "Beg of you?" "Or wait for you to be kind enough to me?" "Anyway, I don't want answers." "The questions answer themselves." "But do these questions ever come to your mind?" "In a situation like this, what does a man do?" "Man doesn't beg of a woman for release." "Whether or not the woman wants it, he satisfies himself." "You have raped me many times, Shri." "It is important for union of minds before the union of body." "This you have never understood, Shri." "After our wedding, you used to travel on business." "And I was left all alone." "In my loneliness, I lost restraint." "As you have done too." "Even you had affairs." "What you have con veniently and easily forgotten." "You even forgave yourself." "Because as a man, you took it to be your right." "Who gave you the right?" "The women you bedded?" "Have you ever considered what might have happened to them afterwards?" "Your ego was hurt when you get to know that Aniket is Malhar Kamat's son." "Your vain pride!" "Even Malhar was vainglorious." "Wasn't it ego that made him will everything to me?" "After all, I had mothered his son." "According to you, the capability to father sons is the only mark of manhood." "Are they who haven't fathered sons, men?" "When you took Aniket for your son, weren't you so proud?" "And in a moment, everything changes?" "Everything, Shri?" "Have you any proof of Aniket being Malhar Kamat's son?" "You haven't." "You know, only because I told you." "I, being his mother." "This is the only true relationship." "The mother and the baby in her womb." "Who the father is, only the mother can say." "Only the mother." "Were it not for that moment's weakness 25 years ago..." "I would've been accused of being something else." "Infertile." "I would have been accused." "Not you." "Despite the fact that after Aniket, we never had another child." "Despite..." "I have loved only you." "I would've loved you forever." "But today, you, this family everything is over." "But today, I don't regret giving it all up." "Mrs. Aditi Shrikant Pandit." "The Aditi part got lost." "The open skies are calling me." "I'm eager to find my identity." "Yes, I'm a bit nervous." "But I'm not afraid at all." "For which, I am grateful to you, Meghna." "Do you remember telling me to do something on my own." "Even at my age, I feel as if I've been born again." "Come with me to Goa, Aditi." " No Meghna." "I'm expecting someone." "Who is it?" "I know that you are surprised to see me here." "How could I, after knowing everything?" "That's what you're wondering?" "Actually, I have come to take Aditi." "With me." "Aniket, I didn't break my engagement because of what happened to Aditi." "I broke off because the men in this family cannot even try understand." "I don't think Aditi has committed any sin." "Not enough can be said in praise of her integrity and her commitment to this family." "That your father Mr. Shrikant Pandit is incapable of understanding." "The way he behaved with Aditi was bad." "But you have been despicable." "I don't want someone as narrow-minded as you for my husband." "I consider myself the new generation." "Broad-minded, unprejudiced." "That's what I took you for." "I don't think I'm any less than a man in anything." "What's wrong for me, being a woman, must be wrong for you too." "What's within your rights, as a man, is within my rights too despite the fact that I am woman." "One last word, Aniket." "You say Aditi committed debauchery?" "You say she gives you a bad name?" "What you forget is her so-called debauchery is the reason why you are here today why you exist." "To that extent, you will always remain in debt of this wanton woman." "Take care of yourself." "You." "I'm leaving..." ""I shall not be erased"" ""I shall not die"" ""I shall not be erased"" ""I shall not die"" ""I was, I am, I shall be"" ""Till there's water in the oceans, till the sky is blue..."" ""Till the sun shines bright, till the nights are dark..."" ""Till there's water in the oceans, till the sky is blue..."" ""Till the sun shines bright, till the nights are dark..."" ""Till then I shall be the creator of life"" ""I was, I am, I shall be""