Episode 5
Divya on
hearing the news of Rajwinder got anxious and wanted to see him as quickly as
possible. Divya was about to leave when she saw her father coming from a
distance and asked him to go with her to meet Rajwinder. Divya’s father relaxed
her down saying that he had got the news and that Rajwinder was fine and he
will be discharged soon so there is no need to get worried. Divya believed the
words of her father and decided to meet Rajwinder in a couple of days at his
home only.
But, Divya’s
father had other plans. He called up the meeting of his supporters at his party
office to discuss about the future strategy as the elections were around the
corner. He in his mind had made up a strategy that marrying his daughter to a
Sikh at that moment would be quite dangerous for his political ambitions. The
mood of the majority which was the Hindus was against the minorities which was
the Sikhs. He was a greedy politician whose sole motto was to contest and win
the elections and he was leaving no stone unturned to achieve his goal. It was
not like that all the Hindus were against the Sikhs but politics is a
perception based game and the common perception was against the Sikhs. He loved
his daughter but he loved his post more and personal greed got better of him.
But he had to find a way to control Divya also as he knew that Divya loved
Rajwinder and feared that she might take a step that would humiliate him even
more and was quite worried about that.
Next day he
called the meeting of party workers and told them about his dilemma and asked
for their advice. Everyone according to their brains and experience gave him
their respective advices but no one was actually able to solve his problem. Some
gave him the advice to kill that Sikh and pretend that he died because of an
accident. Others advised him that he should go ahead with the marriage as
happiness of his daughter was more important and he could get the ticket the
other time around. He wanted a solution as they say in hindi, “Saamp (Snake)
bhi mar jaye aur lathi bhi na tute”.
His personal
secretary then came into the scene and in a mocking way said to him,”Sir aap
lok sabha ka chunaav ladna chahte ho aur aapko beech ka rasta bhi nahin nikal
na aata sir aise thodi na kaam chalte hain ki hamesha aar ya paar ki ladai ladi
jaye kabhi kabhi time bhi kharid lena chaiye phir dekho ki aage kya hota hain”.
“Please directly come to the point Sharma, I am already confused tum baton ko
gol gol mat ghumao seedhi seedhi baat karo”. Then the secretary laid down his
master plan to postpone the ring ceremony and asked him to go to Rajwinder’s
house the next day and advice their family to postpone the ring ceremony as
things are expected to get worse in the coming days. Advise them to go to
Punjab for some months and return only when things get normal. Divya would be
told that Rajwinder’s family fearing the situations have decided to leave Delhi
and he tried to stop them but they refused because Rajwinder was losing his
cool and they have decided to call off the ring ceremony and decided to shift
to Punjab and be there with their people. He tried his best but they overlooked
his constant plead and are soon looking to shift to Punjab. Her father was
really happy after hearing the advice of his secretary and decided to act
accordingly.
The next day he
decided to go to Rajwinder’s house and act according to the plan of his
secretary. He reached there early in the morning before Divya woke up as he feared
that Divya would also force to go with him. Divya’s father found that all the
three people were sitting in their living room and were a bit tensed. Suddenly
they saw Divya’s father was standing in front of them and Rajwinder’s father
quickly bought him a chair to sit. Divya’s father first asked Rajwinder about
his well being and if the pain had gone down. Rajwinder replied that “The
mental pain was more than the physical pain jism pe diye zakam to bhar jayenge
par jo zakm dimag main ho gaye hain use bharne main to waqt lagega. agar humari
kom ke kuch bando ne mara hain logon ko to iski saza puri kom ko thodi nahin
milni chaiye. agar phir log mithaiyaan baant rahe the jab sri harminder sahib
pe attack ho gaya koi bhi sardar yeh thodi na seh sakta hain. Sir, kal koi
muslim government kashi pe attack kar de kyunki wahan kuch hindu Aatankwaadi
chupe the aur upar se aapke muslim dost mithaiyaan baante toh aapko kaisa
lagega” those were the words of Rajwinder which were actually the true feelings
of a Sikh at that point of time. Saying this Rajwinder went into his room and
shut his door so that he could not hear the conversation between his and
Divya’s father. This conversation actually changed their lives forever. Divya’s
father then called Rajwinder’s father and in a very friendly tone asked him
that things are only getting worse in Delhi and it is a friendly advice for
them that they should leave Delhi for some time and should only return when the
things get normal. Rajwinder’s father was also having same plans and told
Divya’s father that he had already applied for a job in Punjab and that both he
and his wife would be leaving for Punjab after some days maybe after the ring
ceremony and after marriage both Rajwinder and Divya would also settle with
them in the near future. Divya’s father now spoke in a very harsh tone to
Rajwinder’s father, ”Sardar ji aapka dimag to theek hain main apni beti ka
haath ek sardar ke hath main nahin de sakta abhi mujhe bhi apne logo ka khyal
rakhna hota hain mujhe bhi lok sabha ka ticket chaiye national party se”.
Rajwinder’s father now lost all his temper and said, “Bhai saab jab tak
operation blue star nahin hua tha tab tak sab theek tha ab aapko lagta hain
sentiments sardaro ke khilaf jayenge to rishta todne ki baat karte ho main bhi
hindu bahu nahin lana chahta tha ghar par bacho ki khushi ke liye karna padta
hain sir. aap bhi is baat ko samjho aur rajneeti se upar bado janab, bacho ki
khushi ke agey kuch nahin hota is zindagi mein”. Divya’s father then with all
his anger said “Mere liye is samey MP ki ticket lena sab se zyada zaroori hain
uske liye main kuch bhi kar sakta hoon” saying that he left the room in anger.
Rajwinder at
Divya’s house
After Divya’s
father left Rajwinder’s house, Rajwinder’s father called Rajwinder into his
room and told him the entire situation. Rajwinder’s father loved his son a lot
and could have done anything for him. He knew the fact that both the kids,
Rajwinder and Divya loved each other a lot and to separate them would spoil
their lives but what else could have been done now. Rajwinder decided to go to
Divya’s house and talk to her father. Rajwinder’s father agreed and Rajwinder
was going to Divya’s house.
Divya’s father
returned to his house full of anger and called up Divya. Divya asked about the
well being of Rajwinder and he got angry “Rajwinder aur tera rishta aaj se
khatam Rajwinder mar gaya hai tere liye aaj se bhul ja usey yeh hi tere liye
theek hoga aur uske liye bhi”. Divya was unable to understand what all was
happening and what had suddenly happened to her father. She tried to calm down
her father and asked him that what was the reason behind his change of behavior
but he was in no mood to listen and again scolded her. Divya then asked her
mother what was the reason of the change in attitude of her father. Then her
mother told her the entire story that how he had first agreed to the marriage
proposal because of his dirty politics and now why he is taking his steps back.
She got angry and went straight to his father’s room and in voice full of anger
and pain said to him, ”Papa yeh kya tareeka hain aapki beti kya aapke ke liye
koi vote bank hain kya? jab dekha ki vote bank masboot karna hain to haan kar
do uski shadi ke liye aur phir jab man kiya to uski shadi tod do aap ek baat
samajh lo ki main uske bina nahin reh sakti, vo meri zindagi hain” Her father
had expected this kind of a scene from Divya and was very well prepared to face
this situation and in a voice full of rage said to her, ”Abhi tak tuney apne
baap ka pyar wala hi roop dekha hai agar tuney usko na choda to main mata ji ki
kasam, us sardar ke tukde tukde kar dunga; agar usey zinda dekhna chahti hain
to bhul ja use, isi main tum dono ka faida hain. main teri shadi kisi bade ghar
ke hindu se kara dunga jo mujhe election main bhi faida karwa sakega samjhi
divya. agar usko zinda dekhna chahti hain to bhul ja use varna main sach main
us sardar ko maar dunga”.
Divya now was
facing the biggest dilemma of her life. If she didn’t agree to her father’s
advice then he would surely kill Rajwinder as there was a mad rage in him.
Suddenly he saw Rajwinder had arrived in her house. She took a quick decision
that instead of seeing Rajwinder dead she prefers to live without him.
Rajwinder was not allowed to meet Divya and her father said that she was not at
home and even threatened to him the he would break his legs if he dared to come
again to his house. Rajwinder tried his best to persuade Divya’s father but to
no avail. Rajwinder was finally thrown out of Divya’s house by her father’s
assistants. Divya was seeing all this from the window of her room and was
sobbing but was helpless.
To Be Continued....... Stay Tuned
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