4. THE NEW DAWN

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"Mama, come here
Approach, appear
And Daddy, I'm alone
'Cause this house don't feel like home
If you love me, don't let go
Whoa, if you love me, don't let go
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady"
                                         -Unsteady
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"To mai konsa keh Raha hu ki pyaar na kare vo. Par bas kisi ladki se. Arre samaj mein kya izzat reh jayegi hamari jab unko pata chalega ki hamara beta….. arre char logo mein baith kar baat karne layak nahi rahunga mai!!"Mr. Kishan finally spoke his first words after his son came out as gay to him.

"Chaar logo aur ye samaj se badhkar hame hamare bete ki Khushi jaruri honi chahiye Ishu ke papa!!"She cried.

"Ishan ko maine itna rote huye kabhi nahi dekha jitna vo tab roya jab aap jab Bina bole table se uth kar chale gaye the.

Maanti hu ki ye aapke liye thoda mushkil hai par kya aapke liye samaj apne khoon se jyada jaruri hai??
Mujhe bhi jab mujhe Ishu ke aise hone ke baare mein to pata chala tha to Mera reaction aapse bahut bura tha par ab mai samajh paa rahi hu ke bechare Ishu pe kya beet rahi hogi tab." Mr. Kishan didn't say anything but was listening to his wife quietly.

Mr. Kishan thought about it for a long time, sighed and spoke "Dekh Sunita mai ye nahi bol raha ki mai usko accept nahi karunga par mai ye bhi nahi bol raha ki mujhe uske ladko mein interested hone se koi problem nahi hai. Mujhe bas ye sab ke baare mein sochne mein kuch time chahiye."

Sunita happily squealed "haanji haanji mai samajh sakti hu ki aap ek dam se ye sab nahi samajh sakte.
Mujhe bhi kafi time laga tha. Mujhe Nishu ne kaafi logo ki photo video aur post dikhai ye mobile pe uske paas Jo aai thi. Aaj kal ye sab bahut normal ho gaya hai aur apne India mein bhi kai log apne Ishu ki tarah hai.
Aap bas Ishu se naaraz nahi hona aur usse vaise hi baat karna jaise aap Roz karte ho. Agar aap Ishu se ek baar baat kar lo to….."

With a heavy heart Mr. Kishan went to his son's room with guilt thinking how badly he treated his son just because he was gay.

When Mr Kishan opened the door of Ishan's room, he saw his son sleeping with puffy eyes with dried tear stains on his cheeks. Oh if he could feel worse than this moment!!
Sunita was looking at her husband's facial expressions. She came forward and said " Abhi Ishu ko so lene do kal baat kar lena. Bechara Mera bacha!"

Next day Mr. Kishan couldn't sleep till dawn as he was busy collecting his thoughts. He didn't know how to initiate a conversation with his son after last night.

It wasn't like he didn't want to,
It was more like he didn't know how to.

The father-son duo was really close till yesterday's dinner but since then it felt like there was a deep crack in their bond.

When he woke up he made up his mind and decided to have a talk with Ishan.

When he went to Ishu's room his son was still sleeping while hugging a pillow. Oh if anything could look better than his son sleeping so soundly. He felt so bad.

He stroked Ishan's head which caused Ishan to irk up.
When Ishan saw his dad, he sat up and stammering and tears brimmed his eyes,
"P-p-papa"
"Shh Mera bacha" said Mr. Kishan and hugged his precious son.

"Papa, Ishan took a pause and then said, please mujhe maaf kar do mai aap ka acha beta nahi ban paya."while hugging his father close to himself.

'Ishu maine bahut socha tha us baare mein. Mujhe baaki sab se jaruri teri khushi hai. Mai janta hu ki maine tujhe kabhi kaha nahi par mai tujhe bahut pyaar karta hu chahe tujhe ladkiya pasand ho ya ladke."

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