When Bondita embraced him and said : I love you too Patibabu, I want you only as Patibabu forever he is in cloud nine.
He felt a great relief that his solace, reason for existence, his goddess had forgiven him for all his blunders and impulsive decisions. He prayed Durga maa to give strength to maintain her trust Throughout his life.
However he wanted to make sure and know the seriousness in her words because she should not feel uncomfortable with him in future also. Afterall it's a lifetime decision.
He asked her carressing her hair: Bondita you can take time and think about it. You haven't still seen the life at all and too young
Holding him tightly in his embrace she asked him : Patibabu can I ask you one question? Now you too should answer me from your heart ignoring my age and age gap
Anirudh tried to come out of her hands but still she insisted him to answer her question in this way only. She wanted to be like this for a while.
He surrendered himself to her and now wrapped his arms around her and asked : haa Bondita so ask me what do you want to ask
She asked : who is a husband patibabu? What is so special in this marriage bond?
Anirudh: Bondita ,. A husband is a true friend and lifelong companion to his wife . He takes care of her in every thing and both stay together in every stage of life - in all happiness and hardships. They share a very special bond and. (He was very selective in choosing the words and said ) and it's true that at one stage their limits and distance between them may also become less they may have to share everything without having shy and embarrassment and hesitations but at the same time they should respect each other's privacy, self respect and esteem and give importance to each other's feelings.
Being a husband to a girl doesn't mean that he can dictate her, command her or force her in any way and make her feel suffocated with his too much love or authority.
In this relationship after parents a husband and wife can share every relationship with eachother. From being parents, siblings, teacher , mentor , friends, ..lovers and also children too eachother they become everything and anything and fulfill every void.
Bondita released him from her embrace and said holding both of his hands: That's why I have chosen you Patibabu. Because I always feel comfortable and freedom with you. Few days before I came into your room to keep a love letter and you came out of bathroom with towel wrapped around and in that tension of not getting caught infront of Damini ji you have picked me up and hidden me in cupboard. At that time I have never felt uneasy and uncomfortable with your touch
Even when we lived in Ramani dadi hut and one day when you are too nervous and made me forcedly sleep beside you by not making me look at window that time also I never felt uncomfortable.
But today when Binod had picked me up in his arms with his bare body I felt like a caterpillar crawling on me and felt more suffocated and disgusted of his touch. I can't imagine any man proximity other than you.. I feel so suffocated and wished I have death at that moment (and sobbing silently)
He closed her mouth with his palm and said : Shhh Bondita see the way how you are talking?
He Wiped her tears and cupped her face and said : sun rays fall on everything in this universe but will it get disheartened if it touches impure things and will it get delighted if it touches pure things. In both stages it stays neutral. Can we judge sun rays as pure and impure?
She shooked her head and he said : Never? right?
Similarly a person is not judged based on one incident. Never say like this.
Tum din ki sooraj ki ujala Bano aur raat ki sitaron ki chamak. Yahi Mera lakshya hai Bondita
She felt so happy and embraced him once again and he carressed her. Late night they reached home with holding each other's hands together and after seeing them together Surendra and Damini felt happy.
Damini suggested both of them to share room together but Anirudh felt hesitated and seeing that, Bondita told that she will sleep in Thakuma room like all days and when Damini is about to insist and tell that husband and wife room sharing she only told not to keep Anirudh in embarassing situation that she need some time for herself and Patibabu too agreed .
Infact she really need some time to recollect everything and blush and feel shy wholeheartedly . she couldn't do it all of a sudden in her Patibabu presence
She is hardly controlling it. She wanted to blush separately and alone . This is also another reason to express her wish of being alone.
Anirudh neither rejected nor felt happy for her wish. He also wanted to be with her tonight but when she herself wanted to stay alone he decided to respect her wish. Her comfort is his priority and everything is all after that.
Surendra understood the delicacy and said it's fine and upto their decision. Tomorrow Pari marriage is there. You both should go there and convey gifts on behalf of us whereas we have to fix muhrat for kuldeep and Anita wedding and make arrangements . Anirudh and Bondita agreed.
That night in Siliguri hotel Chandrachur had mixed mental instability medicine and made his partner (binod father) eat it and he went into deep sleep ..
He had threatened the three boys and made them scare that Anirudh Roy Chowdhary had filed case on them and police are coming in one hour. They will get arrested.
The three boys got scared and went to Binod father who is in deep sleep. Chandrachur suggested them to ask Suketu parents and Niranjan parents.
Niranjan told that his father will kill him , he had already given deadly warning last time while rejoining the school that next time he won't spare any complaint. Suketu also told the same reason and told that his parents will kick him out of the house.
They three fell at Chandrachur feet and asked him to help them. He told that if they stay in this area they will definitely get arrested rather than this they need to go out of this region and work some where.
Suketu asked with tears : who will give us work
Chandrachur: I will give you work. There is Musa Bhai in Calcutta and you have to work under him for some time without telling no to him. If you are under his protection no police will touch you and no barrister will file case against you . Is that fine
The three boys agreed and chandrachur had sent them in his car to Musa Bhai and smirked himself and told that now I can blackmail Binod father and take away the business. I will torture everyone whoever tried to touch my bride.
In that night Bondita is feeling too shy recollecting their confession and smiling to her. Her heart beat is raising thinking and cheeks are not stopping to blush thinking of her Patibabu and it's giving new kind of excitement and sensation in every part of her body.
She told herself happily: He is mine ..My Patibabu is mine.. forever and ever
Anirudh is also feeling so happy and relieved in his room he had a sudden urge to go to her room and just kiss her forehead and come back. But hardly controlled himself thinking that he should not scare her.
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In Calcutta: Trilochan got a phone call from Ramanujan of oothakamund.
Trilochan with a victorious smile asked :. if my special guest had reached there.
Ramanujan from other side told panicking that : She came but gone missing in middle
Trilochan face color is drained and shouted : what..how .
He looked around and asked : How did it happen
Ramanujan told worriedly that : he had received her with great honor in railway station along with his wife. Kalindiji tried to tell that she is not their guest and still my wife and our neighbouring ladies didn't allow her to speak and tried to take her to our house. But in middle my wife had slipped her tongue and told that your are Tulsipur zamindar babu special guest and we are here to take care of your and give great hospitality to you.
She then told that : Thodi laat thodi baat tabhi samjhe aurat jaat. These zamindars and murmured something
My wife and me didn't understand and when we asked the meaning she told that she is very happy with their hospitality and told that she will go to washroom and come back and we have been waiting for her long but she didn't return and we started searching for her . Just then my car driver had seen that she had boarded another train and left back.
Trilochan gritted his teeth in anger and about to shout but hardly controlled himself and disconnected the phone. He started worrying for kalindi and started to Siliguri
There kalindi had stopped in one station and made phone call to house . Shoumik lifted the call and asked where are you pishi.
She told : Now I can't tell you but give phone call to Jaggu and Jaggu came into line and she reprimanded him for his carless spying and he told that he was tricked by Trilochan zamindar but after you left to ootakamand , a police officer came and gave the information that Anirudh Roy chowdhary is in Siliguri
Kalindi eyes are widened by listening this. Jaggu told that Chandrachur babu father also called yesterday and it seems like he had reprimanded Rimjhim ji but she tried to convince them that Bondita is always like this but Tupur is more homely and cultured than Bondita and tried to convince them to make Tupur as their Bahu.
Kalindi told : I have been patient with everyone till now. But not any more.. everyone had tried to play with me Now I will show everyone how a game looks like. I won't spare anyone. And she disconnected the phone.
She hurriedly went to railway station get Siliguri ticket.
When Trilochan left to Siliguri, Somnath decided to meet Tupur to know the reason for avoiding him
Nearly for last 1 week she had not met Somnath and he became restless and came to meet her secretly by climbing the wall knowing that his kaka and thakuma are not in city.
He climbed wall in afternoon time and at that time, Tupur mother will be sleeping soundly after lunch.
Whereas Tupur here is highly influenced by her mother's words that she can't live happily in joint family especially when her husband is having many siblings.
Everything is to be shared with jhetani and devrani, always comparisons and invisible competition and tantrums will be there throughout the life and especially Thakuma will never approve Roy Chowdhary family alliance. Already much enemity is going on and if she came to know this love drama then Thakuma will kill you.
So it's better if she stays as a puppet and favourite granddaughter to Thakuma. Tupur also agreed but still her heart is feeling for somnath.
He came to the window of living room and thrown a small pebble and asked her to come out.
She is worried seeing him and came secretly and nervously by looking around. They were in middle of trees . No one can observe until they see keenly. He asked her that why didn't he meet her all these days and started cupping her cheeks and coming forward.
Just then sampoorna is looking through window from top floor in her room and her gaze fell on these two. Even though their voices are not audible but still she is imagining everything
She had pushed him out of tension and told that: Maa saw us and she reprimanded me.
Somnath is also worried but he immediately covered that : you don't worry Tupur
kaka is about to go to bring dada and boudi here. Once he brings her here and she tells that she wants to stay as dada wife everything will be fine. Then I will tell kaka about you. He will get us married.
Tupur got worried and said with worried tone : No..no.. please don't speak anything about our marriage in home. I will be killed
Somnath didn't understand initially and asked why ? Without telling how will our problem be solved? (He thought that she is scared that if they come to know she will be punished and said) You might be worried about Thakuma.. relax Tupur. Kaka will handle your Thakuma
Tupur is pressing her hands and said looking around: No it's not about that.
Somnath furrowed his eyebrows and said: Then? Regarding what are you worried?
Tupur said worriedly: I don't want to Marry you.
He almost shouted: what?
She said : shhh anyone may listen
He got angry and came forward and held her shoulders and said angrily: Say again. What are you saying?
Tupur with her head hung down told him : I can't stay happy in joint family. And that too where Bondita is going to stay. From childhood onwards we have competition between us directly or indirectly. Last 3-4 years I have stayed happily without her tension because she and jethima are away from us. Now She again returned back in our lives.
I can't withstand with her anymore. If I get Married to you I have to bear her and stay under her domination throughout my life. As she is your boudi she will become my jhetani, eldest bahu in sasural and I have to follow her instructions as an obedient devrani.
No I don't want to stay in joint family and that too with Bondita under one roof.
Somnath is irritated and asked shooking her shoulders: Then what about me? Did you forget our love? Have you not given consent to me through your actions? Did you forget everything? Now only you got awaken that I stay in joint family. Even your family is also a joint family. You are speaking as if you are a single princess of your haveli. Huh!
Tupur said sadly with tears: Haa it's true that I am not princess and that's why I want to become only queen without jhetani and devrani and nanant in sasural.
Because here my maa baba had also been suppressed because of Arvind jethu and sumati jethima as they are favourites and more efficient than my maa and baba and Thakuma gave them special honour in House . Bondita is always been in good books from starting onwards.
Moreover Bondita is more fairer than me and everyone in Krishnanagar used to say this on my face and you don't know how much I feel insulted. That's why as I don't want to be a part of joint family and especially where Bondita is staying as badi bahu . My mother always dreamt that me and Tapur should be only queens in my sasural
Somnath said : But you have to get married to me not to my boudi. It's true that my dada and boudi get more respect in home as bada beta and badi bahu but that doesn't mean that in our house kaka humiliates others.
You know! Baba and kaka used to depend more on me than dada for any of their business and Zamindari works. And regarding boudi, initially I also didn't like her and tried to put her in fix and make her humiliated infront of Tulsipur women.
My dada learnt about it and about to slap me. It is she, Bondita boudi stopped dada and saved me from his wrath.
Later also I didn't have soft corner on her but my little brother Bhatuk used to be friendly with her. I always imagined dada childhood friend soudamini as my boudi. When once dada had misunderstood boudi and sent her to her mama house I felt so happy.
I have provoked dada to get married to his childhood friend. But you know she had been plotting against dada all the time had become obsessed with him and later we learnt her true colors.
She even tried to make dada a slave and tried to humiliate our Roy Chowdhary family in all ways but boudi saved us. She was been rakshak babu to whole Roy Chowdhary family in many ways. That's why don't misunderstand her and because of silly reasons don't make me separate from you.. I promise you that dada and boudi life is different and our lives will be different.
Still Tupur argued that if that's the case then why can't you leave your family and come separately
Somnath said : It's impossible. I love everyone in my family and you equally.
Tupur :No you decide whom you want - your family or me
Somnath pulled her to him and held her shoulders and said : what you are telling is not correct. Try to understand and agree for our marriage. Don't make me a crazy person. I love you Tupur. I love you so much
Tupur closed her ears and said: chi..chi..what are those dirty words. Hey Durga maa . Please forgive me for listening these words. And pushed him
She slapped her cheeks tightly and prayed to Durga maa by looking up towards sky.
Somnath didn't understand , he furrowed his eyebrows and asked what is there dirty in this.
She said : In Krishnanagar my friend once told me that her brother went to angrezi party to one of his school friend and there men and women tell to each other like this; aiaa..lava... yoo in each other's embrace and do dirty things with their lips. Durga..Durga.
(Author's explanation: As Tupur recently started her basics of education and didn't learn English letters she couldn't pronounce properly I love you)
Somnath is getting irritated, he is unable to bear her rejection and her ignorance and said pulling her close to him: I love you means Main tumse bahut pyar karta hoon. This is the meaning.
There sampoorna eyes are widening by seeing their proximity. Her heart is burning with jealousy after seeing this .
Somnath forcely cupped her cheeks and getting closer to close the gap between them through lips telling that I can't bear this distance Tupur
Tupur is hell worried and pushed him and said with tears: See you are also doing like angrezi wala. What if I get pregnant because of this. I don't like all this. It is a sin. I won't marry you at all. Go from here.
She ran back fastly with tears scaring that he may catch hold of her again and do that again. She heard through friends that a man and woman closing gap between lips will result into pregnancy. If she gets pregnant then she will be insulted infront of everyone and Thakuma will kill her mercilessly. She will also kill her parents
Somnath got frustrated and left from there fuming with anger.
Here sampoorna is fuming with anger in her room. She couldn't take any couple sharing intimacy moments infront of her eyes.. She started feeling envious of her fate and bursted into tears by sitting on knees.
Everyone in this world are happier than her. She don't know where to show her angry and on to whom should she show angry.
In her first marriage she never got happiness of blissful married life. Her late husband tried to explain her many times and even tried to come close to her but she..she never understood his intention properly and tried to co-operate with him. And he is passed away.
Even though she didn't like to get married to an age old person still she married jamayibabu father . It is due to Trilochan Roy Chowdhary pressure to marry his servant, his and society oral harrasment on widow or greedy to rule Roy Chowdhary haveli and their family or jealous of her sister's fate. Yes all these reasons played their part and she ended up as wife of Binoy Roy chowdhary . She thought she had achieved what she want
But did she really wants this? After her atrocities they have become more alert and keeping her in distance..much distance. Whenever she goes infront of them and trying to speak everyone are going from there or asking Koyli to arrange what she want and indirectly asked her to go away from there
As per her mother's wish She got costly sarees and jewellery and staying in Roy Chowdhary haveli only but as a prisoner or just like a migrated labour who take shelter in dharmashala. That's it. No one speak infront of her, no one bothers about her ..the sofas, beds ,walls , decorative pieces and she all are equal in this family members perception.
Bondita is far better than her. Even though She had left everything and went away but she was able to win her Patibabu heart in this tender age that too without any physical relationship and that too a highly stubborn person who had insulted her publicly now he had agreed his love to her and ran after her to win her heart which she (sampoorna) thought it is impossible had become possible after she left.
Now also she can use this Somnath and Tupur affair information against Roy Chowdhary family and can complaint to Thakuma but what will she get in return? What exactly she wants in life? How long she had to stay here as prisoner? Does she have any life or not
Thinking all these she laid on bed helplessly.
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That evening Anirudh and bondita went to Pari marriage holding their hands together with extreme happiness in minds.
In home Kuldeep and Anita marriage date is fixed that morning and within 5 days their marriage muhrat is fixed and Ashirwad rasam is done that morning and in evening they both only came to pari marriage because Surendra family and Anita family are busy in making Anita and kuldeep marriage arrangements.
Here in pari marriage groom mother is demanding more money in last minute as dowry and started creating hustle bustle and threatening murli and Ramani that pay the dowry or she will stop the marriage.
Murli and Ramani dadi are literally begging by falling on groom mother's feet and told their hardhsips for saving the amount.
Groom is moved away and tried to request his mother but his mother gave her kasam (sweared on her) and made him keep quiet. Groom stepped beside standing flabbergasted.
Murli and Ramani dadi are being reprimanded by groom party. Pari tried to commit suicide and Bondita stopped her in last minute.
She shared the similar incident of sampoorna didi breaking down Infront of her and making her swear and that's the reason she had took brijwasi babu help. He had also seen groom mother giving swear on her and stopping his son.
Bondita sadly asked Anirudh: Maa is goddess to everyone. If maa only decided to stop the marriage then who can make the marriage happened and sobbed for Pari.
Anirudh decided to deal with this. He wanted to break the misinterpretation about so called kasam in Bondita's mind and wanted to prove that a mother cannot become hindrance to her children's happiness. He came and tried to speak with groom mother. But she is not in a state to listen to anyone.
He then started shouting that a dangerous snake had bitten groom. Everyone are scared. And Anirudh scared that it is still beside him. If anyone comes near it may bite him.
His mother is hell worried and started coming forward. Anirudh shouted that : swear on your son if you come forward he will be biten by snake. It is moving near to him.
But she had come forward and dragged her son away and stood infront of him. Anirudh came and asked : Now where did your kasam gone? Are you not worried of kasam. What if something happens to him because you have broken so called kasam
Groom 's mother: let the kasam go to hell but if I stay as if unaffected what if snake had bite my son and gone.
She herself had blurted: For me my son's life is more important.
Anirudh then asked her : wah when it is necessary you can break kasam and you expect others to stick on to your kasam. Is that what you wanted to tell.
He then went and brought a white cardboard and had tied to groom's neck and asked what is your son's rate.
She felt offended and asked what kind of commotion is this.
She asked Murli that what is all this. We will leave mandap and go
Anirudh said : ofcourse you can go . We don't have any problem
Groom's mother startled and said : Then no one will marry that pari
Anirudh: You are wrong. I will get her married with a great alliance.
Groom's mother: No one will marry an abandoned bride.
Anirudh: Now situation will be reversed
Because you are going to demand more dowry in last minute na I am going to file a case on you people and will also do propoganda that your son is impotent and unfit for marriage. No one will marry him and Meanwhile I will adopt pari as my sister make her educated and will get her married in better family .
Groom came and begged at Anirudh's feet and Anirudh had slapped groom for not taking stand for his would be wife.
He then counselled groom that respecting life partner is also equally important with respecting parents. And also counseled that your maa is using your love as her weapon and trying to stop you. She is taking advantage of the respect and love you have on her. Is this the way you behave? Where is your common sense?
He then counselled groom's parents the real meaning of dowry means stree dhan or it is a gift given by bride parents out of love as per their capability but not that groom's parents should go and beg indirectly through dadagiri. You are projecting your son as commodity a handicapped person and male prostitute.
He then made them understand the superiority of girl's parents and their broad mind to send their daughter to other family and live without her Whereas groom who is elder than bride is Always less because he and his family members are dependent on a girl's family. What if none of the girl's father come forward to offer his daughter's hand to you. Will you not remain as abandoned groom
They felt too ashamed and apologized wholeheartedly Murli and Ramani dadi and told that they need nothing and want pari as their bahu . They will take care of her like their own Daughter
Murli and Ramani dadi felt so happy and marriage went on smoothly. But this incident had deep impact on Bondita's mindset.
All the time she had bound to kasam and indirectly encouraged wrong Persons and injustice during Brijwasi Babu betrayal time and also her Sampoorna didi starting days of marriage with sasurji. Now she decided that she should not encourage these kind of unnecessary Kasam and being over emotional anymore.
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