August 15th 2000:
Independence day .. and Bondita's birthday...
By 6 am in morning Bondita got ready and came out of her room, for the first time she saw him folding hands infront of God and asking forgiveness for separating her from her parents especially her mother..keep Bondita happy and safe here fulfill all the void in her life
If situations have not provoked me I would never do such thing but reality is always opposite to what we think..
She is moved away when he is praying for her infront of God. She came and leaned on his arm feeling protective and telling him silently that she is so happy.
Anirudh also smiled and carressed her cheek. Just then his mobile rang and it's call from vizag landline
They both are surprised and he lifted the call.
'Anirudh' - it's his Peddamma kalindi voice and her voice is shaking
Anirudh: yes Peddamma why did you call this earlier in morning. Is everything fine there
Kalindi: you know the reason very well..you also know what is today and still you are asking me...
Anirudh's cheeks are widened with smile and Bondita is moved away for her Attamma affection. He told without any Feeling in his voice by glaring at her : what can we do Peddamma! She is too far from you
Kalindi in accusing tone: why should she leave us and go this soon? Mischievous girl ! Naughty girl! Did she think that I won't speak with her for life time..is she thinking that I won't send her sweets this day..may be secretly I would have sent anyone to her school to give her sweets and clothes without her mother's knowledge
Anirudh is controlling his smile whereas Bondita is crying silently and side hugged him to control her emotions
Trilochan came and mocked his wife: enough... enough...now she became goddess. Will you keep on reprimanding her the one who left the world .. what did we plan? Today we will go to temple and do annadaan in temple on her name. Then if you delay here Bondita will think that her Attamma don't like her , that's why crying on my birthday. Make it fast we have to go to temple. We also have to do puja on her name
Kalindi told that We will call later and disconnected the phone
Anirudh turned to Bondita and asked: are you happy now
She said streching her arms ': very very happy and laughed out wholeheartedly
He cupped her cheeks and told : always be happy like this only...ok. now go and wear shoes. We will leave
I have already purchased chocolates for your school friends and teachers. You go and give them..
She nodded and went to wear shoes.. . Anirudh also smiled wholeheartedly and satisfactorily by looking at her happiness
She wore white uniform and came out as a dress code of Independence day. Anirudh dropped her in school and went to hospital.
He told Aravind that today Bondita will come here , Mavayya. I have spoken with doctor as your condition is still critical today I will cover you with duvet when she come here. She will come and take blessings. You bless her Mavaya. Today evening I am going to arrange a party for her in apartments. I just want to clear apartment residents misunderstanding about us.
Somehow feeling nervous but still I want to be Frank with them. Hope they will understand me na Mavayya.
Aravind is not responding but still everything is going into his ears .
Anirudh is continuing: I got into good books of Ratnakar. Slowly I am gaining his good will and very soon I am going to cut his relationships with Nagendra who is his brother in law by relationship.
Sometimes I feel bad that I am using people but I don't have much choice Mavayya. Because I wanted to clear the stain that came on to your head opponent is Highly influential person in our state without his permission nothing will go against him there
I am so scared that he will eye on our Bondita because saidulu is his puppet and you also know what saidulu did to our Bondita. That's why I brought Bondita and you this much distance.
Here your treatment and Bondita's education will go smoothly without any disturbance and that Nagendra roots are here in central level . If I uproot his influence here he will become zero there in our state.
That's why I am using Ratnakar but I don't have any negative intentions in this process he may also reform. I will gather all evidences against Nagendra and prove your innocence in our state and everyone will apologise you.. everyone.
Aravind is listening he wanted to react but body is not cooperating feeling happy that his nephew is taking care of his daughter and himself also.
Anirudh looked at his watch he told : Mavayya time is running. I will go and get Bondita in one hour and he went out informing to nurse what to do when he bring Patient's daughter aslo here but don't inform anything to her now only. Male Nurse - an old man agreed with smile
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In school, Bondita is wished by everyone and waiting outside. Deepika asked suddenly: Bondita ! Are you in love with your bava
Bondita felt nervous and diverted the topic asking about doubts in studies.
Because Deepika always speaks discouragingly about cousins love and marriage and today she don't want any negative words about her bava.
When Bondita is asking doubts in studies Deepika understood why she changed the topic intentionally , asked her with a frown: I understood why you are diverting me. Am I looking as a mechanical person with no heart like I appear to someone
Bondita asked furrowing her eyebrows: who told that you are a mechanical person
Deepika: That nasty fellow
Bondita: who ?
Deepika told with seriousness and disappointment tone: That monkey only - my Charan bava.
Bondita chuckled but controlled herself Deepika is telling: Since 2 days before he always used to talk to me non stop cheer me up, play pranks on me used to get homemade food prepared by his mother - my atta.
Bondita : Then what happened? Why did he blame you all of sudden?
Deepika: Yesterday I just shouted on him and reprminaded him vent out all my angry on him and his mother , for the first time he got angry on me that I spoke Ill of his mother . He blamed me that I am a mechanical person. He also promised that from now onwards I won't talk to you, Deepika
since that minute he really stopped talking to me not even sparing glance to me. I have never seen that much angry in him.
Bondita: is it not your mistake? How can you say low about his mother? Obviously he will get angry on you.
Deepika : I know Bondita it's my mistake only. I am feeling sorry inside
The minute he stopped talking it's hurting me yaar ..I am feeling so painful inside like something is twisting my heart. I am missing him terribly. I feel like crying Bondita..and cried
Bondita felt pity and consoled her later asked her to be quiet go and apologise him instead of feeling sorry inside
Deepika: I feel ashamed and low also very nervous to go infront of him . How can I face him. I will be scolded by him . No I don't want to go infront of him and myself tell sorry
Bondita: you know what is the feeling you have inside. This is ego . When you know that you did mistake why can't you go and ask sorry ..
Deepika: I can't . I am feeling too guilty to face him
Bondita: Deepika ....don't feel low of yourself. My father always used to tell that asking sorry to others means you have big heart to accept mistakes. . Ask him sorry probably everything goes fine.
Deepika: He won't agree that easily. I...I really crossed my limits
Bondita: still you have to try don't give up.
While they are talking Just then Anirudh came in bike, Deepika wiped her tears and told in Murmuring tone when Anirudh is approaching : oh your hero came.
Bondita looked at her friend with blush and as well as angry . But couldn't be angry on Deepika because she feel that her bava is obviously no less than a hero
ANIRUDH came and wished Deepika and invited her to their apartments to come for her friend's birthday party in evening as I have arranged a party for her
Bondita eyes are glittered and asked : Party...
Anirudh nodded
She immediately asked: why all this bava.
Anirudh: Shhh did I ask you to speak about economics financial planning subject now
Bondita shooked her head. Deepika is smiling at his sweet scolding and told : No Anna , I can't come because your apartments are very distance it will be late night when Returned back . My parents and grandparents won't Agree. But it's ok Bondita told that she will bring cake piece to me, Avanati and Sarat tomorrow for snacks.
Anirudh smiled and asked Bondita do you want to Call anyone to evening party. Bondita told no one because my remaining friends houses are also in distance. Perhaps not possible bava.
She came near to him and asked : you only told na to maintain low profile of not revealing my details family members details much. Then you only asking me to call everyone. Aren't our apartment people quite enough to create gossips why my schoolmates also
Anirudh: Because I don't want you to get disappointed.
Bondita: It's ok I am fine.
School bus came and Deepika got into bus waving hand to Anirudh and Bondita
Anirudh : Shall we go Bondita. After we go to hospital we needed to go to shopping
Bondita nodded and got into bike. They drove off.
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At hospital when they are going in lift Bondita asked : whom are we going to visit baava. Who is there in hospital
ANIRUDH left out a deep breath and told : a very important person for me Bondita who helped me in my career.
Bondita: Apart from my naanna who else helped you
Anirudh: hmmm...yes .. just think that he is also my guru. Right now his condition is not fine and he is in coma.
He also have daughter of your age and he loves his daughter.. but right now his daughter can't come to him . They don't know about his existence
Bondita asked with trembling voice: why ?
Anirudh: she is in distance place
Bondita: Does he have wife
Anirudh: hmmm his wife is also there.
Bondita: Then despite of staying with him why are they staying separately .
(She thought for a while and asked painfully) are they also separated like my parents and leaned on his arm.
ANIRUDH: Will you only imagine everything. My guru is having enemies so his identity is to be maintained secretly. It is also safe for his family.
Doctors told that if his daughter comes and speak with him now and then he may recover. But right now I can't bring his daughter and instead of her I am bringing you.
Today his daughter's birthday is also there and you are also missing everyone. That's why come and take his blessings. He will feel happy and you too will feel that elders have blessed you
She nodded and came with him. As per Anirudh's instructions male nurse had covered him with duvet and stood beside the bed
Anirudh went and whispered in Aravind ears : Your daughter had come.
Aravind listened he is feeling emotional inside.
Anirudh went and asked her to call him naanna.
She asked furrowing her eyebrows : why ? Why should I call him naanna? I will call him uncle. I can't call any random person as naanna just like that. It reminds me my naanna
Anirudh couldn't reveal the truth to Bondita until his recovery is assured by doctors because Bondita will be really shattered if it turns into negative result and his recovery depends on her calling him as naanna.
He asked her helplessly: Bondita! Please.. for courtesy.. you addressing him as naanna will definitely revive his life back what's wrong in calling him.. can't you keep your feelings aside and address him as naanna to save a life.
Bondita couldn't deny him and nodded reluctantly. She sat beside him and held his hand and about to call him naanna but the moment she held his arm she felt so nostalgic. She carressed his palm and asked Anirudh emotionally: w.. whose hand is this bava..who...who..
who is this here .
(ఇది ఎవరి చెయ్యి బావ...ఎవరిది..ఎవరు .ఇక్కడ ఉన్నది..)
Anirudh knew this kind of situation may come he came and consoled her and told carressing her hair : I told you na Bondita...he is like your father. This man is also your father's age and somehow same situation left alone ..
Bondita: His touch...i feel
Anirudh: You find similarity with your father right..
She nodded. Anirudh felt painful he had to hide his feelings. So he told : That's why I called you ra. Speak with him affectionately like your naanna. He will recover soon
She held his palm and addressed him as naanna..
It is going into Aravind ears and she called him again naanna for 2-3 times.
She took his palm and kept on her head and asked her to bless her as today is her birthday and cried remembering her parents.
Anirudh also felt tears and at that moment doctor came and asked him to take her out , at a time we can't make patient too much emotional. That might impact his brain
Anirudh agreed and slowly took her out and this impacted Aravind mind.
After coming out also Bondita felt emotional and asked looking into sky : why naanna..why did you go. Here I am missing you and there other side that person is missing his daughter. Why this much imbalance in everyone's life.
Anirudh felt emotional and placed his hand on her shoulder and told : imbalance and imperfection will be there in everyone's life. We have to balance and make it perfect with our intelligence and humanity.
Don't worry Bondita..one day you will get answers for all your questions
Bondita: How bava ? How can I get? My naanna won't come back na.
Anirudh: He is there only in your heart..close your eyes and feel his presence. He will be in your presence.
She did that and felt relieved and smiled.
Later they went to shopping and she liked one traditional dress 👇
(Author's explanation: Similar to the above dress only .very expensive)
Bondita's eyes are glittered and Anirudh saw it and asked her to go and select it she went and saw ..it's beautiful but her face color is drained when she saw the price on it around 3000 ..
Already bava had arranged dinner party which might have charged him more. Now why this Unnecessary expense. This is too costly
He is calling sales person to pack this but she told as if shouted : No...no need.
Anirudh: why ?
Bondita: I didn't like this
Anirudh: ok shall we look different patterns in this or different colors in same pattern.
Bondita looking at price tag told : no bava ..not langa voni
Anirudh: Ms. Financial planner ! Stop looking at price tag and only consider quality comfort and your taste . That's it
She sighed and immediately went to chudidar section and selected chudidaar of her choice around 700-800 and told with pretending excited smile that this is what I have selected
Anirudh sighed and asked: BONDITA...WHAT DID I SAY
Neither the colour nor the pattern is her favourite. He very well know that and also found her fake excitement
She asked pretending puppy face that : what bava? won't you buy my favourite dress.
He argued for a while that why are you compromising, will you do the same if your naanna purchase
Her smile is dropped he also felt guilty for his slip of tongue and murmured: sorry I don't mean
She told : it's ok bava..I won't force naanna also if I feel I am troubling him and asked her selected dress only to pack.
But he Silently signaled Sales man to pack her first selected dress also.
He asked her to purchase matching cosmetics and in the meantime he secretly kept the secretly packed dress in front pouch of his bike.
Later they reached their apartments and everyone are looking keenly at them . He only personally took Bondita to everyone and once again invited all of them to come for evening dinner . He specially invited kumudini Tai
She taunted them indirectly on pretext of scolding her granddaughter that : You munni ! Next month your birthday is coming. Whatever celebrations are to be done only - we we means elders will do in our home as per our tradition by making kheer and specials. .don't ask that English birthday party.
Such kind of parties are for the one who don't have elders control or who doesn't have parents. But a traditional family won't celebrate English birthday party
Anirudh know She is intentionally talking all this to belittle both of them to make Bondita cry .
Again she turned to Anirudh and told with a fake smile : They all will definitely come . Why not ? Afterall blessing orphans on their birthday is a virtuous thing. I will definitely come and bless this girl
Bondita: you are mistaken dadi I am not an orphan girl . I have everyone
One apartment resident a 40 years Middle aged man widower with bald head named Varma came and asked : Then where are your family members? Where are they hiding? Tell me
Like kumudini Tai he is also interested in knowing about everyone. Right from the moment Anirudh and Bondita came his eyes are on them especially on Bondita
Anirudh asked seriously: what do you mean ?
Varma, to ease Anirudh's anger and not to suspect him told : I mean ..to say If Bondita is in any problem she can share it...afterall we all stay in same Apartments..we can be helpful to each other and tried to wrap his arm around her telling she is also like our girl
Anirudh grasped the intention in his glance and dragged Bondita to him and told : Thankyou for your concern for considering Bondita like your daughter
Varma face color is drained but kept quiet. When Mourya started coming into apartments everyone left from there silently and hurriedly.
Bondita asked Anirudh to call him also . Even though reluctant but still Anirudh went and called him. Mourya didn't say anything and left from there.
That day apartment residents got gossiping topic of Bondita's birthday and
Kumudini Tai is completely prepared with her arguments and logics and her dictating voice to make Anirudh and Bondita dumbfounded and waiting for the evening
When entered into their Apartments madhukar sarada came and offered kheer (పాయసం) to her.
Bondita took their blessings and they blessed her wholeheartedly.
Aditya asked with his cute voice to touch his feet also. They all laughed and Bondita gave him chocolate. He kissed her.
Madhukar told Anirudh that he had made all arrangements for evening party. You have lunch relax for a while and then start getting ready.
Anirudh asked Bondita to keep all things inside and when she went he asked sarada to come and deck up Bondita as she selected langa voni for evening party. Sarada smiled and said ok. Even she is also willing to talk to Bondita since that day she and her husband both got exposed
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That evening when Bondita went into bathroom he went and kept her selected dress langa voni in her room and sat outside decorating living room with streamers and balloons.
She just came from washroom wearing only her top and nothing with side cuts after bathing and wet hair clinging to her. She is about to remove and just then She saw the dress.
She sighed and thought: again wasted money ..
She came out in the same way kept her hands on waist and called him as almost yelling: BAVA ..
He is deeply immersed in his work by standing on stool and suddenly she calling him in angry tone he got startled and literally fell on her at the bottom. She is almost crushed under him .
Both of them are shocked for this unexpected accident. Both their hearts are beating fastly and colliding with each other and her bare thighs and legs are also touching him.
His shirt is getting wet because of her hairs and for a second they both stucked up.
His body became warm and she is almost in trance ..Bondita is lost in him and didn't react.
At the same moment when Anirudh is on Bondita Sarada came there to make Bondita ready and she saw the ackward scene and other side Apartment residents are wandering here and there .
Kumudini Tai is about to come in next second. Sarada immediately Locked the door like literally on her face
By listening door sound he came Into sense and immediately raised from her panting hard . He felt so embarrassed and didn't understand what to react.
Sarada is also highly embarrassed that she came between them and disturbed them which she don't want to but she had no option because if she delayed a second then kumudini Tai will bring cyclone there itself
Bondita also came into sense and she wanted to raise but unable to as a little water puddle is created on floor because of her wet hair.
Three of them stood speechless for a while.
He only forwarded his hand and asked : Did you get hurt anywhere
She shooked her head and told : not much little pain and rubbing her waist and she realised that she came out with only top . She started clutching her sides with arms so that her thighs are covered
He then Recollected that she shouted 2 mins before and asked seriously: you deserve it
Bondita gasped : what
Anirudh: why did you shout as if cyclone or earthquake came when I am immersed in work.
She too got angry left her dress and kept her hands on waist and asked why did you buy that expensive dress despite of me rejecting not to buy. You again wasted Money..
Sarada is looking at them found their argument funny and silly
Anirudh pointing his index finger to her and asked sternly: Bondita! how many times I told you not to bring money matters to me . You liked it and I bought it. That's it
Bondita: when did I say that I like it
Anirudh: I very well know your taste. One minute .
He went and brought her selected dress of pale grey colour with stripes pattern .
He imitated her : I like this dress bava ..my tastes are changed bava ..
But you know one thing you didn't keep once this dress on you and checked it. With much difficult you turned your gaze from this langa voni. Why ?
(He started raising voice and coming into her unknowingly as accusing) why are you speaking financial budget with me ? Did you behave in this way when we are in Hyderabad? No na...now what happened
Bondita moving back : Bava .. listen
ANIRUDH now raised his voice pitch more and continued : No I won't ...When did I say that I am not affordable to buy. When did I say or behave in such a way that you are burden and outsider to me. Why are you always bringing financial topics and that too when we went for your shopping to purchase anything for you . What are you trying to prove?
She landed in sofa and he kept his hands on either side and he told : if you separate me make me as an outsider I will become mad. Who are there for me than you right now ...
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