“Kaafi raat ho gayi hai. Tumhe… jaana chahiye, Ishqi!”
“Kyun? Aapki 1921 ki soch ke hisaab se ladkiyaan 11 ke baad apne ghar se bahar nahi reh sakti? Aur main to bahar bhi nahi hoon. Aapke saath hoon. Kisi movie me suna nahi kya aapne? Jaha aapke apne, wahi aapka ghar to hua na ye mera ghar, hmm?” She paused for a moment and smacked her forehead. “Main bhi kya bol rahi hoon! Aapne kaha koi bollywood movie dekhi hogi!”
“A. Mera wo matlab nahi tha. B. Maine dekhi hai!”
“Nahii!” She widened her eyes, flaunting how truly surprised she was. She leaned closer. “Sach me? Kaunsi?”
“Taare Zameen Par!”
She hummed, already seeing where their conversation was heading. She shifted closer, slipping her hand around his arm. “Aapko pasand hai?”
He bobbed his head.
“Ishaan me aap khud ko dekhte hai?”
“Shayad…” He left it at that until he felt her head slowly finding its comfort spot on his shoulder. “Pata nahi lekin… lekin… use dekhkar realize hota hai… main bhi kahan kuch alag tha? Same despair. Same abandonment Same sense of unworthiness. Maa ke baad… Dadi thi par fir bhi .. akela hi tha main, Ishqi!”
“Life me sab ko sab kuch nahi milta, AVM aur ye hum dono hi bohot acche se jaante hai.” Her thumb involuntarily rubbed his knuckles as she swallowed the lump formed in her throat before he could hear her misery in her voice.
“Maayne ye nahi rakhta ke humne kyu kho diye wo apne jo kabhi humari zindagi hua karte the… maayne ye rakhta hai ke bhale hi wo aaj humse kitne hi dur kyu na ho… kahi na kahi… kahi na kahi… wo hai.
Wo hai, AVM.
Har uss raat jab hum so nahi paate, unka haath aaj bhi hota hai humare sar par.
Har uss din jab hum kuch accha karte hai, unka haath hota hai humare peeth par.
Har uss din jab sab dhoondla dikhta hai aur nahi lagta aur chal paayenge… wo hote hai. Aas paas. Kisi na kisi tarah se. Hume yaad dilane ke liye ke wo hai. Aur hum wo sab kar sakte hai jo hum karna chahte hai!
Bhale hi hum dekh na paaye… lekin kahi na kahi… kahi na kahi wo hai, AVM. Wo hai!”
Wo
Hai!
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This is a random piece of fiction. Absolute imagination. Kind of a random mini tale based on the picture on the characters named Ishqi and Aahan from the show Ishk Par Zor Nahi.
Beautiful
Thank you!
Again, you got succeeded in filling my eyes with tears with this masterpiece 🫶🏻🥹🩵