Saturday, June 6, 2015

Adventure story 192. Grand daughter

                                                          Grand daughter
That land was so beautiful. Shruti just started watching around. That pond and those field were so precious to her parents. They always felt that they were like god for them. She had always enjoyed that land and it's beauty on every point. When she looked at land which was wonderful in her eyes, it was so lovely and fresh. She just kept looking at every part of that land. Those part which had beauty of nature she just never wanted to forget to her. She remembered every day of her childhood which was best in her eyes. She looked around land. Every part of land which was related to her childhood. When she looked around,she just sensed one thing. That this land was having so wonderful look. It seemed as if this land was her dream. But she had to sell it. She remembered that dreams which had created with her parents on this land. But now every one wanted money out of it. They all needed it. They needed to move ahead in life with money. But they didn't understand that this land was their best investment. She wanted to convince this to them. But then suddenly Shruti thought that why didn't she purchase this land. It would be perfect retirement home for her. She just wanted it. She began to count all that money which she had. She knew that it was not that much. But on other hand she knew that no one wanted to search for buyer. They all just wanted cash in their hand. She just phoned their lawyer and told him about this.Lawyer "I can do it. But you are investing all your money in just this piece of land. It can be risky." "Come on. Risk is everywhere. And this is my village. I knew every one here. If I am going to die one day, I want it to be here. And I have that old cottage here. I just want to go back to my parents and my past. I want to sit with my Papa again and wanted to catch some fish. Of course I never able to catch. We just use to sit for hours. But it was so much fun. I want to live that life once again. In that cottage on that land I can have that life. For which I have desire from my mind. I want to stay here. But have you discuss this with your children?" "Come on. They are grown up and they can go ahead in life as per their choice. They just no longer need their Mom. Just convince them and get land for me." There was strange sort of request in Shruti's voice that lawyer said " Okay..Okay.Fine for me." Then he disconnected her call. She went in that old cottage and started setting it up. She looked around. Her village was no longer a small village. It was developed on many point but still her cottage was far away from people. But she knew that slowly people would start coming there also. After all they wanted job and she could give them jobs. She had to start farming again with help of her old friend Gopi. She was so happy that she didn't have to settle once again in that town with her children. She thanked her husband from heart for keeping so much investment for her. Then she started setting that cottage properly.
         When Shruti informed her children about her decision, they objected it clearly. She wanted just that cottage. She got her money. She made just one thing clear to her children. She wanted full freedom. She was going to share that money. At beginning they argued but then they sensed one thing that she would not listen to them. They knew her nature when she decided one thing, she just never change it. They had to adjust. Then she started cleaning cottage.Slowly she began her peaceful life in that village. She found every thing that was needed. It was little bit far away. But she could manage easily with a small second hand Jeep. One of her labour knew driving, she told him to stay near by her with his family. They settled one hut in her farm. It was nice family. She was happy. Finally one day her lawyer came and gave her all those papers. She got that farm. She just started staying there. She was far away from her life. She was with her childhood. She just never wanted to return back now. She settled her daily schedule. She began to wake up early morning. Then she used to walk in farm. She started watching many fields and many types of crops. Those crops were looking so wonderful and nice. She didn't understand their standard. She just loved their looks. Those crops were showing their goodness by their look. Slowly she started understanding difference in crops. She had to understand field. She began to do it properly. But she had to study about it. She did it with books and internet. She learned many things. Her children used to call her at beginning. She was also used to talk with them. But slowly they stopped calling and she no longer cared for those calls. She wanted just one thing that was her farm. She learned every thing about them. Slowly she started walking around those fields. There were many types of measures which were needed to be taken for crops. She started to take those steps to create best crops. Slowly she never wanted selling them. At beginning she was new but her labour helped her. For her he and his wife were just like family. His wife had began to cook food for her. They started using things from farm. It was so delicious. She wanted healthy food which would look great on every point. Her farm was giving her great interesting food. Those food were so fresh and tasty. She felt that she had wasted her life in cooking food in town. She never tasted that food so good. That food was so fresh and tasty. Those villages had so nice tasty food of farm. She just looked it without any spicy masala still it got taste. She just fall in love with that village life. She was no longer interested in her relatives. Every thing was moving perfectly. She was so happy then suddenly she heard a bad news. Some robbers were become active. They were robbing hut. She had one labour family with her. She knew that they would not let any thing harm her. But she was concerned about them. She was so tense. She just felt so scared that some day those robber would come to her house. She knew that she didn't have any money or valuable. But she felt that who would told this to robber. She just hoped that robber would find out that information and would not visit it which proved true. But still she was scared in her heart. She didn't want to see any one harm.
        Then one night Shruti heard knocking on door. She was so confused and scared. She took one stick. Then she heard voice of her labour. She slowly opened door. Labour "Tai do you know this fellow? He is saying. He is your son." Then her son Hemant came ahead. His age was now clearly seen on his face. She sensed that something was wrong. His face was so tense. Hemant "Aai how far you are staying in this village? It take hours to locate it." "That's why it is so peaceful." Then she noticed with Hemant. There was one young girl. That girl was looking around with bored expression as if she didn't care. Hemant sensed that Shruti was watching that girl. Hemant smiled " Aai this is your grand daughter. Come on Lalita touch feet of Aai." "Dad don't call me Lalita just call Lata. Even that sound old fashion. Why did you pick up that name?" Shruti "Since it belong to your grandmother who was a  great woman. Do you.." Lalita touched Shruti's feet to indicate Shruti must stop her lecture. Shruti took that sign and stopped talking to her. Shruti to Hemant "How did you come suddenly like this at night? " "We have started from morning. First our bus was late then when we reached here. We just got confuse. It was so tiring. I was so scared that we might need to sleep on road." "But why don't you phone? " "Since it is not working." Shruti looked at her phone. She hardly used it so she never realised that it was not working. Hemant " Mom you are living without phone!!" Shruti just realized for first time that something was wrong with her. She sensed it from inside. It was all turning in wrong way. Hemant was looking at her as if she was some mad woman. Shruti "Come on. In this village we hardly need phone..." Then suddenly her labour Shyamu spoke "Aai that phone was good but by mistake my wife broke it while cleaning. Sorry Aai." He started touching Shruti's feet. But Hemant stopped him on time. Hemant " It is fine. Any way it was ancient phone. Aai need new phone and I have brought it for you." Hemant showed her a new beautiful mobile. Shruti smiled " It is not going to work here." Hemant was shocked "What?" Lalita "I am not going to stay here in this cave like some stone age girl.Can't you see? They didn't have television and mobile. How can she live like that ? She is crazy." Hemant screamed on her "Shut up. I don't want to here this nonsense. You have to stay here or I will send you to some military school or boarding. Some thing that was strict. You really needed to be disciplined. You are getting so spoiled. You have already promised us that you will stay here." This was getting too much. Shruti just couldn't understand what they were talking about. Shruti turned to Hemant "What happened?" "Aai .." Then he looked at Shyamu. Shyamu understood it without saying. Shyamu "Aai I will keep their bags in corner room." Shruti nodded. As soon as Shyamu went out of their sight, Hemant started talking "Aai Lalita got involved with wrong kind of friends." "I just don't get it." "Aai no need to get in details. Just try understand one thing. You have to keep Lalita with you or she destroy family reputation." Lalita " As if you are some celebrity." Then she gave that insulting laugh. Hemant looked at her with anger. Shruti was so scared from heart. She didn't want to stay with Lalita that girl was too arrogant. She was sure that she would destroy peace of her farm. She looked village life. She just didn't want to damage that life. But then she looked at Lalita who looked so arrogant. That Shruti could sensed one thing. Lalita was going to take away her peace. But Hemant already went inside with his daughter.
           Next day when Shruti woke up, she went in kitchen. She cut fruits and put milk in glass. Then Lalita entered kitchen. She looked at table and shocked "Where is bread and butter?" "We just use natural food here." "What? You don't even have bread butter." Shyamu's wife Radha tried to console her. Radha " Baby don't worry. He will bring it from market." "Who will?" " He will." Shruti "She means Shyamu. She never take her husband's name" " What? You are living ancient life. You can be compared with dinosaur. " Radha" Who is dinosaur? " " This is too much." Lalita screamed so loudly that Hemant rushed inside kitchen. Lalita " They don't even use bread..." "I don't want to hear any thing. You are staying with your grandmother. You know that!! I am going home." Then Shruti shocked to notice bag in Hemant's hand. He wanted to just go away while keeping his arrogant daughter with her. Shruti screamed " This is not right. You can't force her like that on me." Lalita sounded happy first time "Aai is right. You can't do that we hardly know each other." Hemant " It doesn't matter any more. I am going. Aai if you don't want her then you can just throw her out. After all you have done same thing with us. Just shut us out of your life. This is not right. You have to understand that you must not do things like that. It really hurt when your mother throw you away like that. Since she wanted to stay in some village. It really hurt. What is so great in this stupid village." Shruti was so hurt "Don't call this village stupid. I have spend entire life in just taking care of my children. Now you are grown up. I want some freedom. Just get out of here." "Fine I am going." Lalita "What about me?" "You have to stay." He just went out with her. Shruti just remained shocked. While one taxi took him from there, it was shocking that he managed ti get taxi. Lalita kept screaming behind taxi. But it didn't stop. One thing was sure that this driver was warned. Since that driver didn't look behind. That driver didn't care so he must be told that he supposed to ignore Lalita. It was big drama. But finally Lalita came back and went in her room. She just kept crying there. Shruti wanted to say something to her but it seemed as if her words didn't come out of her mouth. She no longer seemed to interested talking with any one. She just turned towards her farm and decided that she must look at her crop. She must see that it was in good condition. She just loved her crops so much after all it was her only hope. She wanted to observe that crop. That crop had fresh look. She started looking every crop which would have fresh and tasty look. She started touching it. It looked so nice on every instinct. She just fall in love with those crops. She just didn't want to go home. She just didn't want to stay with her grand daughter. She just stopped there. She just decided to sleep on that ground. She knew that she didn't had breakfast. But she didn't want to eat it. She just wanted to sleep on that ground which was so hard to sleep. She just wanted to stay there. She just slept there and started looking at sky. She wanted her personal space and she could see it inside that sky.
           Shyamu and Radha waited for long time but Shruti didn't came back. They sensed something was wrong. They waited for lunch but she didn't appear. Lalita who was crying finally appeared to eat. She was whole time just complaining about food but still she ate perfectly. Finally when Lalita finished her lunch, they told her about Shruti. Lalita "Aai is not small girl.She would come after some time." They tried to explain her but she was so busy in her world that she didn't sense any trouble at all. But slowly as time started to went ahead. Lalita sensed trouble. Finally she saw that Shyamu went in field. Then at evening she was shocked when she saw shyamu was carrying Shruti on some cart. Lalita ran out. Lalita "What happen to Aai?" Radha "She did act like that when she is upset." "Like what?" "She just slept in field whole day. We have to call doctor last time when this happen to her." "My god. Then call doctor immediately." Shyamu nodded and started calling. When Doctor came, he looked at Lalita with shock. Then he smiled happily. Doctor "I am so glad to see some one from Shruti Tai's family is here. I want to talk about her." "But I am small." "It will not matter. Just listen to me. Shruti Tai is having some problem. She just didn't want to stay with people." "What?" "Yes. She had some strange kind of fear regarding rejection of people. She felt so scared that she didn't want to go near them. She just let Shyamu and his family enter in her house. Am I wrong Shyamu?" "No.. No Doctor Sab is right. Just we come inside. Whenever there is need, we go out to talk to people. Aai never goes out. At beginning people use to invite them for functions but she never went. All village talked about her strange way. We tried to convince them that she was nice lady. But they all just felt that something was strange. She was not ready to talk with any one. She just locked herself in this house. She just went sometimes to watch field but on those points she had instructed all worker to stay away from her. She had made one thing clear that she didn't want any one in her field. She just wanted to work in field happily and with full privacy. She wanted to understand every thing about crop but never wanted to see any person." Lalita "That was strange." "That was the trouble. I want her to visit psychiatrist but she was not ready. Now look at what happened. You came here to stay and she just ran in field to avoid you. Please call psychiatrist for her." "But how.." "I will arrange one for her. I have talked with my friend. He is ready to visit but he want more money. I know it seem selfish but they will ask and after looking at your grandmother's condition.I suggest." "It is fine.Call him." Then when Shruti woke up, Doctor was already there. Psychiatrist talked friendly with Shruti. Then Slowly Shruti knew that he was psychiatrist. But she was feeling so nice by talking to him that she decided to give him a try. Then every one went out. Slowly Shruti told him about her life, She told him that her husband never liked her much. He married her just because he didn't got better girl. He always taunted her. Then her children were nice to her. But they got just one thought inside their mind. She was stupid than their father so she just felt rejected on every point. She wanted to stay away. Slowly step by step psychiatrist listened her. Then he called them all. He told them that she was suffering from Social Phobia which was a extreme case. But he told her that she would be fine. Slowly they had to convince her that it was just her husband's view not others. Lalita was shocked. Lalita " My father said.His mother was best mother that's why he send me here." Shruti was so shocked and confused. She could see truth in her grand daughter's eyes. First time she sensed one thing that she was not mentally fit. She was suffering due to phobia. It was so wrong. She was having so many troubles due to it. She turned to psychiatrist and said "I will like to cure myself." They all smiled happily. Then after some days Shruti started spending her old days with her stubborn grand daughter. But she had to take treatment. After few days when Hemant came back, once again they had become family. They laughed together.
                                                                   The End
          

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