Dipti's parents
Dipti started arranging everything in proper way. She wanted her house to look best. Her parents were coming today to visit her. It was wonderful occasion normally for girls but for her it was not that simple. Her parents never considered her nice and normal. They always felt that something was wrong with her. She was not perfect like other girls and she wanted to prove them wrong. She began to place every thing in perfect way. She started to set things in different way. She began to arrange things properly. She started to keep them properly. Then she began to move behind and started to watch things carefully. She started to think if those things were looking so promising. She started to arranging things. She was arranging entire house in different ways when her mother-in-law came in room. She asked " What are you doing?" "Mom I wanted to arrange things properly." " But every thing is proper?" " Yes Mom but it is not perfect." She was totally shocked. Her Mother-in-law looked at every corner of house. " I have never seen it so clean." " I know Mom many times I keep it dirty." Now her mother-in-law was frustrated. " I am not saying it was dirty before why you keep taking my words in wrong way. I am not some evil Mother-in-law." Then suddenly her brother-in-law Mohit came and began to tease Mom " Yes Mom is not planning to win best villain award on television show. She would try for supporting actress or best Mom award." " Stop it Mohit. It's not joke." " Mom this is funny. If Dipti Bhabhi want to clean let her clean." " But look at her face she would faint on any time this way." Now this was true Dipti was clearly looking pale. " Dipti Bhabhi you are really looking pale are you sick or something?" Dipti started to shiver. It was worst thing. She was looking pale and sick. Hostess must not look pale or sick. " Am I looking ugly? Just tell me the truth!!" Mother-in-law " When person is looking sick then it is not time to discuss beauty. It is time to visit Doctor. I am sure. You are going to suffer from some virus and you must visit Doctor. I will come with you." " But my Mom and Dad are going to come." " We can cancel it. They will come on some other day Mohit can do it for us. Now come down and let's go to Doctor." Dipti nodded. She started to going in room to change clothes. But her Mother-in-law stopped her. " No need of perfection now. Let's go to Doctor. You are just fine in this clothes." She nodded since she was truly feeling sick. Her head was too heavy. She needed Doctor. She started to go out with her Mother-in-law but she was not sure about her own footsteps. She stopped and took help of wall to steady herself. Her Mother-in-law was clearly scared. " I think we need to take help of someone. I don't feel sure that I can manage to take her in this condition." Mohit " I will come." " And who will take care of Anju?" Then they heard crying of baby." Anju is awake. " Slowly little Anju started to come in hall. Dipti " Keep her inside. I don't want to scare her." Mother-in-law " I feel you should sleep in bedroom. I will call Doctor on home visit." She nodded and went in room. Her head was so heavy that opening of eyes seemed like burden. She kept sleeping. After sometime Doctor came, he started checking her. Doctor " Her blood pressure is too high give her complete rest." She opened her eyes little bit but she didn't understand much. Her head was just to heavy to grasp anything. When Doctor came out, he slowly closed door and asked " Did she have some sort of tension?" Mother-in-law " No not at all. She was fine." Mohit "Dipti Bhabhi was doing too much cleaning. Mom was trying to stop her but she was tense about her parent's visit." Doctor looked confused. " At this age she couldn't get exhausted just by cleaning too much. I mean she could get little bit sick or weak but she is having too high BP. You are sure that you don't have argument." Her Mother-in-law started to look upset & Mohit couldn't stop laughing. Doctor was so confused. She smiled on Mohit " Stop it Mohit." Then she turned to Doctor " Sir I am nice and peaceful Mother-in-law. I don't believe in harassing my daughter-in-law." Suddenly Anju came out and added twist by crying. Doctor looked at her with confused expression. Mother-in-law " This is my grand daughter and I don't have desire to have grandson since I have two sons so I need another flat. One boy need family since another need of flat so I wanted girl. I am totally practical woman. I don't believe daughter can't give fame to family. I know list of girls who do." Then she took Anju in arms. Anju smiled and kissed her grandmother immediately to prove her truth. Doctor " Sorry but your daughter-in-law is tense. We need to find cause. What is her job?" Mohit " Dipti Bhabhi do some painting as hobby and sometimes show them in exhibition but it is not for money. It just manage to relax her." Doctor " Will you show me her last painting?" " Sure, but is it okay if I show you picture? Bhabhi didn't like handling of picture too much. She said it destroy them so she clicked picture." " Perfect." He showed picture. It was wonderful scenery of nature. No sign of depression. Doctor looked more confused. Doctor " May be it is about health issue? I am giving you few tests. Give her these medicines and it will take some time. I am giving her mild dose since Dipti is doing breastfeeding. So handle all with care. Keep her away from tension and stress. And give her food without salt. Give her complete rest." Her Mother-in-law nodded. As soon as Doctor went out, she called her friend and asked about cook. Immediately a cook was employed in house. Dipti's Mother-in-law didn't want to take risk on Dipti's health. Mohit was also happy about it. His Bhabhi was soul of their family so soft and so loving. She was apple of eye to all. She was first time sick this way. It was too scary.
Dipti's Mother-in-law informed her parents about her sickness. Her Mom" So sorry. But Dipti is not strong in health. It must be hard for you to adjust now?" " It's okay. But Dipti is normally healthy but weather is worst nowadays." " But person didn't get blood pressure due to weather. Did Dipti argued?" " No..no there was not any argument in house." " Thank God. I always kept telling Dipti she must give respect to elders but she never listen to it." " Dipti never said anything wrong to me. Your daughter is like my daughter to me. She give me more respect than my own sons." Dipti's Mom didn't say anything for sometime then began to talk again. " We have trained our daughter that way. She was not like that as kid but we did lots of efforts on her. You never original Dipti." Dipti's Mother-in-law was so frustrated. Whenever something turned wrong parents put blame on daughter when it was right then they did it. She never saw such strange parents in her entire life. It was so strange. Parents always kept admiring daughter but Dipti's parents never spent one day in admiring. She was worst person in their eyes from first day. She still remembered when she first called them in her home. Dipti was so beautiful shy girl. She just fall in love with Dipti at first sight. She decided that she wanted her as her daughter-in-law. Then she kept calling Dipti on every occasion.Her efforts moved in right way her elder son Tushar began to like her. Finally one day he decided that he wanted to propose her. But it was not easy for him. She was too shy. He was scared that she might vanish from his life. But then finally one day Dipti's Mother-in-law suggested date would be suitable for them. Dipti's parents looked shocked. Dipti's father asked " Are you talking about our daughter Dipti?" "Yes." Before he could say something else her Mom stopped. Her Mom started to apply pressure on Dipti's hand to push her to say 'yes'. Dipti's Mother-in-law didn't like it. She wanted to change her decision but then she saw honest love for her son in Dipti's eyes and she didn't say anything. Dipti was so shocked when she started to deciding fixing date for them. Finally it was decided. Then step by step Dipti became friendly towards them. Even when they got married Dipti's parents kept taunting her, it started from first step of marriage. Dipti's Mother-in-law sensed that they were strange people. But she kept tolerating them since they were Dipti's parents but sometimes she began to doubt her decision. Dipti's Mother-in-law, Nirmala kept listening to her mother's self admiration. Finally when it was over, she disconnected call. Nirmala was so upset by this entire drama. She wanted to relax when Mohit came in room with Anju who was crying. Nirmala was so tired and stressed but she knew that Dipti was ill so she must became her substitute for few days. When Dipti's father-in-law Kishor came home, Nirmala told him everything. Kishor " But we have maid why did she do everything?" " I don't know. I kept telling her. But she was so obssessed with clearing that she didn't even ask for help otherwise even Mohit could have helped her." " It is strange. I don't understand why she acted like that. She is normal and obedient girl." " Now don't look at me with suspicion!!" Kishor started laughing. " I know my wife better than that. I will never doubt you. You will tell her to work. You keep one extra maid. But maybe we should talk to Tushar. There might be some matter between husband and wife. Did you tried to call him?" She totally forgot to call him. " My God!! I was so tense. I forgot." Now Kishor looked angry. Kishor " I don't expect this attitude from you." Then she immediately called Tushar and told him all. He sounded tense. " But why was she so tense? " " Now I hoped you can throw some light on this. Did you argue with her?" It was so shocking to Tushar. " Mom you know our relation very well. We have wonderful understanding. We never argue. Any way why did you call me so late?" Now Nirmala sensed that she was trapped. " I was too busy just forgot." " Forgot to inform me that my wife was going to faint and Doctor suggested bed rest to her?!! Did you two argued?" " No..not at all." " I want to talk to Mohit." She felt hurt that her son was not trusting her but she knew that it was her mistake. She called Mohit. She gave phone to Mohit and immediately went in her room. She sat on her bed. She was feeling so sad. She didn't do anything wrong still no one had any faith on her. It was not fair. She never did anything to harm Dipti but everyone was blaming her. She was innocent. She tried her best to handle but her one mistake became crime. She decided that she could not control herself. She went to close her door but little Anju was standing in door. She was so confused now. That little girl was hoping attention from Grandma while her Mom was absent. She took her in arms and started crying. But then she controlled. She had to handle it all. She went in kitchen to prepare dinner for all. She kept Anju in far away corner in her baby seat locked. Anju was not happy about it but she adjusted. Nirmala sensed one thing that she had to handle it all. Everyone came to blame but no one came to help.
When Dipti woke up, she was feeling little bit better. But she could not go out. She could clearly hear Tushar's voice. Tushar was talking with his Mom. Nirmala was answering her best. But she could hear anger in his voice. She didn't like it. Her mother-in-law was always more than her own mother to her. She wanted to protest. But she couldn't go out. Nirmala was so upset. When Tushar came back from office he started questioning her. She didn't like his tone at all. She never did anything wrong. But now she didn't want those responsibilities too. She discussed everything in details. She could sense clear anger and insulting attitude into Tushar's voice. " Frankly I tried my best but now I am even planning to keep a cook." " I feel we should have done this before. I think we should have kept a cook as soon as Anju was born." " Wasn't is my advice you and your wife didn't agree? I said from first day that we needed cook but you did not agree. You kept insisting the cook will not cook food in tasty way as your wife did. It was not my mistake. I am keeping a cook now if you don't feel that I am taking proper care of your wife saying you can also appoint a nurse." Kishor " no need to create such a big issue out of such a small thing." " Do you feel I am the one who is doing it? Ask Mohit how hard I worked today to adjust things around house. I have not done anything wrong but I am the one who get blame from every side. " Nirmala was no longer about to control her tears. She gave Anju to Tushar and went in her room. Mohit looked at his elder brother with anger. Mohit " What was moms mistake? She tried her best under everything just because she forgot to call you I don't feel you should have said so many things to her." " I have not said anything wrong. I want just discussing and she took it in totally wrong way." Kishor " you are not discussing you are blaming her!! From beginning she was suggesting that we should give you separate house and I was the one who objected. Now I had began to think correctness of my decision!!" " Please don't drag matter so much. I will go and apologize to Mom." Tushar immediately went towards his Mom's room. He started knocking on her door. " Mom I want to talk. I am sorry" " You can come in. Door is open." Tushar went near his Mom. He felt so sad about entire episode. He knew that his mom, Nirmala never act wrong way with his wife but still he felt upset. He sat near his Mom. " I am sorry. I was so upset." " I am upset too but I don't started blaming you." " Sorry Mom it was all my mistake. Actually in office all staff was saying many things.." " Like?" " Son is needed. I don't feel that way do you?" " No I didn't. But people will not believe us and I have stopped convincing them long ago. At time of Mohit I wanted daughter. I kept telling even to Doctor. But they didn't believe me. When Mohit was born Doctor gave him to me happily and said that I had given birth to son. Nurse beside him said congratulation now you didn't need to lie. I was angry. I said I was not lying. I am ready to exchange my son. I was really totally willing. I wanted beautiful daughter like your daughter. But I managed to get arrogant son." " Who was fighting with me for you few minutes ago?" " See. How arrogant he is? Peaceful daughter should have came here near me and consoled me nicely." " Mom you are living in which era daughter are not peaceful now." On same moment Anju entered with loud scream and they started laughing. Nirmala " Let's keep our argument aside. But what is wrong with your wife?" " I don't know Mom. It is mystery for me too." " I don't understand it." Nirmala took Anju in lap. Anju was relaxed now. She started to sleep. Nirmala " Anju need to drink milk before sleeping." So they both went in Dipti's room. Dipti was sitting on bed. She was clearly upset and scared. They went near her. Dipti started stammering " Did you.. you.. fought with Mom?" Nirmala sensed cause. She understood the situation. Dipti must had over heard their argument. " Yes he did every day since his birth just like her." Anju started screaming on that point. Everyone laughed. Then they gave Anju to Dipti and went out of room. They wanted to talk. Kishor and Mohit joined them. Mohit " Every thing is fine." Nirmala " No your brother was convincing me you are gift of God. But I am still convinced I needed daughter." " No need to worry Mom find nice date like Dipti Bhabhi for me and I will give you nice girl just like Anju." Kishor slapped him on back and said " First finish your graduation get MBA like your brother. Then you should get job.." Mohit " Mom Dad is over demanding!! I can get job after graduation!!" Nirmala " Then you can get wife like me not like Dipti." Everyone started laughing. They all sensed getting tense was not helping them. But finally they had to return to matter. Kishor " Dipti is fine now?" " No she keep getting tense." Tushar " it's my mistake. She must had overheard my conversation!!" Kishor " Conversation? It was angry boost out. I hope it is not happening again and again." " Few times!!" They all looked upset. " Tushar was emotional by nature. He get angry sometimes and he couldn't change himself like that. Nirmala " We must not get tense now. Let's wait for reports. It might be something physical." Everyone nodded. That they didn't laughed or joked on dinner table. It was clearly tense day.
When Anju fall asleep, Dipti slowly kept her in crib. Dipti started to sense that she was clearly becoming cause to destroy peace of that house. She didn't want it to turn this way. She started to feel so upset her parents were proving right. She always heard it from her childhood that she was something evil. She had two siblings. But her parents always kept her away from them. She always stayed with her old grandmother. But her Mom never told this. Her parents brought her to that party with sole purpose that they wanted to marry her off with someone since her grandmother was died. She couldn't forget her Mom's word when her grandmother became sick due to old age. She said "Dipti manage to eat her too." She spoke this before all people when they were paying last respect to her grandmother's dead body. Everyone was shocked. But they all consoled her by saying her Mom was in shock. But she knew very well that it was not the case. They hated her from beginning. She was never blessing for them. She was curse. She didn't know properly who but some priest told them that she would bring worst curse on them. She would shatter their life. After that they never let her come near their remaining family. On that party she came just because her parents wanted to get rid of her. She began to feel so upset. Her grandmother always told her that these superstitions were nothing but creation of her parent's mind. Her. Grandmother always hated their attitude. But when she died, Dipti became totally helpless. She wanted to be happy. But her parents didn't want to make her part of their life. Even on that day when she was getting her house ready for them, she knew in her heart that they didn't want to come. They never showed her face of her siblings. It was so frustrating. She began to hide every thing from her husband's family. She was sure one day they would find out. She knew on that day she would lose faith of every one. She was so tense. She had to be perfect. She knew that she had to clean every corner of this house. Her grandmother told her that keeping things clean would keep everyone far away from sickness. She needed to clean. She started looking around. She knew that she was not supposed to walk but she couldn't help herself. She started to stood up. She sensed that ground under her feet was not steady. It was moving. She knew that she was not fine. But still she kept hoping. She kept thinking that if she acted in positive way then she could walk. She began to walk. But her feet seemed made out of rubber. She couldn't control her fall. Last thing she remembered was crying of Anju. Tushar was confused when he heard Anju's desparate crying. She was saying " Mom..Mom." something was wrong. They all ran inside room. It was shocking. Dipti was fallen on ground and her head was bleeding. Anju was trying to come down from crib. It was horrible and scary. Nirmala immediately grabbed baby. She was so scared that she might fall from crib in mind she decided that she was going to throw this crib in storage. She didn't want it to be used again. Tushar ran towards Dipti. Dipti was bleeding. Tushar ordered Mohit to bring clean handkerchief. Kishor ran to call Doctor. Tushar tried hard to stop that blood when Mohit brought handkerchief. It was horrible. He tried so hard but she kept bleeding. Mohit " May we should use tumeric?" Nirmala " Are you out of mind? Turmeric can do nothing. She needed sritches." Kishor came running inside. Kishor " Doctor said he would come soon. " " But Dad it seemed impossible to hold." " I think she needed stitches and her BP is high too." Kishor was so tense. He called Doctor again who gave number of hospital. They called ambulance and kept trying to control bleeding. But nothing was working. Tushar didn't wanted to cry but he was so scared that tears were started falling on his cheek. He began to shiver with fear. He didn't want to lose his love this way. Nirmala touched on his shoulder. " Don't worry. They just do some stitches and she would be fine." Anju was still crying. She was trying to wake up her mother with her screams but it was useless. Dipti was beyond their reach. Nirmala started to get panic too. She turned to Mohit and told him to bring money out of cupboard. They might need some in hospital. Then she turned towards Tushar. " Anju is scared. I am taking her out of room. Control yourself." Tushar looked at his Mom and controlled himself. He sensed that he supposed to control himself. He wanted to dry his eyes but soon he sensed his hands were full of blood so he stopped himself when he heard voice of ambulance. He took breath of relief when they took away his wife. He felt that she could be fine now. First time Nirmala was sitting alone in house. Her house was never empty like this. She always had pleasant thought to give her company but now everything was messed. She had expected some troubles in her life. She had even anticipated that her son might left house but never this. She had never thought something like that would happen. It was horrible. She sensed from beginning that Dipti's family was hiding something. But she never discussed much. Her one friend was not much happy when this marriage was fixed. She kept suggesting different girls until end. When Dipti married to Tushar, her friend stopped visiting. She decided that today she must ask her friend clearly what was wrong. She shivered with fear. She was lucky that finally Anju fall asleep due to getting tired. She called her friend three times without success. Then she started cleaning blood in that room. She wanted room to be normal when Anju woke up. She was upset. Finally she decided to call Dipti's parents. But then she sensed that it would upset her more. But it was her duty and she didn't want to be blamed for it again. Then suddenly her mobile rang her friend was calling back.
In hospital entire family was so tense. Every minute seemed like million years to them. Mohit kept running towards every Doctor and nurse whoever came out of any room. Many times they even got angry since they were in hurry regarding some other patient. Finally they forces him to sit on one chair. He kept sitting there in some person tied to chair since he didn't want to be thrown out of hospital. Kishor was busy in making payments and filling forms. Hospital was even inquired about cause. At beginning they asked with suspicion but when BP trouble became clear they discussed it like every day matter. But Doctor told Tushar to arrange blood. Doctor said she suffered blood loss due to wound and she was already weak so Tushar had to go in blood bank to arrange it. It was worst day for them. When suddenly a young man appeared by Mohit's side and asked " Are you related to Dipti?" " Yes I am her brother-in-law." " Ohh where is her husband?" " My brother went away to blood bank for blood but you can talk to my father. He is standing there making payments." That young Doctor thanked him and went towards Kishor. After that this young Doctor helped them entire time. They just sensed one thing he was related to Dipti. Then suddenly Nirmala called. Tushar was not there by then so Kishor decided to take her call. " Don't worry. It will take some time but she will be fine." " Ohh thank God but I called you to give other news." " Other news? About what?" " Do you remember my friend.." " Stop it come to point." " She was telling they kept Dipti alway away from family since they consider her evil." " And you believed this nonsense. Also called me to tell this!! I never thought I will feel so much disgust towards you as I feel now. That girl is serious & you are saying she is evil? You seem more evil." Nirmala " Shame on you. How could you think about your wife this way? Any way I will forgive you since you are standing in hospital and stressed but never dare to say it again. I was not supporting it nor my friend supported it. In fact my friend was saying that poor girl was suffering stress due to them we must not invite them." Kishor was confused now. Tushar was watching him. Tushar " What happened?" When Kishor didn't said anything, Tushar took mobile from him. " What happened Mom?" " This is all happening because of Dipti's parents." Then she told all. Tushar was so angry. " Mom are you going to share those strange gossips on this moment?" " No need to trust me. You can inquire in hospital. Her brother is working there." Tushar was shocked. He looked at Doctor who was standing there with them. He had similarity in looks with Dipti but they never thought about it until now. " Okay Mom bye." Then Tushar asked question directly " Are you Dipti's brother?" He nodded. " I am psychiatrist. I took passion to this side since my life was damaged due to mental problems. My parents began to believe one fortune teller then they started to follow him like mad person. They gave up our sister because he told. We never able to see her. Today I heard it since by chance my wife was there when your Mom called. Then I made inquiries in my circle. Luckily I came in contact with your family Doctor. Well let's be truthful. I hired a detective who told all. It seemed odd but this is truth. Now tell me all." Then Tushar told everything. Dipti's brother " This is going to be hard . She is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder." " But she could be cured?" " Of course. It is totally curable disease but for few days it was going to be worst. I mean she was not going to like mark on head. She might want to clean it too." Tushar shivered. " But you can handle it.." " Of course. First let me talk to Doctor. I don't want her to see her face before talking." Tushar nodded. Then Doctor came out and told them " She is fine but needed to stay in ICU for two days. I think she is fine but as precaution need to observe for two days. " Then Dipti's brother started to talk with him. Family members were allowed to see her for two minutes. Dipti was looking so weak. Then Tushar decided to stay there. Remaining family members went back. Dipti's brother came with them. Nirmala came out as soon as they entered in house. " What happened?" Kishor " She is fine now." Then Dipti's brother introduced himself. Nirmala looked at him with anger. But he said " Auntie try to understand Dipti is nice girl. Whatever happened is not her mistake. She always punished for other's crime. She is perfect every way. Please accept her." Nirmala smiled. She felt as if she was meeting Dipti's family for first time. Someone who admired her. She said " And it was not even your mistake. Why don't you stay here today? You look exhausted with Dipti in hospital we can surely use one extra pair of hands." " Sure." Kishor " Stay for week if possible." He nodded and happily informed his wife. He was on top of the world since he finally found his sister. He knew everything was going to be fine for everyone now. Nirmala asked " So you are Dipti's only brother?" "No she had two more sisters." Nirmala was shocked but she decided that she should meet only those members who were introduced by this nice brother of Dipti so she just smiled and dropped this subject.
The End
Dipti started arranging everything in proper way. She wanted her house to look best. Her parents were coming today to visit her. It was wonderful occasion normally for girls but for her it was not that simple. Her parents never considered her nice and normal. They always felt that something was wrong with her. She was not perfect like other girls and she wanted to prove them wrong. She began to place every thing in perfect way. She started to set things in different way. She began to arrange things properly. She started to keep them properly. Then she began to move behind and started to watch things carefully. She started to think if those things were looking so promising. She started to arranging things. She was arranging entire house in different ways when her mother-in-law came in room. She asked " What are you doing?" "Mom I wanted to arrange things properly." " But every thing is proper?" " Yes Mom but it is not perfect." She was totally shocked. Her Mother-in-law looked at every corner of house. " I have never seen it so clean." " I know Mom many times I keep it dirty." Now her mother-in-law was frustrated. " I am not saying it was dirty before why you keep taking my words in wrong way. I am not some evil Mother-in-law." Then suddenly her brother-in-law Mohit came and began to tease Mom " Yes Mom is not planning to win best villain award on television show. She would try for supporting actress or best Mom award." " Stop it Mohit. It's not joke." " Mom this is funny. If Dipti Bhabhi want to clean let her clean." " But look at her face she would faint on any time this way." Now this was true Dipti was clearly looking pale. " Dipti Bhabhi you are really looking pale are you sick or something?" Dipti started to shiver. It was worst thing. She was looking pale and sick. Hostess must not look pale or sick. " Am I looking ugly? Just tell me the truth!!" Mother-in-law " When person is looking sick then it is not time to discuss beauty. It is time to visit Doctor. I am sure. You are going to suffer from some virus and you must visit Doctor. I will come with you." " But my Mom and Dad are going to come." " We can cancel it. They will come on some other day Mohit can do it for us. Now come down and let's go to Doctor." Dipti nodded. She started to going in room to change clothes. But her Mother-in-law stopped her. " No need of perfection now. Let's go to Doctor. You are just fine in this clothes." She nodded since she was truly feeling sick. Her head was too heavy. She needed Doctor. She started to go out with her Mother-in-law but she was not sure about her own footsteps. She stopped and took help of wall to steady herself. Her Mother-in-law was clearly scared. " I think we need to take help of someone. I don't feel sure that I can manage to take her in this condition." Mohit " I will come." " And who will take care of Anju?" Then they heard crying of baby." Anju is awake. " Slowly little Anju started to come in hall. Dipti " Keep her inside. I don't want to scare her." Mother-in-law " I feel you should sleep in bedroom. I will call Doctor on home visit." She nodded and went in room. Her head was so heavy that opening of eyes seemed like burden. She kept sleeping. After sometime Doctor came, he started checking her. Doctor " Her blood pressure is too high give her complete rest." She opened her eyes little bit but she didn't understand much. Her head was just to heavy to grasp anything. When Doctor came out, he slowly closed door and asked " Did she have some sort of tension?" Mother-in-law " No not at all. She was fine." Mohit "Dipti Bhabhi was doing too much cleaning. Mom was trying to stop her but she was tense about her parent's visit." Doctor looked confused. " At this age she couldn't get exhausted just by cleaning too much. I mean she could get little bit sick or weak but she is having too high BP. You are sure that you don't have argument." Her Mother-in-law started to look upset & Mohit couldn't stop laughing. Doctor was so confused. She smiled on Mohit " Stop it Mohit." Then she turned to Doctor " Sir I am nice and peaceful Mother-in-law. I don't believe in harassing my daughter-in-law." Suddenly Anju came out and added twist by crying. Doctor looked at her with confused expression. Mother-in-law " This is my grand daughter and I don't have desire to have grandson since I have two sons so I need another flat. One boy need family since another need of flat so I wanted girl. I am totally practical woman. I don't believe daughter can't give fame to family. I know list of girls who do." Then she took Anju in arms. Anju smiled and kissed her grandmother immediately to prove her truth. Doctor " Sorry but your daughter-in-law is tense. We need to find cause. What is her job?" Mohit " Dipti Bhabhi do some painting as hobby and sometimes show them in exhibition but it is not for money. It just manage to relax her." Doctor " Will you show me her last painting?" " Sure, but is it okay if I show you picture? Bhabhi didn't like handling of picture too much. She said it destroy them so she clicked picture." " Perfect." He showed picture. It was wonderful scenery of nature. No sign of depression. Doctor looked more confused. Doctor " May be it is about health issue? I am giving you few tests. Give her these medicines and it will take some time. I am giving her mild dose since Dipti is doing breastfeeding. So handle all with care. Keep her away from tension and stress. And give her food without salt. Give her complete rest." Her Mother-in-law nodded. As soon as Doctor went out, she called her friend and asked about cook. Immediately a cook was employed in house. Dipti's Mother-in-law didn't want to take risk on Dipti's health. Mohit was also happy about it. His Bhabhi was soul of their family so soft and so loving. She was apple of eye to all. She was first time sick this way. It was too scary.
Dipti's Mother-in-law informed her parents about her sickness. Her Mom" So sorry. But Dipti is not strong in health. It must be hard for you to adjust now?" " It's okay. But Dipti is normally healthy but weather is worst nowadays." " But person didn't get blood pressure due to weather. Did Dipti argued?" " No..no there was not any argument in house." " Thank God. I always kept telling Dipti she must give respect to elders but she never listen to it." " Dipti never said anything wrong to me. Your daughter is like my daughter to me. She give me more respect than my own sons." Dipti's Mom didn't say anything for sometime then began to talk again. " We have trained our daughter that way. She was not like that as kid but we did lots of efforts on her. You never original Dipti." Dipti's Mother-in-law was so frustrated. Whenever something turned wrong parents put blame on daughter when it was right then they did it. She never saw such strange parents in her entire life. It was so strange. Parents always kept admiring daughter but Dipti's parents never spent one day in admiring. She was worst person in their eyes from first day. She still remembered when she first called them in her home. Dipti was so beautiful shy girl. She just fall in love with Dipti at first sight. She decided that she wanted her as her daughter-in-law. Then she kept calling Dipti on every occasion.Her efforts moved in right way her elder son Tushar began to like her. Finally one day he decided that he wanted to propose her. But it was not easy for him. She was too shy. He was scared that she might vanish from his life. But then finally one day Dipti's Mother-in-law suggested date would be suitable for them. Dipti's parents looked shocked. Dipti's father asked " Are you talking about our daughter Dipti?" "Yes." Before he could say something else her Mom stopped. Her Mom started to apply pressure on Dipti's hand to push her to say 'yes'. Dipti's Mother-in-law didn't like it. She wanted to change her decision but then she saw honest love for her son in Dipti's eyes and she didn't say anything. Dipti was so shocked when she started to deciding fixing date for them. Finally it was decided. Then step by step Dipti became friendly towards them. Even when they got married Dipti's parents kept taunting her, it started from first step of marriage. Dipti's Mother-in-law sensed that they were strange people. But she kept tolerating them since they were Dipti's parents but sometimes she began to doubt her decision. Dipti's Mother-in-law, Nirmala kept listening to her mother's self admiration. Finally when it was over, she disconnected call. Nirmala was so upset by this entire drama. She wanted to relax when Mohit came in room with Anju who was crying. Nirmala was so tired and stressed but she knew that Dipti was ill so she must became her substitute for few days. When Dipti's father-in-law Kishor came home, Nirmala told him everything. Kishor " But we have maid why did she do everything?" " I don't know. I kept telling her. But she was so obssessed with clearing that she didn't even ask for help otherwise even Mohit could have helped her." " It is strange. I don't understand why she acted like that. She is normal and obedient girl." " Now don't look at me with suspicion!!" Kishor started laughing. " I know my wife better than that. I will never doubt you. You will tell her to work. You keep one extra maid. But maybe we should talk to Tushar. There might be some matter between husband and wife. Did you tried to call him?" She totally forgot to call him. " My God!! I was so tense. I forgot." Now Kishor looked angry. Kishor " I don't expect this attitude from you." Then she immediately called Tushar and told him all. He sounded tense. " But why was she so tense? " " Now I hoped you can throw some light on this. Did you argue with her?" It was so shocking to Tushar. " Mom you know our relation very well. We have wonderful understanding. We never argue. Any way why did you call me so late?" Now Nirmala sensed that she was trapped. " I was too busy just forgot." " Forgot to inform me that my wife was going to faint and Doctor suggested bed rest to her?!! Did you two argued?" " No..not at all." " I want to talk to Mohit." She felt hurt that her son was not trusting her but she knew that it was her mistake. She called Mohit. She gave phone to Mohit and immediately went in her room. She sat on her bed. She was feeling so sad. She didn't do anything wrong still no one had any faith on her. It was not fair. She never did anything to harm Dipti but everyone was blaming her. She was innocent. She tried her best to handle but her one mistake became crime. She decided that she could not control herself. She went to close her door but little Anju was standing in door. She was so confused now. That little girl was hoping attention from Grandma while her Mom was absent. She took her in arms and started crying. But then she controlled. She had to handle it all. She went in kitchen to prepare dinner for all. She kept Anju in far away corner in her baby seat locked. Anju was not happy about it but she adjusted. Nirmala sensed one thing that she had to handle it all. Everyone came to blame but no one came to help.
When Dipti woke up, she was feeling little bit better. But she could not go out. She could clearly hear Tushar's voice. Tushar was talking with his Mom. Nirmala was answering her best. But she could hear anger in his voice. She didn't like it. Her mother-in-law was always more than her own mother to her. She wanted to protest. But she couldn't go out. Nirmala was so upset. When Tushar came back from office he started questioning her. She didn't like his tone at all. She never did anything wrong. But now she didn't want those responsibilities too. She discussed everything in details. She could sense clear anger and insulting attitude into Tushar's voice. " Frankly I tried my best but now I am even planning to keep a cook." " I feel we should have done this before. I think we should have kept a cook as soon as Anju was born." " Wasn't is my advice you and your wife didn't agree? I said from first day that we needed cook but you did not agree. You kept insisting the cook will not cook food in tasty way as your wife did. It was not my mistake. I am keeping a cook now if you don't feel that I am taking proper care of your wife saying you can also appoint a nurse." Kishor " no need to create such a big issue out of such a small thing." " Do you feel I am the one who is doing it? Ask Mohit how hard I worked today to adjust things around house. I have not done anything wrong but I am the one who get blame from every side. " Nirmala was no longer about to control her tears. She gave Anju to Tushar and went in her room. Mohit looked at his elder brother with anger. Mohit " What was moms mistake? She tried her best under everything just because she forgot to call you I don't feel you should have said so many things to her." " I have not said anything wrong. I want just discussing and she took it in totally wrong way." Kishor " you are not discussing you are blaming her!! From beginning she was suggesting that we should give you separate house and I was the one who objected. Now I had began to think correctness of my decision!!" " Please don't drag matter so much. I will go and apologize to Mom." Tushar immediately went towards his Mom's room. He started knocking on her door. " Mom I want to talk. I am sorry" " You can come in. Door is open." Tushar went near his Mom. He felt so sad about entire episode. He knew that his mom, Nirmala never act wrong way with his wife but still he felt upset. He sat near his Mom. " I am sorry. I was so upset." " I am upset too but I don't started blaming you." " Sorry Mom it was all my mistake. Actually in office all staff was saying many things.." " Like?" " Son is needed. I don't feel that way do you?" " No I didn't. But people will not believe us and I have stopped convincing them long ago. At time of Mohit I wanted daughter. I kept telling even to Doctor. But they didn't believe me. When Mohit was born Doctor gave him to me happily and said that I had given birth to son. Nurse beside him said congratulation now you didn't need to lie. I was angry. I said I was not lying. I am ready to exchange my son. I was really totally willing. I wanted beautiful daughter like your daughter. But I managed to get arrogant son." " Who was fighting with me for you few minutes ago?" " See. How arrogant he is? Peaceful daughter should have came here near me and consoled me nicely." " Mom you are living in which era daughter are not peaceful now." On same moment Anju entered with loud scream and they started laughing. Nirmala " Let's keep our argument aside. But what is wrong with your wife?" " I don't know Mom. It is mystery for me too." " I don't understand it." Nirmala took Anju in lap. Anju was relaxed now. She started to sleep. Nirmala " Anju need to drink milk before sleeping." So they both went in Dipti's room. Dipti was sitting on bed. She was clearly upset and scared. They went near her. Dipti started stammering " Did you.. you.. fought with Mom?" Nirmala sensed cause. She understood the situation. Dipti must had over heard their argument. " Yes he did every day since his birth just like her." Anju started screaming on that point. Everyone laughed. Then they gave Anju to Dipti and went out of room. They wanted to talk. Kishor and Mohit joined them. Mohit " Every thing is fine." Nirmala " No your brother was convincing me you are gift of God. But I am still convinced I needed daughter." " No need to worry Mom find nice date like Dipti Bhabhi for me and I will give you nice girl just like Anju." Kishor slapped him on back and said " First finish your graduation get MBA like your brother. Then you should get job.." Mohit " Mom Dad is over demanding!! I can get job after graduation!!" Nirmala " Then you can get wife like me not like Dipti." Everyone started laughing. They all sensed getting tense was not helping them. But finally they had to return to matter. Kishor " Dipti is fine now?" " No she keep getting tense." Tushar " it's my mistake. She must had overheard my conversation!!" Kishor " Conversation? It was angry boost out. I hope it is not happening again and again." " Few times!!" They all looked upset. " Tushar was emotional by nature. He get angry sometimes and he couldn't change himself like that. Nirmala " We must not get tense now. Let's wait for reports. It might be something physical." Everyone nodded. That they didn't laughed or joked on dinner table. It was clearly tense day.
When Anju fall asleep, Dipti slowly kept her in crib. Dipti started to sense that she was clearly becoming cause to destroy peace of that house. She didn't want it to turn this way. She started to feel so upset her parents were proving right. She always heard it from her childhood that she was something evil. She had two siblings. But her parents always kept her away from them. She always stayed with her old grandmother. But her Mom never told this. Her parents brought her to that party with sole purpose that they wanted to marry her off with someone since her grandmother was died. She couldn't forget her Mom's word when her grandmother became sick due to old age. She said "Dipti manage to eat her too." She spoke this before all people when they were paying last respect to her grandmother's dead body. Everyone was shocked. But they all consoled her by saying her Mom was in shock. But she knew very well that it was not the case. They hated her from beginning. She was never blessing for them. She was curse. She didn't know properly who but some priest told them that she would bring worst curse on them. She would shatter their life. After that they never let her come near their remaining family. On that party she came just because her parents wanted to get rid of her. She began to feel so upset. Her grandmother always told her that these superstitions were nothing but creation of her parent's mind. Her. Grandmother always hated their attitude. But when she died, Dipti became totally helpless. She wanted to be happy. But her parents didn't want to make her part of their life. Even on that day when she was getting her house ready for them, she knew in her heart that they didn't want to come. They never showed her face of her siblings. It was so frustrating. She began to hide every thing from her husband's family. She was sure one day they would find out. She knew on that day she would lose faith of every one. She was so tense. She had to be perfect. She knew that she had to clean every corner of this house. Her grandmother told her that keeping things clean would keep everyone far away from sickness. She needed to clean. She started looking around. She knew that she was not supposed to walk but she couldn't help herself. She started to stood up. She sensed that ground under her feet was not steady. It was moving. She knew that she was not fine. But still she kept hoping. She kept thinking that if she acted in positive way then she could walk. She began to walk. But her feet seemed made out of rubber. She couldn't control her fall. Last thing she remembered was crying of Anju. Tushar was confused when he heard Anju's desparate crying. She was saying " Mom..Mom." something was wrong. They all ran inside room. It was shocking. Dipti was fallen on ground and her head was bleeding. Anju was trying to come down from crib. It was horrible and scary. Nirmala immediately grabbed baby. She was so scared that she might fall from crib in mind she decided that she was going to throw this crib in storage. She didn't want it to be used again. Tushar ran towards Dipti. Dipti was bleeding. Tushar ordered Mohit to bring clean handkerchief. Kishor ran to call Doctor. Tushar tried hard to stop that blood when Mohit brought handkerchief. It was horrible. He tried so hard but she kept bleeding. Mohit " May we should use tumeric?" Nirmala " Are you out of mind? Turmeric can do nothing. She needed sritches." Kishor came running inside. Kishor " Doctor said he would come soon. " " But Dad it seemed impossible to hold." " I think she needed stitches and her BP is high too." Kishor was so tense. He called Doctor again who gave number of hospital. They called ambulance and kept trying to control bleeding. But nothing was working. Tushar didn't wanted to cry but he was so scared that tears were started falling on his cheek. He began to shiver with fear. He didn't want to lose his love this way. Nirmala touched on his shoulder. " Don't worry. They just do some stitches and she would be fine." Anju was still crying. She was trying to wake up her mother with her screams but it was useless. Dipti was beyond their reach. Nirmala started to get panic too. She turned to Mohit and told him to bring money out of cupboard. They might need some in hospital. Then she turned towards Tushar. " Anju is scared. I am taking her out of room. Control yourself." Tushar looked at his Mom and controlled himself. He sensed that he supposed to control himself. He wanted to dry his eyes but soon he sensed his hands were full of blood so he stopped himself when he heard voice of ambulance. He took breath of relief when they took away his wife. He felt that she could be fine now. First time Nirmala was sitting alone in house. Her house was never empty like this. She always had pleasant thought to give her company but now everything was messed. She had expected some troubles in her life. She had even anticipated that her son might left house but never this. She had never thought something like that would happen. It was horrible. She sensed from beginning that Dipti's family was hiding something. But she never discussed much. Her one friend was not much happy when this marriage was fixed. She kept suggesting different girls until end. When Dipti married to Tushar, her friend stopped visiting. She decided that today she must ask her friend clearly what was wrong. She shivered with fear. She was lucky that finally Anju fall asleep due to getting tired. She called her friend three times without success. Then she started cleaning blood in that room. She wanted room to be normal when Anju woke up. She was upset. Finally she decided to call Dipti's parents. But then she sensed that it would upset her more. But it was her duty and she didn't want to be blamed for it again. Then suddenly her mobile rang her friend was calling back.
In hospital entire family was so tense. Every minute seemed like million years to them. Mohit kept running towards every Doctor and nurse whoever came out of any room. Many times they even got angry since they were in hurry regarding some other patient. Finally they forces him to sit on one chair. He kept sitting there in some person tied to chair since he didn't want to be thrown out of hospital. Kishor was busy in making payments and filling forms. Hospital was even inquired about cause. At beginning they asked with suspicion but when BP trouble became clear they discussed it like every day matter. But Doctor told Tushar to arrange blood. Doctor said she suffered blood loss due to wound and she was already weak so Tushar had to go in blood bank to arrange it. It was worst day for them. When suddenly a young man appeared by Mohit's side and asked " Are you related to Dipti?" " Yes I am her brother-in-law." " Ohh where is her husband?" " My brother went away to blood bank for blood but you can talk to my father. He is standing there making payments." That young Doctor thanked him and went towards Kishor. After that this young Doctor helped them entire time. They just sensed one thing he was related to Dipti. Then suddenly Nirmala called. Tushar was not there by then so Kishor decided to take her call. " Don't worry. It will take some time but she will be fine." " Ohh thank God but I called you to give other news." " Other news? About what?" " Do you remember my friend.." " Stop it come to point." " She was telling they kept Dipti alway away from family since they consider her evil." " And you believed this nonsense. Also called me to tell this!! I never thought I will feel so much disgust towards you as I feel now. That girl is serious & you are saying she is evil? You seem more evil." Nirmala " Shame on you. How could you think about your wife this way? Any way I will forgive you since you are standing in hospital and stressed but never dare to say it again. I was not supporting it nor my friend supported it. In fact my friend was saying that poor girl was suffering stress due to them we must not invite them." Kishor was confused now. Tushar was watching him. Tushar " What happened?" When Kishor didn't said anything, Tushar took mobile from him. " What happened Mom?" " This is all happening because of Dipti's parents." Then she told all. Tushar was so angry. " Mom are you going to share those strange gossips on this moment?" " No need to trust me. You can inquire in hospital. Her brother is working there." Tushar was shocked. He looked at Doctor who was standing there with them. He had similarity in looks with Dipti but they never thought about it until now. " Okay Mom bye." Then Tushar asked question directly " Are you Dipti's brother?" He nodded. " I am psychiatrist. I took passion to this side since my life was damaged due to mental problems. My parents began to believe one fortune teller then they started to follow him like mad person. They gave up our sister because he told. We never able to see her. Today I heard it since by chance my wife was there when your Mom called. Then I made inquiries in my circle. Luckily I came in contact with your family Doctor. Well let's be truthful. I hired a detective who told all. It seemed odd but this is truth. Now tell me all." Then Tushar told everything. Dipti's brother " This is going to be hard . She is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder." " But she could be cured?" " Of course. It is totally curable disease but for few days it was going to be worst. I mean she was not going to like mark on head. She might want to clean it too." Tushar shivered. " But you can handle it.." " Of course. First let me talk to Doctor. I don't want her to see her face before talking." Tushar nodded. Then Doctor came out and told them " She is fine but needed to stay in ICU for two days. I think she is fine but as precaution need to observe for two days. " Then Dipti's brother started to talk with him. Family members were allowed to see her for two minutes. Dipti was looking so weak. Then Tushar decided to stay there. Remaining family members went back. Dipti's brother came with them. Nirmala came out as soon as they entered in house. " What happened?" Kishor " She is fine now." Then Dipti's brother introduced himself. Nirmala looked at him with anger. But he said " Auntie try to understand Dipti is nice girl. Whatever happened is not her mistake. She always punished for other's crime. She is perfect every way. Please accept her." Nirmala smiled. She felt as if she was meeting Dipti's family for first time. Someone who admired her. She said " And it was not even your mistake. Why don't you stay here today? You look exhausted with Dipti in hospital we can surely use one extra pair of hands." " Sure." Kishor " Stay for week if possible." He nodded and happily informed his wife. He was on top of the world since he finally found his sister. He knew everything was going to be fine for everyone now. Nirmala asked " So you are Dipti's only brother?" "No she had two more sisters." Nirmala was shocked but she decided that she should meet only those members who were introduced by this nice brother of Dipti so she just smiled and dropped this subject.
The End
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