Meena’s laughter
Meena was so excited about this marriage. She arranged everything in it. She was so happy. She was daughter-in-law of family but she never managed to do much for it. She was always taunted about it from all. She tried her best but she couldn’t manage. She tried to make chocolate & sell them but it didn’t work. She got orders at beginning but then step by step all materials became too expensive & it was hard work. She couldn’t keep labours since she didn’t plan to start on big scale. She didn’t want purchase or rent premises. It was too really risky to invest so much sum in business which didn’t feel sure of return. She needed to stop it. She remembered that day like yesterday when she was cooking chocolates & her husband Ravi’s Auntie Vimal Kaki came. They belonged to rich family so Money was not dispute. She knew that they all wanted something which could make them powerful & famous. Maid opened door. Meena immediately threw apron on one side & ran outside to greet Vimal Kaki. But she didn’t sense that she already manage to drop chocolate on her silk gown. She smiled & started to greet Vimal Kaki but Vimal Kaki stopped her. Vimal Kaki “ You have this dirty chocolate on you. What were you doing?” “ Nothing much. I was just trying to cook some chocolates.” “ For whom? Don’t tell me your kids don’t got enough chocolates? I know surely that refrigerator is full of them.” She felt so ashamed & nervous. She began to sense whatever she was doing turned out to be useless. She started to feel upset. She said “ I was just trying to sell some chocolates..” Vimal Kaki started laughing. Soon she sensed that she did big mistake. She was selling those chocolates not for profit & Vimal Kaki was surely going to observe it. Vimal Kaki “ Now if you have extra time you can do those hobbies but don’t tell me you are planning to become cook!” She sounded confused. She didn’t understand what she supposed to say. It was clear that according to her family becoming cook was something so low that it was equal to crime. As per their thinking anyone could do actual crime & earn money but person must not do cooking & earn honest money. She knew that she needed to argue but she didn’t. She felt that she did mistake by trying to become a chocolate seller. She just laughed & said “ I was doing it for fun. I want to expose my talent in cooking that’s all.” Vimal Kaki nodded. After that she decided that selling chocolates was not right business for her. She was doing it just to impress her family & clearly selling chocolates was not going to impress her family. She knew that small shops were ready to keep her chocolates for selling but suddenly all looked wrong. She began to feel that she would do chocolates & she would keep them for sell but no one would buy them. On one day she did one orange favour chocolate & kids were not even ready to put it in mouth. She clearly sensed that it was wrong try. She decided that she was good in just one favour of chocolates. She felt that it would not create much future for her so she decided to quit it. After it one day they all suggested about marriage of her sister-in-law. All started to search for suitable boy. Her sister-in-law dated few but none of them was promising & nothing went beyond one date. Clearly her sister-in-law was not enough modern to find someone who would be perfect for her. They began to search for some boy. On this point Ravi told her “ Meena now this is the point on which you can prove yourself!” She gave him confused look. “ You need to find nice boy for my sister then they all started admiring you.” She smiled. Soon she started it. Luckily she knew one rich family from her neighbourhood. She discussed about her sister-in-law. They all looked interested. She arranged one party. She still remembered how hard she worked to get all arrangements of that party properly. She needed to set everything in right way. She wanted proper colour combination. She wanted to design everything in proper way. She kept all those colours according to choice of boy. She wanted him to be pleased. She even managed to arrange all food items that boy liked. Her sister-in-law told to adjust by his wishes. They all managed impress that boy with their arrangements. Her sister-in-law kept telling him that she loved what he liked. Finally they managed one date. After that slowly her sister-in-law started admiring him. She began to meet that boy. Meena was on top of world. Today she was happy since she was going in house of that boy to fix marriage. Meena was so excited about it all. Meena felt so sure about arrangements. She began to think that how did she needed to take approach regarding this marriage arrangements. She needed to make everything in proper way. She started to smile at thought how much she would be appreciated after this. So she started to arrange all. She did all properly & she went in house of that boy. When she entered she immediately sensed that she was not welcomed. She tried to discuss things but mother of boy was not interested. Finally father of that boy told her “ Actually our son is not interested in marrying your sister-in-law.” She was shocked. “ But he was dating her..” his mother suddenly came forward & said angrily “ He was trying to adjust but he couldn’t! He didn’t like her. We can’t force a marriage on him! Can we?” She felt so confused. For many days this boy was dating with her sister-in-law. They both seemed happy. She smiled & asked “ Can I talk with your son?” “ So you feel we are lying?” “ No..no.. I just want to ask what went wrong..” “ He is not in home.” She felt so sad. She went away. But during entire walk she was so tense. She went in house & started crying. She knew now she needed to face them all. Now she would become most bad person in family. She managed to destroy life of her sister-in-law. She sensed that her mobile was ringing. She saw that it was call from her mother-in-law. She had no option. She took it & said immediately “ They are not ready for marriage.” Her mother-in-law started abusing her. She didn’t want to hear it all but she couldn’t avoid it.
According to Meena’s family she did this with intention. She wanted to upset her sister-in-law. Her sister-in-law Rita was so upset. Meena was scared to face her. Ravi also criticised her. He said “ If you were not sure about boy why did you suggested?” “ I was sure but my guess seem wrong.” “ Marriage is question of life & death we must not move ahead on guess. Why didn’t you gather proper information?!” “ I did. That boy seemed very nice..” she said it in very weak voice. She was feeling so nervous. She knew that her information was wrong. She didn’t want to claim it was right. She was so sure about it. She said “ I tried.” Ravi gave her angry look & said “ I have married a stupid woman you are good for nothing. Now never try to do anything without asking.” She nodded. She felt so upset. After that her entire life became worst. Her sister-in-law kept having issues daily. Her mother-in-law kept telling her to come & take care of her sister-in-law Dipti. She went there. She sat in hall. Suddenly Dipti came running towards her. Dipti started abusing her. “ You did it since you are jealous of my beauty. You are sadist. You managed to take hold of entire property. But don’t worry. Slowly step by step I will start to take control of your kids. Today I just begin it.” She was so confused. In morning her daughter was complaining that Auntie was irritating her. She knew that her entire family was upset since she tried to fix marriage. She immediately started apologising. “ I am so sorry. I never thought he will act like this.” Dipti started laughing in strange way. She began to shiver with fear. She was so scared. She needed to get away from her. She started to cry slowly. She began to get restless. She knew that she took wrong decision by coming here. She was so scared & upset. She wanted to feel happy but still her fear was controlling her mind. She knew that she supposed to feel sad but suddenly she started laughing. Dipti was shocked. Dipti was expecting her to feel guilty. She started to laugh. Now Dipti started to scream. Dipti began to throw things around. But Meena didn’t understand her emotions. Meena started to feel so upset. Meena wanted to cry but she was laughing. She was enjoying the way Dipti acting. She couldn’t control her laugh. She didn’t want to but she couldn’t stop herself. So she just went out of house. She finally managed her laugher. She took breath of relief. She felt so frustrated. She was so scared that she might not stop laughing. She started to sense that something was wrong in her. She was so upset. She began to call Ravi. Ravi didn’t took call for long time. Finally he took. She told him all while controlling her tears. Ravi started screaming on her “ Now don’t tell me you messed up in this matter too? I mean what if Dipti decide to kill herself after this drama?” She shivered with fear. She decided to go back. She ran back. When she entered in house, she saw Dipti was talking on mobile with someone. Dipti was totally normal. She came out without making noise. She called Ravi & told him all. Ravi screamed “ I am working here. Don’t keep calling me. Just go home.” She didn’t say anything & returned home. She came back. She tried to act normal. She managed to relax herself little bit. She was so scared. She might start to laugh on wrong point. She was so restless & upset. But she pretended to act normal. After sometime Dipti found another boys. In fact she managed to find plenty of boys. Entire family did all for Dipti. They kept searching for happiness. But she was locked inside her house. She did whatever Ravi told her. She kept obeying him. She didn’t want arguments. So she kept quiet. She was so confused. Ravi began to Boss on her too much. One day by mistake a teacup fall & broken he started to abuse her. He began to tell her how useless she was before all servants. She sensed that they were watching. No one said anything. She began to feel so scared. She started to get tense. She tried her best to stop her laughter. She sensed that she was not going to stop. Every one was looking towards her with shock. Ravi kept watching towards her. She literally ran in her room. Then she locked her room. She didn’t want anyone to hear her laughter. She was so sure that she was becoming mad step by step. She didn’t understand what she supposed to do. She started to call her Mom. Her best supporter pillar! She married to Ravi but her family was not pro for it. Her brother kept telling her that she was getting obsessed with his richness. She was regretting her decision. She was feeling so restless. She started to think that she needed to find some way. She called her Mom & told her all. Mom “My God you don’t mention anything to me before?!” “ I know Mom. I don’t want to burden you with my mistakes.” “ Come on! I am your Mom! You are not burden to me! From where you got this thought? Let me guess! Ravi suggested it to me.” She started crying. She began to feel so upset. Then her Mom said slowly “ Come home for few days.” She immediately agreed. She stared to pack her suitcase. When she came out, she told Ravi “ I am going to stay with my Mom for few days.” Ravi gave her look which told her that for him she was nothing but just dirt. “ Go. I don’t need you anyway. Kids will handle all by themselves.” She suddenly remembered kids. She said “ I am taking them with me.” He started laughing. Ravi “ Why does you need to drag them with you everywhere? They don’t need Mom now.” She felt confused. But she said “ Let them decide.” She waited for kids. Ravi went away to office. She told servants to come regularly. She began to get tense. Finally kids came. She told them that she was going to her Mom’s home. Kids immediately agreed to join her. They could go to school from there. So they all packed & went away. She called Cab. When she entered in her Mom’s small house she felt that she was in home for first time. Ravi’s bungalow never had that feeling inside which this house stored. She tried to hide her tears but she couldn’t.
Meena began to settle in her Mom’s house. Soon she began to feel normal. Her kids were enjoying too. She began to talk with her Mom & laugh. On that point her mobile rang. Ravi was calling. Ravi “ I want my blue shirt tomorrow where is it?” She was so confused. She took deep breath & thought. Then she told him where was that shirt. Ravi “ You are such a stupid woman. No one keep clothes like that! You have managed to make entire cupboard a mess! Now I might need to call you again & again.” She began to panic. She tried to control. But her Mom was watching all. Her Mom took her call & said “ Actually I am not feeling okay so will you call after sometime? I have Doctor’s appointment.” Ravi needed to agree. She tried to stop laughing. But she started. Her Mom kept patting on her back. Slowly her laughter was reduced. She began to cry. “ Mom this is happening again & again. I am laughing without cause.” Her Mom carefully looked towards her. Her Mom smiled & said “ Let’s go to some hill-station for sometime!” “ Mom kids need to go to school!” “ & you need to avoid this man.” “ Mom he is my husband!” Mom thought for sometime then Mom asked “ You keep laughing without cause?” She began to feel sorrow. She didn’t want to say yes but she needed to. Meena said “ Sometimes I laugh without cause.” Her Mom started to look nervous. Mom “ Let’s go to Doctor. I feel our Doctor will suggest something.” Meena nodded. Meena decided to go to Doctor. Meena arranged time properly. She wanted to feel relaxed but Ravi kept sending her messages again & again. It seemed as if he needed her for everything. She waited outside Doctor’s clinic for her number. She was so tense. Doctor called her inside. As soon as she entered, she told everything to Doctor. Doctor listened to her. Doctor slowly said “ I think she needed to reduce her weight. I advise you to go to Doctor for it.” Mom asked “ Which Doctor?” “ I suggest Psychiatrist! It will solve both problems.” Meena nodded. But she was so scared. Meena immediately told Mom. “ If Ravi knew about it, he will make my life unbearable!” Mom smiled. Mom “ Why does he need to know? Tell him you are staying with me for my treatment.” She nodded. She told Ravi that her Mom was sick. Doctor told her to treatment to Mom. Ravi kept abusing & complaining. She tried her best to hide her laughter. But she laughed. Ravi screamed “ Stop that laughing mad woman!” She shivered with fear. She didn’t want all to call her mad woman but she began to sense that now she couldn’t escape that fact. She didn’t say anything just disconnected call. She started to cry. Her kids came in room. They began to pat & hug her. She felt so relaxed by their touch. They started to tell her “ Don’t worry Mom you will become fine.” She kept getting upset. She knew that she needed to become normal again. Next day they took appointment of psychiatrist. They got it for last day of week. During that week she kept avoiding Ravi. Her Mom kept taking Ravi’s call. But one day Ravi appeared in house. He began to scream on Meena for staying so many days. But Mom pretended that she was so sick that she couldn’t even walk properly. Meena tried hard to control her laugh. She just ran in room & then she kept laughing there. Ravi came behind her but she didn’t open it. Then Ravi started telling Mom that she was becoming mad step by step. Her Mom listened to all. Her Mom just said “ Let her stay here for sometime.” “ Sure you can keep her permanently but then you must not send bills to me. I needed to feed her & her kids. You are not paying for it.” Her Mom wanted to tell him that he was also father of kids. But Mom didn’t say anything. Finally Ravi went away. She didn’t come out for long time. Then when Mom started to bang on door, she came out. She told Mom “ I am fine.” Mom said “ We will go to Psychiatrist & all will be solved.” She nodded but she was not sure anymore. Finally they went to Psychiatrist. She sat for sometime then she went inside. She told all about her troubles. Psychiatrist listened to her. Psychiatrist “ You are laughing to hide your nervousness. This is common gesture. But people took it in wrong way. But your laugh is getting uncontrollable that is something we need to pay attention to. Actually you don’t understand how to control your stress. Let’s begin with counselling. After sometime I will tell you medicine if they are needed.” Then Psychiatrist started to ask her questions. She answered all honestly. Her Mom was beside her but she felt comfortable by her presence so Psychiatrist didn’t advise her to go out. She told everything without feeling shy about anything. Then Psychiatrist started to tell her things she supposed to do. She began to feel relaxed step by step. She started to do what she suggested daily. After sometime Ravi called her again. She answered him peacefully this time. When he began to abuse, she just disconnected call. He came to visit her. She tried to talk as peacefully as possible. She didn’t laugh. She was stressed but still she felt a peace impact in her mind. When Ravi left she cried. She knew that she was hurt. She didn’t want to go back. But she knew that she didn’t have much options. She needed money to survive & Ravi had it. She avoided fights. But whenever Ravi started to abuse, she began to talk with servants who began to answer too. Due to it Ravi forced to shut up. Slowly she learnt to handle situation. But when Dipti’s marriage decided she didn’t went to marriage. Ravi screamed on her. She just said peacefully “ Do you want me to tell that boy how many boys Dipti had dated?” Ravi tried to slap her but she moved away. Then she asked “ Do you want me to make Police complaint? I can get divorce & alimony too if you hit me!” He looked confused. Then he went away to Dipti’s marriage alone. Even kids didn’t want to go. Dipti harassed them all so much. They stayed in home & they finally began to live their life normally.
The End
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