King and Queen
'Life is lived King Size buddy!' flamboyance was evident in his words. Why only words, it looked at his face, it hanged on his body, it peeped from his car; it just appeared in the air around him.
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'I am calling our entire group. With family. Let us check out what and how they are doing.', he was talking to a friend, about the get-together he was organizing. Reason for the party was not needed; but this time in its pretext he wanted to track who was doing what. He was always competitive' Competitive to describe him would be misguiding; he had a complex which made him feel and show his power; in all its colors.
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'Adi, can we visit Ratan's place on his birthday?' Mini found him alone and grabbed the opportunity to talk for a while. Otherwise no one knows when he would return back and in what mood. And with who friends and talking about whom. She and their marriage have survived. Survived in true literal sense: what if she had to sacrifice her real self to help it survive.
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'No dear, I don't have time. We will send some gift. We had gone there last year; it doesn't matter if we don't go this year.'
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Mini's heart started beating faster.
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'I am calling our entire group. With family. Let us check out what and how they are doing.', he was talking to a friend, about the get-together he was organizing. Reason for the party was not needed; but this time in its pretext he wanted to track who was doing what. He was always competitive' Competitive to describe him would be misguiding; he had a complex which made him feel and show his power; in all its colors.
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'Adi, can we visit Ratan's place on his birthday?' Mini found him alone and grabbed the opportunity to talk for a while. Otherwise no one knows when he would return back and in what mood. And with who friends and talking about whom. She and their marriage have survived. Survived in true literal sense: what if she had to sacrifice her real self to help it survive.
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'No dear, I don't have time. We will send some gift. We had gone there last year; it doesn't matter if we don't go this year.'
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Mini's heart started beating faster.
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'Kaamwali wants her salary raised by 200'
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'What? Tell her we will increase it after next summer'
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'If we don't raise it she will continue bunking service and I have to do all the works myself!'
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'What? Tell her we will increase it after next summer'
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'If we don't raise it she will continue bunking service and I have to do all the works myself!'
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He smiled' Not that this smile was the same as his smile in college days.
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'So what?'
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Her eyes were ready to flood; but she had learnt to manage.
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This was the same Adi who made five trips in a day to meet her; who showered gifts and was ready to do anything to get her' Her instincts were against marrying a businessman; though she didn't know how she had formed this opinion early in her life. But she dropped her guards and agreed for them to marry. Today if she looks back; she realizes getting her was just one business deal for Adi. After initial high days passed; he returned to what she later found his real self. Life was business for him, and there was no place for emotions. He would spend thousands on his friends because such parties gave him opportunity to show off. And he always got the right things to show off at the right time. She remembers how everyone complimented him for getting such a beautiful and talented wife. He always smiled and said nothing when gifted with such a compliment. Beauty remained for him and him alone; she remaining parked as a flower in his life's flowerpot. Talent was utilized in doing household chores. Persuading and coaxing kaamwali, buying vegetables and keeping her emotions in check: she had also become a successful businesswoman. Business of losing her real self and helping him lead a life King Size.
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Meanwhile the last traces of tears in Queen's eye had disappeared. King had disappeared a long time back: as and when he liked.
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(Rahul)
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'So what?'
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Her eyes were ready to flood; but she had learnt to manage.
.
This was the same Adi who made five trips in a day to meet her; who showered gifts and was ready to do anything to get her' Her instincts were against marrying a businessman; though she didn't know how she had formed this opinion early in her life. But she dropped her guards and agreed for them to marry. Today if she looks back; she realizes getting her was just one business deal for Adi. After initial high days passed; he returned to what she later found his real self. Life was business for him, and there was no place for emotions. He would spend thousands on his friends because such parties gave him opportunity to show off. And he always got the right things to show off at the right time. She remembers how everyone complimented him for getting such a beautiful and talented wife. He always smiled and said nothing when gifted with such a compliment. Beauty remained for him and him alone; she remaining parked as a flower in his life's flowerpot. Talent was utilized in doing household chores. Persuading and coaxing kaamwali, buying vegetables and keeping her emotions in check: she had also become a successful businesswoman. Business of losing her real self and helping him lead a life King Size.
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Meanwhile the last traces of tears in Queen's eye had disappeared. King had disappeared a long time back: as and when he liked.
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(Rahul)
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