She was walking on the tar road; her eyes were filled with
rage, fists tight and pounding heart. She has just won the war and took bloody
revenge. She was Prajna, a cute girl in her twenties. She was walking away from
her past, unsure of her future, because of her present. The black tar road was
alike to her black past…. she was running away from past and now the tar road;
more she wanted to forget her past, more it was trying to catch up with her,
just like the tar road.
Prajna was studying to become a biotech graduate; she wanted
to be a micro biologist and play with micro organisms’. Theirs was a small
family, consists of her elderly parents and motherly sis, Priyanka.
The only earning brother was killed in war between India
& Pakistan, over a stupid hill. The land on the hill is barren, deserted
and without any population and it was trying to pass on its characteristics to
humans, who were fighting for it.
The death caused in war was the life turning experience for
the family. Mother died of shock, father wanted to be there too, but Yamraj seeing
his two pretty daughters, refused to take him in. Priyanka had to take a job in
a jeweler shop to prove Darwin’s theory “Survival of the Fittest”
Life was again getting back on track, Priyanka doing a fine
job as a Jewelry designer, Prajna studying to be a microbiologist and the
father trying to walk after the paralytic heart attack. Then suddenly God
unveiled the hidden plan to enrich their lives.
Priyanka hanged herself with a swollen belly; it was not the
fat accumulated by McBurger but there was a human life inside, the most
beautiful creation a man can create. The beautiful creation becomes the ugliest
creation, if the father disowns the mother. She was going around with her employer.
Father wanted to be hanged too but his legs were not supportive enough. At last
his balcony, which was mostly used for drying cloths….came to his help; and he
did not cry while falling down from 7th floor.
Prajna could not fight with Pakistanis last time but this
time she was not ready to take things lying down; she was ready to fight, ready
for revenge. She left her masters mid way, got into one of the biggest Jewelry
Institute and started working on a plan to get even with her sis employer. One
day, she felt a sharpening pain in the head and felled down; was taken to
hospital. And when she woke up in her senses, she got Turn # 124 of her life;
was told, she was HIV positive. It seemed to her that revenge will not be
complete in her short span of lifetime. Indian law prohibits disclosure of
patient’s AIDS status without consent, so she could afford the anonymous tag.
She bagged the most coveted job of jewelry designer with
Narotamdas Jewelers; in few days time, she was epitome of Seth Narotamdas…mostly
because of her curved body, polished communication and wicked style.
As usual, Seth’s wife was out and Narotamdas forgot some
precious stones at store, he called up and wanted a real diamond to carry the
stones to his home to be delivered by hand…and this time real diamond was
Prajna.
Precious stones were delivered but hands which delivered
them were beautiful too and beauty needs to be appreciated. Narotamdas started
appreciating her beauty in his own style and Prajna was party to the crime. Seth
Narotamdas, who was unable to do it, was able to do it and he wanted more….Prajna
started laughing. Next 2 sentences were
death nails for Narotamdas.
Prajna: 2 truths for you, one Priyanka was my elder sister
and second, I am HIV+
She enjoyed the pale look of Narotamdas and walked out from
his Malabar hill home.
She reached home; saw
a thick brown envelope lying at the door from “Jupiter Diagnostic”. She sat on
the sofa, switched on the TV and opened it with heavy heart and read
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Accept our sincere apologies from heart
We have detected some machine problems and that caused
faulty detection of HIV+ in several of our patients. We are happy to inform you
that your samples were tested at AIMS and you are not HIV+
Warm Regards,
Kedar Betgeri
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She reached for
sleeping pills bottle, took all of them, gulped down with water and with faint
senses, heard famous news reader Amit Gupta on AajTak “Breaking News: Seth Narotamdas committed suicide by
hanging himself”
She saw the watch and it was 2'O clock and date showed 14th Dec'09; now she remembered the sleeping pills bottle had only 3 pills and it was exactly 17 hours after the incident, she woke up....a smile came to her dry lips, which was a tribute to her family.
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