Chapter 10: chapter 10

Aman – Namaste uncle. How are you? Mohan – I am good beta (son). You say. Aman – I want to ask, have you found....He interrupted as if he had filled up all by himself what I was going to say next, “I have not found any good match for you yet.” He hung up the call. I was shocked. Smile disappeared from my face and I started looking at the mobile screen appearing disheartened. Mom – What happened? Aman – He again said the same thing. Mom – What!Aman – Yeah, mom. Your dream was useless. Mom – Let's go to his home. Aman – What are you saying, mom? Just now we talked. Mom – After eating our five hundred rupees, now he is sleeping. Now, we have to wake him up. Aman – Are you going to fight with him? Mom – No, I am going to disturb him from his slumber. Aman – Mom, we will go tomorrow. Mom – No, we will go right now. Put on your clothes and get ready. I made a straight face as I didn’t know what was going to happen next. I put on my clothes and my mom changed too and we headed for the marriage bureau. She knocked at the door of his house. He opened the door, wore a fake pleasant smile on his face and allowed us in. But my mom didn’t smile back to him and I passed half smile. My mom blurted out, “Haven’t you found even a single girl for my son?”He said brimmed with confidence, “I always said I have not found a good match for you yet. If I have to find any random girl for your son then I can find hundreds of girls right now. But you don’t like any random girl, right?”My mom – Girls are girls. What’s your point? Mohan – I mean... okay let me explain. Your son is a government teacher. Right? Mom – Yes. Mohan – You must be looking for a girl who is in the government job, preferably a teacher. Right? Mom – Hmm...I nodded my head affirmatively. He looked at me and said, “I understand everything. And the girl’s family should also be good and decent like yours.”Aman – Right. Mohan – And that family should also be vegetarian, non-smoker and non-drinker. Right?Mom – Yeah, I can’t get marry my son to a family where these things are frequent. We believe in God and we are spiritual in nature. Mohan – I know. Actually, I know everything about you. When I enquired about your son, all of them said, “This family is very decent.”Mom – You enquired us? Mohan – Yeah. My sister, my business is of great responsibility. It’s about a boy’s and a girl’s life! We work very hard and we try our level best to know about the reality of a boy and a girl. And it takes time. Sister, you know if a bad girl comes to a decent family, then she decimates the whole family, not only the life of a boy. So, we have to be very careful.My mom got scared and her eyes widened, “Yeah, you are right, brother. Please be very careful while selecting a girl for us.”Mohan – That's what I am doing sister. That’s the reason, it’s taking time. Mom – Ohh... Now, I understood. Mohan – Hmm...Mom – For a while, I thought that you have become inactive for us. Mohan – No, no, nothing like that. I have taken money from you. How can I become passive? If I start doing like that then who will come to my marriage bureau? My whole business will be ruined. Aman – Yeah, uncle. (I nodded my head affirmatively.) By the way, uncle, I want to ask something from you.Mohan – Yeah son, sure. Aman – I never told you what kind of girl we want? How did you come to know that we are looking for only this kind of girl? Mohan laughed, “Haha, son, hundreds of boys’ parents come to me and almost all requirements are same. Now, I understand easily just after looking at the boy’s profile that what kind of girl they are looking for.”Aman – Hmm... okay, great. I want to add some more points that I forgot to tell you in our previous meeting. Mohan – Yeah, sure. Tell me. Aman – The girl must be fluent in English and she must have done B.Sc. or M.Sc.Mohan – Okay. Aman – And one thing more and that is really very important for me. I don’t know if I should say it or not.Mohan – Don't worry for anything, son. You can tell me freely whatever you want to say. Don’t hesitate. Aman – Hmm...I was trying to gather all my courage to say what I wanted to say. Seeing me in a trouble, he said, “You can freely tell me if you want dowry. Tell me how much do you want?”I got shocked a bit for I was not even thinking about it. I said, “No, uncle! I don’t need any dowry. Actually, I don’t even need a single rupee as a dowry. I and my mom are against dowry system.”My mom also spoke up, “Yeah, I will not even take a single rupee as a dowry from my daughter-in-law. It’s a sin! I am completely against it!”Mohan – Oh, that’s really great. Rare are such families who talks to me like that. I really respect you for it, sister. My mom smiled now listening to her praise. Well, who doesn’t like to be praised? Mohan – Yeah, son, you were about to say something to me. Aman – Uncle, I can’t marry just by seeing a girl. I want to talk to a girl before giving my final decision. So is it possible here in our city? He didn’t say with much confidence this time, “Yeah, you can. I will tell girl’s parents. They will get agree, don’t worry.”I heaved a sigh of relief, “Ohh... Thanks.”He smiled and said, “Don’t worry for anything son. But you just need to wait for some time more.”Aman – Okay, no problem, uncle. I will wait. Mom – Thank you brother for everything. Now, we want to take your leave. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)