Ch.10 chapter 10 - Sanyog - A Coincide...

Because in two days, I had attended lectures, two ladies teachers had conducted the classes â¦ one mam taught us poetry paper and the other linguisticsâ¦

So further, I asked her, who is Bhandari mam?

And she looked at me in such a manner as if I have committed some crimeâ¦ in not identifying the teachersâ¦ her round face, two innocent eyes and knee length braids was not allowing me to divert my eyes towards the lake Vihangamâ¦ I have seen many beautiful girls â¦ I thought â¦ but she is different â¦ I am attracted towards as if iron is attracted towards magnetâ¦ I was unable to take off my eyes from her faceâ¦

At the same time, she was explaining seriously, Bhandari mam, donât you know, she conducted today second lecture, she teaches us poetry paperâ¦ she is very cooperative and student friendlyâ¦ I think you were absent on the first dayâ¦ On the first day, she made it clear, if you have any doubts or any other academic work, we can meet her in staff room after our lecturesâ¦ so we will go tomorrow after our lectures to meet mam and she will decide for usâ¦ is it ok for you? She repeated, is it ok for you? As she noticed, I was not replyingâ¦

If she would have come to know at that time, what I was thinking, she would have slapped me at the same momentâ¦

Mrâ¦ Mr.. Sameep Sharma? Do you agree with me?

Yessâ¦ Yessâ¦ Coming back to the reality , I repliedâ¦ We will go tomorrow to meet mam â¦

Now , I must return , otherwise it will get dark soonâ¦ Sanyogita said â¦

In my mind , I was like, why are you afraid of darkness â¦ when I am with youâ¦

âDid you say anything Mr. Sharma?â Sanyogita aksed

No â¦ no â¦ nothing â¦ I meant to say are you coming to library tomorrow morning â¦ gathering all my courage , I asked her â¦

And she replied casually , yes , why not?

Ok â¦ Okâ¦ I said hiding all my excitement and happiness in my belly showing serious expressions on my face â¦ let us decide which newspaper you will do and which I willâ¦

Thatâs right â¦ she answered but can we decide it afterwards â¦ after meeting mamâ¦

She caught me in words â¦ I thought â¦ smart girlâ¦Â

Oh! She exclaimed â¦ itâs already getting dark and I will miss my last busâ¦ sorry â¦ I will have to runâ¦ See you tomorrow â¦ Byeâ¦ and she left hurriedly â¦

I was like â¦ what type of girl is thisâ¦ so practical â¦ with no heart and no emotionsâ¦

Here I am on the cloud nine after speaking with her â¦ and what about her â¦

Whatâs in you Mr. Sharma? Why should she pay attention to you? My other mind replied hastilyâ¦

Again , I was dragged to the prosaic world amidst the poetic background of Lake Vihangamâ¦

My situation was similar to Othelloâ¦ I exclaimed â¦ âTo be or not to beâ¦ thatâs the questionâ¦â

Mr. Majanu â¦ my other mind said â¦ she had left alreadyâ¦ what are you doing in this darknessâ¦

Majanu in me replied â¦ she is the only hope â¦ I mean light in my life at this momentâ¦

Your light is goneâ¦ my other mind said in a teasing manner â¦

I am also leaving â¦ donât tease meâ¦ I donât have any plan to spend my night in this gardenâ¦

At that moment , I heard the sound of whistles blown by the peon instructing to leave the garden immediatelyâ¦

Then , I started walking towards the gate of the gardenâ¦

After coming out â¦ I took the road which passed by the college bus stop â¦ it was not done purposelyâ¦ but today I think it was all done purposely by the Almightyâ¦

Sanyogita was there sitting on the bus stop â¦ almost on the verge of cryingâ¦

Hastily , I went towards herâ¦ and said , âDid you miss your last bus?â

And she replied , âYesâ¦ and I donât know how to catch the another bus because from a week , I had been catching the same bus from this stop onlyâ¦ So I am confused now , what to do? And my uncle and aunty will be worried for me if I donât reach the home in timeâ¦

Oh! I replied without knowing what to sayâ¦

Then she said â¦ Can you come with me â¦

She read my face â¦

She added â¦ Oh! I mean to say can you walk with me , there is one bus stop outside the campus maybe I can catch bus from thereâ¦

Why not? I said in a happy toneâ¦

She might have senses my happinessâ¦ she looked at me to cross check whether to take my assistance or notâ¦

So again I brought that serious look on my faceâ¦ and said â¦ letâs go otherwise you will be lateâ¦

We started walking towards the main gate â¦

There was pin drop silence â¦ between usâ¦ only the sound of my slippers on the road could be heardâ¦

We were at the main gate and to my misfortune â¦ the group of Chandrya was just entering through main gate â¦ Chandrya was on the bike, Rohan behind him and all others were on their bicyclesâ¦

Suddenly I hid behind the huge tamarind tree over there so that they should not see meâ¦

Sanyogita didnât realize , I was not with her and she kept walking further â¦

Suddenly at the gate, she realized , I was not thereâ¦

She was really afraid ,in that darkness also , I could read her faceâ¦

And for no longer I could hideâ¦ I came out â¦ and the group spotted meâ¦

Sanyogita was looking for me and I was behind herâ¦

But the group felt that , I was following her and she was afraidâ¦

They winked at me and moved further â¦

I felt relieved â¦

I looked behind â¦ the group had left â¦

I came running till I reached by the side of herâ¦

Where were youâ¦ I was afraid â¦ suddenly you became invisibleâ¦

Letâs hurry â¦ I changed the topic and I saw the bus arriving â¦

So ,I instructed her runâ¦

We both ran towards the bus stopâ¦

Driver stopped the bus as he saw we were runningâ¦

She got into the bus â¦ and I was waiting madly that she would wave a good bye to meâ¦

But it was not movie â¦ she didnât look back, or peeped out of the window to wave me good byeâ¦

But my heart beats were at its peakâ¦ I was laughing â¦Â

I was so happy and elated that there was scope of something between usâ¦

Our meeting wasnât coincidence but it was our fate , I was sureâ¦ that dayâ¦Dr. Archana Pandit

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