chapter 38
Sanyog - A Coincidence
Thatâs not important ⦠I said â¦to the lawyer ⦠Mr. Sarpotdar
Nothing should be secret from the lawyer ⦠He added
Sir ⦠Sanyogita interrupted ⦠he is my best friend â¦
Oh! He said ⦠I asked this question because if your husband uses this point , I should know ⦠nothing else â¦
Hamm ⦠Sanyogita said ⦠but what about my daughter ⦠what should we do â¦
Have you brought the papers ⦠Mr.Sarpotdar asked â¦
Yes ⦠she opened the bag and handed the file to him â¦
He was reading the file â¦
I observed her ⦠she was very nervous ⦠it was obvious ⦠she was wiping the forehead with her handkerchief continuously.
I gazed at her and comforted her â¦
How come ⦠your daughter talked against you ⦠Mr.Sarpotdar asked â¦
Sir ⦠she did not go against me ⦠I wished that she should not involve in our matters thatâs why I insisted on keeping in her hostel ⦠but she took it otherwise ⦠she is very innocent and young Sir â¦
But madam ⦠his lawyer has encashed this point â¦
Yes ⦠she said unfortunately ⦠she took the literal meaning of my words ⦠I didnât mean it â¦
Mr. Sameep ⦠as this is legal matter ⦠I should speak up openly ⦠as the girl ⦠yes ⦠Suparna has said in the court that her mother insisted on keeping in her hostel ⦠the case has become more critical â¦
Yes ⦠I know ⦠I answered ⦠but we are here ⦠to urge you to find out some solution ⦠Sumangal has also kept her in some hostel ⦠as a mother ⦠Sanyogital has right to know about her ⦠she can meet her ⦠she has right to do so ⦠am I right ⦠I said â¦
Yes ⦠we can ask for that in the court ⦠mother has right to meet the daughter ⦠but about the custody ⦠I would have to think and discuss with my team ⦠I will go through these papers thoroughly ⦠then I can come to some conclusion ⦠I canât assure you ⦠at this point ⦠Mr. Sarpotdar explained â¦
Sanyogital started sobbing hearing his words â¦
He comforted her ⦠Madam sorry to say all this but as this is legal matter , I have to speak clearly ⦠donât worry ⦠we will find out the solution ⦠but we have to go step by step ⦠directly we canât ask for her custody ⦠as he is father â¦
Ok⦠you are right ⦠Sanyogita said ⦠at least , I will feel relieved after seeing her â¦
I said ⦠Sir ⦠Suparan is very young ⦠her mind and world both are tender ⦠we can reshape them , I think ⦠I mean to say ⦠when Sanyogital will meet Suparna ⦠when they will spend time together ⦠the baby will understand her mother was not wrong in keeping her in the hostel ⦠we can convince her ⦠her mother did it all for her own good ⦠am I right â¦
Yes ⦠thatâs quite possible ⦠but court can object that mother has influenced her mind ⦠Mr.Sarpotdar said â¦
At least we can try ⦠for their meeting in the beginning ⦠I said â¦
Ok ⦠I will prepare the papers and send it to his lawyer â¦
Ok⦠I nodded â¦
Sanyogita was not happy with this meeting , it was written on her face ⦠she looked dejected ⦠she was anxious to meet her , at least to speak with her on the phone ⦠but it was not possible so early â¦
Ok⦠so letâs go ⦠I said to Sanyogita â¦
We thanked Mr. Sarpotdar and came out of his office â¦
Sameep ⦠how critical all these things have become ⦠what I have done ⦠she sat on the couch outside the office â¦
Sanyogita ⦠donât get panic ⦠there will be some solution ⦠Mr. Sarpotdar will do his duty well ⦠he is one of the renowned family lawyers in Pune â¦
At least ⦠we should know about her address and phone number ⦠so I will be relaxed after talking her ⦠that she is well and still remembers her mother ⦠saying this again Sanyogita started sobbing â¦
Other clients sitting their stared at us ⦠so I urged her letâs go out and discuss â¦
She got up and we went towards the car â¦
Mayank was very anxious to know about the meeting but after observing Sanyogitaâs face ⦠he kept mum â¦
Sitting inside the car ⦠Sanyogita said ⦠I should go my home now ⦠it will be better ⦠I need to spend some time alone â¦
Mayank was looking at us both ⦠his eyes were clearly indicting ⦠donât leave madam alone â¦
I assure him with a gaze â¦
Mayank letâs go home ⦠I said â¦
Sanyogita requested ⦠Please Sameep ⦠please ⦠try to understand me â¦
I said ⦠think about Ma and Baba , they will be waiting for us ⦠they are also anxious to know and above all Ma will scold me ⦠if I leave you alone when you are so nervous⦠so better go home ⦠you take her permission and then leave â¦
Are you threatening me ⦠Sanyogita asked smiling â¦
Whatever you understand ⦠I replied
Mayank started driving the car towards our home â¦
To change the topic ⦠I asked ⦠you havenât shown me any photograph of our baby ⦠how does she look â¦.
All photos are in home ⦠she said â¦
What about phone ⦠I asked â¦
Yes ⦠she handed the phone to me â¦
Put your pin please ⦠I said â¦
I opened the gallery â¦
Those chubby cheeks , curly hair , brown eyes , broad chin and huge forehead , dusky complexion ⦠above all that curiosity in her eyes ⦠like her mother ⦠made her â¦my daughter the most pretty child in the world â¦
I said , Sanyogita our daughter is like a fairy who has just descended from heaven ⦠am I right â¦
Sanyogita smiled ⦠her eyes full of tears â¦
Dr. Archana Pandit