Still Love You
Neera was eagerly waiting for Nathu today.
A few days ago, she met Nathu in this same vegetable market. In fact, Neera was coming to the old vegetable market from a distance on her own every day to meet someone. The old servant Nathu was found when she came for two or three consecutive days. Nathu wanted to get out of sight, but he had to stop when Neera called.
Nathu greeted her
"Hello Malkin."
"Where am I now your Malkin? Are you still working there or left?" Neera replied.
"When you left Sir, it was very important for us to stay there."
Neera was shocked to hear and asked hesitatingly
"Do your Sir still drink that much?"
"No, he has increase quantity and frequency now."
"Why don’t you resist him."
"Who am I to resist, when even you can't control him."
"He eats well, does he?"
"Where Madam? When I urge a lot, he takes a little. He just moves the vegetables here and there on the plate and leaves it"
"Which vegetables have you bought?"
She tucked the bag of vegetables hanging in his hand and said: "Didn't you took bitter gourd?"
"I don't know how to cook bitter gourd."
"Tomorrow I will cook bitter gourd and bring it."
On the second day, Neera went with the bitter gourd and gave it to Nathu with instructions.
"Don't tell anyone, I have given this, not even to your sir."
"Madam, your new sir don't get drunk, right?" Nathu asked while walking.
"No." Neera said, but the heart retaliated, "Intoxication is not only caused by liquor only. It is also caused by money, Post and knowledge. Why did you lie to yourself?"
She did not sleep all night. she reached in the evening, she reached before the opening time of vegetable market in evening and was anxiously waiting for Nathu. Finally, Nathu was seen
"How was it? He ate bitter gourd." She asked excitedly.
"Yes he ate it." Nathu replied.
Neera: "Did he ask you anything."
"No."
"Didn't even say anything about the vegetable?"
"No."
Neera for once became sad hearing that.
"Just his eyes kept flooding the whole time. He took the bowl forward after many years to get some more vegetables again." Nathu added.
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Respected
Collector of Jodhpur Gangadhar used to visit to keep administration alert and active. He believed that everything in the whole district is dependent on him. Big bold personality! As usual, he was on tour. He drove the car on a new deserted road. No one was seen there. On walking a little further, he saw a shepherd running towards him, waving his hand for stopping the car. Collector Gangadhar asked drived driver
"Stop the car, it looks like someone is in trouble."
The shepherd reached them gasping. Collector Gangadhar asked to driver to lower the vehicle's widow glasses.
"How can I help you?"
Shepherd breathed for a while, then put a Bidi in the mouth and asked
"Matches please?"
The Collector was angry. Chanted
"No."
"What brother! You keep such a very big car and there is no matchbox in your pocket."
He asked the driver sitting ahead
"You have?"
The driver hesitantly pushed the matchbox out of the pocket and pushed it forward.
"You are a big man, brother."
"Sir is sitting back." The driver replied
"Someone is sitting in front or behind really doesn’t matter. The the one who helps in needy times is always respected." He smoothed the bidi and swung his sticks and walked towards his herd.
