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this same thing.

The doctors couldn't do

anything. A god man saved her then.

Mother, we should

call a god man quickly.

Otherwise, it will be very late.

Otherwise, let me bring

a tantric lime please.

What kind of a lemon?

A lemon, which is kept

after reading hymns.

We will have to keep that lemon

below Umakka's bed for a night.

And that's it. If

Umakka has any bad...

...spirit on her the

lemon will rot by morning.

And what if she

doesn't have any bad spirit?

The lemon will

remain like all right.

See. There is nothing

to be worried about.

Umakka won't lose anything.

I feel... we should so

something or the other.

I wanted to meet

you since many days.

But I was busy in

something or the other.

You had some work

to do, isn't it?

Nobody has

understood me as you have.

And you know this yourself,

isn't it?

How is Uma? She is

all right, isn't it?

What is the matter, Nandu?

Why are you asking this?

How did this matter

come in your mind?

This means that surely,

there is something.

Tell me Nandu. I am not that

different from your family.

What has happened to Uma?

I know. There is

surely something amiss.

Tell me. How do you know it?

What happened when

you came to our house?

Nothing special. She

was something strange.

Tell me. She told you something.

It won't be worse

than what I have heard.

She even abused me.

I felt so bad that day that

Nandu... I couldn't say anything.

If I can do something

for Uma just tell me.

If I stop meeting

you for some days...

...will your love

for me decrease?

Nandu... I don't know

the boundaries of love.

But whatever love I have

within me, all that is for you.

Daddy... - Yes, Nandu?

I want to tell you something.

Okay, but please, quickly.

Is shock treatment

decided for Umi?

See, Nandu. I have

told you earlier too.

The doctors think that

if Uma's condition...

...worsens this

is better for her.

But isn't that

dangerous for her?

Nandu... as much as you

think for Uma's good...

...even I do think at

least that much, isn't it?

The biggest doctor of

the city is treating Uma.

And we have to

listen to his decisions.

But daddy... with this treatment, some

brain cells are useless for life.

Okay, is it so? Since when

have you known all this?

Dr. Lyengar told this to me.

Okay, so you are taking

people's suggestions about this.

I thought it necessary

to find out about this.

With this, even the prowess to

understand and think is affected.

The patient

becomes almost lifeless.

I think that you are

playing a drama without need.

The brain is affected, but

not forever. As you say.

Daddy... why don't you accept it?

You ask the doctor Dorai once again.

Even the doctors abroad

have stopped this treatment.

Okay. If this treatment is so

bad, what else should we do?

There has to be some way

out or the other. - Like?

There are spiritual powers too,

Even the T0antric and

hymnal powers are very strong.

At least, it doesn't...

...make the

patient lose anything.

I cannot believe that my son

is speaking like this to me.

Surely, you are

not in your sanity.

And you are telling me

to listen to such rubbish?

What is this shock treatment?

Even that is one kind of rubbish.

What does one know what the doctors

do? Just because the foreigners...

...have accepted it we

closed out eyes and accepted it.

How easily do you accept

the atom and it's strength?

Did the people of your

generation suspect this?

Just because these mantras

and hymns were written about...

...you cannot say that all

these are just make believe.

Has Dr. Lyengar

recommended this?

Daddy... please we will

not give Umi shocks.

You think about it once again.

Nandu, you have

wasted a lot of my time.

And my dear boy, this is not

my decision, it is Dr. Dorai's.

Daddy, I still feel

that this is not correct.

Why don't you think

something else for Umi?

What will happen to her?

Nandu, what do you think, I

don't care about Uma at all?

If I take her to the best doctor

in Bangalore, is it not for her?

You are not a kid now. You

should be smarter than this.

Daddy...

What is it?

God, please cure my Umi.

I will offer one apple and coconut,

one golden necklace and a Pitamber.

Please take away the

problems of my daughter.

If possible, give

all her problems to me.

Take my life.

But save my Uma...

Rama... the lemon about

which you were speaking...

...can you bring it? - Yes,

I can bring it.

When?

Whenever you say. If mother

gives me a holiday, today itself.

You know that no

harm will come to Umi?

No. I know it.

The only thing is. The

god man whom I know...

...he stays very

less in Bangalore.

It is possible, I will have

to go to some other god man.

Bring it surely, we will

keep it tonight. - Yes.

That Rupa from the school, she wishes

to learn the Bharatanatyam dance.

That cobbler? - Excuse me.

As the teacher

whether he will teach her.

I will ask him.

Vijaya was saying that Tarla

Dalals' book is very good.

You should get it.

There are good

preparations shown in it.

What is the need?

You don't eat anything.

Brother... - Yes? - Does

Neela know to cook food?

She is supposed

to be a good cook.

Yes, you will say it.

Uma... what is this? You

aren't eating anything.

No, mummy. I don't

feel like eating.

Come on, mummy

will make you eat it.

This is... open your mouth...

mummy's food.

There is no loss in this, is

it? - No. Quickly. Quickly.

Otherwise Umakka will come. We

will see it in the morning now.

Oh! It is eight thirty.

Umi... - I am having a bath,

brother... - Okay, nothing.

Rama...

Did you see the lemon? -

I was waiting for you.

Where is mother? - She

is having the prayer.

Come on!

The lemon isn't here.

See it carefully. - No. -

It isn't here?

Where is it?

Did mother take it?

Mother... mother... - What is it?

Did you take the lemon? - No.

The lemon is not there.

Shanta has even

cleaned the room.

She must have kept it

somewhere. Come on, let us ask her.

Shanta... Shanta... did

you clean Umakka's room?

Yes, mother. - Did you

find something there?

No, mother. - Below baby's bed.

- It is all right, Rama.

Oh God! What is all

this happening, Nandu?

What does this mean,

Rama? - What can I tell you?

Either it rots, or

just stays like that.

Disappearing...

I've never heard anything like

this. There is surely something.

Can you not bring another lemon?

It is very difficult. I have got

this one with great difficulty.

The god man was going out of

Bangalore yesterday night.

Oh! It is burnt!

God! What will be done now?

Oh! Take the queen!

- Where should I keep it?

It won't go.

- Should I keep it here?

Oh! You ruined everything!

Otherwise, two or three

coins would have gone.

This is called a coin.

See and play.

See. Like this.

It will go.

Didn't you see it? - It will go.

See, didn't I tell you?

Just one. - There is

just one left for you.

I have kept three for Nandu.

Nandu...

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