Ghatak: Lethal Page #4

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- won't you kill him?

- Yes!

lt's you!

Greetings!

l had heard that people

get lost in this city.

Nice meeting again.

- l'm new to this city.

- l see.

Just came in from Benaras.

- Do you live here?

- Yes.

l thought so.

- You seem to be working.

- Yes. l'm a nurse in a hospital.

- l'm in a hospital too.

- what?!

l mean to say that l take my father

to the hospital every other day.

He's suffering from

an ailing throat.

we're here for his

medical treatment.

How haven't l seen

you in the hospital?

ls there only one hospital

in Bombay?

- Are you going to the hospital?

- No. l'm after the city sights.

l had asked my brother

to take me out to town.

But he apologized saying '' Kashi....''

l'm Kashi Nath.

People call me Kashi.

He gave me a list of the

bus-routes and told me...

- what's your name?

- Gauri; people call me that.

well... that's how l'm supposed

to go about the city.

Bus no. 80 to Bandra.

No. 84 Ltd. to Haji Ali.

Goodness! l must try out

the fruit juices at Haji Ali!

why are you laughing?

Let me give you

a tour of the city.

- Really?!

- Sure.

That'd be fun!

won't you wait till

the bus arrives?

Sure!

That's the film star,

Amitabh Bachchan's house.

- You wanted to see it, didn't you?

- This is great, l say!

- would brother be in now?

- Brother?!

Brother Amit ( Amitabh Bachan,

the film star)

lt's like this; he's actually from

Allahabad and l'm from Benaras.

Both hail from towns on the banks of

the Ganges. Aren't we brothers then?

Oh sure... you're brothers indeed.

would you like to convey

something to your fans?

Only that religion and caste

be prevented from...

...leading to the division

of this great country.

Actually, this nation is

a home for all of us.

we must try to live together

like a family.

we must care for the whole house...

...and not just our own rooms.

Our rooms will remain intact, only

if the house itself is secure.

Looks like '' brother''

has recognized you.

why not? we're brothers, after all!

But it was fun, really!

- Don't look there! Please!

- why not?

what a shame!

Thief! Thief... Catch him!

Catch him, someone!

The swine was running away

with the purse!

- Your aim is amazing!

- what's so amazing?

That's how l knocked off a ripe

mango, amongst raw ones, as a child.

- with such a little stone.

- l see!

l had a coconut today... and the

idiot's head was even bigger!

- l had to find my mark!

- lt's really been fun!

You're right!

lt's really been fun...

- lt's over.

- Yes.

All the water in that

coconut is over!

- That's okay.

- Shall we move then?

Katiya's expecting us,

isn't he?

Yes. l had sent word.

l'm told that anyone who comes

to Katiya with a grievance...

...is buried alive

in these pillars.

That's right! No one has ever

been seen walking out alive.

- Cut the nonsense! Just shut up!

- And where are you going?

The truth is that such people are

dangerous for the crooks...

...but they're straight

with decent folks.

we have nothing to fear.

lt's only that the pillars

reminded me. Or l wouldn't...

Shut up! You always remember

the wrong things!

Don't move! Freeze!

lt's a soldier who's

come to fetch you.

Just follow it quietly.

- lt's been tamed... Come along.

- Are we so easily dispensable?

what is it?

These people wish

to say something.

Actually... some thugs had come

to our shops, the other day.

what l mean is that some

folks came to our shops.

Decent folks, actually...

Our shops don't run now...

lt's very difficult because...

...they've piled up building

material before our shops...

- lt's an obstacle, you see...

- lf that were removed, we could...

Talk to him about the

legal angle, Gopal...

Go on... speak!

what are you afraid of?

- Not me, please!

- what he wants to say is that...

...even the Courts

have ruled that...

The soldier hates someone talking

loudly to my brother-in-law.

what l wanted to say is that

even the Courts have ruled...

Never mind that... The Court

has its own place.

we've been earning a livelihood in

your ''empire'' for 2 5 to 30 years.

Our shops are giving us

our bread and butter.

Anything that you decide...

The soldier also hates anyone

raising a finger at brother-in-law!

we will abide by any

decision that you make.

- He's right! Anything you say...

- Please consider our plight...

How many days had l given you

to have Gol Chowk vacated?

l was to have it vacated

in a month.

lt's already a month, isn't it?

Cut-off one of your fingers then.

Running errands? People give

doctors the status of God.

But l'd place the nurse

in the same category, too.

How much you care

for the patients!

ln fact, l think you nurses

ought to receive an award.

Let's skip this thing about me;

tell me about yourself.

what would you find in my story?

l was an infant when father found

me on the banks of the Ganges.

He was the one who brought me up.

ln fact, he loves me even more

than he loves his own son.

Brother Shiv would never

agree with me...

...but he loves me a lot, too.

They all love me. Father even wanted

me to study medicine or engineering.

But l was never really

cut out for studies.

And l now work in an

iron-products' factory.

Come to think of it, l'm very

'' qualified'' and ''elegant'' .

You mean, ''qualified'' and

'' intelligent'' , don't you?

But Dad doesn't understand...

He always calls me dumb-headed.

Do l look dumb to you?

Ripper - Naveen @ -=DrC=-

lt's a shame that you take

so much of time...

...to open the lock

of your own house!

A burglar would open it faster,

without a key!

That can't be, father...

lt's an old lock. which is why

the key gets stuck.

Gets stuck, my foot!

Kashi's a strange chap...

l wonder where he disappears.

Didn't your wife know we're

returning from the hospital?!

She should've been here!

She's gone to fetch

the kid from school.

She must've been caught

in a traffic-jam.

Caught, indeed...

Get me a glass of water!

- well, okay. Please sit down...

- Go on!

what a strange city, this Bombay!

You have people getting caught

in buses and local-trains!

The deadly diseases would kill

a man only later...

...but the crowds and the

pollution will get to him first!

They just don't consider

you to be human.

They push a man in the crowded

local trains, against his wishes...

...and shove him out

without his will, too!

Father?! You're returned

very quickly from the hospital.

l'll give you a blow!

Have l returned early or have

you returned late, you idiot?!

- where had you been?

- l was held up, Dad...

- Not you, too?!

- l'd actually been to meet someone.

- who's that you went to meet?

- Gauri... she's a nurse.

l was making friends with her;

she could be of help.

You're back, are you?

And could you see the sights?

Actually, l'd asked him to go

and see the sights in the city.

ldiot! ls he here to see the sights

or have me treated?!

l'm fed of making

the trip everyday.

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