Nirbashito Page #3

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I felt so helpless!

They're so very proud of you.

They won't be.

Not any more

Because I must lie now. I must say

that the Sun goes round our Earth...

...that the Moon has her own light,

that the...

...harmony of the stars of the universe..

...the galaxies just don't exist!

Just to be free!

To live and tell my story.

Please.

I'm ready for your interview.

I already have all your answers.

Madam has locked

the cat in the bathroom.

Madam?-

- Yes.

Wham!

Tea'?-

-No.

Hey...

I'll keep this you carry on.

Go!

Are these your starters?

Or have you got the can

hooked onto alcohol?

No... -

- I came for the medical file

I have a check up tomorrow.

Shayonti...

Please stay.

Shall I make tea?

The electricity bill is due for tomorrow.

Thank you very much, 'Wilma!

Now I can start writing again.

Lucas told me you prefer typing.

Yes

Thank you, both of you.

Dhonyobaad.

What was that?

Dhonyobaad...

It means, 'thank you'.

Dhonyobaad..-

- Yes.

And to your new life in Sweden!

They say cats have many lives.

So do you!

Let's sit.

My Baaghini will be very...

...very cold this winter.

My Baaghini.

'Wild cat!

Someday...

Someday, Wilma..

...I'll return

I'll return.

And I'll take you with me

Yes!

I'll play Bengali songs for you.

And we'll sing together.

And we'll...-

- And we'll dance!

Hey!

I can'! dance!-

- Yes you can!

Really, no, I can't!-

- Come here!

Dance with me!-

- I can't!

Yes!-

- I can'! dance!

I can't! Please.

No! Dance with me!-

- I can't!

Be with me!

Yes, you can dance with me!

Come on!

Okay I'll try!

We'll dance and I'll step on your toes!

And we'll... laugh like crazy!

And we'll cry!

And we'll talk and talk and talk!

We'll scream until they hear!

And we'll love the whole world!

And we'll teach men.. how to love!

And how to live!

And...

...How...

...not to have...

...sex!

What 'not to have sex'!

I want to have sex!

Lots of sex!

But...

...not with..

Most of our women...

...have never ever experienced

an orgasm!

Can you believe what

failures these men are?

Never had an orgasm?

Even you';?

I've had my share of good sex...

...with men I chose to accept.

But...

...I am one of those species

who can come out and say that.

Most women can't.

Sex is taboo.

Women mustn't want pleasure

I'm shocked!-

- They must only serve.

Gratify male libido!

Only serve.

Not ask

But... that's so...

...that's so terrible!

It is!

From where I come Wilma..

Women are not even allowed

to think differently.

We are all expected to grow...

within a very rigid, very...

...orthodox...

...mould.

And if we dare question it,

question the system or...

...any system..

...this is what happens.

Look at me!

I'm nowhere.

Extremists force your own people, your

family, your friends to disown you.

I've lost my citizenship.

My people don't know where I am.

Call them!

Talk to them!

I'm not allowed, Wilma

Nobody must know where I am

I...

I only wish I could reach out

to them just once.

At least my parents

To let them know I'm

still living... I'm..

...alive!

Suppose...

...I did work out away...

Would you be careful?

Nobody must find out.

Sometimes there are extremist

decisions even within a family.

Which is why your wife has

left for her father':

Now your situation is

like that of the Government's.

Either get rid of Baaghini...

...or lose your wife's support.

I have a feeling Baaghini has

not been cared for at all.

Only bad news in my inbox.

Anyway"-

I'm sending you my

friend's office address

Arrange to send Baaghini over.

At least I'll have someone

to speak to in Bengali.

Do not mention my name in

the address.

I'm mailing you an

authorization letter.

Where's the address?-

- Right there.

Oh right!-

-'What are you looking at?

Oh.

What do I do?

Keep shut, he's coming.

What else, send her.

Send who?

- Moti...

- Can't you see I'm busy?

Send who?-

- Err... Baa..

Baa...?-

- Send Shayonti to Buddy's in-laws'!

But Shayonti is already...-

- Pregnant! She needs rest. So...

Right!

Yes tell me.

What are you saying?-

- What else! Send it!

To Sweden??

Operation Courier Service.

Courier a cam?!

Do not ring, 0 midnight phone.

Here's your pillow

Your blanket wrap

A pill for deep slumber

Sleep the night away.

The city now is only dead wood

The sky too has

turned off the stars to sleep.

'When you ring, chunks of ice run

down my spine, stupefying me.

Like the frail leaves in the Norwesters

I shiver all over

And the locust attacks my golden yield.

I remain alone and forgotten

In this distant land of snow.

I hear that Father's heart

is failing him

His eyes are weakened too.

And friends making quick escapes

To a shelter yet unknown.

Do not ring, 0 midnight phone.

No one lies awake for

you at this hour

Even the drunks of the night

have gone to sleep

Please sleep the night away.

Sweden. 18 kilograms. 32000.

18 kilograms!

How come?

But we carry her very easily.

It includes the wooden

box and the packaging

Exactly! And this 32000 includes

courier charges...

...doctor's fees...

...medicines..

Doctor?

Umm.. So the doctor will

accompany her to Sweden?

It's an 8 to 10 hour journey...

If there's wailing and

screaming all the way...

The doctor's?-

- Come on!

Didn't I tell you she'll

need sedation?

Exactly.-

- Give the letter.

Her mother's authorization letter.

It's HER cat?!-

- Yes.

Why?-

- Sir...

It's impossible to send the cat

without a Police NOC.

Why?-

- Why the Police?

She's a VVIP cat.

Just an NOC from the Police HQ!

That's it!

Crazy!

I'm looking for a home in this city

A room where I can sleep at night

A home...where I can shed

my clothes for a shower

Sing to my heart's content

Or sip my self-brewed cup of tea

And write beautiful poetry.

I have no home of my own.

Dagens Nyheter's Guest House..

...will be more secure.

More private

You can write there

I write better among people.

How far is Gouripur from Kolkata?

How far is Shambhuganj Bridge

from Sealdah Station?

How far is Radhapukur?

And the naked afternoons

drooping over horizons of kaash?

The Bhatiyali melodies that ow

down the heart of the Brahmaputra?

How far are they?

How far are they?

Gouripur had homes

Courtyards, fields for shepherds

Stone-terraced river banks

sky-canopied bazaars

And it had...

Gouri.

Is she there now?

She and her rag dolls?

Does she play now as she did,

hopscotch, dust up to her knees?

Sixteen men?

'With peas and turnips

Does she still cook on

her heart-warmed fire?

Somebody said the other day

that Gouri is gone

Picked up by one or many, the

moment she stepped out of her nest

Stripped off saree, thrown

into the canal at Baashkhali.

Found with a hungry bite

on her cheek.

If Gouri is indeed gone

If Gouri is gone indeed

If sails are indeed windless

To which unknown land would I

swim, pushing against the tide..

Flowing on and on...

For my love?

No brandy on duty.

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