Posto Page #8

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Ill have to take Posto to Kolkata, Ma

For his passport

Anu...

Will you be able to take care of him?...

Ill be at home

I have nothing to do

apart from going to the court

Blessings...

My respect... Guruji.

Ill have to tell your father

Whats there to tell, Ma?...

Ma, please understand this clearly

Baba is going to lose this case

So, lessen your attachment towards Posto

Gradually, let him go.

Otherwise, while giving him up completely...

It'll hurt more...

No no

Dont look downwards

Look up look up yes

Yes open your voice

Sing in clear tones.

Come here

Anu wants to take him to Kolkata

Why are you obstructing?...

Let them go...

Have you gone mad?...

A legal fight is going on

You dont get its seriousness?...

Youll send the person

concerned to Kolkata?...

Theyll brainwash him over there

Put the London bug in his head

All this is happening on

the advice of that evil lawyer woman

Dont I know that?...

Why are you dragging your

court case into the house?...

Sh*t!

What did you say now?...

What did you just say son?...

Sh*t I said sh*t

Where did you hear this from?...

Who taught you all this?...

Dad...

Ive heard it from Dad

Do you have anything to say even after this?...

If he really needs to go

We shall take him along

Left hand

now right

Will you buy that big train for me?...

Yes, you brat!

Ill buy you all the toys

And only then Ill be your best Mummum

Hello hello

Bonny has transferred Rs 2 Lakhs

Wowthats superb!

Passports are done

All done

Im just worried that if

the case still goes on

Posto!...

Come here and eat

Be careful and eat

And finish that drawing

You come and check

my painting once it's done.

Okay.

Dad, I have something to say to you

In fact, this concerns all of you

What is this legal case Dad?...

Its your and Arnabs

ego fightthats it!

But...

none of you are considering

my feelings

Dad, at Arnab's single request

I'm quitting my steady job.

Havent thought about

my career even for once

Ive only thought that Arnab is, finally,

getting some space for himself

Ill stay beside him.. support him

So that he gets some confidence.

Ill take care of my family

Whatever job I take up

in UK, will be new for me

Thats a new life for me

Why do I need that?...

All of you are aware that my office

has repeatedly wanted to promote me

But I didnt take it

Because accepting that

would mean shifting to Mumbai

Going away from my family from Posto

That is why Ive stayed back

Let me speak Arnab

Both of youve said a lot till now

Let me speak today?...

I never had any problem

with Posto staying with you

He is getting the same love that

hed get from my parents if they were alive

Ma even if nobody else knows

But you do

Leaving Posto behind with you...

I took injections to stop my breast milk

Ive gone through that pain as well

If as a mother

as a woman

Ive been able to make this sacrifice

Then you should be able to do it too

Why arent you being able to do it?...

Dad, I just have one question

Why cant Posto live with his mother?...

What wrong have I done?...

Do you think Ill not keep him happy?...

Baba youre forgetting one thing

Apart from Arnab, theres me

As a mother I have an equal right

Till date nobody ever

questioned by ability in my office

But you are continuously doing it

I know Dad what Posto means to you

Apu

My elder brother...

Your unfinished sculpture

Youve once lost to destiny

but not again

That is why the music practice

Those cricket matches

Going to the playground

The same songs

Your same wait outside the school

You are looking for 'Apu' in Posto, Dad

Please dont stop Posto

Because you didnt let Apu leave this place..

That was his frustration

And you know that

He didnt get a chance to teach there

because of internal politics

Because you were a teacher there

your son did not get a chance

and who got punished for that?...

My brother Apu

Dad, even you got a place

at SR in Kolkata

Why didnt you go?...

Like Barin uncle, if you had accepted,

things would have been different

You know it very well dad...

that Barin uncle,

today, has a music school in USA.

Why didnt you go Dad?..

Why?...

Whatever Shantiniketan had given me

I wanted to return that favour

Its a different world now, Dad

Now after Apu passed away

...all your anger was channelled towards me

It was as if...

...why didnt I go instead of my brother

I still dont get it, Dad

Why do you dislike me so much?...

I know...

...that Im not the best

Im very very average

Very average

Inspite of being an artist,

why dont you paint?...

I wished to create

a platform for new talent

That is why you decided to take up a job?...

Yes

What?...

What job was this?...

Consultant Art curator

I used to advise them

on buying paintings...

Why did you quit?...

They were cheating

The platform they had created was all a lie

The platform they had created was all a lie

I have grown up to my fathers principles

So couldnt compromise

Mr. Arnab so youre

shifting abroad?...

Yes with my son and wife

What will be your daily routine there?...

Could you give us an idea?...

As far as I know...

Ill wake up around 6.40

and get ready

Thatll take around 50 minutes

Hmmm

Then well get our son ready

Drop him to the crche

Another 40 mins

7 hours of work maximum 8

They have really good

daycare centres over there

Child clubs and crche

Ill check according to the budget

Me and my wife will give time alternately

Milord today we are confronted with

a very important question

Time

the quantity or quality of time

Which is important?...

In this age of working parents

Both the parents have to work

It has become absolutely necessary

How helpless are these parents

They are running in a rat race

They have house loans,

car loans to pay off

The expenses of the child

future investment

Savings for dependent parents like Mr Lahiri

They are continuously running

And they may not necessarily have

someonewith 8 or 10 hours to spare.

Then what will they do?...

Milord in Britain an average

working parent has 81 mintues

To spare for his child

81 minutes

In some countries its 91

Sometimes its 138 may be 180

This is what we call 'quality time'

These 81 minutes can create a beautiful

world between parents and children

Psychologists say that these

81 minutes is enough to make up

...the 10 or 11 hours given by

the likes of Mr Lahiri

Actually our fight is primarily Mr. Arnabs

81 minutes versus Mr. Lahiris 10 or 11 hours

Of course, Mr. Lahiri has a lot of time

He has retired now

He can definitely sue people

But Milord, think about my client please

He is dreaming of going abroad

Work there

A new life he has so much to plan

Instead of all that he is now

here engaged in a pointless feud

I have said this earlier as well

This case is nothing but wastage of time

The most regressive appeal Ive ever heard of

Your honour, I beg of you

Please dismiss this case immediately

And let my client go

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