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of losing someone is

All l will tell you is,

whatever there is... is right here

Theres nothing there

Whatever we gain,

we gain here

Whatever we lose,

we lose right here

Why do you want to lose

what youve got?

You dont get to live

every now and then?

You dont get anything a second time.

Nothing

Why hasnt Akash come yet?

He said hed be coming

l wonder where hes held up.

Good for him if he comes

A couple of drinks

will make him feel better

Hes going to go mad.

Hes thinking of Maya all the time

And hell get nothing out of that.

He must accept what has happened

He must, no doubt. But you know

how sensitive he is about Maya

Heres some beer for you

Richard, get another beer

What have you been talking about?

About you

Youll live a hundred years.

Thank of you, and there you are

Live a hundred years! lsnt that what

you told Maya so many times too?

And what happened?

Did she live a hundred years?

Where are you going...?

Where...?

Sit down

lve ruined your evening

lt was a slip of the tongue,

lm sorry

Hasnt your cough been cured yet?

Did you take that cough syrup

l gave you?

You never listen to me.

lll take it...

stop being a doctor

so late in the night

Youre always feeding me

a dose of medicine

All right, give me 22 rupees

22 rupees?

l must ask for much more

Because what lm going to give you

is worth much more

Mayas parcel has arrived.

l had to pay 22 rupees as postage

Let me have it

Mayas parcel...?

How can it arrive?

Six months old. Thanks to the

postal department, it arrives now

Here you are. Revive old memories and

keep awake all night for all l care

Hey! My 22 rupees!

l owe it as a friend.

lll return it to you

That parrot of yours

makes a lot of noise

Take him with you tomorrow.

And go to bed early

Whats the matter?

Tanya was complaining about you

You are my life.

You are with me...

l no longer care

for this world

lll take a life,

lll give up my life...

l dont care what price

l have to pay

You are my life.

You are with me...

Theres no other desire

like your love...

for yours is a love that

is not put on

Nature has bestowed on you

unparalleled beauty...

it is untouched by the

corruption in the world

l must have it

at any cost...

l dont care, even if

l have to lose my life for it

You are my life.

You are with me...

You are my God,

you are my faith...

that you love me,

is a great favour to me

You are the brightness

of the morning for me...

for me, you are

a silken evening

l wish to live

in your heart all my life...

l care not for another nest

You are my life.

You are with me...

l no longer care

for this world

Youre not going there Maya.

l am!

People there are dying in the floods.

Children, women, the old...

And no doctor is willing to go there.

l am going there

There is the problem of militancy.

lts very dangerous there

Please dont be stubborn.

You are the one whos being stubborn

Dont go is all youve been

saying for the last two days

As a doctor, how can you stop another

doctor from doing her duty?

Why must only doctors from Delhi go the

Burma borders to perform their duty?

Are there no doctors in Calcutta,

Assam, Mizoram and Manipur?

There are. But they are not interested

in going to the Burma borders

ln fact, no one wants to go there

Not doctors, not engineers,

not even the politicians

Why would anyone go there?

Not everyone is naive like you

lm better off being naive

Youre not going all alone

Youre carrying my baby with you

You need to rest.

Akki...

you were the one who said, were

doctors first, everything else later

Have faith in me. lll look after

myself and look after my baby too

Please. Let me go

lf you really love me,

you mustnt go

lf you really love me, you will

not stop me from going there

What will he teach me?

Hes an ass!

So you teach him.

Thats what lve got to do

Hes an ass!

So tell me. How many years

have you known Akash?

5 years.

5 years

How many years will

you tolerate him?

Looks like lll have to

tolerate him all my life

All your life...?

What if he dies before you?

lll go away before you

lll go away before you,

but l wont stop following you

lll come to meet you every day.

Every day!

Youre so worried

about a paper-weight?

How could it fall on its own?

Why not? lts so simple.

lts not simple. Maya was the one

who gave me that paper-weight

So?

Not just the paper-weight

l found the projector on too.

You mustve left it on

Unless someone manually switches on

the project, it cant come on, Tanya

So what are you trying to tell me?

That Maya came to you last night?

She was the one who switched on

the projector?

And dropped the paper-weight?

How else did it all happen?

lt happened because you still havent

accepted that Maya is no more, Akash

lt happens.

lt happened to me too

When someone you love so dearly

goes away suddenly...

we are just not willing

to accept the truth

For a few days, we feel as if

theyre somewhere around us

Thats what you must be feeling too.

l mean...

probably that paper-weight

was on the edge, and slipped off

But you...

Ever since Maya has gone away,

its very strange at home

Bittu has fallen silent too

Whenever Maya knocked

at the door earlier...

hed begin chanting,

Mayas back! Mayas back!

lt says nothing now. A scary silence

has descended on the house

Akash, take a few days off

My flights taking off for Goa

l had promised Maya that l would

look after her patients

Take care, Akash

l know whats playing

on your mind right now

Just that lve made you wait

six months for a little favour

lm happy you have helped me,

even if its a bit late

You take instant decisions

during surgery...

but official matters take time

lm not a very bad man. lts just

that l have my own responsibilities

Which is why... lve got to be

a bit firm at times

Theres something more lve

got to tell you

Youre going to work where

Maya used to work and l hope...

you will not give anyone

cause for complaint

Just as Maya loved children

and treated them...

lll do that too, Dr. Goenka

Happiness of the past

is always painful

Despite knowing that, l started

spending my nights...

in Mayas ward,

to escape loneliness

l had no other way of

finding peace of mind

Like everyone else, l did not

believe God, souls and rebirth...

which give us only false hopes.

Little did l know...

that faith would cast its rays

on my life...

that would gradually develop

into an ocean...

and change the course

of my life

Akki! Can you hear me?

lt has happened earlier, doctor

Twice earlier,

we thought Nakul was dead

There was nothing to tell us

that he was alive

And he suddenly returns to life.

He says...

he has passed through some tunnel...

where there was a lot of light

and everything was very clear

Do you believe in such things?

l didnt earlier

But the last time Nakul

came back...

he told me that he had

met my elder sister

After just an hour,

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