Sangam Page #6

How will we survive?

On the wind in the bagpipe?

You must understand. We're tourists.

We can't spend too much

Let's buy one thing

- The purse

"No, the bagpipe. lt's as"

beautiful as a woman

They both have music

Such poetry! Let's forget both

"You're cross. Well, men have"

always been martyrs

l'll be a martyr too

"Go on, buy your purse"

They must be bombs in real life

Let's hurry or the show will

start by the time we get there

Get this clear.

Only l am going to the show

"Oh, no. We are"

"No, only l"

So you want to see this alone

lt's no place for decent women

But it is for decent men?

lt's different for men

- Sure! No matter what happens...

men will always be men.

Narrow minded and outdated

Outdated

"And remember, where l don't go,"

you don't

lf l do?

l've seen the likes of you

Marriage... Huh!

Wives think marriage is a prison

And they the jailors

"But remember, Madame jailor,"

prisoners can escape

"Here, tahe your bag"

What's going on?

The show has begun.

You can take the front seat

l feel ashamed just watching this

But you don't mind

watching them?

They're different.

Their job is to entertain men

Can't a wife entertain

her husband?

She'll lose him otherwise

What a shameless thing to say!

Shame on you and your

outdated ideas

Who says my ideas are outdated?

"l do, your wife. You and"

your ideas are old

l'm old?

- Yes! Old

"God help me, l've got myself"

"an old man"

"He goes to the garden"

"with everyone else"

"But they bring flowers,"

"and he gets me a cabbage"

"Oh what do l do"

"with my old man?"

"l'm young and pretty and"

"graceful as a bird"

"He's old and greying"

"and reaching dotage"

"What is to become"

"of me and my old man?"

"He brings me here"

"to the land of fairies"

"But is cross with me"

"when l drop my veil"

"My life is ruined"

"because of my old man"

"God help me, l've"

"got myself an old man"

l'm so cold

l'm freezing

Drink this. You'll turn into fire

Look

Shall we go out there?

What do we do now?

What happened?

"When the bells rang,"

my pulse seemed to stop

Your pulse should racing today

Why?

lt's your birthday

Happy Birthday

What do l give you today?

You've given me all your love

But l'll give you something more

...something incomparable

You'll agree when you see

Get dressed quickly.

l'll answer the phone

What kind of a joke

"is this, Sunder?"

"But, why?"

"Oh, all right."

Near the waterfall?

Close your eyes

This is my gift!

What have you to say?

have l kep you waiting?

- No

"Well, how is my present?"

"Gopal, you've brought a warmth"

to these icy mountains

Many happy returns

Thank him. He has come all the way

from Bombay for you

l'm sorry l've come here empty-handed

But you have a teeming

"heart, don't you?"

"My friend, we believe in"

trading in hearts

Keep yourselves company

while l organise lunch.

See me at the restaurant

How are you?

How do l seem?

Don't l look happy?

Or can't you bear

to see me happy?

What are you saying?

Why have you come?

Ask Sunder that

"He phoned me, sent me"

letters and telegrams...

urging me to come

He pleaded with me.

l couldn't refuse him

That's just it.

You never can refuse

One look from you could give awa

the truth and end this story

"Those who make sacrifices, don't"

come back to destroy others

"Whatever you may think,"

l've come only for Sunder's sake

"Then leave for my sake, and don't"

come into my life ever again

A married woman's life is

a rainbow in a storm...

and can end like a

line drawn on water...

"which is and, yet isn't"

No there. Sit here. lt's been ages

since l saw you two together

"Go on, strike up a conversation"

"Radha, how are you?"

- Fine. How are you?

"Fine, thank you"

The end of the conversation?

ls there nothing more on earth

to talk about?

Are you corresponding

with your mother?

Yes

ls my mother back from Hardwar?

"- She will, surely!"

Enough! Now it's my turn

"Tell me, where have you been"

in Europe? What have you seen?

Nowhere

Then l'll take you around.

We're going to travel together

"Well, Radha?"

Only two things l treasure in life.

You and him

"Without either of you,"

life would be miserable

"Good you're here, Gopal"

Made my day

Let me order for something to eat

Here sits Gopal

"Beside Gopal, Radha"

And l...

there

ln front of Gopal and Radha

You're lost again. Come in

and see the arrangements

The three of us are together again

after ages. Celebrating your birthday

"That, too, here in Europe."

Now here's the programme

"First, we go to the casino"

"Now that he's here, he must"

see the casino

Then we eat dinner here

How does it sound?

- Lovely

Will Gopal like it?

- Why not?

He hasn't come yet.

Let me call him up

"Strange, she says he has left"

"l'm a married woman, Gopal"

"Those who make sacrifices, don't"

"come back to destroy others"

l couldn't bring much for you.

Just a few things...

All this wasn't necessary.

"Tell me, how was Europe?"

Great! l didn't even realise

how fast time flies

"You are happy, aren't you?"

Yes

"l'm very happy, Sakina."

"But once, Gopal dropped by."

- Gopal? ln Europe?

Sunder had called him over

for my birthday

So what? Whatever happened between

you and Gopal is a matter of the past

"No Sakina, l'm afraid."

- Of what?

Sunder can't live without Gopal

just as he can't live without me

"He would breathe a sigh,"

and he would tell me...

"Sunder, you've very lucky..."

"to have a friend like Gopal"

"and a sweetheart like Radha"

Then he'd start humming.

The same song every time

Heart rending

What song?

lt still gives me gooseflesh.

Want to hear it?

l'll sing it

"My friend was no friend"

"My beloved was not true"

"l have no faith left in life"

"The one l gave my love"

"Was it not you, my friend?"

"You were the one"

"The one who walked with me"

"You were the one"

"There are no more secrets"

"l have no faith left in life"

"The soft embraces"

"The throaty whispers"

"Were you not the one?"

"You were the one"

"Tears in her eyes when we parted"

"Were my pearls"

"Were you not the one?"

"That night of passions is spent"

"l have no faith left in life"

"Sunder, what's wrong?"

Nothing

l remembered the singer.

How he must have loved her

Whom?

She left him and

she married his friend

l'm not surprised about

"the girl, Radha"

"But about the friend, Gopal"

How could he have declared

love to his friend's fiancee?

He should have killed himself!

Like the poet did...

with the girl's name on

his lips

The poet expressed

his pain in song

But there are some who

suffer in silence

They can say nothing

Bye

"l asked you once before,"

and l ask you again

Don't come to my house.

Not even if Sunder insists

l beg of you

"Don't come to my house. Not even"

"if Sunder insists. l beg of you"

Mrs Mehra has called several times.

She wants you at the party by eight

l've laid out your clothes.

- l'm not going to the party

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