Tehzeeb Page #4

But perhaps what I didn't say

hurt you.

What did you say?

I didn't hear.

One must hear

silences too sometimes.

Shall we leave?

"Mr. Suresh? She is in the bathroom.

Yes, she is bathing still."

She's bathing?

- Yes.

She bathing.

"She is bathing... yes, we bathe

24 hours a day in this house."

"Sheena, you!

No... I thought it was someone else."

But how come you

thought of me early morning?

I saw you in my dream.

My thought is more

fortunate than me.

"It managed to reach your dreams.

- Flirting, eh?"

I am trying.

But I know I don't stand a chance.

You will be paid less.

- I don't understand.

"Eagle Publishers have

decided to publish your book..."

but we'll pay less royalties.

"Really? Thanks, Sheena.

- Thanks? That's all?"

Won't I get a treat?

- You will!

"Then come over,

the cheque is ready."

I'll leave by the 11 O'clock

train and reach at three.

Why don't you buy a car?

Because I am an environmentalist

and hate pollution.

That is why I

stay amidst mountains...

and don't keep anything that

emits poisonous smoke.

And what about your smoking habit?

That...

A big goodbye from me too.

"Even I'll come along.

- No Nazo, I'm going to office."

Even I'll go to office.

- Kids don't go to office.

They do.

- They don't.

They do... they do... they do...!

"Oh my God!

- Suman, clean it up fast."

Or you've had it!

Here's the cucumber.

- How much?

Rs.160.

- What?

Rs.160.

- I didn't ask the cost of your cart.

"Here, take Rs.80."

I have to bring the vegetables from

the city. The fares have risen.

The fares have really risen.

- I know you very well.

I haven't come across a bigger

lair than you in the whole bazaar.

"Stop it! If anyone recognizes me,

what will become of my image?"

You only care for your image!

You are too much.

What are you doing!

- Madam is very generous!

I'll give you a discount of Rs.10;

only for you.

Keep your Rs.10!

Why are you spoiling her habits?

"You will go away,

and I will have to suffer after that."

Do you like fighting for

pennies like that?

I spend as per my capacity.

I am not rich like you.

Keep your money!

The sun is burning hot.

"If you have finished shopping,

shall we go home?"

Yes.

What are you doing?

"Nazo, what happened?

Listen to me... listen!"

"Listen to me, love."

She is getting those

maddening fits again.

Don't call Nazo mad;

she is not mad!

"I am not mad!

- No Nazo, you are not mad."

Send her to the hospital.

She is not fit to live here.

She won't go to hospital.

She will never go to hospital!

My baby!

What happened to my love?

Everyone left me and went away.

"You left, brother-in-law left,

mom also left."

We didn't go anywhere.

Nazo's sister is with Nazo.

"My darling, my doll."

Where did Salim go?

Take.

"I told you, I'm environment friendly.

I drink only fresh juice, not tinned."

My heart liked what your eyes

said on our last meeting.

"What did my eyes say?

- They said..."

"'Trust me, one true story is

better than a hundred fabricated ones"'

Thank you for understanding

my eyes gestures.

Your novel is

based on your private life.

And Rukhsana Jamal

is a part of your life.

"Frankly, we want to

cash in on her."

"Your publishing house needs me,

and I need your publishing house."

Who will go looking

for a new publisher now?

Where do I sign?

It is very rare that the

heart is as beautiful as the face.

You are flirting.

- I am loving you.

You are kicking me

and say you are loving me!

"Your wife is very lucky.

- No, it's me who is lucky."

"Women, girls, ladies,

whatever you call them..."

I see my wife in all of them.

No... no... no!

"No woman, no!"

"The eyes are enchanting"

"The eyes are enchanting"

"The complexion fair"

"Long tresses"

"And an innocent face"

"A surreptitious glance"

"Crooked eyebrows"

"Downcast eyes"

"A little love blooming in the heart"

"The heart suffers sudden..."

"The heart suffers sudden

pangs of fear"'

"It feel coy"

"I've just fallen in love"

"And there is a slow obsession"

"The eyes are enchanting..."

"Call it the art of beauty"

"To hide flaws, or..."

"in fake words,

there is humiliation"

"How can the heart

not be overwhelmed..."

"by these couplets"

"Are they true words,

or a complete woman?"

"No woman, no!"

"The eyes are enchanting..."

You are a great dancer!

'So what if I danced'

' I didn't commit any crime'

"We have loved, not stolen...

- What are you doing...?"

Let me go!

Leave me alone!

Until Rukhsana Jamal

had come to my house...

there was so much

of silence here

Till the late moments in the night...

a beautiful silence

Silence till the Sun had begun

to spread its golden rays

And now...?

now I feel as if I were sitting

on a volcano

"Simmering lava, hidden under the

rocks, waiting to explode any moment"

Sis...

what happened?

- Nothing

Are you angry?

- No

But I've done nothing.

- No one has done anything...

and yet everything

has happened

Today's the 15th of February.

And no one remembers a thing!

Remember what...?

- That which I can never forget

But those who must remember...

have forgotten everything

Sis!

My darling!

- My sister!

That's the snake-bite!

You lost! I won!

The snake bit you

and I've won!

You've become a champion. If this

game was played at the Olympics...

Nazo would surely have won

a gold medal. What say?

Your turn

How're you eating...?

You make so much of noise

"Close your mouth when you chew.

- My mouth is closed, Mother"

Who can ever open his mouth

in your presence?

Hey! What hell has broken loose

if I correct you a bit?

"A bit...? Ever since you've arrived,

you've only been correcting me"

"My hair, my singing,

the way I cook..."

you find faults with

everything I do

"If I do chide you,

it's for your own good"

"My good? And my good lies in dancing

to your tunes, isn't it?"

Do you ever realise

what I want?

"You forget, Mama

I'm your daughter..."

not your sidekick.

- Watch your manners!

Did you teach me any manners?

Did you ever have the time?

Those who blame others for their

own weaknesses are illiterates

"If I'm an illiterate, you are

the one responsible for it"

You hadn't the time from

your piano and mirror...

to ever take a look at

your children's books!

Is that the way to talk to your mother?

- I wish I could talk to you...

the way one ought to speak

to a mother like you!

Enough! I will not

tolerate it anymore

So what are you going to do?

What...?

"You will go away...?

- No, I'm not going away so easily"

"Before I leave, I will find out

just what's on your mind"

"Enough, let's go out"

"Tehzeeb, I've never interfered

with what you do"

Get a hold on yourself

"All this isn't right.

- Let her speak, Salim"

Let me at least hear

what's in her heart!

Let the lights remain

I want to see just how much hatred

you harbour for me in your heart

"You're getting me wrong, Mama"

I have no hatred for you.

I have sympathy

Because you could become

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