Thursday, May 5, 2022

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...he said he was going to the city and  on the return trip he would meet hadi  baba  in a   busy manner  looked at bibi who was so silent  he was surprised,  bibi was sitting  up with her head lowered  in her bed, , an alert danger  siren  buzzed in his head,  God forbid, he quickly reached her side  with  lots of suspicions,  he called out her name  battle beghum  and touched her shoulder,  bibi beghum  who was lost in her own thoughts  jumped up startled,  the tab she held  dropped down  on one side,  bibi pulled out from her ears the pair of hand free,  turning she said why didn't he call her if he needed to talk with her,  she was stammering  hesitant  as he  focused his gaze on the fallen tab, he looked at tthe screen and then  at her, bibi jan turned  white, , he pressed a bell and a maid appeared,  baba asked  her to send sargham immediately,  within minutes sargham was in the room,  he saw the tab in baba s hands and  grasped the whole matter   
Baba enquired if it was his master plan 
Sargham  forced his smile  from escaping and  looked down,  bibi jan  stared from her husband to stare at her son then  back at her husband 
Baba asked soberly if women in the haveli would watch  movies  now,  what had the world come to 
Bibi jan argued what happened if she wanted to see the movie  baba also had seen  and their son  helped her out 

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