Concluding
part -
That
day of party to announce two marriages comes and being s Sunday
things were easy for everybody. Veena true to her bold nature was in
two minds. To accept or not to accept that proposal. She could not
decide since she was also in two minds about who that person was.
Worst part in that was that her best friend was not telling her the
name of that person. She was absolutely helpless in this. She had no
alternative but to keep waiting until the betrothal. She could make
out from the way other members were behaving that excepting her
everybody knew of her partner's name. That was a type of breath
taking game that always was played with spouse in many families. It
was thrill but Veena being a dominating type of a person finding it
rather disturbing. Now that day has come and she was going to know
her partner. Party was arranged to be on the evening of that Sunday
and so all invited members began to come in. Since it was a family
gathering almost all relations were already in the house. Only a few
were to come and Veena could make out that her proposed partner was
from among them.
Veena
began to imagine who could be that? Vinod, ohh, no his is already
married. There were other men she considered and finally she came to
Sharad Kale. She stopped thinking for a while, she realized that this
is the only person whom she had appreciated in front of Ibna and
that was because he had helped them in their efforts to nab Mustaffa.
Veena wanted to reconfirm her surmise and so she approaches Ibna and
request to tell that name. This makes Ibna more mischievous and she
insists that Veena should wait until that moment.
Now
Veena decides not to bother who could be that person and tries to
forget about it. Finally Sharad and his mother and sister arrive
there. On his arrival everybody welcome them in a very special way.
This makes her guess correct. Veena began to think of Sharad in that
way and she realizes he is one person she can manage well. She knew
Sharad as a very congenial person. Living with him could be not any
nuisance. Gradually she begins to accept him as her life partner.
Party
began with much fanfare; everybody was enjoying the food that was
served and music that was playing. Everybody was busy chatting about
things of marriage arrangements for the two marriages those were
being planned. After some time Yamuna gets up and requests all to be
attentive to her. She announces that she is going to declare marriage
of ShreeNath and Ibna. She calls both to approach her and gives a
diamond ring to ShreeNath and Kamaal gets up and gives other diamond
ring to his sister, Ibna. Ibna was looking her best in the dress she
had chosen for the occasion. Ibna comes to Yamuna and she could not
control her feelings. That was the day she had been awaiting for all
these years. ShreeNath puts his ring to Ibna and she to his fingers.
They were looking very pleased on that. Kamaal began to clap to grace
the occasion. All follow it and first betrothal is accomplished.
Next
was turn of Veena's engagement, This time Veena's mother gets up and
calls Veena to approach her. Veena slowly moves to go near her mother
and stands close to her. Mother looks with kindness that only a
mother can display. Veena stands next to her mother anxiously wanting
to know who that man is? Vinod get up and calls his best friend,
Sharad Kale slowly gets up and approaches Veena's mother and touching
her feet stands next to her. Vinod takes out a small box and opens
it. Govardhandas estate agent and now a best friend of the family
slowly gets up and begins to help Vinod in removing a diamond ring
and hands it to Sharad. Yamuna gives one diamond ring to Veena and
they exchange their rings putting them in their fingers. The
engagement process was simple and over. Everybody joins in it by
clapping to celebrate it. After some pause Veena's father announces
that there is other business to be completed before they begin to
enjoy the sumptuous dinner.
ShreenNath
and Kamaal announce that they have purchased a hotel in the city and
they want Veena and Sharad to manage it and grow with it. Her time
for employment is over. Kamaal tells everybody that Sharad having
completed his research paper of hospitality business will be holding
a doctorate in that subject and so on that occasion he and his wife
deserve this gift. Everybody enjoys the way Mahaale family made
progress from a village people to a business family in this city.
Veena's father admits that all this success was possible because of
his daughter's conviction that they can do it! While admitting this
he began to weep tears of happiness. Those were moments of emotion;
after some time Kamaal gets up and begins to tell the gathering that
he and his family never had expected that his sister will be marrying
somebody from India and that also to a Hindu Brahman man. He further
said,
"We
Arabs do not consider Muslims from Indian subcontinent as equal to us
but Hindus we do consider equal because they had the courage to fight
back Arabs and keep their religion and identity intact unlike those
who accepted Islam and became our slaves forgetting their ancestors
and their achievements shamelessly. I am proud that my sister has
married into a Hindu family. I know for sure she will be very happy
in Mahaale family. God bless her as always, Inshallah."
And
in this way this story of Employment, completes. From next post new
story will begin. Thanks for keeping with me on this story.
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