Balveer Singh Jadeja
Well, tell me, where is the second part of this, to whom have you pledged it, mother? 'The daughter of Monji Mulukchand Thakkar of our village, who became my brother-in-law, had come to the pier to be married to Manjula Jakhou Bandar Vitthaldas, almost of your Bani Umar's age. His father-in-law, Thakkar Lalji Sundarji's heir-apparent son, who is considered to be very wealthy. Grain, rusk shop. Jahojlali of Jakhou port means that the shop is bustling. Took him in confidence and said, keep this kadla and give money. Deciding that we will pay off the capital and interest if it becomes convenient, we took twenty-five thousand rupees, which was considered a very large amount at that time, and filled the matter of Bhanez.' 'Then what happened, mother, why didn't you release that bitter?' Krishnaba asked. After that, one year or so was good and the next year was weak and there was no money. Then the second world war broke out in the world. In this, Ani's grandfather's illness cost a lot, so it was left to leave Kadlu. Then it became not to happen! Which was not expected.' 'What happened, mother?' “After our country was partitioned and Pakistan became Pakistan, most of our Jakhou port's trade with Karachi port collapsed. Most of Jakhou went to Pakistan. Lalji Sundarji's generation got caught up in the crisis, and the generation became raw. Those people kept leaving Kutch. All the brothers kept going to different places. Now it was to be investigated who kept the bitter, whose part it came to, and Anina's grandfather also held the vat of Sargapar. Parakram was studying. Ani and daughter Vijayaba were small. I had to do whatever I could to save the household. With all this, the sting of this connection, even if it was not forgotten, but who will check it? This work should not be assigned to anyone other than the man of the house. It is my last wish before I die that Ani takes up this responsibility and gives a bitter punishment.' 'Hey mother, say good-bye. Still, you have to go after Ani's sons and daughters are going to ride the horse while singing halarads. This is like picking a needle from a haystack! I will try though.' 'Don't try, son, if you find out where your Manjulafai and her household Vitthaldas are, the necklace of this, in my lifetime, you have to find and give to me that I want to see this your ba Krishna Vahu wearing and live, Krishnaba. , I want to see your wife-to-be wearing it too, son!' He spoke with a smile and everyone laughed. * * * Before placing the bars in the bank locker, Anirudh took several photographs from each side, weighed them, guessed how many carats the gold was. After that, along with finding the heirs of the generation of Lalji Sundarji of Jakhau, I decided to check in the big jewelery shops of Ahmedabad-Mumbai, showing the photos of Kadla, if anyone has come to sell such a piece. But C. I. In D.'s responsibility, he had very little time to find Kadla. After some time, mother said, 'What happened son, how much did your work reach, did you get any information or not?' Asking 'The effort is on, the search for the heirs of Via-Vaya Lalji Sundarji is still to be found.' By giving such a reply, Grandma Jijaman kept hoping that she would find Kadla herself and would find Kadla soon. One day despite being busy with work, SP.saheb called Ani to the office urgently. When Ani reached his office and opened the door for permission to enter, he saw that there was no sir in the office. He entered inside thinking that he might have gone to the washroom but was looking in surprise. A beautiful South Indian girl in a sari sits on a sofa and is busy working on her laptop. As the door opened, the girl also looked at the visitor. Both kept looking at each other. Then the same, 'Hi!' Kahi broke the silence. There Mr. Ganguly entered. 'Hi.. Anirudh sorry to disturb you. By the way, meet Kumari Rudraraj Divyalakshmi. He has just come as a trainee and will help you. You can take them with you.' 'Thanks sir. Welcome madam. Let us go to our section.' Said and shook hands. 'I am the child of Rajgharana. You must have heard the name of Vijayanagar Empire in Andhra, my grandfather's grandfather was a descendant of it. If this is our emblem.' Speaking, Divya Lakshmi took out the coat of arms of Vijayanagara from her purse and showed it to Ani. Ani watched in surprise and amazement. * * * Kumari V. in Anina Department. Divya Lakshmi Raju. Anina joined as an assistant. Due to this, Ani's work load was reduced a little. After office work, he started contacting jewelers in turn but from everywhere, he got only negative response, even the photo of such a piece of jewelry is seen for the first time. Kadlu is not seen, heard and disappointed. During the course of a month or so, the two young men felt emotional vibes without exchanging words. Same age, same field of work, same ideology and self-confident personality led to personal friendship between the two. Then one day Divya Lakshmi asked, 'What is the matter Ani! You have a worried look on your face these days. Is there a serious matter? may i know If you don't mind, show me, maybe I can be of use to you.' And confused whether to talk to a colleague or not? He replied, 'I will tell you later.' Divya Lakshmi realized that there was something very serious and unusual. 'If Divya I am telling you this because you help me in this work, because it seems that I cannot do this work alone. But this matter is to be kept very private.' Speaking, Ani narrated Kadla's story in full detail from beginning to end and showed photographs. Divya who was listening to the talk with surprising excitement said, 'Wow..! This is C. I. It is the work of D. It will be fun for sure. I will also start looking for the bitter with you from today, but you can show me this bitter, I want to see. How beautiful must be the object whose photographs are so beautiful!' 'Hey..! I can definitely show.' Then he said with a smile, 'If you find another pair of anklets, I can make you wear them.' 'Indeed! Divya said shyly, looking at Ani awkwardly. Divya Lakshmi was suddenly entrusted with an important task by S. P. Saheb. Pursuant to which he had to travel all over Kutch privately to get information. A well-known local politician was involved, so instead of the well-known Aniruddha of Kutch, they would have thought it more appropriate to hand over this work to Divya, as a complete stranger, so as not to come under pressure or fall under anyone's shadow. An assistant girl, Surekha, was given to accompany Divya Lakshmi so that she would not have any language problems. Before leaving the next day, Ani urged her to go to her hometown Saibgarh and meet her grandmother Jijama, if possible, with the recommendation that Divya knows about Kadlan, she must not let Jijama know. Divya had to stay in Bhuj for two-three days and after completing most of the work, one day she took a taxi and left for Saibgarh. When she reached Saibgarh, Krishnaba was also present with mother there. Outside Durbargarh, Divya was sitting in a carriage looking at the glimpses of the ruined remains of the old Jahojlali of Saibgarh Jagir, and Surekha went in and asked, 'Divya Lakshmi has come to see Madam Jijama, who works with Aniruddhasaheb, so come?' 'Hey! Why not, one has to ask?' Jijama replied and came out into the hall and stood with Krishnaba. Divya Lakshmi walked with confidence, like a nymph of Indralok, both of them looked at each other with a mesmerizing feeling. Divya bowed down and touched Jijama's feet. Sensing that there was some unknown, majestic woman standing with him, he too bowed down to touch her feet and there Krishnaba embraced her and said in Hindi, 'Yah Aniruddha ke dadima hai aur mein Aniruddha ki mommy hoon. Tumharre baremen anine muze poho kuch bataya hai.' Divya said to Surekha, 'You can sit in the car, mommy is here.' 'What have you talked about me, Mom? Good or bad?' Divya laughed saying. Krishnaba translated the words spoken by Divya and explained to Jijama. 'Oh, my foolish daughter, never speak ill of a girl like you!' Divya, who had started to understand Gujarati in this time, stood up after hearing the gist of Jijama's words and words like daughter, and fell again at Ma's feet. Jijama was shocked. At that moment, he made a decision in his mind. There was a lot of talk after the meal. Before leaving Divya consulted with Krishnaba and gifted Divya with a gold studded ring that he had. Divya left. 'And comes with three-four days' leave, if sir gives leave, come with me to my house. My grandfather has specially called me. A young man must have come to mind for me. Before that, let's go to Visakhapatnam, if my family also sees you and gets to know you, then don't worry! Why?' 'Dun. But you won't move forward until you get the bitter one, remember?' 'Yes Baba yes. Jijama and mommyji are ready to accept me even if they don't get the bitter, they have already given me the omen ring, only you have to wear it.' } (respectively:)
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