chapter 2

This chapter is written by megha and edited by sheena


It was early morning and she opened her eyes to witness the gold stars that hung above her bed, as she raised her hands to touch them. She smiled at them and said,

voice: good morning amma good morning babuji ..

The girl skipped out of bed merily to the bathroom for a shower.She had lost her parents at the age of 8, but thankfully she was taken care off by her aunt who took the little girl in and treated her like her own.

Khushi Kumari Gupta was a blessed girl and she thanked her Devi Maiyya and her parents for helping her settle her life. She was happy with the love that she received from her 2 aunts uncle and sister, as she came out of the bathroom and w/a towel drying her hair she looked at the bed which had messey clothes on them. She neatly folded them up and placed them in the cupboard, then she made her way to the table and said good morning to her best friend and her life saver devi Maiyya's statue.

Khushi (folded her hands in a traditional way and said): Good Morning Devi Maiyya .

She put a tikka on the idles forhead, did a Short Aarti and then went out to meet her family.

As she walked out of the room she saw her buaji who was sitting on the dinning table and was in a foul mood as usual. She had her hand on her forhead and was grumpy as she complained and said,

Buaji: Hai re Nand Kishore, What is going 2 happen now ?

Khushi (chuckled and went next to her sister and whispered in her ear): Jiji what is it this time? The water bill or the electricity ?

Payal (slapped her sister and said in a serious tone): This is serious, it's a letter saying that we have to evacuate this house, as some rich business man wants to buy this property and make a factory .

Khushi (shocked):  WHAT!!!  (She went to buaji and took the letter and read it).

Her eyes grew wide as she read each line of the letter and she was angry of  what was happening .

Khushi: Buaji, how can they do this? We can not move from here.

Buaji: I don't know Sanka Devi. I don't know. I don't know where we are going 2 go.

Khushi: Did u talk 2 Shuklaji about this? Surely he knows something about it.

Buaji: Arey that Shukla is a cheat. He sold this property without our knowledge and that's why we are in this mess. Now we have to leave this place in 10 days. (She complained).

Khushi (getting more angry): I will talk 2 Shukla. Jiji come on.

Payal: Khushi, we spoke 2 him. He said that this land is no longer his and we should now directly talk 2 the person who bought this land.

Khushi: So let's go. what are we waiting here for.

Buaji: Hai re Nand Kishore, they are not small people, they are a big company.  They will not listen to us Sanka Devi.

Khushi (puts her hand on her waist and said):  So what if they are big. They have no right to mess around with us. They don't own this world. Buaji give me the address, I will talk 2 them .

Buaji (handed her the paper and then said): Sanka Devi, carefully.

Do not make the matters worse .

Meanwhile he was working on his laptop, checking out some graphic information of his designs. Suddenly there was a Bang. He ran at the source of the sound. He saw his younger niece and nephew fighting with each other.

Arnav (shouted at the top of his voice) : what the hell is going on here?

Aarti: (sobbing): 'Mama, bhaiya has taken my fav. doll. He is not giving me it back.'

Anuj: (sulking) :Mama, she 1st broke my sports car.'

Arnav (barked):STOP IT!! Get back to your room RIGHT NOW!!!

Down there was a knock on the door. Hari Prakash opened it. A girl wearing green churidar with hanging pom-poms was standing.

HP:Yes, how can i help you?

Girl: Ji, I came here to meet Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada. Is he at home?

HP-: Yes, he is.Wait here. Let me call him. Wese, aapka naam kya hai?

Girl: Ji Khushi. Khushi Kumari Gupta.

HP: Ok Wait here.

HP went into Arnav's room. Arnav was checking some mails and was furiously typing on his laptop. He was frustrated with his nephew and 2 nieces.

HP knocked on the door and came in and said,

HP: Arnav Bhaiyya, a girl has come to meet you.

Arnav looked up from his laptop and then said,

Arnav: a girl?

Hp: Yes Bhaiyya. Her name is Khushi. Should I send her in?

Arnav: Yes. Send her in my study.

Hp nodded and went to inform Khushi.

Hp came down to Khushi, who was waiting. As he walked towards her, he said,

HP: Khushiji, Arnav Bhaiyya is coming down in a while. Please come with me. I will take you to his study.

HP escorted Khushi to Arnav's study.

While making her way towards the study, she saw the interiors of the house.She felt like she was walking in a Palace.

Everything was just Picture-Perfect. No wonder,while walking, she thought, these people make money and become rich by destroying poor people's homes. Thinking this, tears welled up in her eyes. How is she going to help her Buaji out of this misery? If ASR doesn't listen to her pleas, what is she gonna do? How is she supposed to stop him?

If the construction starts, her Buaji's house will be fully destroyed. There will be no shelter for her family to live in.

The company, AR, whose new industry was supposed to be set-up in that place has given them only 15 days to renovate into some new house.

She was fiddling with her dupatta making her way towards the study and was in deep thoughts.