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Staring at her beautiful face, he pulled her closer to him. “Roshni, I don’t have to pretend anywhere, you know. You are my wife.”
“Don’t you remember our agreement, or shall I remind you again?” she said.
She struggled to get out of his arms, and Deepak was very cautious not to upset her anymore, so he let her go reluctantly.
She moved away from him and turned around. “Shall we go?”
“Yes,” he agreed and followed her down.
They informed Kaki about their evening plans and left. They first went to the temple and took Shirdi Baba’s darshan. After darshan, they relaxed in the temple outside of the sanctorum and discussed their dinner plans.
“So, Roshni, where do you want to go? I mean, which restaurant?”
“Deepak, I prefer simple Indian food, either North Indian or South Indian. It doesn’t matter. But is that what you want to eat?”
“I’m fine with either of them, Roshni. You pick.”
Roshni was tired and hungry. She had no patience to go around looking for a restaurant.
She was about to suggest a place when he said, “Roshni, what about a chat p
lace? Let’s eat something different, something chatpata, please.”
Roshni looked at him, and he smiled. He was in the mood to eat something spicy, sweet-and-sour food. She was hungry, and the moment she heard ‘chat’ her mouth started watering too!
“So, is there a chat place close by? What foods do you think they have?” asked Deepak.
“Samosa and chole, vada pav, bhel puri, batata vada and a few more,” replied Roshni.
“OOOH, my mouth is already watering. Roshni, is there a decent place close by? Let’s go!” Now that he heard Roshni mention a few items, he could not resist.
Roshni visited a chat place routinely with friends, so she decided to take him there. On the way, they talked about the various foods at this place. The restaurant was very crowded, and Deepak was amazed at the young crowd. Roshni explained that chat places were very popular amongst college boys and girls, and were the usual hang-out places for the youth.
Roshni and Deepak were seated at a corner table. Deepak viewed the menu, and every item he saw he could not stop his ‘ooohs’ and ‘aahs’. The aroma of frying onions, ginger, garlic and masalas wrapped tantalizingly around the restaurant. Deepak noticed that people around eating the spicy foods had watery noses, a thin film of sweat on their foreheads, and yet – they ate and enjoyed the spicy foods. Deepak looked around and chuckled – unbelievable!
Roshni ordered poori chole while Deepak ordered samosa, vada pav and chat. As they waited for the food, they talked about very general topics. Roshni asked Deepak about the conference and training. Deepak gave Roshni the details, and he was careful not to raise any topic that would end in an argument.
It had been a long time since Deepak had tasted such authentic chat foods, and he thoroughly enjoyed them. Roshni relished the spicy food after a day-long fast, but more importantly, she was astounded by Deepak – he was into it completely. He ordered mango lassi to accompany the spicy food while Roshni had chai.
On the way back, Roshni was pretty quiet and had her eyes closed.
“Roshni, are you sleeping?” Deepak asked.
“No, just have my eyes closed. I am relaxing.”
“How come you’re so quiet? Are you all right?”
“Yes.”
“So what’s the plan for tomorrow and Saturday? Where are you taking me?” he asked.
At this statement, Roshni opened her eyes and glanced towards him. “I thought you wanted to spend time with me, take me somewhere. Why do you ask me?”
“Yes, I want to spend time with you, talk to you, but you are more familiar with places around here. I am ready to go anywhere with you,” he said and smiled at her very lovingly. “I just want to spend time with you!”
“I haven’t planned anything. Hmm, where do you want to go?” she asked again.
“Like I mentioned, Roshni, it doesn’t matter where we go. I just want to spend some time with you.”
