Ritu is a young working professional. She has followed her passion into her profession. At the age of 26, she is a quite established interior decorator. Her freelancing work and passion for it, has made her successful at a very young age. She always looks forward to enjoy her work and maintain a perfect balance between her professional and personal life. Balancing a profession with being a housewife in parallel to it, is never easy. That too, when an old mother in law comes in to the picture.
Ritu has been married, since a year. She had been in a steady relationship with a guy from her college. But, unfortunately that guy cheated on her. When she broke up with him and started to stay in complete solace, her parents decided her to be married to a complete stranger. She was to young at that time and didn't have the guts to speak against her parents. So, she gave in to the first people who came for a proposal.
Her to be husband, an author and hailing from a well established business family, seemed to be a decent guy to her, at their first encounter. They had a little chit chat. The guy, in the name of "Parimal Chatterjee", a renowned author and also running his family business, was quite similar to what, the story publishers claimed- Unsocial, shy and very less talkative. They met at the Trincas restaurant, the venue, which had been decided in advance by their parents.
At first glance, Ritu had kind of liked him. He was a handsome guy of healthy build, wearing nerd glasses with a french cut and shortly trimmed hair. He seemed purely like a wealthy guy with a don't give a damn attitude. Besides, he was a kind of pretty well known celebrity. Some of his books had sold quite well in the market. In a nutshell, she was eager to meet him and more over, wanted her ex boyfriend to know it. And to add to her happiness, he was quite the guy she imagined him to be. They chatted for long. She had told him about her previous relationship, on their first encounter only, as she felt it would make the process transparent. He also had told her about his past girlfriends and how he have had sexual encounters with them. They both had decided to be open minded at the beginning only, so that, the end doesn't gets ruptured. On mutual agreement, they had married.
Two years have passed by. Things have changed. Parimal remains busy in his work, almost 24 hours. He is not able to give time time, to his wife. Every day he wakes up in the morning, dresses up quickly, and rushes to the office, without even having breakfast, some days. He rarely does have any talk with his wife, in the morning. In the evening and some days late night, after coming back to home, he watches the television for sometime and then after having dinner, goes to sleep. This is his normal schedule. Ritu also has her busy schedule to follow everyday. She also after waking up, dresses up quickly and goes out for client meetings. Sometimes, he clients stay too far, and she has to leave early to drive a long distance. In the evening or night, some days, she arrives home even late than Parimal. They take turns to feed and take care of Parimal's old mother, who is very sick. Ritu operates from her home only, so she has been assigned more responsibilities, to take care of her mother in law.
Although, both Parimal and Ritu try to adjust and co - operate, but, the love and romance between them is lost completely. They are now like strangers, married and living together, but still being strangers.
Then one day, Parimal receives a lottery ticket. His friend gives it to him. Parimal doesn't believe in all this, but decides to keep it with him. Two days later, he receives a call.
"Hello. Parimal Chatterjee speaking." - Parimal picks up the call.
"Hello! Sir. I am calling from Kolkata Lottery. You had bought a lottery ticket from us. So, this was to inform that you have luckily got a couple trip to Goa. Congratulations!! Please come with a valid ID proof to our office at Ballygaunge circle, for accessing it. Thank you. And congratulations once again. For any queries, you can get back to me on this number. My name is Paridhi. Take care" - The girl drops the call.
Parimal thinks for two minutes. He has a very busy and packed up schedule. He will never find time for the trip. Ritu will also be probably busy. And they rarely have any conversation these days. He will not even be able to tell her anything. He decides to hand the tickets over to one of his friends.
However, on reaching home, he decides to ask her once. He parks his car and enters home. Ritu was busy feeding his mom, when Parimal asks her," Ritu, can you come here for 5 minutes? Need to discuss something with you."
Ritu accompanies him to their room. Instances of them being together in this room, flashes before Ritu's eyes. It has really been a long time, since they have stopped loving each other. Parimal asks,"I have got two tickets for a Goa trip. It was lottery gift. I know you are busy and probably, we might not get the time for it. But, still I thought to ask you once."
Ritu nods silently. They don't really interact these days. The flashes of memories had bought tears in her eyes, which comes out suddenly, without a warning. She turns away from Primal, in order to hide her tears. Parimal grabs her from behind, turns and lifts her up and starts kissing her. Kissing her all over her face, he moves towards her neck. Ritu gets surprised by the sudden change of environment, but decides to give in. Probably, she also had longed for this to happen, and felt that the same, was missing since long time. Parimal stops and pulls Ritu more closer towards him. He hugs her very tightly.
Both of them start crying. "I am really sorry, Ritu. I was so entangled in my work, that I completely forgot that our relationship was not for granted. I forgot, that being a human, you would also require my time and support. I gave up everything on you and didn't even care to ask, even once. You single handed took care of mom and all household works, in spite of being an accomplished professional. Shame on me. I could neither be a good husband, nor even a good employer. I realised it today, when I hesitated to talk with you, my wife today and that also regarding a good news. I hope it's not too late to apologise"
Ritu grabs Parimal by waist, and pulls him towards her. She kisses him even more passionately. The colour of her lipstick scatters over whole of Parimal's face. She says,"Let's forget it and start afresh. It was my fault too. I could have talked to you and sorted it out. But, I didn't due to my ego. Let's forgive each other. Now, stop crying. Goa is awaiting us."
They smile and start kissing each other. Passion ignites the environment. And this is how, two people fall in love with each other, all over again...
Ritu has been married, since a year. She had been in a steady relationship with a guy from her college. But, unfortunately that guy cheated on her. When she broke up with him and started to stay in complete solace, her parents decided her to be married to a complete stranger. She was to young at that time and didn't have the guts to speak against her parents. So, she gave in to the first people who came for a proposal.
Her to be husband, an author and hailing from a well established business family, seemed to be a decent guy to her, at their first encounter. They had a little chit chat. The guy, in the name of "Parimal Chatterjee", a renowned author and also running his family business, was quite similar to what, the story publishers claimed- Unsocial, shy and very less talkative. They met at the Trincas restaurant, the venue, which had been decided in advance by their parents.
At first glance, Ritu had kind of liked him. He was a handsome guy of healthy build, wearing nerd glasses with a french cut and shortly trimmed hair. He seemed purely like a wealthy guy with a don't give a damn attitude. Besides, he was a kind of pretty well known celebrity. Some of his books had sold quite well in the market. In a nutshell, she was eager to meet him and more over, wanted her ex boyfriend to know it. And to add to her happiness, he was quite the guy she imagined him to be. They chatted for long. She had told him about her previous relationship, on their first encounter only, as she felt it would make the process transparent. He also had told her about his past girlfriends and how he have had sexual encounters with them. They both had decided to be open minded at the beginning only, so that, the end doesn't gets ruptured. On mutual agreement, they had married.
Two years have passed by. Things have changed. Parimal remains busy in his work, almost 24 hours. He is not able to give time time, to his wife. Every day he wakes up in the morning, dresses up quickly, and rushes to the office, without even having breakfast, some days. He rarely does have any talk with his wife, in the morning. In the evening and some days late night, after coming back to home, he watches the television for sometime and then after having dinner, goes to sleep. This is his normal schedule. Ritu also has her busy schedule to follow everyday. She also after waking up, dresses up quickly and goes out for client meetings. Sometimes, he clients stay too far, and she has to leave early to drive a long distance. In the evening or night, some days, she arrives home even late than Parimal. They take turns to feed and take care of Parimal's old mother, who is very sick. Ritu operates from her home only, so she has been assigned more responsibilities, to take care of her mother in law.
Although, both Parimal and Ritu try to adjust and co - operate, but, the love and romance between them is lost completely. They are now like strangers, married and living together, but still being strangers.
Then one day, Parimal receives a lottery ticket. His friend gives it to him. Parimal doesn't believe in all this, but decides to keep it with him. Two days later, he receives a call.
"Hello. Parimal Chatterjee speaking." - Parimal picks up the call.
"Hello! Sir. I am calling from Kolkata Lottery. You had bought a lottery ticket from us. So, this was to inform that you have luckily got a couple trip to Goa. Congratulations!! Please come with a valid ID proof to our office at Ballygaunge circle, for accessing it. Thank you. And congratulations once again. For any queries, you can get back to me on this number. My name is Paridhi. Take care" - The girl drops the call.
Parimal thinks for two minutes. He has a very busy and packed up schedule. He will never find time for the trip. Ritu will also be probably busy. And they rarely have any conversation these days. He will not even be able to tell her anything. He decides to hand the tickets over to one of his friends.
However, on reaching home, he decides to ask her once. He parks his car and enters home. Ritu was busy feeding his mom, when Parimal asks her," Ritu, can you come here for 5 minutes? Need to discuss something with you."
Ritu accompanies him to their room. Instances of them being together in this room, flashes before Ritu's eyes. It has really been a long time, since they have stopped loving each other. Parimal asks,"I have got two tickets for a Goa trip. It was lottery gift. I know you are busy and probably, we might not get the time for it. But, still I thought to ask you once."
Ritu nods silently. They don't really interact these days. The flashes of memories had bought tears in her eyes, which comes out suddenly, without a warning. She turns away from Primal, in order to hide her tears. Parimal grabs her from behind, turns and lifts her up and starts kissing her. Kissing her all over her face, he moves towards her neck. Ritu gets surprised by the sudden change of environment, but decides to give in. Probably, she also had longed for this to happen, and felt that the same, was missing since long time. Parimal stops and pulls Ritu more closer towards him. He hugs her very tightly.
Both of them start crying. "I am really sorry, Ritu. I was so entangled in my work, that I completely forgot that our relationship was not for granted. I forgot, that being a human, you would also require my time and support. I gave up everything on you and didn't even care to ask, even once. You single handed took care of mom and all household works, in spite of being an accomplished professional. Shame on me. I could neither be a good husband, nor even a good employer. I realised it today, when I hesitated to talk with you, my wife today and that also regarding a good news. I hope it's not too late to apologise"
Ritu grabs Parimal by waist, and pulls him towards her. She kisses him even more passionately. The colour of her lipstick scatters over whole of Parimal's face. She says,"Let's forget it and start afresh. It was my fault too. I could have talked to you and sorted it out. But, I didn't due to my ego. Let's forgive each other. Now, stop crying. Goa is awaiting us."
They smile and start kissing each other. Passion ignites the environment. And this is how, two people fall in love with each other, all over again...
