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the car with the red beacon light was blocking the way which lead to uncle ji's house. ring ceremony was in progress, and people were facing problem passing through the narrow entrance to the house, which now was also accommodating a car from the bride's side.
uncleji's would-be-dulha son was out shouting at and heartily abusing the driver for not parking the car in the main road. the driver, a young man with typical bhaiyyan looks, was all set to hit back in the same tone, but realizing that he was from the bride's side, kept quite.
dutta aunty, our uncleji's ex-neighbour in lyyton road, saw the car from a distance and stopped, wondering if she was in the wrong lane. she asked someone standing nearby if nigam saheb's house was in the next lane.
she must have felt part of a marathon race for above 70, because that bystander held her hand and almost dragged her inside the house. she didn't had to use her walking stick for those few minutes. na, seconds.
we could hear loud music from uncleji's house. first it was 'aaj ki raat, hona hai kiya' that oomph number by mallika sherawat, then 'pyaar ko ho jaanay do' that somewhat normal number by kajol and devgan. later, we heard some heated arguments. who was agruing with whom was difficult to figure out, but we could recognize the nigam quartet clearly. it seems there was some negligeable tiff on how the groom's side was not treated well in the bride's city! but the foursome had to show that they were superior, so they argued in chorus! after a pause of 10-15 minutes, it was time for some more rocking music... peace restored we thought.
people started leaving. a good Samaritan escorted dutta aunty out and drove her back home in his car parked in the main road. the beacon car was still blocking the narrow lane. some more abuses were hurled at the driver by the second brother. we saw, and the driver also saw, uncleji's eldest son running out of the house with a stick. that was it, the driver was ready and punched him. untolerable! the groom, his brothers, their friends, all of them jumped and thumped the 'ready to fight' guests from the other city. the poor car lost its windscreen and beacon light.
'yeah rishta nahi hoga' was the obvious decision announced then and there. this was at 6 pm. 2 am the police arrested the quartet. beacon light was taken lightly by the winners at 6pm!
next morning, dutta aunty ji called up nigam aunty ji and said, 'soni bahu hai! tayray puttar nu meri chadi ni mili? Kal jad mai car which baithee, tay onay mainu phone kar kay bola, aunty mai hunay tuhadi chaadi ghar pahucha jaata hoon!'
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