Marriage Card

They are morning walk mates . They get together in the morning everyday .One of them is Anaya and the other is Abhinav .By.way of walking, their discussion covers from politics to policies excepting personal themes unless one agrees to it .

Anaya has been canned by his true-hearted friends to keep a safe distance from Abhinav who is accused of many issues and squeaked.

But Abhinav, by nature, is commixing.His manner of speaking

Is very amusing. Once he begins to talk ,it is worth listening . One forgets his fatigue .

Anaya waits for him in a particular makeshift shop. It is the meeting point of both. From here they start walking and talking.

Once Abhinav was quite late. nonetheless , he rose to disperse,he saw Abhinav coming towards him laughing .

Anaya asked him, "What makes you laugh so heartily,?"

.  Without answering his question he delivered him a marriage card.

His joys knew no bounds. He embraced him, attested him, and said, "In the end, you have been successful in your mission in giving your daughter in marriage".

Abhinav said nothing but pointed his finger to the card and told him to open it.

Anaya opened it in addition to it read the content, "Abhinav Mohapatra's wedding ceremony".

The card dropped down from his hand. He goggled at him. Abhinav was smiling while rolling his waddy.

, "Your marriage !!!"He cried out. How old are you?"

He looked at him in an incredible manner.

, "Sixty-five only".He gaped.

, "Only, oh my God!".He was yawing

Abhinav did not react.

He made it more engrossing, "It is my twelfth marriage".

, "How funny your dubious character is!" He flares up. Is it the age of marriage?"He excited.

,"Well, he elucidated. I have responded the equal questions very many times .It is clear that you support the existing system of marriage.But it is advanced in years .I think there should be some modifications.The agreeable age of marriage declared by law is eighteen for girls as well as twenty five for boys .But there is no binding age limit for it after the scheduled age "Is there?Have you heard or known it from any source?"

Anaya gazed him in a not understanding way.

He went on progressively ,"I have born with silver spoon in my mouth.Nothing was repudiated from me .I was careless to everything from the inception not even to studies.It took five times each to pass out the exams .It is because of my father .Affluent wealth afflicts me to go away from right path .He had no time to look after me .I became prodigal. Really I felt I was not efficient to look after the fabulous wealth viz:around hundreds coca cola agency,a shopping mall ,dyeing factories and buses run across and out side the state .I was the only heir to enjoy the hazardous wealth ."

He took a pause and resumed, "Just say why should I pay interest on my morality? I was wilful since my juvenile youth. For your kind information, I fell in love with dozens of teenagers.I spent extravagantly on them.I was beyond the age of marriage which is another kind of legalized prostitution

It is astounding that though I earn not a pie in my own initiative; engaged in no financial dealings, thousands of proposals struck at our door".

Anaya questioned him for a thorough understanding, "Did your father deposit any special amount in your name? I mean any fixed deposit?

,"No",he answered "To my grasp you are neither hand some nor unconventionality sportive nor a spot less character what for they impress upon ?"Anaya asked .

He put into words, "For their cumulation as I am the only son and no sister to weigh our head, the whole property after my father ' 's demise is mine".

Anaya said, "They should have to focus on other qualities so to say.... "

"Poorly sides? They are many in number; e.g womanizing and drug-taking?

Drug de-addiction for instance , is very common now-a-days."He said funnily,"So far as I know starting from teen agers to above twenty and on ward of deliberately sophistic family lads are drug edict .The reason behind it is that wine of any category can not provide soft inertia like drug .It is a later age drink .In addition to it society looks down upon it a drunkard

,"Regard less of it describe the sequence of marriages till you out stretched twelfth."Anaya begged fervently .

They walked and advanced. They came to a stop on the spot that led to a village. They sat on a bridge.

Abhinav began calmly, "The newly-wed though of average looks but highly educated. In her first appearance, she demanded: she can not deal with household chores but take part in company business.

,"I objected:you are confined to kitchen related things . Only bother about how to prepare delicious dishes .Second priority is bed design and elate me in bed. Intensely you are my bed mate ."

He added,"She ruthlessly rejected it. She took pride that she has separate value in his every goal of life.

Her unconventional and unnecessary exhibition made me irate. She was driven out of my mansion with whatever she demanded. Thus the first marriage ended in a melancholic ."

His eyes became wet.

He continued,"I was exasperated .This event changed my mind .I had a gratification for sumptuousness .My conscience bit me.I was sharply symmetrical .There were two ways left for me :either to abandon home for isolation or marry as many as girls as l can . I went after the second option .After a two years gap I married again ."

Anaya said,"How ever, I want to know did your first wife have any baby?"

, "Yes, a girl baby".He spoke

They returned when the Sun turned hard.

The next day in a cloudy morning they came together on the meeting point .Very soon it started drizzling .

Anaya called on, "Are you ready to carry on in the rain fret weather"?

,"Yes,presumably it is a rare occurrence to walk in the rain".

They shared one umbrella. Both of them were half drenched. Anaya started from the weather but in minutes Abhinav took him to the marriage-related topic.

He re commenced ,"It is my bad luck the second wife was reverse the first .She was a fool.She could not under stand the things properly."

, "Who chose her?"

,"Who else besides me? I  met her in a marriage party and fell in love with her at first sight."

Abhinav called on inquisition ,"Was she decidedly charming ?

Infact, I did not pick her for her beauty but for her innocency .It was a big mistake of mine .I was motivated by my emotion and sentiment .The stupid woman ran breathlessly out of the bed room in the honey moon night.She was afraid of carnal pursuit .Months passed by .I made her agree to coope with me and there is no reason of fearing."

Anaya asked, "Then the remaining time spent happily!"

,"Exactly not .But I was fortunate enough as she presented me a male baby.She died of pneumonia .

Again it restarted rain. Despite umbrella, they were wet. Abhinav's eyes were wet not because of rain nevertheless for tears.

,"Do you really miss her ? Your tears show it "

,"After her death it was unfeasible for me to rear up the baby . He kept crying day and night . I sent for the family physician to prescribe medicine for his comfortable sleeping. It so happens that after he consumes medicine he sleeps snugly for a few hours . By the time he wakes up he recommences crying . In the end he advised me to put in order for a caretaker woman who can best serve him ."

He took a sigh and began,"I thought there is no substitute except geting married .You see how circumstance en grossed me to bring home another woman .How ever she did not serve the purpose .She was very stylish .She always remained busy in her face mesh.Ofcourse,my son 's constant weeping checked when he went to her lap.She was ill-behaved and quarrel some.When ever we talked it led to disagreement .I could not cope with her .As soon as my son left her thighs I drove her out paying her the sustainable and claimed amount ."

Again the cloud turned coal black. They apprehended heavy shower . They started running . They dispatched from one another hoping to meet in the next day .

Anaya waited for him under the roof of the makeshift shop.But he was in the sight very soon.

He was excited as that very morning Abinav will unveil the chapter concerning his fourth marriage . It was a quiet morning . The sky was inky . The wind was blowing slowly like an old man 's walk .

Anaya could not control his itching and yearned ,"What about your fourth marriage ?"

Abhinav unveiled the thrilling chapter,"You might have forgot a hot news that had been broadcasted and published in the newspaper some years ago ."

Anaya glanced funnily and spoke,"I can not call back to mind the news .It would be better you memorize it."

" A kidnapping case". He jogged his memory .

"Kidnaping case! No, I fail to remember it "He replied negatively.

"Kidnaping of a newly married woman in the fourth night .I am the same person who enacted the drama ."

"Is it true ?" He questioned him.

"Yes .she was my previous lover .The marriage took place compellingly without her willingness .No sooner did I learn it ,immediately I deployed my men to abduct her.Un fortunately

They were caught by the police but before the arrest warrant issued on my name my lover saved me as she confessed that she came with them at her will .

He continued, "She was very lovable .After a long break I had an undisturbed conjugal lie .But all on a sudden it broke as she died of chest problem".

Drops of tears fell from his eyes.

After she passed on I went round half mad .I attempted suicide but failed .God wanted me not to die . I could not endure monotonous life and married for the fifth time .

She was the owner of an orphanage .She used to come to me for a plush amount to run the institution .In this way we were very close to each other .I gave her the marriage proposal and she agreed .She was not up to my preference . Most of the times she remained busy for her organisation along with it demanded more and more money .Dispute arose on this issuance .I made her expel from my home ."

The sun spread its hard shaft on the whole surface when it stopped raining. The day's morning walk came to an end.

The next day it was a little bit late nevertheless they continued walking .

Abhinav went on describing as regards to his sixth marriage.

" Actually , it was not a marriage as the woman was a divorcee left by her husband to weep by the road side .I stopped driving and opened the door for her to occupy the front seat .I came to know everything in detail from her and suggested her to stay with me as long as she wishes .She consented .She did not object behaving with each other like couple .She remained with me as long her husband filed a legal suit against me".

"Did she tell you a lie ?"Asked Anaya.

"I did not care about it and life ran as usual ".

Abhinav uncovered the eagerness of the seventh marriage.

Without introduction, Abhinav described, "By then my daughter was of marriageable age. When I was busy finding out an agreeable groom for her the old man persuaded me to accept her daughter's hand in exchange for a big loan amount which he was unable to repay ."

"How cruel he was !"Anaya crafted .

"Of course, I put the plan before him,"I have no objection if you take the amount without any bond ".But he disagreed . After getting the hard cash he left her daughter behind and went forward . I was totally out of wit . She cried helplessly . She fell prostate as well as requested me to receive her . My daughter,who was habitual of my exceptionality, did not say a word in complain . After a year she left me and absconded ."

He appended, "For the eighth time I purchased a woman for my bad mate. She lasted for two years .ultimately she died of severe asthma ."

On a bright and sunny morning, Abhinav narrated regarding his ninth marriage.

He took a long breath and began,"A broker arrived at my bungalow carrying a proposal of marriage of an elderly girl of a six daughter father.I told him,"I am fifty two now .Do you think it is right to take another woman to my home ?"

He assuredly said, "There is no age limit for a male to marry ."

,"In the end the marriage took place in a judicial court . She was very affectionate . She was also tolerable to my children. It is peculiar that she allowed the honeycombs to enter my Alishan bungalow .

Both of the honey combs I mean , the teen agers chose me as they were awarded cheques of five lakh each in a prize giving ceremony of a college as they were champians.They were two sisters reading in plus three final year .They offered them selves to me .They wrote before the magistrate that they opted for me without pressure .They solicited me to take any risk arising due to legalisation ."

He kept on with ,"The honey combs gave me maximum satisfaction .When ever I Was physically as well as mentally tired they were source of entertainment .I was greatly shocked when they were brutally abducted and murdered inspite of tight security .The police located them and sent them to jail.

Now comes the sweet sixteenth 's marriage It is my twelfth marriage ."

"Both father and daughter ' s marriage in one altar and in the same date which has been arranged earlier !!!"Anaya bursted out

"No,separately :in separate altars ."

Anaya asked, "Is there any further proposal of marriage ?"

Abhinav laughed and acknowledged," As long as girls are available and knock at my door the process will continue."

Anaya looked up him till he was out of sight .