Friday, September 4, 2009

My dad's encounter- Zahara

it is 40 yrs old story........i belong to rajasthan's tribal belt known as mewar.........u people shud be aware of it as it is famous for maharana pratap n akbar n also my city is known as lake city e.i. udaipurmaah dad has business of supply........he supplies mainly confectionery items to different regions near tto mewar...like marwar ....vagad etc (these all r the regions of rajasthan)
back to 40 yrsshortage of convince........dad used to stay at different places n after a tour of 3-4 days came back to home.........this story is of marwar region the place is DESURI....... as dad went there regularly he had fixed inn for night stay.........manager of inn was well acquainted to dad.......n every time gave same room to him........ dad had no problem it ws part of his touronce dad reached at inn around 11pm..he ws tired of the whole day's business n asked for food n room.........after dinner manager offered him d same room........ as dad ws aware of it he took keys n went..... the room ws on th ground floor it ws a little area occupied with a KHAT n at backside there ws a window lyk door where water pot ws placed.................
he laid down on the khat n slept soon.....around 1 o'clock we woke up for water n went near to d pot.......frm d window he saw a tribal woman ws sitting showing the back......dad coughed to make her aware of his presence....... n took d glass to fetch water frm pot.........d woman got up n moved toward dad....... n asked fr d matck box to lit d beedi.........as dad dosnt smoke he said no bt suddenly he saw a match box near d pot
dad took it n offerd to d woman...........le bai thu chairi thi ne ................she took it from his hand n as soon as she burned stick she became vanished...........dad ws shocked he took his belongings n came out of d room n passed night on d bench at lobby......around 5am d manager came n asked why he is sleeping out...dad recited d whole story........ manager gave a sarcastic smile to him n said toh apra saath bhi vaigyo.....kai ni yo kamro ani karanaj khali rehato tho mein aapre deideto pan jo apra sath bhi vaigyo tho ab dujo dunga (it happened also wid u....bzoc of this only this room remains always vacant bt nw it happened wid u i will give u another room frm next turn)......................