The Fantasy - Gin and the Dowryland

Gin and the Dowry  Land

In the slum of Saroornagar was Nina , sweating profusely , sauté  her tomato curry and rolling chapatis four by four kitchen. No sooner did she take a pinch of salt to add up in her curry than she felt sharp pain. She gasped for a minute and moved to her right to blow over the wound. She unintentionally tilted the roller which rolled down over the thali. There was a bang , the flour was all over the kitchen. She coughed the flour, sneezed for a while and then began to dust her hair, which were totally coated by the flour.

While dusting her clothes she found a pale tale like thing making sweeping movements on the ground. When she raised her head   , she saw an extra-terrestrial creature more like a Gin. Nina did not know what had happened. For she attempted to stand, but found that something had happened to prevent her from doing this. Sitting down in an upright foot was severed from the ankle. This discovery did not shock her much as she was used to these pains. For as she could feel  pain, she examined every portion of her body. Seeing the Gin staring at her, she shouted to him for assistance.

"Have some water, lady. "said the creature gaily."You have wasted enough flour." smiled the Gin . "Tell me who the hell are you?" yelled Nina aggressively."My name is Zoraver Otteoman Oudhwan Midasi. You can call me zoom .Look at you lips they are terribly bruised. Your fingers all wounded. Its very surprising to see a stern lady like you facing a weird creature with so much courage."

"Its none of your business , you cursed creature! I expect you to disappearance to be as swift as your appearance."She yelled."I read minds young lady." said Zoom. There was a moment of silence . She later admitted about the torments she had to bear as her husband harassed her for dowry."I had a misconception that women in nuclear families do not face the dowry issues. But the evil resides in the minds of people irrespective of the relation." She went on blabbering.

If I were a man , I would refuse the dowry beforehand .Its such a good for nothing thing. In a speck of time, her long plaited hair disappeared . Now she wore a bobbed look. Her clean spotless smooth face now had hairy texture. She now had a handlebar moustache. Her two meter long saree got transformed into a loose dhoti which she soon fixed. Her deep necked blouse was now a loose kurta. She was astonished at the proceedings. There was long silence in the room. Zoom decided not to question her. Her little ratty face went absolutely went blank and she now he sat blank and staring at the mirror.

"Now you are identified as Narendra Kumar. Never reveal this incident to anybody. Go try making a change. Marry a girl without Dowry and make you living." Said Zoom.

Meanwhile Arun  , Nina's husband was a gambler , an alcoholic and a chain smoker. On his way home he decided to lit off his cigarettes. He threw it on the right side of the path .Little did he take in notice of the stock of the straw near the stable located there. The spark of the cigarette soon began to spread, he raised his leg to put it off, just then the spark turned into huge flame and Zoom appeared. He offered to fulfill Arun's wishes if he let him set ablaze the whole stable. Arun , an ever greedy gamble agreed. The stable was burnt to ashes.

Zoom now came to Arun , amused at first understood and was perfectly willing. Arun said, "I want to wish , dreadfully. I have a vague and delightful feeling now.I wish to marry the most beautiful lady in the city as I have had enough marital and financial problems so far. The second wish is that I want her to be the daughter of the most  wealthy merchant in the city .Zoom smiled, then raised his voice saying, As you wish young man!

Arun found himself in the groom's seat dressed up as a groom. His foul body odor was now a pleasant fragrance. He was on his toes drooling. The bride adored him. The food in the wedding was sumptous. He was romping around in his new in-law mansion. Soon the caresses annoyed him , the softness of his bed nauseated him. He turned so fat that he developed a feeling of disgust for himself. He got back to casinos for gambling . His father-in-law was greatly annoyed by this. Gradually , he began to set a limit for his expenditure.

At one instance he lost a huge deal of money to his opponent."Pshaw.I will win plenty other deals. After a game that lasted for an hour, he lost the game. He jumped onto the table and snatched the money. His opponent gave him a terrific wallop across his back with a billiard stick . He dropped the money, cursed rather vulgarly and escaped. He went to the palace heavily drunk.

Arun slipped on the slimy floor , hardly did he reach his bedroom , than he began to tremble."What's the problem in one's son-in-law money to spend . At least when his image is at stalk." said he."It is foolish to spend on a gambler when he begins to loose . "She retorted."Loose? You call me a loser? "There was a moment of silence. " You annoying woman! you and your annoying family .A bucket full of water from an ocean hardly makes any difference. But you people are from the lineage of misers!"

He pulled her hair violently, slapped her and pushed her so hard that her head banged to the mirror and she began to bleed. She fell dead due to profuse blood loss.

The furious old man in no time called up the police. Arun was now charged for murder. Arun was behind the bars handcuffed. His cellmate tried to console him by saying it was necessary to wait and have patience.

Nina now Narendra struggled to find a job. He then married Meghana , a girl with modern outlook against all irrelevant customs and traditions . The marriage was a small affair without  any extravagance. Meghana was an extravagant woman.  Narendra after a lot of struggle got a job in an IT firm. Being a housewife Nina was not skilled enough to secure a job with handsome pay. Everyday posed as a new challenge for him or her. With a  lot of patience and wisdom he kept managing the  things. The landlord had been troubling Narendra for the rent  as well as the deposit for his rented house. Narendra kept delaying things till the day when he finally made up twenty thousand rupees cash .Meghana spent Narendra's hard earned twenty thousand rupees for a charity. Things went out of proportion when she began to argue with Narendra for her rights as a life partner.

“ This is "MY" money,  hard earned money! It took a lot of time to make up an amount for rent and you Miss Philanthropist gave it for the purpose charity? How foolish was that? Go get some money from your Daddy dearest's place if you wish to spend so extravagantly.I would ask nothing then.”

Meghana equally furious shot back.” I believed you to be a man of high ideals. Now as you have now demanded dowry, you shall face the circumstances.”Are you crazy? Dowry? Have you lost it?  The argument grew worse and worse. Then by the peak of the time they began to abuse one another. Narendra lost his temper and slapped Meghana , locked her up in a room and asked her to keep quiet. He was worried about the rent, he already had enough debts on his name. Once he unlocked his wife,she rushed to the police station and lodged a complaint against NarenPra alleging that he was demanding dowry. Narendra or Nina was in the locker in no time.

She was in a corner weeping, His inmates were surprised as it was not a usual sight to see a man weep so much with grief. She realized what her husband was through.

In a blink of time , they both found themselves in the same place. Nina rubbed her eyes , coughed one more time, she found nothing but a mess of flour on the ground. She yelled "Zooom! Zoraver blah blah whatever your name is!" She found nobody around .Meanwhile, Arun stood there scratching his head. The spark of the cigarette was as small as an emerald. He immediately put off with his leather shoe. Once he was home, the couple exchanged their experiences or dreams with one another.

Nina realized that a revolution against dowry has nothing to do with the gender but the change is to be brought in the minds of people.  She determined that she would work hard to add Up to her husband's wallet instead of troubling her parents /husband. Arun realized that the world's treasure would fall short once you fall in the clutches of gambling and extravagance. He also realized that it was his addiction to alcohol and gambling that led him to murder his wife in his dreams at least. He apologized to Nina , who soon forgave him understanding his miseries. Nina began to work from home while Arun gave up gambling. The domestic violence steadily reduced and totally vanished from the household.

Zoom was on his job finding some other grief stuck couple so that he could counsel them in their dreams at least.

I would like to conclude saying that the money has nothing to do with the dowry . It is the patience and  the mutual understanding that plays a major role in maintaining the peace of the house.

Everything has a first time. I was never amongst the story making child nor a narrator in child hood. So , when I thought I should shake in a leg here . I did. And Tadaaaaaaaaaaaa! THE STORY IS HERE!

Do let me know how it is :) Criticism is welcome

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