
Uske saath kuchh pal bitane ke baad ab use kisi anathaale mein dene ko mann nahin kar raha. Lekin maine jaise hi use uthaya toh woh jhat se chup ho gaya aur phir mere saath khelne bhi laga. TUKARAM: Lagta hai jo insaan uski dekh bhaal karta tha, woh kisi karanvash ab iska dhyaan nahin rakh sakta. Uske ma-baap toh kuchh mahino pehle ki akasmat mein chal base.


Thodi poochh taach karne ke baad pata chala ki bachcha anaath hai. Govindji ki school ke bahar jab main unse baat kar raha tha, tabhi pata chala koi is bachche ko wahan chhod aaya hain. His wife SUMITRA and Mahesh’s wife SUMATI are watching excitedly. Tukaram is standing with an infant in hand. MAHESH: Bachcha? (To Vikas) Main zara dekh leta hoon. Dadaji (TUKARAM) ek chhote se bachche ko laye hain. Aur agar meri apni aulad hoti toh bhi shaayad main use itna pyaar nahin karta. Shastron mein bhi likha hai ki dil ka sambandh hi asli sambandh hota hai. Main khud yeh baat kab ka bhula chuka hoon ki bhaiya ne Nilesh ko goad liya tha. MAHESH: Ab tune jo bola woh phir se kabhi mat dohorana. (Mahesh stops Vikas from uttering a word further. Tum dono ka pyar dekh kar lagta hi nahin ki Nilesh tumhare khandan ki asli aulad nahin. Aur bade bhaiya ke dehant ke baad toh yeh mera hi beta ban gaya hai. Tu to jaanta hi hai Nilesh ka meri zindagi mein kitna mahattva hai.

VIKAS To aaj bhi chal raha hai chacha-bhateeje ke beech pyaar. Just then Mahesh’s village friend Vikas walks in.) NILESH: Bhalaa main aapko gussa hote kaise dekh sakta hoon? Apne chacha ki baat tu kabhi taal hi nahin sakta. (Nilesh stops abruptly and comes towards Mahesh.

MAHESH: Apne chacha ki baat nahin maanega? Gussa dilayega mujhe? Mahesh playing with his 10-year old nephew Nilesh, who is running and jumping around carelessly. (A verandah of a house in the interiors of Maharashtra. Sumati – Mahesh’s sister-in-law (31 years) Sumitra – Mahesh’s mother and Tukaram’s wife (50 years) The play has also been performed in a school in Amritsar. It was made possible by Rachel Hood, who designed and directed it. ( This play was performed at Navarachana International School in Baroda. Story and Script – Keyur Seta(copyright protected)
