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9 | society

Nandini was watching television when the bell rang. She switched it off and opened the door to find a man and a woman. 

Nandini: aap. 

Man: hame manik baba ne bulaya hai. 

Nandini: aaye. Aap dono ke naam kya hai. 

Man: ramesh. 

Woman: kanta. 

Nandini: thike ramesh Bhaiya(brother) aur kanta tai(aunty) mein aap logo ko ghar dikha deti hu. 

Nandini showed them the house and explained what was to be done. They both nodded in order to tell her that they understood and got to work that was assigned. Meanwhile Nandini changed her outfit to a red kurti and white leggings and a scarf as a dupata. As soon as she finished she heard the bell ring and kanta tai opened the door to find 6 ladies. 

She welcomed them in and nandini walked out of her bedroom and found the ladies. 

Nandini: I'm sorry par aaplog kon ho. (I’m sorry but who are all of you?) 

Ladie 1: hum is society mein rehte hai. (We live in this society). 

Ladie 2: hum gokuldham society ke mahila mandal mein hai. (We are in the ladies club of gokuldham society). 

Nandini: aap logo ke naam kya hai. ( what’s all your names?) 

Ladie 1: madvi. Yeh Jo society ke secretary hai unki patni. (I’m Madvi the society’s secretary’s wife) 

Ladie 2: roshan. 

Then all of them introduced themselves and nandini learned their names as - madvi, roshan, anjali, babita, daya, komal. 

Nandini: hi everyone. 

They within an hour bonded. They all were sitting and gossiping when the door bell rang. Nandini opened the door and shouted on top of her voice. 

Nandini: navyyaaaaa, alyaaaa, muktttiiiiii. 

The three girls laughed and hugged nandini tightly. 

Nandini: aahh I missed you guys so much. 

Girls: us too. 

Then the three noticed the six ladies and then nandini introduced all of them. At 4pm all left including navya and alya. Nandini showed mukti her room and she jumped on nandini thanking her. Then both the girls had lunch and at 6 manik returned home and hugged his girls. 

They all got ready and at 7 went down at the society compound. 

Manik's outfit

Nandini's outfit 

Mukti's outfit 

Location: Society compound. 

All the families were gathered and all turned at the noise of people laughing. They turned to find Manan and Mukti coming out of the C wing laughing and enjoying. Nandini and Babita are neighbours. 

Manik went and shook hands with Jethalal (Daya's husband) and then met others and same with Mukti and Nandini. 

Then Bhide(Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide: society's secretary and Madvi's husband) called everyone's attention and then said: main Aatmaram.....

Before he could continue he was cut off by Jethalal: apna introduction khatam kar. (Finish with the intro and get to the point) 

Bhide: thike thike toh main aaj hamari gokuldham ke pariwar mein teen naye sadasya ka hardik swagat karta hu- manik, unki wife nandini and unki behen mukti. (Alright alright so today I’ll introduce you to three new members of our society - Manik, his wife Nandini and his sister Mukti). 

They waved hi to everyone then everyone introduced themselves. 

Iyer- babita's husband, taarak mehta- anjali's husband, jethalal- daya's husband, tapu- daya and jethalal son. 

Bhide- madvi husband and sonu father. 

Roshan Singh sodhi- roshan husband and googi father. 

Dr. Hansraj Haathi- komal husband and goli father. 

And the single man patrakar popatlal. 

Tapu sena- tapu, sonu, googi, goli and 

pinku. 

After introduction all were talking and having fun and then after dinner left to their flats. 

All this while popatlal was oogling at nandini and mukti. 

On their way to top nandini slipped but manik held her. 

Manik: Nandini are you alright. 

Mukti: bhabhi are you okay?! 

Nandini: Mani Mukti please relax I'm fine. 

Manik: I can see how fine you are... he said sarcastically. 

Manik gestures Mukti to hold Nandini then he bends down and picks her in his arms. He carries her up and Mukti unlocked the door and moves aside as Manik takes Nandini to their room and places her on their bed. 

He checks her leg and found it swollen. He applies antiseptic cream and bandages it. He kissed her wound and changes into his nightwear and then helps Nandini too. He then goes out checks on Mukti and when satisfied returns to room and taking Nandini in his arms doses off to deep slumber. 

Word count: 680 words 

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