Videha ‘िवदेह’

Videha ‘िवदेह’ थम मैिथली पािक्षक ई पिका १ नवम्बर अक्टूबर २००८ (वषर् १ मास ११ अंक२१) িরেদহ' পািkক পিtকা Videha Maithili Fortnightly e Magazine িরেদহ िवदेह Videha িবেদহhttp://www.videha.co.in/ मानुषीिमह संस्कृ ताम्cr acki ng. What shoul d she do? She shoul d not st ay her eany mor e. She r esol ved i nt er nal l y.But that resolve did not remai n as such f or l ong.Bef or eshe woul d t ake any deci si on,her eye l ooked t o herbr ot her who was si t t i ng on ver andah.She onl ooked hi mfrom there itself.She remember ed t he event s r i ght f r omhi s chi l dhood t o t i l l dat e.The si bl i ng bondage t r embl edher hear t . She t hought l i ke weepi ng i n t he l aps of herfather. The tears came out of her eyes.But how shoul d sheweep?How shoul d she weep on t he auspi ci ous day of hi sbr ot her ? She wi ped her eyes wi t h sar ee.She l ooked t owar ds her mot her . Mot her was per f or mi ng ther i t es of Si nur har . Mot her once t ur ned t owar ds one si def or put t i ng somet hi ng and t hen Kal yani saw t hat Mot her ’sf ace al so t her e was no peace.Kal yani saw t hat she moveddownwar ds and t ook t he ver mi llon. After put t i ng oi l i nhead of t he mar r i ed she woul d now put ver mi llon.Kalyanit ur ned and came i n f ront of mi r r or , saw t he ver mi llonl i ne at her head and t hi s ent hused ener gy i nt o her .She t hought - “She won’t go. She won’t go l eavi ng t hef unct i on of her br ot her ?” Looki ng t owar ds t he i nnocentface of her brother her heart got filled with affection.She t hought - her mot her t hi nks t hat she i s bad-omen.Buther f at her does not t hi nks so. And br ot her ? What woul dhe t hi nk at t hi s t ender age? He i s a boy.He i s hersi bl i ng. She won ’t go. But how she woul d r emai n as such?Thi nki ng of t hi s she onl ooked t he Si nur har f unct i on f orsome t i me.Her mot her was put t i ng ver mi llon on the headsof t he l ucky mar r i ed ones.She t hought t hat t he f unct i onof Si nur har woul d be per f or med by some mar r i ed whosehusband i s al i ve! She got st r engt hened at t hi s t hought .Fr om r oom she came t o cour t yar d and moved t owar dsSi nur har . She t ook i n hand t he pl at e cont ai ni ng r i cecooked i n mi l k and f r i ed chapat i . She moved f or war d and144