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Jaha Chai, Script |
by Sukanta Chaudhuri, translated from the Bengali
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[The garden of Sarojini’s holiday house at Shyampahari in the Santhal Parganas. Late morning, nearly noon. Enter Nikhilesh and Sandip.]
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| Sandip |
Really, Nikhilesh, have you gone mad? When one gets married, one celebrates with one’s friends and relatives. Instead of that, what kind of crazy plan is this? |
| Nikhilesh |
Why, we’ve come here precisely to celebrate. |
| Sandip |
Who are you trying to fool? How many people have you invited down here? You got married in a registry office with the minimum number of witnesses. And here, there’s only the two of you, Amala’s elder sister, Rabi and Shobhana, and me. You have a lot of relatives, quite as many friends, and all your colleagues at the office. They’ve all been robbed of a feast – they’ll call you a miser. |
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Nikhilesh |
They’re none of them paupers. If they want a good meal, they can buy it at a restaurant. And as for being miserly, think of all the presents we might have got. Isn’t that a sacrifice on our part?
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