NEXT MORNING

Meera completed her prayers. Offering prasad to everyone, she went inside the kitchen to prepare coffee for Abhimaan.

"Meera beta, aaj Abhimaan ke saath orphanage chali jana........... Ek baar dekh lena ki abhi jo new teachers appointed huye hain, woh sahi se padha rahi hai ya nhi" Ahana Rathore told

(Meera do one thing, today you accompany Abhimaan to the orphanage........do an inspection whether the newly appointed teachers are teaching well or not and if the school requires any other equipments and all)

"Ji kaki ma, mein jake dekh lungi.....

You don't worry........." Meera assured

(Okay aunt i will do the required...... you don't worry)

Meera tiptoed into their room. Placing Abhimaan's coffee near his bed table, she softly whispered "Good morning Maan"

"Hmm" Abhimaan responded sleepily.

"Chaliye uthiye, mein geyser chalu karti hun" with this Meera turned to leave but Abhimaan held her dark silky braid, halting her moves

(C'mon get up I am turning on the geyser)

"Issshh" Meera whimpered. Turning around she said "Maan dukhta hai na"

(Maan it hurts)

"Hmm apologies her highness....." Saying so he nuzzled his nose in Meera's waist

"Kya kar rahe hai aap, gudgudi ho rahi hai" Meera said slightly laughing.

(What are you doing?, Am feeling ticklish)

"Coffee?" Abhimaan asked

"Thandi ho rahi hai pade pade"

(It's getting cold already)

Abhimaan got up and sipped his coffee. Pecking on his lips Meera went inside the closet to arrange his clothes for the day.

"Kaki ma keh rahi thi ek baar jaa kar orphanage ka management dekh lene ke liye" Meera informed Abhimaan knotting his tie.

(Aunt was asking to go for an inspection to the orphanage and check upon its management)

"Thik hai.......first half mein free hun.... breakfast k baad nikalte hai"

(Fine.....am having a leisure schedule in the first half.....let's leave after breakfast)

"Anne time will you drop me at bhai's place?"

(While returning back will you drop me at brother's place?)

"Sure"

After breakfast both went for their common destination. Near the garage stood Aviral with red swollen eyes.

"Aviral, what happened to you and your eyes?"

"Kuch nhi bhabi ma, raat ko soya nhi na isiliye"

(Nothing bhabi ma, didn't get an ounce of sleep at night perhaps because of that i got eye bags)

"Soya kyu nhi ?"

(Why didn't you sleep?)

"Bhai ke orders follow kar raha tha"

(Was following bhai's orders)

"Toh ho gye orders pure?" Abhimaan asked

(So done with my orders?)

"Ji bhai....." Saying so Aviral removed the car cover, revealing a shiny black car. Not sleeping for an hour even, Aviral had transformed the damage car back into its real shape.

(Yes bhai)

"Wow..........you deserve a nice treat for your hardwork" Meera applauded

"Hardwork?.......huhh punishment" Abhimaan huffed, while Aviral scrunched his nose.

"Chalein Meera der ho rahi hai" Abhimaan asked Meera to leave for the orphanage.

(Shall we leave, it's getting late already)

"Ji" Meera obliged but quickly turned whispering "mein ghar ake tereko choco lava cake khilati hu" in Aviral's ear, she left with her husband.

(Yes

When I will return back home, i will bake a choco lava cake for you)

AT THE ORPHANAGE

Meera and Abhimaan reached at the orphanage. They were greeted by the guards and other workers. Abhimaan as usual nodded in response while Meera politely smiled, wishing everyone back.

"Meera tum teachers and students se interaction kar k dekho tab tak mein management ka kaam nipta kar ata hu"

(Meera you go and have an interaction with the students and teachers meanwhile I go have a look at the management)

"Okay"

Both Meera and Abhimaan parted their ways into two different buildings.......

Meera interacted with the teachers about students' activities and improvements. After that she had a friendly conversation with the students regarding their studies.

After getting satisfaction with her inspection, Meera walked further to join Abhimaan in administrative block. While going, she came across a group of teen boys who were literally glaring at their books.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Meera curiously questioned

"Tomorrow we have exam......" A boy responded

"So, what's the matter?" Meera asked

"We have history paper scheduled for tomorrow.......adha din nikal gya Mughal Empire padhte padhte par kuch yaad hi nhi reh raha" another boy said

( We have history paper scheduled for tomorrow.........half of the day is already over but still we couldn't remember the phases of Mughal Empire)

"Ooh......par yaad nhi reh raha...tum log learn kar rahe ho kya?" Meera asked

(Ooh.......but why it's getting difficult to remember.....are you people stressing on rote learning?)

"Offo didi, History is too boring and the subject demands learning....... maths thodi hai jo practice karenge" another fellow said almost on the verge of giving up

(Offo sister, History is too boring and the subject demands learning.......it's not like maths which we will practice and nail it)

"Budhu kahin ke....... history ho ya geography learning se zyada understanding is important.....yeh yaad rakhna aur kisne yeh faltu concept samjhaya ki history is for rote learning"

(Stupid fellows........ does not matter it's history or geography, understanding of the concepts are more important than learning, always remember this........... And who told you history rely upon rote learning?)

"Sab yehi kehte hai.............abhi kya karein didi?"

(Everyone has this opinion.......now what should we do?)

"I will help you out.....tell me kya batana hai"

(I will help you out......tell me what should I teach?)

"Yeh Babur ke battles bohot difficult hai sequence wise yaad rakhna"

(It's difficult to remember the battles fought by Babur that to sequence wise)

"Dhaat itni si baat........'Babur aya pani piya, khana khaya, aur chal diya ghar' ho gye sare battles sequence wise"

(It's quite Simple...........'Babur came drank water, ate food, and returned back Home' all the battles are lined sequence wise)

"Kya kese?"

(How?)

"dekh pehle ata hai 1.battle of Panipat toh- pani piya

2.phir battle of khanwa jo ki - khana khaya

3.phir battle of Chanderi jo ki - chal diya aur

4.phir battle of ghagra that is - ghar .......... Simple" Meera explained counting the battles on her finger tips

(See first it is Battle of panipat- so drank water

Second it's battle of Khanwa - so ate food

Third it's battle of Chanderi -so returned back

Fourth it's battle of Ghagra - so home)

"Wow didi yeh toh bohot saral aur asan hai" everyone said togetherly

(Wow sister, it's really simple and easy)

"Told you, history is not boring" Meera grinned while flipping the pages to help them more.

Abhimaan was leaning on a banyan tree witnessing the scenes unfolding before him. He smiled at Meera somewhere feeling proud for an unknown reason.

IN THE CAR

"Toh visit kesa raha?" Abhimaan asked

(So how was the visit?)

"Acha tha but mein kuch changes chahti hun......I want ki wahan sirf syllabus oriented padhae na ho rather udhar duniya ko alag tarah se dekhna ki teachings bhi diya jaye"

(Was good but i want to make some changes.........i want that other than stressing on completion of course book syllabus, they should also teach the ways to look into world with different perspectives)

"Matlab?"

(What do you mean?)

"I came across a group of boys jo history padh rahe thay...... Let me be more specific jo history zabardasti padh rahe thay cause they feel it's boring and wastage of time........aur reason kya hai? Yehi ki unka mindset kisine aab tak change hi nhi kya sab kehte hai history is boring toh yeh bhi bhed bakri k tarah chal diye history is boring..........unhe kisine bataya hi nhi ki history can be interesting as well" Meera put forward her views

(I came across a group of boys who were reading history..........let me be more specific who were reading history forcefully cause they literally had no interest in it as they think that history is boring and wastage of time.........and what's the reason? ....... simple that nobody tried to change their mindset, everyone believes that history is boring so without balancing the pros and cons they too started following the same......and nobody tried to make them understand that history can be interesting as well)

"Hmmm.......I will definitely deal with this matter" Abhimaan assured Meera

"Thank you" Meera smiled

"Maaaannnn" Meera screamed when she felt someone came infornt of their car. Abhimaan too feeling the same stopped the car abruptly.

Wasting no time Meera and Abhimaan came out of the car to see if their assumptions are correct. What they saw was gruesome.