A Night with Naina...

I finished my academic curriculum and planned to Bangalore for a job. I was unfortunate that I won’t have a single campus selection. I prepared my resume as a HR fresher and uploaded in all most all job sites. I shared a house with other three friends from my college. We were waiting for an interview call, some days we were fortunate and some days we were not. So in those periods we had a plan to visit all Bangalore. Before coming to this city, my father had suggested me some visiting places and also strictly guided me not to visit MG Road (Mahatma Gandhi Road) in the night time. (The matter of fact is that prostitutes are lining on the MG Road after the sun set and according to ‘Papa’ they knew the art of hypnotism and I might be hypnotized by them, so he wants to rescue me, as all father do.) I told all of my friends that lets purchase a Bangalore visiting guide and to follow that as well. We purchased a guide book.

From the next day we made a simple routine and waited till 12 O’clock for an interview call after that we moved out on Bangalore tour. Meanwhile on traveling, if we got any call from any organization then we scheduled that for the next day. In this regard we spent about eight to nine days. We had visited MG Road as well but those are on the day/ evening time. Once we had been to one of ours senior’s house, he asked, “Have you guys been to MG Road?” we nodded our heads and said yes. Then a rapid fire round had started…

Senior: What you saw there?

We: Nothing, that road is little bit busy and guys are fashionable there.

Seniors: At what time you guys been there?

We: Around 4 or 5 PM, afternoon.

Seniors: Oh’ that’s why… The real thing begins after that.

We: What! What real things?

Seniors: You can see the drunken girls roaming here and there at the night. You can find sexy girls with minis and if you follow the road opposite to Bangalore Central Market building after 7.30 or 8 O’clock, then you can find the prostitutes.

(We all in excitement, asked then… then, as we had never seen these things before in our life, because we belongs to a small town. These things were just like dream for us.)

Seniors: You can find bargaining of people. If they get a girl in convincing price, then they will take that girl for that night else they will go to the next door.

We: One from my friends asked, “Bhaiya” is it compulsory to take one if you have been there?

Seniors: No, not a compulsory. If rate suits you then only you go for a buy or else you can leave the place. One more thing in weekend amusements becomes doubled.

(And some more discussions… and after sometimes we left the place)

On the next night we planned to go to the MG Road. We reached there by six and roamed here and there on the Brigade (A part of MG Road, where Bars and Pubs are there.) and saw all things were right. We enjoyed the evening, when it was about to 8 O’clock, one from my friends asked us for the Road, near by Central. We had never seen prostitutes before. We all were very much ambitious to see the prostitutes. How are they looking like etc. we reached the place by 8.30 and saw them from a distance, because we had a fear. And at 10 O’clock we returned to home. The whole night we discussed about those prostitutes and their customers. How they were bargaining etc. one of my friend said, ‘I will go near to them tomorrow and see them clearly how they look like.’ We all convinced.

On next day, we went to the prostitute place. We were well dressed and scented as well. We began to stare at the prostitutes from top to bottoms and from one and to another end of road. While passing them, I had a very drastic time in my life. Their attitudes, bad words etc. those were unbearable. Anyhow we completed the marching and saw the platoon. I forced them to return home but they had not finished then. One of them planned to bargain with a prostitute, and all agreed except me. But I couldn’t leave them alone so I also followed. They stopped at one place. Two of us stayed a little distance, means near to the auto and behaving as if we were bargaining to the auto and other two went to that prostitute.

A prostitute near to the selected prostitute said to our selected prostitute, “Ae Anjali tere chikne log aagaye.” (She conveyed to our selected prostitute that she got the customer.)

We: We are four, but two of us will do with you and for whole night. What is your rate?

Prostitude: Are you sure, they won’t do with me. Or else I’ll call one of my friends. Then we two and you four will do whole night.

We: No, No… We require only one for two of us.

Prostitute: Look sir, only two means two; there would be no “Jabardasti”. Mind it.

We: Yes, we promise. Tell your cost.

Prostitute: Eight Thousand.

We: What! (All shocked!)

Prostitute: What happened sir, I think you are students so I said very less price otherwise my rate would be more than 12K for a night.

We: Look we can’t afford more than 1500.

Prostitute: (Kahan se aajate hain sale…) Look sir, six thousand is final. Interested then let’s go or else find the next door.

(I was chocked at that time. I said my friend, ‘you stay here and enjoy the scenario I am going, I can’t tolerate. I am waiting for you at the end.’ And I left the place. They were in bargaining. While on the road, I found a beautiful girl, stepped down from a car and stood in the line. She was not looking like a prostitute, but … She was so beautiful, I fall in love with that girl in first meet.)

I stopped there and went to the girl, and she was absent minded. She asked the driver to park the car. And the driver did as per the order. When I asked, “Excuse me!”

She made a step back, with a nervous voice and replied by clearing her throat, “Yes”

I said, “You…” sudden she replied, “I am here for this job. Can’t you see them; I am one of like them.”

I said, “But…” she didn’t allow me to say any word and said, “oh’ Mr. if you are interested then talk otherwise go on your path.”

I asked, “No, I mean to say… what’s your …” she didn’t let me finish my sentence and said, “500/- not less a single penny.”

(I thought she was not a prostitute and thanked to God that he maid me her first customer, otherwise she would have spoiled.) I nodded my head and asked her to wait. I straight went to my friend and borrowed five hundred rupees from him. I asked them to meet me at home and ran back to that girl. Till that time my friends were continuing their bargaining with another prostitute. I paid her five hundred rupees. And asked her to come but she said she had car and asked the driver to bring the car. The driver denied, he said her father will come soon to that road. She scolded that driver and asked me where to go. I hired an auto and took her to my senior brother’s room. They were out of station for few days on company’s project. Luckily the key was with me.

We both entered in my brother’s room. I asked her to sit on the chair and switched on the TV. I came with two glass of water and sat in front of her. She drunk the water and asked me, “Shall we start!” I felt sorry but with a hope I said, “We have all the night to do. Let’s talk for a while.” She said okay and introduced her self, ‘Hi, I am Naina.’ And I said, “Hi I am Ajit. Are you new to Bangalore?”

‘No, I am a Bangalorian’ she replied.

The time was 9.30 PM, I asked her for dinner and she said yes. We visited to the restaurant near by. I had only hundred rupees and some coins in my pocket. She ordered her dish and I managed with Roti and sabjee. We finished the dinner and bill was Rs. 105/- and luckily I had that. I had twenty rupees more in my back pant pocket. She asked me for Juice and I convinced her in lime soda juice. I purchased a soda bottle and returned to home.

I asked her to sit for two minutes and switched on the TV. She started changing channels meanwhile I prepared the lemon juice. She finished the lemon juice and asked, ‘Shall we start now?’ I replied, “yes of course. But I don’t know, what to do and how… (With a shy voice.) It is my first time. Lets do some gossips and then we will start, is it okay for you?”

She replied, “Yes. And asked me where you from?”

I said, “Berhampur, Orissa.”

She asked, “How long have you been in Bangalore?”

I said, “About fifteen days”

She said, ‘You came here for job?’

I said, ‘Yes.’

She asked, “What your father does?”

I said, “He is a lecturer.”

She asked, “Tell me some thing about your family?”

I said her about my father, mother, Brother and sister. By that time I noticed she had forgotten every thing and behaving me as her friend. I narrate my college stories every thing. She started laughing.

She asked, ‘Do you bring girls home at the night?’

I said, “No never, why?”

She asked, ‘Then why have you been there?’

I narrate the entire story. And asked her, ‘I know you are not that kind of girl, but…’

She said, ‘Actually, I am in love with a boy. He is my classmate. He proposed me on last valentine day and for two months every thing has gone fine. After two months we had an Industrial tour and we have been to UK, there he tried to keep physical relation with me and I denied. Have I done some thing wrong?’

I said, “No you were absolutely correct. Then…”

‘Then he became upset and blamed me that I won’t love him as much as he does. I tried to make him understand but he didn’t. Is there my fault?’ she asked

I said, ‘No, then…’

‘Then next day he came to me and apologizes for his doings. I thought he has changed. Then we traveled a lot in UK. And returned to India after two weeks’ She said.

I said, ‘Okay… then’

‘Then what! He started keeping a divine relationship with me and I took him to my parents and they all agreed on my choice’ she said.

I said, ‘then what…’

She said, ‘Yesterday I had been to his home and found a girl from his room. If he can do this with me then I can also do. Please do with me.’

I said, ‘Hold on… Hold on… what has he done with you? You are as before you were. So please think once, I can’t do it with you. Just relax and think that you escaped from a bad guy. You should be proud of yourself.’ Then I took her mobile and dialed to her father. Said her, ‘Excuse me!’ and went to out by switching on the TV.

The phone was ringing. “Hello, Bete where are you? I am so worried. What happened?” Too many questions as normal father do. I replied, ‘Hello.’ He became tensed and said, ‘who are you? Look; don’t do any thing with my daughter. I am bagging of you.’ I found a tensed father as like the normal father. I said, ‘Uncle, I am Ajit. I have not done any thing with your girl nor am I going to do.’ And gave him my Brother’s home address and asked him to come to the place. Then I returned to her and we started our conversation. Meanwhile, she felt sleepy and slept on the chair. I place a pillow at a proper place. Switched off the TV and went out by locking the door.

Soon I found a car at the boundary. The driver came out and started talking with the watch man. I ran down and asked, ‘are you Raina’s driver?’ suddenly her father came out and shacked hand with me and asked, “Ajit. Hi I am Raina’s father.” I could mark him so worried as if he lost a valuable thing in his life. I greeted him and said Naina was a sleep. I narrated him the story, why we were at MG Road. During this discussion, we already had reached to my brother’s floor. I had arranged some chairs at the balcony to clear him that his daughter had not lost anything.

I offered him coffee and said, ‘Uncle, after that bargaining situation, I found odd there so I left that place. On the road I found Naina was stepping down from the car and joined in the line of prostitute. I guessed her and clicked on the target that she was not among them. I brought her to my home and tried to know the situation and made her comfortable. We had dinner together. Now she is a sleep.’ I told him the story as well, why Naina was there. He thanked me and paid me eight hundred rupees, which I served on her daughter. We both took Naina genteelly and they both hopped in the car. Naina’s father thanked me again and they left for their house.

After two days my senior brothers rang me and said, ‘A girl named Naina has come to meet you. Come soon.’ I ran to their house and met with Naina. She was looking as pretty as before. She hugged me in front of my entire senior brothers, I felt shy. I smiled; she thanked me and asked me for an evening walk. Then we were off from that place.