Fantasy Café

by Jitanshu Sharma.

Pritam (humorously) : It's all a joke. Pura drama. 

Mitrajit (with partial support) : Aur kya? Kaise hota

hain yeh? 

Pritam : Exactly! Matlab woh feeling kaise aata hain?

Soch ke hi mujhe ulti aa jata hain!

Mitrajit (to himself and Pritam) : Sab jhoot. Fake.

Pata hain, mere hisaab se yeh same sex bolke kuch hota
nahi hain. Sirf dikhawa. Sympathy lene ka koshish (with
a fake laughter) .

Pritam (authoritatively) : Hmm, sirf alag banna. Pura

jhoot. (Looking at Mitrajit) Aur yeh sab mein
harassment barti hain ma baap ka.  

Mitrajit (to himself) : Aur kya. Sab besharam,

hopeless. (With an enthusiasm) Pata hain, in logon ko
na pakar pakar ke kothe pe bhej dena chahiye. Phir jab
inka cherry girega toh shaadi karwa do! Bas Done!
Pritam : Aur shaadi ke baad pyaar toh aise hi ho jata
hain. So this my friend is the only valid treatment of
homosexuality/these people. 

Mitrajit : Treatment (with a sarcastic laugh)

Treatment! (Seriously) Aur agar yeh treatment kaam na
aye? Tab? Agar yeh pyaar reh jata hain, tab? 

Pritam (uncomfortably) : Matlab? 

Mitrajit (with a straight look at Pritam) : Matlab,

agar pyaar reh jaye toh? Agar pyaar rules ko follow
nahi kar paya toh? 

Pritam (sweating) : No, this can't be! 

Mitrajit : But it is! Main rules ko follow kar nahi pa

raha hoon!

Pritam (stammering) : Aise m-mat bolo. I can't! Sab

hasenge! Koi nahi samjhega! (with a rage)

Mitrajit (broken) : Aur main? Tum? Tum ban rahe ho

sabke tarah?

Pritam (emotionally shattered) : Ghar pe nahi manenge.

Agar nahi bhi hoga toh bhi tumhe bhulna chahta hoon!

Mitrajit (with tears) : Is liye yeh drama? Right?

Everyday the same escape! Har din apne aap ko chota
mehsus karwa ke khush ho na tum? 

Pritam (avoiding eye contact) : Khush nahi bhi honge

toh bhi bhulna hain. Humara koi astitva nahi hain. They
say we don't have any existence. (looking down)

Mitrajit (with a hopeful smile) : We have. Ekbaar

kareeb aao. Bachpan se pehchan ta hoon tumhe. Yeh ek
cheez aur acha lag nahi raha hain. Haath pakdo mera,
please ekbaar.

(End)