Behind Veils (Sir Madam Sarpanch)

Hey, Chhutki.

Chhutki.

Hey Chhutki. Come here.

Grandma, let me study please.

Dear.

I will give you Rs 10.

Can you please open my account in Swiss Bank?

Grandma, Swiss Bank is a bank and not a Facebook, Insta,

where you can open a free account.

Here. Here I don't get "likes".

So, what can I do for that? You buy some "likes".

What will I do with the "likes"?

If I die?

What is this "New India"?

In our village, New India was a circus company.

When it will come here, we will show you.

Amma, why do you talk so absurd early in the morning?

Hello?

A new recipe has appeared on my phone.

Why don't you cook something different?

My brain has stopped working, eating the same kind of food everyday.

Amma, your stopped brain runs so fast,

what will happen if it starts working?

Hello, Ramesh.

Yes, Amma.

What is the meaning?

In five years...

India

trillion economy.

Amma, don't use your brain extra,

otherwise you will become Newton.

Huh?

Okay, I will explain.

You keep money in the bank in a fixed term deposit.

You don't do anything,

but it becomes double in five years. Right?

India will become a 5 trillion economy.

You and me don't have to work for it.

You are so knowledgeable.

Then why don't you do some better work?

Why you do this barber work?

Amma, don't be extra emotional.

Keeping a beard and cutting it gives many benefits.

Hello.

Where is Mr. Gurudev's house?

Let me tell you.

Go straight, then go to "buyen" side,

and then you reach there after 200 meters.

"Buyen," meaning?

Means the hand at the side of the hand

next to the hand which you use to eat food.

Thank you.

Hey, Gurudev.

Has any scandal happened in the village?

This girl looks like a CBI officer.

Amma, eat a paan. At least your mouth will be shut.

You don't worry.

I am not going to die so soon.

Okay.

Gurudev-ji.

Who are you seeking in this deserted village?

Your tareef?

"Tareef" means?

"Tareef" means name, address, et cetera. You look like a city-dweller.

I am trying to find Mr. Gurudev's house.

Sound can not pass through closed doors and close-minded people.

There are so many Gurudevs in this village that even God gets identities confused.

He orders one Gurudev to heaven, another Gurudev gets dispatched instead.

By the way, who directed you here?

It's very quiet here.

Village is very nice. It's neat and clean here!

Hey, Allah Ram!

Grandma, my name is Ram Jivan.

Nowadays, names are dividing the society.

What is there in the name? All gods are the same.

Are you going to break my neck?

Don't worry, Guru brother, nothing will happen.

Be careful.

Hello, dear.

Why are you standing there? Come here.

Come sit over here.

Chhutki. Get a glass of water.

You must be tired.

What are you seeking here?

I came here to meet Gurudev-ji.

He is my uncle.

We have dozens of Gurudevs in our village.

Hey, Ramesh and you.

Gather up all the Gurudevs. She will recognize the one.

What is there in the jeep?

Those are books.

Books?

Yes. My dad's books.

I want to open a library in the village.

What a noble gesture!

What is your father's name?

Sumangal Sharma.

Must have...

She must have come to take their property.

I know this.

Yes. Her father must have sent her here.

Amma, calm down.

She might be here for other reasons.

For over 30 years, he cut himself off from us.

He is greedy for the property, that's why he sent the daughter.

I know how his mind works! He is my son.

Amma, he is our blood.

What blood?

He never inquired as to whether I was dead or alive!

I did not mean it

when I told him he would see me dead if he returned.

I had not spoken from the heart.

He could have come here.

Had he hugged me...

I would have pardoned him.

He always thought about you all.

Papa was just too stubborn.

Brother never returned.

We later discovered that he married outside of our religion.

Amma never stopped missing him.

I messaged him many times,

but he never came.

He always used to say

he would go and settle in the village.

He shared with us many wonderful childhood stories.

We did not get any information.

What happened to him?

He woke up one morning.

He had a cup of tea,

and spoke his wish to start

a library with his books in his house in the village.

And suddenly

heart attack.

Sister, bathing a buffalo is very hard work.

Anything is possible if you don't give up.

Sister, you mentioned you had visited America?

Yes, for studies.

When did you go there?

After completing school,

I went there for graduation and Master's degree.

Sister, can I also go to America?

Why not?

Almost anyone can go there. But

now India also has very good colleges.

You are correct.

Yesterday, we heard on the news

that a fan fell from the ceiling in a college classroom.

Two to three students' head got injured.

Do fans also fall in America?

Sister, you have got so many books for the village.

- Can I read some? - Yes.

There are many types of books.

Both for children and for adults.

But there is a problem, sister.

Where will you store the books?

Keep the books in father's old house.

We will clean the house

and will build some shelves for the books.

What happened? Why have you become quiet all of a sudden?

It's nothing, sister. Nothing.

Chhutki.

Yes, Grandma.

Tell your mother to make a foam coffee for me.

Okay, Grandma.

- You are back. - Yes, papa.

Will you have one?

What, Amma?

Coffee with foam.

Dalgona coffee.

Ana.

Your intention is very good.

When a library is opened

in brother's memory in our village,

it will be a proud moment for all of us.

Am I right, mother?

It will benefit many, especially children.

But we have one problem.

Brother's house is under "kabza"

by the village council leader.

What is "kabza"?

When politicians start shitting on others' property,

that is called "kabza."

Chhutki.

Get some paan for Amma.

Please keep quiet some time.

We have our property papers.

How can he grab our land?

What difference does this make?

Politicians are experts at doing illegal activities.

Amma, how many paan should I get for you?

Inflation in the daytime and mosquitoes bite us at night.

Whatever remains is

sucked out by the politicians.

Nothing good can happen in this country.

Amma.

Now do something for the mosquitoes.

Do they bite like this every day?

No, no.

They take a break on weekends.

Amma, you can speak English too.