Chapter 5
Karan jadon apni navi agency de bahar puja ta, oh ik pal layi apne saamne building dekh ke khadh jeha gya. Kyunki usne socheya hi nahi si ke JPR agency ini vaddi nikle gi.
Building da design bohat polished si, building front glass paneling naal bani hoi si, te andar di lighting vi bahron ek classy vibe de rahi si. Ate naal dian commercial buildings ton eh jagah alag hi lag rahi si.
Ate odo hi Karan nu eh soch ke halka jeha afsos hoya ke aaj usnu kujh changa pa ke auna chahida si. Pehla impression bohat matter karda aa, te ohde kapde ajje vi ohde status varge bilkul nahi lag rahe san.
Sachi gal ta ih v si ke, Karan da pehla impression kade v kise te sahi piya hi nahi si, usnu pehli vaar dekh ke sare usnu ek aam rah chalda munda hi samajhde san. Te oh kal raat tak si v ek aam jeha munda hi.
Karan gaddi ton bahar nikleya ke agency de gate lage puja ta usnu gate te ik kudi khadi nazar ayi.
Hanji eh Karishma hi si, Ishita di tarah oh v apne new malak nu dekhan layi ustsuk si, te aise chakar vich usdi nigah gate te parking te bani hoyi si. Te jida hi usne apni building di parking vich ini shaandar gaadi nu aunde dekhya si, oh samajh gayi si ke usda new malak aa chuka aa, is layi oh pehla hi ohde sawagt layi gate te aa ke kahd gayi si.
Par pehli takni vich oh Karan nu dekh ke ik pal layi hairan zaroor ho gayi si. Kyunki usde dimag vich apne malak layi jo tasveer si, Karan usde mutabik nahi dikh reha si, usne socheya si ke koi suit-boot wala, thoda dominant, thoda corporate type banda aawega. Par usnu miliya seedya saadha jawan munda.
Par Karishma ne isnu Karan di gareebi ya be-tarteebi nahi samjheya. Usne isnu Karan di humbleness samjheya.
“Good afternoon, sir. Main tuhanu personally welcome karan layi aayi haan,” Karishma ne excited muskuraahat naal keha.
Karan usdi aawaaz sun ke othe hi ruk gya. Te jado usne us kudi di smile nu dekhya ta oh samaj gya eh smile nakli nahi aa. Oh asal ch khush lag rahi si, te eh gall Karan nu thodi ajeeb vi lag Rahi si.
“Good Afternoon…” Karan ne keha, fer usdi nazar name tag te gayi. “Karishma… tusi CEO ho agency de?”
Eh sun ke Karishma de gal halke jehe gulabi ho gaye. Ohnu eh gall thodi pyaari vi laggi te thodi funny vi.
“Ji nahi, sir,” oh apna hasa rokde hoye boli. “Ma’am tuhade hi intezar ch ne.”
“Theek aa,” Karan ne bas ena hi keha. Haje vi oh puri tarah yakeen nahi kar pa reha si ke eh sab asal ch ho reha aa.
Jadon oh building de andar vaddya, ta andar di khushboo te thandi hawa ne usnu ik pal layi sochan te majbur kar dita. “Eh jagah ta hadd ton zyada fancy aa…” usne andar hi andar sochya.
Karishma ohnu ik lambe corridor de end wale office tak le gayi. Darwaze de bahar ruk ke ohne keha, “Tuci andar ja sakde ho, Miss Ishita tuhada hi intezar kar rahe san.”
Karishma ne “Miss” te halka jeha zor ditta, jis nal oh Karan ek signal de rahi si, par Karan da dimag ajje vi ena nahi khulya si ke oh ida de shote shote hint fadh sake.
Karan ne darwaza khadkaya te andar chala gaya. Office v kafi alisshan si, office de ik dum centre vich ik vadda glass table laga si jo ek dum transparent si. Te table de us paar Ishita Sandhu baithi si.
Ishita Sandhu ne apni post de according white plain shirt te black mini skirt payi hoyi si. Jis vicho usde patt thode thode nazar aa rahe san, nal usne long stocking te high heel payi hoyi si.
Isto v upar Karan di nazar khichan wala si Ishita Sandhu de mammye jisnu usdi white shirt ne bahut vadia tareeke nal sambeya hoeya si.
Karan ne apne mann vich aye khiyala nu dabeya ta Ishita wal tur piya. Karan nu andar aunde dekh Ishita apni chair toh uth khadi hoyi. Kyunki hun usda boss Karan si, te ajj di eh pehla mulakat usde layi bohat zaroori si.
“Mr. Karan, tuhanu mil ke bohat changa lagya. Main haan Ishita,” usne poore confidence naal hath agge vadha ke keha.
Ishita de andaaz ch bilkul jhijhak nahi si.
Jis tarah di usdi dressing sense si, te bolan da dhang si, Karan samj gya si ke Ishita ek dominant subah wali kudi aa. Par Karan ne apni zindagi ch ehho jehian bahut women managers, supervisors, front-desk heads vekhiyan san., par unha sarian vich ik cheez comman si ke oh bahut rob chadan walian hundian ne. Oh bass ahi umeed kar sakda si ke kite eh vi ohina wargi na nikle.
Par ih te si ke je eh unah aurta wargi hi aa, te hun oh uste apna rob nahi dikha sakdi aa, kyunki hun oh usda boss aa.
“Ishita, tuhada naam bohat vadhiya aa,” Karan ne v usde naam di tareef karde keha, "Chalo seedha kam di gal te aunde aa." Karan seedha hi bol piya, kyunke usnu pata si ke usnu apna first impression vadia dikhone paina aa.
Eh sunk e Ishita ik second layi hill gayi. Oh prepared ta si, par usne ena direct response di umeed shayad nahi kiti si. Par usnu v pata si ke impression ta usnu v apne boss saamne banone paina aa.
“O-of course, please baitho,” oh thodi sambhal ke boli.
Karan baith gaya. Room ch halki jehi tension di lehar dodh rahi si, te usnu eh mehsoos ho gya si. Islyi Karan ne mahul nu hakla karan layi keha. “Tuhanu ena nervous hon di lodh nahi,” . “Main koi devil nahi haan.”
Eh sunn ke Ishita nu thodi sharmindagi mehsoos hoi, kyunki oh sachmuch thodi tense si. Karan nu je system walo skill na v mili hundi, usne ta v samajh jana si ke Ishita thodi nervous aa.
“Sorry, sir,” ohne turant keha.
Karan andar hi andar usdi is gal te hairan ho gya. Kyunki jadon oh room ch aaya si, ta Ishita usnu bohat powerful lagi si. Par hun oh us naal kaafi controlled te almost submissive tone ch gall kar rahi si.
Usdi nazar fer transparent table wal gayi.
“Ek gall puchhan? Eh glass table kyon?” Karan ton curiosity roki na gayi.
Ishita ne thoda seedha hoke jawab ditta, “Sada motto transparency aa. Is karke eh literally dikhaunda aa ke asi kujh chhupaunde nahi haan." Usne bol ta dita par usnu v apni gal thodi double meaning lagi.
Karan de ek pal layi dimag vich ta aeya oh v ago koi double meaning gal bol dabe par usne socheya ke apna first impression ime da nahi banaye ga, sama usne Ishita di tareef karde hoye keha,"Bahut vadia motto aa te motto de according khud di marketing karna bahut hi intelligent move aa."
Ishita nu umeed si ke ini young umer da munda pakka usnu koi chessy line mare ga par usdi direct approach dekh ke oh v usnu thoda impress ho gayi si.
Karan ne documents wali file khol ke table te rakh layi. Te usnu changi tarah padhan laga. Te system walo mili Extreme Memory Recall skill karke oh har line, har naam, har percentage, har clause bohat tez dimaag ch bitha reha si te sab yaad kar reha si. Halanki har technical cheez di poori samajh usni nahi aa rahi si, par skill karke padhaya sara kujh usnu yaad rehan wala si.
Kujh mint chup-chaap paperwork vekhan ton baad Karan ne file band kitti. Te shant lejhe vich boleya,
“Ishita,”,“technical gallan tusi hi sambhalo. Jiven hun tak tuci sab sambaal rahe si, ohvein chalao. Kise cheez di lodh hove, ta sidha mainu call kar dio.”
Eh sunn ke Ishita nu andro andri thodi rahat mili. Kyunki bahut vaar dekhya gya aa ke ownership change hoon de naal hi kayi vaari poora main staaf hi change ho janda aa. Par is maamle vich kise haad tak power us kol hi reh rahi aa.
Karan ne file Ishita wal kar diti. Te jadon Ishita documents sambhal ke side te rakh rahi si, ta Karan ne chalaki nal usde mameya te nigah maar layi, te Ishita di ghuman toh pehla hi apni nazar hata layi.
“Pencho pata nahi ine kida ene vaade aastar isdi shirt saamb ke bethi aa, sala button kuj jayda hi majbut aa isdi shirt de." Karan ne apne mann vich socheya.
Odo hi system di aawaz goonji.
JPR Talent House Status Change: congratulations! Tusi hun world de top 1000 promising talent recruitment agencies vich entry kar layi aa!
Eh sun ke Karan de bulla te halki jahi smile aa gayi.
“Top 1000, nice," usne apne mann vich sochde hoye boliya.
Meeting mukkan ton baad oh building ton bahar aa gaya te ik vaar fer signboard wal takkan lag peya. “JPR” naam theek si, par usnu ajje vi eh nahi pata lagga si ke eh acronym asal ch kis ton baneya si.
Oh bas board wal vekh reha si te khada khada soch reha si ke usde picho ek uchi te thiki aawaz ayi:
“Oye, raah vich khada ki kar reha aa!”
Karan ikdam jam gaya.
Eh awaaz oh pehchaan gaya si. Usnu peeche mudan di lodh hi nahi si. Kyunke is aawaz nu oh kime bhul sakda aa.
“Kashish…?” oh hauli jahi boleya ta ke oh sunn na sake.
