Ramesh

The moment Juhi heard the phone she knew that it has to be Ramesh, she ran to the phone and with great disappointment noticed an unknown number, she picked up the phone just to confirm that it was a wrong number.

She was just about to put down the phone when it started to vibrate in her hand and it was Ramesh this time, they talked for a long time and then Juhi retired to her bed, happy.

Ramesh has brought warmth and happiness into Juhi’s bleak life. Juhi made the mistake which young people often do, she became pregnant before her marriage, and her fiancé bluntly refused to marry her, her parents lodged a case, Court ordered him to marry Juhi or go to jail, but Juhi flatly denied. The baby did not survived but Juhi’s family told her to move out, because they had to marry off their other daughters, and according to them, as Juhi has dug her own grave, and denied to come out of it when given a chance, she will have to bear the brunt, not them.

Juhi moved out to Calcutta, and terminated all contact with her family, because she was too proud to accept to be looked down at. She was a very shy, homely girl, who was completely engrossed in her own family, did not had much idea about the world outside, so the first thing she faced was extreme loneliness. That is when the idea struck her and she started to look for a friend on net.

Initially she found a lot, but only one stayed back Ramesh, he used to call her up every day, whenever Juhi was sad, Ramesh used to call up as if by some magic and fill her day with happiness. Whenever she was lonely she used to cling to Ramesh. Their friendship became the life breath for both of them.

Juhi was very eager to see Ramesh but Ramesh always used to turn it down, saying that if she sees him their friendship will end, because he is too ugly. No matter how much Juhi tried to convince him that look has nothing to do with love or friendship Ramesh ignored her plea.

One day Juhi got hit by a car on her way to home, as Ramesh’s no. was one of the numbers, and the number which has been last dialed the hospital authorities called him, when Juhi came to sense she saw that a person was sitting beside her bed, with blood shot eyes, in physical sense he was very ugly, but there was a glow of good nature and affection on his face, which made his face more beautiful than angels.

Their friendship grew even deeper after that instant, and they finally married, and till date Ramesh is teased to no end by Juhi about his lack of confidence on the victory of heart over face, and brain over brawn.