Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost Page #4

There is no other way.

Try to understand, son.

There is no other way.

There will be a son in your home...

in our home.

Go! Go!

You're my son.

You're a good son.

But you're a woman.

You are a girl.

Papaji!

We'll have a son.

A real son.

Papaji!

You should leave now.

There's gold and cash in the trunk.

And I've given the keys

of my father's house to Neeli.

Why didn't you protect me

as you did my sisters?

I was also your child.

You should go.

Go!

Go. You have a long journey.

I have wanted so much

to sit and talk to you.

And now look,

you're sending me so far away from you.

I will come to you.

Now go!

Go!

Stop here.

Here are my clothes.

For you.

While on the train coming here,

I was thinking...

You are free now.

You can do whatever you want.

Forget your old life.

Start anew here.

Here, with me.

You can be what you are.

It was all there.

I just never saw it.

Your face...

Your eyes...

Neeli!

Come here...

Let me look at you.

I fell in love with a woman!

I, too, fell in love with a woman.

Come with me.

Look...

Look at this beautiful woman.

You should have come

to Uncle Keerath first.

You should have informed us.

Kanwar hasn't been too well.

What happened to him? Let's go see him.

Should we call a doctor?

- He doesn't really need a doctor.

Let him rest then. We'll come later.

- Okay.

All right.

We'll come back later.

Bye.

- Bye.

How long can you hide like this?

It would be best...

if I leave...

No, don't say that.

What do we do then?

How are we to live together?

You've locked yourself in this house

and me too.

Let Ma come,

then everything will be all right.

Nothing will be all right, Kanwar.

You can't leave me alone.

I'll go and get Ma.

We'll celebrate Lohri together.

If we are to live together,

you have to accept...

that you're a woman like me.

We are two women.

Friends.

Sisters.

I put on women's clothes...

it feels like

I've got scorpions all over me.

I no longer know who I am,

what I am.

I will help you, Kanwar.

I am with you.

The night flows into us

A serpent of passion

The blood-red star ascends

Soaked in love, it beckons

Hold me back, someone

Hold me!

The threshold pulses

Red and red

Ma?

Ma?

Baali?

Baali?

Brother.

Where did you go to?

What happened here, Baali?

Fire.

- Where is Ma?

Ma died in the fire.

Brother.

Brother Kanwar!

Get up.

Get up.

Baali.

Baali, come with me.

No, I don't.

My house.

I'm cleaning Papaji's room.

You come with me, Baali.

No. No... I have to clean.

So much to do!

- Baali!

If you ever loved my mother,

never set foot in this house.

I'm going to take you and Neeli

back with me.

Never.

Is this the first Lohri since you wed?

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