An untellable secret
(Some secrets may better remain secrets for ever)
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
Those three discussed some more time in between themselves. Then Menaka got off the chair and said. “We both do go now. But before going I want to say something.”
“Tell what it is?” with a curious expression on his face Smaran said. Sukanya also got off from the chair and looked curiously at Menaka.
“You already have a pretty idea why Nirupama committed suiside, are not you?”
“I have a theory. I am thinking that is the reason.” Smaran sighed heavily and said.
“I am not going to ask you what it is.” Preparing herself to move away from there Menaka said. “Just because you are not going to tell about it to me.”
Then Menaka and Sukanya came out of that place.
***
Ranganath stood there unbelievingly. It was quite scary to him. He knew that his wife was imagining her late daughter. But seeing her imagining now like this making his heart cringed.
“Oh, Niru. Do you know how beautiful you are appearing to me now? You are so good.”
She was looking into the space before her while talking.
“I always say to you don’t tie your hair like that. It does not appear good in such a way.”
There was some silence as if she was hearing whatever her daughter was saying.
“That new girl. I think you sure do like her. She is indeed very good Niru. You both can become quite good friends. She already became a good friend to your friend Sukanya.”
Again some silence.
“You want me to come with you. Where?”
Ranganath stunned on hearing that. His heart beating became faster.
“No darling. I cannot come there. I think I have some more time to do that.”
‘What the bloody hell this means?’ Ranganath thought. ‘Where that imagined daughter asking his wife to come? Or is Nirupama really there?’
“Think about your dad. He becomes all alone.”
My god! Ranganath understood a little where his daughter asking Nirmala to come.
“Why cannot you stay with us all the time? Is it is not good to you? You do have your room again. We can make that Menaka change her room. We can ask her even to vacate our house. But she is indeed a very good girl.”
Her imagination with her dead daughter continued like that for some more time.
Nirmala imagined her daughter in before also. But not in this way, not this intensively. It was all appeared quite dangerous to Ranganath. He thought that he should contact Niranjan immediately and ask him to start treating Nirmala forthwith.
***
“I want you to do something fast. The type of her imagining changed. I cannot say why but I don’t like her in that imagination for long.” Ranganath went early in the morning to Niranjan and said after explaining everything in detail to him.
“Alright. I do start something as fast as possible. May I come to your home now itself?” he asked Ranganth.
“Best thing you do. I don’t think it would be better to delay this matter anymore.”
“But Ranga, until this time you always said that she was lucky imagining like that. Why you are talking like this now?”
Ranganath hissed out heavily. “ I already explained to you. Still you are asking. I found her in the morning talking with imaginary Nirupama. Until this moment she imagined that her daughter was at her aunt’s house. Now she is imagining Nirupama in our house itself. What this means? My god…. I just could not bear the scene…..I am afraid if she has been left like that she would become complete mad. If it is indeed because of her mental imbalance, some thing needs to be done fast and you have to do it.”
“Did you hear what she was talking?”
“Not completely. Only part of that. I already told what I have heard. Have you forgotten? Nirupama asked my wife to come somewhere and I am afraid it leads to something unless stopped here itself. It was just like….Nirupama was there. For sometime I too have felt that Nirupama was present there.”
“Interesting! Why did you get such a feeling?”
“No. I cannot say why I got such a feeling. It is something paranormal. Niranjan is there any chance that my Nirupama is indeed in my home and Nirmala has been seeing her?”
“Ranga what is happening to you? In which times we are living? Are you thinking that there are souls or something like that?” Niranjan frowned and asked him angrily.
“But what all this is? Why did I get such a feeling? Why Nirmala is behaving like that?”
“We have many a time discussed about Nirmala. She is in a sort of mental shock. It takes time to her to become normal. You asked me to start treatment and I do that. The most important thing, you don’t become yourself like her.” Niranjan warned him.
“No I cannot give any such guarantee.” Ranganath said. “I am feeling fear someday in the near future I do become mad.”
“I am thinking it is you who need the treatment first than your wife.” Niranjan said.
“Alright then. Start the treatment. I am not going to oppose it.”
Niranjan hissed out heavily. “Ranga… a great misfortune happened in your life. I agree. But… we have to adjust ourselves to our lives. There is no other way at all.”
Ranganath did not say anything.
“Nirupama was such a sweet and nice girl. I too loved her a lot. She treated me as she treated you. I too have been affected by her death as you have affected. But one thing that needs to be understood is we cannot take her back at all.”
“Is this is the treatment that you do give to me?” Ranganath irritatingly said.
“Yes, this also a sort of treatment. Accepting the facts. Unless, otherwise you become completely normal again we cannot change Nirmala.”
“Are you thinking that it is possible I can become completely normal again?”
“May not be completely. But almost. It is possible. I can make it possible. You may not be important to yourself. But you are important to Nirmala. You are important to me. We both need you a lot.”
Ranganath nodded his head helplessly.
“Shall we both go to your home now? You asked me to start treating your wife. I do see whether anything I can do for her.”
“Come then.” Ranganath and Niranjan came to the Ranganath’s home together.
“You both have come together? It is indeed fun.” Nirmala laughed and said when she had seen them both.
“Get something for us. We are feeling hungry.” Ranganath said.
“It is indeed after a very long time you are asking like this.” Nirmala said. “Alright I fix something nice for both of you as fast as possible.” She retired into the kitchen.
“Are you really feeling hungry? Why you did send her into the kitchen now? I want to talk with her to see what type of treatment she has to be given.” Niranjan said.
“I don’t know why but I really felt hungry.” Ranganath said. “Alright. You do start something after we have finished our lunch.”
“Where is that girl now?” looking around Niranjan asked.
“I think she is in the upstairs room.”Ranganath said. “You know one thing? She is hypnotizing Nirmala now. It seems Nirmala is enjoying it a lot.”
Niranjan laughed and said. “Is that so? It is indeed good.” He paused for a moment and then said. “If it is so we may try something through Menaka to change Nirmala. It would be more effective than my direct treatment.”
“Are you thinking like that?” Ranganath asked him.
“Yes. Anyhow why Nirmala got the idea of being hypnotized by Menaka or Menaka got the idea of hypnotizing Nirmala?”
“You may be known that Nirupama used to hypnotise Nirmala and Nirmala mentioned that to Menaka. Menaka said to her that she too knows hypnotizing. So it started like that.”
“How did you know about it?” Niranjan asked him.
“Nirmala herself said this to me.” Ranganath said. While they both were talking like that Nirmala came there.
“You both may please come into the kitchen. I served the food for you there.”
“We are coming.” Ranganath got off from the sofa. Niranjan also followed him.
“How is my cooking? Is it is any better than before? You always complain about dishes prepared by me.” She said while looking at Ranganath.
“Why Ranganath? Nirmala is an excellent cook. Why do you complain about her cooking?”
Ranganath laughed and said. “It may be good for you but not to me.” He started eating and after few seconds or so he said. “It may not be excellent. But yes, it is better than before.”
“It is excellent! Why did not you find it like that I cannot understand.” Niranjan said.
“Anyhow what gave you the skill to cook this much better? Is it is because of the hypnotism by Menaka?” Ranganath asked her.
“You mentioned it? Yes, I must say I am enjoying a lot being hypnotized by her. She is putting me into sleep within seconds by her hypnotizing. When it comes to hypnosis our Niru also could not put me into sleeping as fast as this girl did. But….” She paused a second and then said “My perfection in cooking is not because of that hypnotism.”
“I must talk with this girl and know what technique she is using. I also use hypnotism on the patients come to me sometimes but many a time it does not affect fast.” Niranjan said.
“Where is that girl? Why did not she come for her lunch now?” Ranganath asked his wife.
“She went to that Sukanya again. They both have become very good friends recently.” Nirmala said.
“I must have a talk with her when she comes to home.” Niranjan said.
While talking like that in between themselves they have completed the lunch quite jovially.
***
“It is really surprising that you both are waiting for me. What is the matter?” when Niranjan and Ranganath entered into the room of Menaka and said they are just waiting for her Menaka asked.
“It is so important a matter that we have to take your assistance.” Niranjan said.
“Tell me what it is. I am always ready to provide whatever type of assistance you need from me.” Menaka said.
“First let me congratulate you that you have become quite successful in hypnotizing Nirmala” Niranjan said.
Menaka laughed and said. “In fact I don’t know any hypnotizing etc. I just have read about it. I doubt whether aunty really being hypnotized or just acting like that to satisfy me.”
“No. She is not acting to make you feel happy. She has been really being hypnotized in the best way by you and she said so that to us. She also said you have been hypnotizing her even better than Nirupama.” Ranganath said.
The mention of Nirupama once again changed the mood there and Menaka nodded her head. “I don’t think so. May be I am a little successful in hypnotizing her but I cannot think I am doing it better than Nirupama.”
“Its alright that does not matter.” Niranjan said. “You have become successful in hypnotizing the old lady so that we want to use this to treat her mentally.”
“I just cannot understand! How my skill is going to be helpful in it?” Menaka really confused. “Moreover I have to say I am not a psychologist. At the same time I know very little about hypnotism also.”
“That is not necessary. Nirmala is being hypnotized by you quite easily and that is enough”
“Alright. What I should do then?”
“A lot in fact. It is not just doing with your hypnotism. It has to do something with you also.”
“I want to hear it in full.” Menaka impatiently said.
“Sorry, I cannot tell all of it straight away. To make you understand how important it is we need to explain the matter as much as possible.” Then Niranjan explained to her how Ranganath found Nirmala talking to imagined Nirupama in the home itself.
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