This is one of the first posts of a kind... where I am blogging about a stranger, and the conversation.
I have been recently bumping into a lot of strangers and having some one-off conversations... This piece refers to some guy i would call ABC.
Venue: High Court Bar Association Hall
What was I doing?: Not practising/ not in uniform/ some casual purpose/ was writing something.
This was the first time I was one on one with a guy who was undergoing divorce (have seen every other types of *clients* :D). Now, the curiously-frank me couldn't resist asking the details of the case. A Divorce by mutual consent is the simplest because both the husband and wife agree together to end the marriage without going the bad way of accusing each other to obtain the divorce. So, likely, as i guessed, the issue should have been of maintenance and children custody.
And right i was! his wife has demanded 15 lakh rupees (1.5 million rupees) in addition to the assets she already has in her custody (which ABC says are over 15 lakhs themselves)... and she also wants the custody of children....
I wasn't surprised at this (pretty common in divorce cases). But i couldn't understand the *screwed-up* look on his face and his whole body language. We had a few this that legal talks and all... and then his uncle started talking about himself... (germany-returned, setlled sons... own business,,, multi-linguist.... n all that... pretty nice though..... a good outlook... was helping ABC as ABC is his son's friend... n uncle had all the knowledge of the courtplay... business wale hain... :D)...
Having won over them, and telling them that the case is not that panicky.. so take a chill pill... your advocate will handle it... hearing this the guy kinda broke down (i was stunned... ye kya hai!)... he then started his story...
His wife had committed adultery!!! wth! he said when he caught her red-handed for the first time, he forgave her in the hope she would never resort to such an act again. But she repeated and repeated! I was like, dude, do you have any proof she continued or are you just assuming... to which he replied... some channel also recorded the *sansani* incident once... (what the freak! wife on the loose...)... ok... hota hai... adultery is committing by women also... (many a cases are testimony to that)...
Now this guy after all the emotional havoc... was still going for divorce by mutual consent to save time and avoid any further embarassment (hmmm... quite practical)...
Then, he said that he is ready to give the money, but he wants his kids... 'he loves them a lot" (literally he had tears in his eyes)... i inquired about how old the kids were... to which he responded... 'son - 4 years old... daughter - 7 years old'..
My blunt reaction: too young kids... how could your wife think of adultery?
His reply... he loved her a lot... she has always been very beautiful... and then he came closer and told me that she has had affair with their servant and such many more ... no level.... the beauty became the beast in her!
At this very moment... his advocate came in... and this advocate surprisingly was someone who i had taken many a advice from during my student days... i got up and told ABC to bank upon him... he's the best person who could ensure him what is rightfully his... he took my number in front of the advocate (ok! did i steal his client... no.. i don't intend to be a divorce lawyer! not in my list... m not much of a game for breaking relations or worst playing with the life of the children)...
And then i got up and left... thinking what had just happened... for next quite some moments the conversation kept playing in my mind over and over again... and that money can't buy you happiness...
Love breakup zindagi... marriage divorce zindagi...
-
Slahu
P.s. This post has grammatical blunders... anysoways... wanted to be raw!
I have been recently bumping into a lot of strangers and having some one-off conversations... This piece refers to some guy i would call ABC.
Venue: High Court Bar Association Hall
What was I doing?: Not practising/ not in uniform/ some casual purpose/ was writing something.
Now! the scene: Picturize a lot of advocates... black/white combi colours all around... me in the corner writing some stuff...
Comes ABC...(late 30s, quite healthy, shabby looks, frustrated outlook) takes the seat adjacent to me. For about 5-7 minutes, no interaction... (comeon it's High Court... everyone's high with one's own stuff!)... then apparently there was another person who was sitting in front of me... XYZ ( a sardarji... perhaps in 60s...).. and he was his uncle... so, they kept talking something or other... i didn't care about what they were talking about (i was busy with my stuff!!!)...
Then, after sometime, they inquired about some advocate, as to whether i knew where he was, to which i responded affirmatively (i knew where that advocate was, coincidentally). and then started asking about me (Ok! woot! i look like an advocate... even if i m not in uniform ... alright... alright... coming back... i don't look like one by any means i guess!).. so gave a brief restricted intro about myself... and they gave theirs.. ABC is a managing director in a reputed company and lives in some place near to Delhi.
Then, i managed to ask him as to was he stuck up here because of some business issue? He hesitated, but seeing my *curiosity* and *frankness*... he gave in... he was here because he and his wife have filed the divorce by mutual consent.
Comes ABC...(late 30s, quite healthy, shabby looks, frustrated outlook) takes the seat adjacent to me. For about 5-7 minutes, no interaction... (comeon it's High Court... everyone's high with one's own stuff!)... then apparently there was another person who was sitting in front of me... XYZ ( a sardarji... perhaps in 60s...).. and he was his uncle... so, they kept talking something or other... i didn't care about what they were talking about (i was busy with my stuff!!!)...
Then, after sometime, they inquired about some advocate, as to whether i knew where he was, to which i responded affirmatively (i knew where that advocate was, coincidentally). and then started asking about me (Ok! woot! i look like an advocate... even if i m not in uniform ... alright... alright... coming back... i don't look like one by any means i guess!).. so gave a brief restricted intro about myself... and they gave theirs.. ABC is a managing director in a reputed company and lives in some place near to Delhi.
Then, i managed to ask him as to was he stuck up here because of some business issue? He hesitated, but seeing my *curiosity* and *frankness*... he gave in... he was here because he and his wife have filed the divorce by mutual consent.
This was the first time I was one on one with a guy who was undergoing divorce (have seen every other types of *clients* :D). Now, the curiously-frank me couldn't resist asking the details of the case. A Divorce by mutual consent is the simplest because both the husband and wife agree together to end the marriage without going the bad way of accusing each other to obtain the divorce. So, likely, as i guessed, the issue should have been of maintenance and children custody.
And right i was! his wife has demanded 15 lakh rupees (1.5 million rupees) in addition to the assets she already has in her custody (which ABC says are over 15 lakhs themselves)... and she also wants the custody of children....
I wasn't surprised at this (pretty common in divorce cases). But i couldn't understand the *screwed-up* look on his face and his whole body language. We had a few this that legal talks and all... and then his uncle started talking about himself... (germany-returned, setlled sons... own business,,, multi-linguist.... n all that... pretty nice though..... a good outlook... was helping ABC as ABC is his son's friend... n uncle had all the knowledge of the courtplay... business wale hain... :D)...
Having won over them, and telling them that the case is not that panicky.. so take a chill pill... your advocate will handle it... hearing this the guy kinda broke down (i was stunned... ye kya hai!)... he then started his story...
His wife had committed adultery!!! wth! he said when he caught her red-handed for the first time, he forgave her in the hope she would never resort to such an act again. But she repeated and repeated! I was like, dude, do you have any proof she continued or are you just assuming... to which he replied... some channel also recorded the *sansani* incident once... (what the freak! wife on the loose...)... ok... hota hai... adultery is committing by women also... (many a cases are testimony to that)...
Now this guy after all the emotional havoc... was still going for divorce by mutual consent to save time and avoid any further embarassment (hmmm... quite practical)...
Then, he said that he is ready to give the money, but he wants his kids... 'he loves them a lot" (literally he had tears in his eyes)... i inquired about how old the kids were... to which he responded... 'son - 4 years old... daughter - 7 years old'..
My blunt reaction: too young kids... how could your wife think of adultery?
His reply... he loved her a lot... she has always been very beautiful... and then he came closer and told me that she has had affair with their servant and such many more ... no level.... the beauty became the beast in her!
At this very moment... his advocate came in... and this advocate surprisingly was someone who i had taken many a advice from during my student days... i got up and told ABC to bank upon him... he's the best person who could ensure him what is rightfully his... he took my number in front of the advocate (ok! did i steal his client... no.. i don't intend to be a divorce lawyer! not in my list... m not much of a game for breaking relations or worst playing with the life of the children)...
And then i got up and left... thinking what had just happened... for next quite some moments the conversation kept playing in my mind over and over again... and that money can't buy you happiness...
Love breakup zindagi... marriage divorce zindagi...
-
Slahu
P.s. This post has grammatical blunders... anysoways... wanted to be raw!
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