Rati : Rise and fall of an English Lover : Chapter 2


Main toh bas abhi-abhi uthi hi thi ki bhabhi Japan se land kar gayi—haathon mein do jumbo-size bags leke. Full-on Bollywood-style entry: slow motion mein, face pe ek alag hi glow, thodi si tired but total classy vibes.

Apne Mayke Walo k sara sanam lai. Har kisi ke liye kuch special tha—unki Behen, Bhai ki liye or mere Bhaiya ke liye.Bas… mere liye kuch nahi tha. Aur us moment pe andar kuch toot sa gaya. Mujhe kuch mila hi nahi… Shayad main unke liye important hi nahi hoon.Sirf ek gaon wali cousin, ek side character in their metro life. Bus kaam ke time yaad aate hai.Lagta hai bollywood aur indian TV show dekh kar mere soch bhi waise he ho gai hai. Pr koch der may he Unko kaam karte hue dekh kar meri poori soch Change ho gai Unka bat karne ka tarika bhi alag tha. .

Woh five months pregnant hai. Par agar aap uski energy dekhein na — lagta hi nahi. PHD scholar bhi hai, Tumhari skin toh naturally glow karti hai… aur baal bhi kaafi healthy hain. Bas thoda sa care chahiye.” Ye compliment mujhe pehli baar kisi ne diya tha yahan. Dil khush ho gaya, sach mein.Phir boli—“Chal Rati, aaj mall chalte hain. Thoda ghoomte hain.”Mall gayi. Lift se dar toh ab bhi tha, par is baar pehli baar escalator pe bina panic chadh gayi. Andar ek alag si khushi thi—lag raha tha main badal rahi hoon

Phir boli—“Chal Rati, aaj mall chalte hain. Thoda ghoomte hain.”Mall gayi. Lift se dar toh ab bhi tha, par is baar pehli baar escalator pe bina panic chadh gayi. Andar ek alag si khushi thi—lag raha tha main badal rahi hoon.Aur phir woh moment—jab bhabhi ne mere liye khud shopping ki… new clothes, new vibe. Mera poora look hi change ho gaya.Thak toh gaye the dono, toh dinner banane ka mann kisi ka nahi tha. Nikal pade nache food lene.
Wapas aate waqt Vishy fir mil gaya. Socha, kahin bhabhi ke saamne bhi jump toh nhi karega. But is baar woh shaant tha. Sirf ek “Good night” kaha aur nikal gaya. Bhabhi ne kuch nahi kaha, lekin vo bhi mujhe hi dekh rahi thi. Kuch toh tha uss moment mein—shant sa,
Next day jab main ma’am ke ghar gayi, unhone pucha:
“Rati, tumhe 4S samajh aa gaye the? Tumne apne aap ko define kiya, taaki tumhari english learning kabhi rukey na?”Main boli, “Yes ma’am, maine kiya tha! Bas sab kuch Hinglish mein likha hai.”
Unhone muskurake kaha, “Acha? Mujhe dikhao zara, kahan likha hai?”

📘 Question 1: Jab tum padhai start karti ho, tumhara mental state kaisa hota hai?
Shuruaat mein thoda dar lagta hai lagta hai tordi time mai start karti hu pr maine fix time diya hua … mai fir future may apne aap ko english bolte dekhti hu fir 2 deep breaths le leti hoon. Fir lagta hai,
"Chalo Rati, suru karte hain."

📘 Question 2:English learning ko lay kar kya story hai tumhre mind may?
Pehle toh main sochti thi,
“Main Hindi medium se hoon... English meri league se bahar hai.”
Lekin ab main kehti hoon,
“English ek language hai, rocket science nahi. Roz thoda thoda seekhungi, toh aayegi zaroor.”

📘 Question 3: Tumhari strategy kya hai English aur coding seekhne ki?
Mainne daily time fix kiya hai:
  • Subah 6 am - 40 mins English reading, writing
  • Shaam ko 7 pm - 60 mins Grammar aur naya karne ka plan socha hai
    Difficult words ko notebook mein likh leti hoon.


📘 Question 4: Jab struggle hota hai, jaise kuch samajh nahi aata, toh tum kya karti ho?
abhi to start
hai toh plan ka review har week may karna hai 7 don may progress check karte hue. Weekend mein poora revision karte ka plan hai."Rati, jiss state mein tum ho, wahan se seekhna shuru karna hoga. Sabse pehle tumhe yeh 2 cheezein saath-saath shuru karni hongi:
  1. English Grammar

  2. Vocabulary (shabdon ka gyaan)
Shayad shuruaat mein confusion ho, thoda darr lage. Lekin jaise-jaise tum naye shabd seekhogi, clarity aati jayegi..Sentence ka structure samjho (Parts of Speech): Sentence banana hai toh ye samajhna padega ki har word ka sentence mein ek role hota hai. Ye role hum "part of speech" kehte hain.
Main 4 Parts of Speech:
  • Noun – naam hota hai kisi person, jagah, cheez ya idea ka. (Jaise: pencil, driver)
  • Verb – action ya state hoti hai. (Jaise: play, drives)
  • Adjective – noun ko describe karta hai. (Jaise: beautiful, angry)
  • Adverb – verb, adjective ya doosre adverb ko describe karta hai. (Jaise: beautifully, angrily, really)
Sentence: "The angry driver drives angrily."Kaise kaam karte hain sab together? Har part apna kaam karta hai. Adjective noun ko describe karega, adverb verb ko . Sab milke ek strong sentence banate hain.Learning ka sequence: Pehle main 4 parts ko achhe se samjho. Fir dekho kaise ek sentence mein milkar meaning create karte hain.Sentence: "The extremely angry driver drives really angrily." Ismay 3 adverb hai : extremely, really, angrilyAur 4 Parts of Speech hoti hain:
  • Pronoun – noun ki jagah use hota hai. (Jaise: he, him)
  • Preposition – position ya relation batata hai. (Jaise: of, to, at)
  • Conjunction – do words ya sentences ko jodta hai. (Jaise: and, or)
  • Interjection – strong feelings express karta hai. (Jaise: Yay!, Ouch!)

Some example :
  1. The boy runs fast.
    • boy → noun, runs → verb, fast → adverb
  2. The old man walks slowly.
    • old → adjective, walks → verb, slowly → adverb
  3. Rati and her brother play outside.
    • and → conjunction, play → verb, outside → adverb
  4. Wow! That car is really fast.
    • Wow! → interjection, car → noun, fast → adjective, really → adverb
  5. The extremely tired girl slept peacefully.
extremely → adverb, tired → adjective, slept → verb, peacefully → adverb

Ma’am ne kha Rati hum abhi Tense jaldi cover karne hai taki tum english english may sentences Design kar pao. Bye

Jaise hi main colony mein enter hui na… pura cricket ground freeze ho gaya!
Bacche jo ball se zyada mujhe ghoor rahe the — jaise main koi celebrity cameo hoon unki Sunday ki match mein!
Main sochi, 'Yeh kya ho gaya? Mere nayai makeover ko dekh kar shock hogyei. Tabhi Vishy bat leke mere taraf aaya.
Par nahi! Vo toh aage nikal gaya aur bola,
“Ball mile kya nahi?”
Turns out, Vishy ne six maara tha aur poori team ball dhoondh rahi thi.
Aur Rony — Vishy ka classmate , bas ek line bol ke gaya. “Nice makeover ”.Thanks Rony .

"Bas ghar aate hi laga jaise universe ne mujhe ek aur surprise parcel bhej diya ho!"
Bhabhi ne do options rakhe mere saamne:
Ek phone… Aur doosra laptop.Dono hi thode purane the, but mere liye toh naye se kam bilkul bhi nahi the!
Dil se main dono ko haan kehna chahti thi, par dimaag bola —
"Rati, coding seekh rahi ho na? Toh laptop choose karo, smart bano!"

Bhabhi ne password bataya: CS101japan Sunke hi laga, “Waah! Password bhi full techie vibes!” Par jab system kholne baithi… toh 5 baar password daala…Mujhe laga, “Kya laptop mujhe judge kar raha hai?”Phir bhabhi ne pyaar se bola“CapsLock on toh nahi hai na?”Tabhi samjha — CapsLock bhi kisi chhupay huye villain se kam nahi!
Phir bhabhi ne mujhe computer ki kuch aur tricky terms bhi samjhayi — “Username, cache, reboot... aur kuch toh aisa lag raha tha jaise alien language ho!”

By the end of it… main tech-savvy Rati banne ka sapna leke raat bhar system samajhti rahi.
Laptop toh khul gaya, par neend band ho gayi!

Sandeep Singh
International educator, Decade of teaching experience.