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Here is the 119th chapter. 

There are going to be more time skips like there is today. 
You can ask me if you have any doubts.  

I don't own Mahabharat. 

Whatever I have talked about Kali Yuga in this chapter is what I think about it, I do not mean to offend anyone. 

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Ananya POV 

 Two weeks later 

 In Jungle 

It had been a while since we were staying there in that forest. We had made a temporary shelter in there. The river was near- by, there was a big banyan tree too. Everything needed for survival was here. 

I fill the pot with water, the one in my hand, pick the up and turn towards the house. The food still has to be made; I should work faster. There is no way I would get all the work done on time, at this pace. 

"Bhabhi Ma!" A voice calls. "Aap kyun utha rahin Hain, aaiye main madd kar deta hun." (Why are you picking these all up, come here and let me help you.) 

I let Yudhishthira take the pot from me.
There is no point in fighting with him. 

"Yudi?"  

 "Haan, Bhabhi Ma?" (Yes, Bhabhi Ma?) 

"Kya hua?" (What happeed?) I question. I have been observing him since a while now, he seems to be lost.  

"Kuch nahi Bhabhi Ma, Main theek Hun." (Nothing, Bhabhi Ma, I am alright.) 

"Maine toh yeh kaha hi nahi ki tum theek nahi Ho." (I did not even once say that you are not alright.) Ananya smirks at him. 
"Par ab baat aa hi gayi hai toh yeh bhi bata do ki tumhe actually Hua Kya hai?" (But now that the point has been brought up, tell me what has really happened with you.) 

"Bhabhi Ma woh -" (Bhabhi Ma that -)  

"Main nahi sunungi." (I will not listen) I warn him. "Yeh batao ki tum aaj kal itne vichlit Kyun ho?" (Tell me this, that why are you so disturbed these days.) 

He still does not answer the question. 

"Sach bolna nahi hai, jhooth bhi nahi bol sakte." (You do not want to tell the truth, and you cannot say a lie.) I shake my head. "Kitne der chup rahoge Hain?" (For how long will you stay silent.) 

"Bhabhi Ma! Aap toh bas aise hi." (Bhabhi Ma! You are talking just like this.) Yudhishthira tries to wave it off. 

"Haan haan, of course!" (Yes, Yes. Of course!) I say sarcastically. 

He just ignores me as he picks up and bites into a carrot. Looking around the kitchen, as if trying to find a way to escape from there. 

"Sochna bhi mat!" (Do not even think about it.) I warn him. 

"Kya?" (What?) he questions. 

"Yahan se jana ka." (To escape from here.) I reply. 
"Wahan baitho." (Sit there!) I point at a place in the kitchen, beside the water pot. "Ab aur kuch nahi!" (Nothing more now.) 

Silence falls in the small kitchen as I put fire in the Chula. And prepare to put on the Chula to make rice for the day. 

"Chup Kyun Ho? Kuch bologe nahi?" (Now, why are you silent? Will you not say anything?) I ask. 

"Aap ne hi toh bola, aur kuch nahi." (You did say right now, that I should not say abything anymore.) He quotes me. 

"Smart." I comment, placing the pot on the Chula. "Par ab woh sab Ho Gaya. Yeh batao, Kyun itne vichlit Ho? Itna tanav kis baat ka hai?" (But now stop all that. Tell me this, why are you so disturbed? Why are you in so much stress.) 

"Pata nahi." (I do not know.) He shrugs. 

I narrow my eyes at him for few minutes, before nodding at him to continue. 

"Bas kuch hai aisa jo main karna chahhta Hun." (Just something that I wanted to do.) Yudhishthira says. 
"Par Mujhe nahi pata Kya aur kaise? Aur yeh bhi nahi pata ki woh karna sahi bhi hoga ya nahi?" (But I do not know why and how? And I do not even know if doing that is right or not.) 

"Tumne uske bar Mein socha hai, galat hoga Kya?" (You have thought about it. How will it be wrong?) I raise the question. 

"Main bhagwan thodi Hun, Bhabhi Ma!" (I am not god, Bhabhi Ma!) He sighs, heavily exhaling through his nose. 

"Bachpan se lekar ke aaj tak jhut nahi bola hai." (Since your child till this day, you have not spoken a lie.) I comment. "Kaliyuga Mein tumhe bhagwan hi manege." (People from Kaliyuga will always consider you God.) 

"Sahi Mein?" (Really?) He seemed confused. "Itni chhoti si baat par?" (On such a small thing?) 

"Kaliyuga hai woh." (It is Kaliyuga.) I look up at him, from where I was collecting water. "Kali danav ka raj Hain wahan. Andher ka saya hai wahan. Dard, pida, sab Hain wahan. Insaan jhoote bole bina jivan vyathit hi nahi kar sakta hai." (The monster Kali rules there. Darkness surrounds that world. Pain. Tribulation. Everything resides there. One cannot live there without lying at every turn.) 

"Kali kaisa dikta hai?" (How does Kali look like?) He questions. 

I stare at him for few seconds before whacking him on the head. 

"Dimag ko Kya aaj chuhhti di hai?" (Have you given your brain a holiday today.) 

The only response I get is him looking away from me. 

"O Bete Ki! Bhaiyoan men toh nahi baat aya?" (O Bete Ki! I hope you did not distribute it amongst your brothers.) My eyes widen at him. 
"Waise woh bhi kam padega." (By the way, even that would be less.) 

"Bhabhi Ma!" 

And I burst out laughing. Before raising my hand in surrender, "Sorry!" 

"Par sahi Mein, tumhe aisa laga bhi kaise ki wahan pe koi kali naam ka danav hai?" (But really, how did you even think that there is a monster named Kali in Kaliyuga, huh?) I question.  

"Bas aise hi." (Just like that.) He shrugs. 

"Danav hota na, toh sab ne uske hadiyoan ki chutney bana ke uska kam khatam kiya hota." (But really, had it been a monster, then everyone would have made a Chutney out of their bones and would have killed him, long ago.) I shake my head. 

"Toh fir Kali hai Kya?" (Then what is Kali?) Yudhishthira frowns. 

"Kali?" I ask. When he nods, I continue, "bahut kuch hai. Irshiya. Burai. Jhoot. Kala dhanda. Kali toh us har chij Mein basta hai jo galat hai. Lalach. Dard. Peda. Kali in sab chijoan ka ek bahut bada sangam hai. Kucha aisa jo kisi ke wash Mein nahi hai, par sab Mein basta hai." (He is a lot of things. Jealousy. Evil. Lies. Black Marketing. Kali is in all those things that is wrong. Greed. Pain. Tribulation. Kali is a big amalgamation of all this. Something that is not in anyone's control and something as such that resides in everyone.) 

"Toh Kali se ladne ka Kya tarika hai?" (So, there is really no way to fight him off?) He questions, me. He was really trying hard to understand this all. 

"Kali se ladna sab ke bas ki baat nahi hai." (Not everyone is capable of fighting with him.) I say softly. "Kali insaan ke bhitar basta hai. Uske har dar Mein, Har us baat Mein jo use insaan ko aapne zindagi Mein udne se rokta hai." (Kali resides inside a human. In the person's fear, in every that thing of a persons' life that stops him or her from flying up in the sky.) 

"Toh isse ladne ka koi upay nahi hai?" (So, there is not really a way to win from him.) He asks, again. Though this time it seemed more of a statement. 

"Agar khud Mein takat hai toh kisi se bhi lad saktien Hain." (If you have power within yourself, then you can fight anyone.) I tell him. "Par agar aapne upar ka vishwas tut jaat hai na, toh fir Kali se insaan har hi jata hai." (But if your confidence on yourself breaks, then a person surely loses from Kali)  

"Toh Kali -" (So Kali -) He starts to say something. But I stand up, suddenly. 

Something, is wrong. 
Something very wrong is happening to someone of my family. 
Someone who is very close to me.  

I put the fire off and remove the pot from its top. Before rushing out to where Mumma was sitting outside with others. 

"Mumma!" I shriek, rushing to her. 

"Kya Hua?" (What happened?) She looks concerned as she grabs my shoulder. 

I try to calm myself. But there is just this feeling in me. 
It is as if someone has pushed a knife in my stomach and now is rotating it.  

My stomach feels hollow. 
There is a void in me.  

Who is in danger? Who? 
And why? How? Where? 

"Ananya putri, Kya Hua?" (Ananya daughter, What happened?) Mumma asks, making me meet her eyes. 

"Dushala!" The word tumble's out of my mouth before I can stop it. "Dushala!" 

"Kya Hua Dushala ko?" (What happened to Dushala?) Duryodhana questions. 

"Kuch ... Kuch toh Hua ..... Hua hai. Woh ... Woh ...." (Something ... Something has happened .... happened. Something .... Something) I am unable to find the word behind what I can feel. 
"Theek nahi hai. Dushala theek nahi hai. Nahi ..." (She is not alright. Dushala is not ok, She is not ok. No.)  

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How was the update for the day?

Ananya notes everything that happens around her, does she not? 

And what about the relationship between Yudhishthira and her. 

What is this all mess about Dushala? 

What is happening to her? 

Whatever I talked about Kali Yuga in this chapter is what I think about it, I do not mean to offend anyone. 

Thanks for Reading this.

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