Chapter 1: – Suruvat Eka Shant Mulachi
Mumbai cha paus hamesha sarkhach padat hota… pan aaj tyat kahi tari veglach hota.
Mumbai chya ek chhota 1BHK flat madhye, Aarav khidkitun baher pahata hota. Tyachya haatat ek admission form hota. "B.Com – First Year."
Tyachya dolyat swapna hoti… pan tyachya ghari shantata hoti.
"Aarav… chai thandi hote aahe," Aai cha halka awaaz kitchen madhun aala.
Aarav ne form table var thevla. Tyachya ghari 3 lok hote – Aai, Baba ani to.
Pan gharat gharpane navhta.
Baba factory madhye kam kart hote. Lockdown nantar job unstable zala hota. Paisa kam, tension jasta. Ani tension mule gharat roz bhanda.
Aarav la mahit hota — tyachya college cha admission fee bharayla gharat paisa nahi.
Pan Aai ne kahi tari manage kela hota.
Tyacha Swabhav
Aarav khup shant mulga hota. College la jaun engineer kiwa businessman honyacha tyacha swapna hota. Pan to kadhi konashi share karat navhta.
Tyacha school madhye to average hota. Na topper, na backbencher. Pan to vegla hota — tyachya dolyat responsibility hoti.
Tyane lahanpanapasun Baba-Aai cha bhanda pahila hota.
"Tu kahi kart nahi gharasathi!" Baba oradt hote.
"Mi divasbhar kam karte, ani tu mala dosh detos?" Aai radat hote.
Aarav cha room madhye to headphones lavun basaycha. Music var focus karaycha, pan heart madhye heavy pain hota.
Tyala vataycha —
"Ek divas mi motha zhalo ki sagla badel."
College Cha Pahila Divas
Pahila divas.
University of Mumbai cha affiliated college hota. Campus motha hota. Students haste, group madhe selfie ghet hote.
Aarav ekta hota.
Tyane simple shirt ghallela hota. Dusre mulge branded shoes, watches, stylish bags gheun aale hote.
Tyala thoda complex vatla.
Lecture hall madhye baslyavar ek mulga tyachya bajula basla.
"Hi, mi Kabir."
Aarav halka smile kela. "Aarav."
Kabir rich family madhun hota. Confident. English fluent. Aarav la thoda inferior vatla.
Pan Kabir friendly hota.
"Chal canteen la jauya?"
Aarav cha doka madhye ekach thought —
Canteen = Paisa.
"Tu ja… mala kahi notes baghaychya aahet," to halka mhanla.
Kabir gela.
Aarav ne bag madhun ek chhota dabba kadla. Aai ne banavlela simple pohe.
Tyala Aai chi athavan aali. Aai ne ratri 2 vajey paryant silai kam kela hota admission sathi paisa jamvayla.
Tyachya dolyat paani jamla.
Gharat Ek Dhakka
Sandhyakali ghari aalyavar gharat shantata hoti.
Aai sofa var basun radat hoti.
"Aai kay zala?"
Baba job varun kadle gele hote.
Factory bandh.
Ata gharat income zero.
Aarav cha haath thanda padla.
"Aarav… tu college sodu nako… mi kahi tari karen," Aai ne asu pussat mhanla.
Pan Aarav cha andar ek decision jhala hota.
Tyala kalala —
Ata to fakta mulga nahi.
To gharacha aadhaar aahe.
Ratrachi Shapath
Tyachya room madhye basun to ceiling kadhe pahata hota.
Phone var college cha WhatsApp group madhye messages yet hote – party, freshers plan, new friends.
Pan Aarav cha life veglach hota.
Tyane Google var search kela:
"Part time job for college students Mumbai."
Tyachya dolyat ek determination hota.
"To swapna sodnar nahi… pan ghar pan sodnar nahi."
Ratra 1 vajle hote.
Tyane Aai cha room kadhe pahila. Aai zhopli hoti pan tyachya mahit hota — ti andharat pan radat hoti.
Aarav ne halka awaaz madhe mhanla:
"Aai… mi tuza abhiman honar."
Ani tyachya life cha khara struggle ata suru zala hota.
👉 He fakta Chapter 1 hota.