Samay-Scene IV

Though Prakriti also was very beautiful and looked so good. Prakriti was educated in Shillong, Meghalaya in a Girls school and from there only she inherited her dressing style. She was perfect model size body with 5’6” height and always wore heels as in her school it was necessary as they taught them in manners and delicacies of British India lady. She then went to Grant Medical College, Mumbai and then did her MD in neurology from AIIMS, Delhi and since then she was leading neurologist of India. She hasn’t left doing research even now also. She has being awarded by many honors  and then she was duly and pompously married to Trishant by her father at first she do use to miss the metropolitan cities where she use to live and her carefree attitude but now she had bound herself into many bounds. She joined Mekahara or Ambedakar Hospital as an HOD of Neurology department and since her pregnancy she left her job on temporary basis. Though she was very beautiful and pretty and had all the qualities of models the most surprising fact was that even after when she was such a big doctor she hasn’t spectacles. She had mid length of hairs which she generally plaited or made a juda. Before marrying to Trishant she use to wear jeans and stylish tops but after the marriage she shifted her wardrobe to saris and now had number of them. She generally wore fine handmade cotton saris in hospital, rest of the time she either wore chiffon or jorjet saris. She sometimes when visiting with Trishant she wears pure silk saris.

In this sometime only she made friends with Dr. Naina and Dr. Tanay Bungela. Naina was Trishant’s school friend who is now gynecologist and her doctor and Tanay was a Physiatrist, they both ran a large hospital in outer suburbs of the city which was funded by Tanay’s elder brother, Mr. Rishabh Bendela and from the hefty fees which they took from their patients. Naina and Tanay met in medical college and fell in love then they married after completing their respective PGs. They first met her in the case of Vansh, the younger brother of Tanay and Rishabh. Vansh was a patient of neurology and psychology. Vansh was just a reason that destiny chose to give Prakriti some friends and since then bored Prakriti had someone to hang out with, like Naina took her shopping and movies whereas with Tanay she went for coffees and dinners. In short trio of them was complete she even thrice in a week visited their hospital. The position of Vansh had also improved tremendously in these days.

Even after her pregnancy she kept seeing him and some other selected patients to kill boredom. She also started doing some research. Today was Thursday; there was no work as she visited Mekahara every Saturday and Om Hospital i.e. the hospital of Tanay and Naina on Sunday, Wednesday and Monday. She was just sitting in her bedroom with her books when the phone rang and she got up to pick it up as its being more than 3 days that Trishant hasn’t called and she expected it be his call. Alas it was the most awaited call of the day.               

Samay-Scene III

It’s being two months to this incident since then Prakriti had reduced her consultations upto nil. The pregnancy was more evident as her tummy had grown upto two times her regular figure. Trishant also took point that her public appearances are reduced. She left accompanying him as she felt insecure about the distorted figure. Or else she was active Mrs. C M but after pregnancy she reduced that too. Even Trishant saw that her gynecologist visited home instead of her going to her. 5-months pregnancy made her tired and cranky but Trishant saw the part that she is well taken care of. During this time only, one day as he was packing his things, Prakriti came into room and saw his packing, she burst into peels of laughs because it could be seen that he hasn’t packed his earlier as he was packing the breakable items like watches and specs in bottom and then his kurtas and jeans and in above his slippers. She said “C M sahib leave all this it’s not your cup of tea. Leave this to me. By the way where is the govt. heading?” to which he said “Jaanu why are you stressing yourself, I will say Sadhu kaka to pack. And the C M sahib is going to Bastar, naxalite affected areas for inspection and survey. I will return in a week or so, thought I will inform later as elections coming ahead. I need to do lots of rallies. But you take care of yourself.” She just quipped a sad ok as she knew that it was necessary and he won’t listen to her on the points of taking her. She just leaving the room when Trishant said “Sweetu, pls help with tie. You know I can’t knot a tie properly.” Affectionately she went towards him and started knotting the tie and started saying that “C M sahib learn to knot a tie or else what people will say shame on a C M who can’t even knot a tie.” To which he replied “If I will learn to knot a tie then what will my beautiful Dr. Mrs. C M will do.” She laughingly says “Don’t say beautiful I’m totally disfigured and feeling like somebody has tied a ball in my stomach.” Trishant passionately replies “Prakriti, you don’t know you are the sexiest Mrs. C M and now the sexiest mamma in India. By the way you look even beautiful in this pregnancy. Now I should leave. And I will never learn to knot a tie as I love it when you do it for me. Plus dumb are people who learn it because then they lose the time that they can spend with their wives. I sometimes wish what would have happened if I hadn’t gone to meet you in hotel and you and would have being a bachelor till now.” Trishant went to work and alas he would be also voted the sexiest C M of India expect the youngest because he used gym for one hour each day making his body like its being perfectly cut from inch to inch and had a height of 5’11’’ which made him look like Greek Gods plus he never wore kurta-pyjama like other politicians or dhoti like his Kakaji, he didn’t even wore a achkan like many others. He wore tight fight jeans basically denim blue colour and long full sleeves kurta basically white or else cream in colour, sometimes he do wore kurtas of different colour depending on occasions. He wore full rimmed black Armani or rimless specs in regulars. One thing which was greatly accessorized by him was watches. He loved watches. His dark wheatish complexion added a charm of its own to him. He had beautiful long hairs which reached upto shoulders which were most of the time carefully brushed straight till the end. In short he was perfect Indian man with “tall, dark and handsome” qualities.

Samay-Scene II

When late night he returned from the meeting then he went to meet some of his old friends, he saw a glimpse from outside of the room she had already slept, he took a breath of relief because most of the times she never slept before him, that created a havoc in his life because before marriage he was used to a life of freedom and finding someone waiting for you was out of question because Kakaji most of his time in politics leaving him alone in the bungalow. After schooling from Raj Kumar College, he did his B. A. in Political Science and then M. A. from Sri Ram College. Then only he decided to for dinner. Just as he was sitting in the dining room and the plate came his eyes shone as it had his favorite dishes like almond custard, spicy brinjal, stuffed tomatoes, lentils mix, dum biryani and bajra chapatti, when he asked about the decision of menu the staff told that “Mam had given everybody evening off and when we returned this all was cooked and kept properly.” Just at this moment when he was just starting to eat the caretaker, Dolly came, she said “Sir, May I wake up Mam as she also hadn’t ate anything.” Listening this only his hunger vanished he ordered that to make one plate of dinner and give to him, this was one of the habits of her which irritated him.

He went inside the room he saw she wasn’t asleep she was crying softly and all her cushions was wet leading to the fact that she had being crying all this time. He switched the lights and gently kept the plate on bed tray and went to her but she turned opposite side, he placed his hand on bed and gently caressing her face, he said “Sweetu, don’t cry please, I know I hurt you but why are you punishing yourself. You should have eaten; you know I am late more than thrice in a week and if you won’t eat then how the little one inside you will be nourished. Sweetu, Jaanu I promise I would never shout at you at all but shouldn’t you understand that how much scared I got from the news of your fainting. I am sorry for evening. Now will you get up and eat and I am starving and how will I eat if my Sweetu and baby are hungry.”

He made her sit on the bed and putting the tray in front of her said “See how beautifully cooked food calls you if you allow I would like to kiss the hands of the cook” and gently kissing her hands continued “What you thought wont I know that you cooked it. Chalo leave all your anger and eat it or what people will say see such a bad husband who ate knowing that her wife is hungry. By the way I am also angry if you were awake why didn’t you came outside and why haven’t you changed your clothes. And see your eyes how they have got swollen due to your continuous crying. Ok you change fast till then I order one more plate. Ok, now go.”

To which teary eyed Prakriti said “Forgive me, I couldn’t understand properly. I love you. I promise I will take care of me more properly and tomorrow I will go for leave ok” so Trishant replied “I love you too, just I couldn’t show it to you. Now you made me happy.” She went inside and changed into her night sari. At first she didn’t liked to wear saris but after marriage as Trishant was a public figure, she became one and she had to maintain dignity of the post Mrs. C M so she now only wore saris even in night because sometimes there are people in their bungalow even whole night. And when she returned she found that Trishant had already set the table and had changed into night track suit. They both sat peacefully and they ate hungrily as both were very hungry and then talked till she hadn’t slept. Then he also slept. None of them knew what destiny had stored for them and the baby of whom they were talking happily just few moments ago.

Samay-Scene I

It was a busy day for Trishant Vajpayee, well which day was not busy for him, being the youngest chief-minister of the Indian history is tough. He just sat down in his Raipur bungalow and ordered tea. Just as he was sipping the tea, his personal cell-phone beeped a number, the name left him shocked, he immediately called back at that number, he was about to speak something but finding it was not whom he expected, he sternly asked who was it and how he got the phone but in reply he only got the news that she has fainted and now being taken to the village hospital so it was better that he come here.

He soon rushed to that place named Uperwara in Chhattisgarh, he in his car was thinking deeply that sometimes he just didn’t knew what to do his restless doctor wife, Dr. Prakriti Modi, or we should say Mrs. C M or Mrs. P. Vajpayee. She was just going through her 1^st trimester of pregnancy but didn’t left her job for even one day and that she even refused to take his staff. He can’t forget the day when she told she was pregnant actually it was first time that when Trishant came home he found her there for tea and as the tea was wheeled in their room, she said that “Finally I came to knew why I was so low since these days.” Troubled Trishant looked at her and she shyly said “Mr. C M you soon is getting a new post. You are getting elevated to the post of papa. I am pregnant.” The news was like that somebody has hardly washed him but then too he was very happy. It had being only one year to their marriage and such big news everyone would be very happy. It was big news as his father had enjoyed a great political career and now is in Central Ministry serving as Law minister. His mother died in labor pains and since then it was just him and Kakaji. He called his father that because most of people called him so. He was duly married to Prakriti Modi the daughter of one of the great friend of his father, known social worker and politician Dr. Sushil Kumar Modi. She was also lonely child as she was adopted her and her twin brother, Siddhideswar when he found them almost dying in riots. Since childhood she had depression so took anti-depressants pills though harmful but couldn’t be helped. Right now her brother was well settled in America with a beautiful fiancée Carlotta Brown. After she told him he immediately dialed to Kakaji and told him “Kakaji, now you must retire your 3^rd generation is coming so give him or her your place.” It was great news both Kakaji and Sushil were very happy. When he was going through all this thoughts then only he reached that place and saw Prakriti sitting in one of cots who was surprised to see him. Both of them didn’t say anything in front of people and she thanked the people for helping her and then they sat in the car and sped off to Raipur. The environment in the car was much tensed. After reaching the bungalow, as they entered the room, Prakriti tried to say something but before she could say anything Trishant snapped back saying “Don’t say anything Prakriti, I just don’t want to hear it. God only knows from which material he made you. I am tired of your attics, you are a doctor you know what’s better for you at this time but you never take care of yourself and you even don’t listen to me when I say you something. Always doing what you want to do. Have you ever thought how would I felt when the phone call came saying that you have fainted. Dammit if you can’t take care of yourself then how will you look after the child? Sometimes I think instead of marrying a doctor I married a kid. Now you are happy seeing me so tensed and worried or you want something more.” Saying this he was about to leave the room when the phone call came of Kakaji, Trishant picked it up and said “Kakaji, we are fine, hope you are also good ok you wanted to talk to her, yaah giving her the phone and please you and Uncle make her understand that she should also take care of herself, crazy girl.” And he gave phone to her and both of them talked to her but she was lost in her own thoughts and was crying softly. She knew he is an angry young man type but hasn’t seen him so angry before. Sometimes it’s very tough to convince him

What A Day It Was!

                                                    Last day of exams are always fun and especially when a whole day is planned for you, partying till late night, sleeping the next whole day and taking a flight home in the evening. But who knew what destiny has stored for me that night. Just when I was lost in my thoughts of the next day when my phone rang.

                                            It was Baba (my Father) on the other end who excitedly told me that “Honey, I have great news for you. Robbie’s marriage has been fixed and we are going to Kolkata for some shagun and I would love that you join us in that trip so you need to meet us in the Mumbai airport tomorrow morning as we have a flight of 9 o’clock from there. As you know there is a late night flight from Bengalore to Mumbai and I would like you to board that but don’t you worry Tamo will also there and I have informed him too he will be on his way to flat. You too hurry up. Bye, see you soon, Sweetie.” Oh my God! Tamo, a big No, my twin brother is just a pack of problems, always teasing but then too it’s easy to be with Tamo than to travel alone. So I asked Puff to drive me to flat, as like always Tamo took the car with his friends who were also our PGs. Puff who’s actual name was Ms. Padmalakshmi Raghavamma Iyer too was our PG and in the course of time we became great friends. She was from Madras and her father was a high posted IFS officer and was mostly out of country in different ambacies bought her a car as he didn’t wanted her to travel by public transport in a city such unsafe as Bangalore. Puff and I went out of the disc and guess what? We got lost as it was a new mall and we were visiting it for the first time. After a long time at last we found the exit. Puff took out the car and I started to drive towards the flat. The flat originally belonged to my late maternal grand-father and after his death it was mostly given on rents by my parents to college students of Mumbai as this flat was very near to big universities of Bangalore. It was a beautiful 4BHK flat with every ammunity present in it and when I and Tamo got into NALSAR, Baba gave us the keys of the flat as he thought that it would be better that we live in this flat only. After that in last 1 year we found great 6 PGs. 5 were guys and one Puff, all of us studied in same college and so it also helped in sharing the maintainance of the flat and helped in studies too. As we were so many people in a flat we appointed a help for cleaning work. She also use to some small odd jobs like giving our clothes in laundry, bringing basic groceseries, etc and there was a common driver to maintain every bodies vechiles as Ranjit and Kunal had a Sports bikes. Baba gave us a car. Puff and Sushant had their cars.         

                                      It was after a lonely traffic signal that I felt that somebody was following us and in nervousness we sped up the car and boom in nervousness we hit the wall.  Puff and I got scared as it was a lonely road and the car following car stopped. We saw some guys coming and rushing out of the car. I knew Bangalore in never a safe city for girls in late nights like this. It was approx 12 and we were scared. Oh! It was Tamo and his friends; he too was as much scared as me. Genuinely it was the 1^st time I was very happy to see these hooligans. “Sandy! You damn scared me, are you alright, I got a call from baba that dada’s shagun is there tomorrow and we need to join it. I saw Puff’s car and started to follow. But you gave me a scare today. Don’t you ever drive again, you little devil” then turning to Puff he said “Sorry, for the car but we are in a hurry so should we leave now. I will give a call to driver and tomorrow he will pick up the car.” They gave us gave us a lift till the flat. In further drive I noticed little swell over my ankle and I realized that it was an ankle sprain but I kept mum. Reaching our building Tamo screamed “oh! Shit, no electricity” and he also noticed my ankle swelling, he asked concerningly was I all right to which I said it was ok. With the help of Puff and his friends we reached to the legendary 5^th floor. As we opened our flat what we saw, a perfect mess as everybody was having exams there was no time for cleaning and the bunking of the help made it more worse. None of us had a plan of leaving in such a hurry. With the help of Puff, I somehow packed my things as it was dark and my leg was paining. In meanwhile Tamo also packed his luggage. Sushant promised that he will leave the keys in our Mumbai flat as he also lived in Mumbai and previously we three had planned to leave at last locking the flat.

                                     Reaching the airport, we found it a bit unusual. Some moments later we realized that there was no airport staff. My mind reminded back to the morning newspaper which said “All India Airport-Staff Strike”. The news said that the next day i.e. from midnight 12 o’clock there is one day strike of supporting staff of airport. We somehow doing the boarding when the airhostess told us “Mam, the flight has been postponed by 2 hours”. We were trapped because after boarding we can’t leave the airport premises and now our flight was after 2½ hours. So Tamo and I decided to sleep in the airport. The next morning we both had splitting headaches thanks to the last night. In flight also we didn’t got snacks. Reaching THE Mumbai airport we sighed a relief. We came out of the flight holding our heads and reddened eyes, seeing this Dada and Baba were shocked and surprised to us in our party clothes and too in such bad condition and we were also looking like hippies. And thanks to the All India Airport-Staff Strike we didn’t got a single morsel of food in Mumbai airport also. We finally reached the Kolkata Airport. We looked like the contestants of “Beg Borrow Steal”.

                                                Happy to be at last free and with my family. The previous night was one of the dreaded nightmares of one’s life. But the joy tears in the eyes of Mai(Mother), Baba and Dada compensated everything.

                                            Seeing me lost in my thoughts, Tamo came and stood there and said “What happened? You look lost.” I just told him that I was thinking about yesterday’s night and finally we said “What A Day It Was.”

Ehsaas-Scene XIV

Leaving puzzled Anjali he went plan to his own wing secretly smiling on his plan. This morning only he had planned something which would be very sweet and rewarding for Anjali for being the best friend and wife of the world. After getting up in the morning, he had called his secretary and made all pointers clear that he wanted the grandest party of the history. Then it was part of his plan to take her away for outing so that the mansion could get ready. Indeed true to his word the party was greatly organized. On his way to his wing he met his secretary who was very confused as there has being no program in the mansion in whole her tenure and everybody says that this mansion has being a closed affair after the death of Arjun and she also found her boss a very mysterious person and her doubts have doubled in last some days. She had very brief knowledge of his personal life. She only knew that her boss had someone in his life and most probably she visits him in every semesters around Decembers and Junes. He his top priority is his business but he madly loves that girl. They weren’t allowed to visit his cabin in his absence and his presence also only the ones who were allowed to go. Plus she always wanted to see the photo frame kept in that room but none were allowed. And suddenly he was very gloomy and his unscheduled departure to India and after returning in so many days and then his accident and Ms. Anjali coming to his office and that to in such a horrid state. In her tenure she first saw her but had heard a lot about her that she was his best friend that they shared great timing though she has never visited him and had her own artitecture office and is the artitect of his house. Then suddenly this party and what’s going on is out her head as after arriving in the mansion she saw a lot of pictures of Anjali and him hanging all around the mansion and one of them resembled to a marriage photo according to Indian traditions. When she tried to ask nobody knew much and the valets refused to give in any information. Then in curiosity she asked him only “Sir may I ask for whom this party has being arranged and why there are so many photos of Ms. Anjali over here. If you mind don’t answer and sorry for interfering in your personal life.” To which he only smiled and said “Correction. Its not Ms. Anjali its Mrs. Anjali and actually Mrs. Anjali Singh Rathod, my lawfully wedded wife and what do you expect in a house of two married wont you find photos of them then whom. Now if you are gone with Sherlock Homes, may we procede you check up the party firmly I don’t want any flaws and till then I get ready and you are demoted after this night for poking your nose in my personal matter.”

Anjali looked critically to present and then opened it was two parts the first part contained some jewellery to which precisely an very heavy set with sun as its concept, it had a very heavy headband and similarly heavy cummerbund. It had long earrings lots of bangles and payal it also had same back pin which had to be put in the middle of juda. It also had delicate necklace which she mixed with her favourite necklace which had lots of colour and her mangalsutra. The second part of gift had a dress of yellow and orange in colour which long skirt of yellow colour and short orange blouse and had very long thin heavily embroidered stole of yellow and orange embroidery. She after seeing it just fell in love with it in just a second, she wore it and doing last moment adjustments to it when came and said “Someone is going dying tonight. You look so…so…oho I don’t have words. Anjali you always look out of world that’s cheating cant you just stay just mortal for one day. But now let’s go and take you to the surprise of day.”

They entered into fully decorated hall with full of guests who were admiring them and looked questionably to both of them as it was her first public appearance with him in all these years and all thought they knew him well for any shocks and surprises. Then the he came to centre dice with her and taking the mike he said “Good evening to all. Hope you all are enjoying the party. There’s a special reason to today’s party and the venue was also special my home. You are have being trying to guess my success keys for last 5 years as after I took over the company it and I rose to a new level but today I gift you my success mantra, and she is, Anjali or I should say Mrs. Anjali Singh Rathod and for all you media who have being wagering about my personal life, she is your delight, my first girl-friend and now my wife.” Then turning to her “Happy 5^th Wedding Anivesary Sweetheart” shocking the world then he just concluded his speech with the words “Ek Ehsaas Insaan Ko Kaha Se Kaha Le Jata Hai. Ek Awara Ko Deewana Bana Deta Hai.”

That night lying in bed, Anjali said “You know today our world is complete as now I openly flaunt that I own the best and most sexy partner in the world. Thank you for giving the most awaited and wanted gift of my life.” To which Nihaal said “My dear wifie you deserved it for being the most patient wife.” And they broke into kissing.

Love is so strange. Isn’t it……………………………………………………               

Ehsaas-Scene XIII

When Nihaal returned from hospital, he was somehow feeling guilty about yesterday’s sudden onstraught of his feelings over Anjali and after that her everlasting silence. He yesterday somehow can’t stop himself. Plus after his coming to mansion, he hasn’t once seen her. He just then entered his room and saw it decorated with blue satin balloons and white roses. At the centre table was kept a scrapbook and a letter. The letter said:-

“Nicks,

             It was never there that I didn’t believe you but there was something that always missed and after your confession I was just in dilemma. I couldn’t sleep last night. I kept wondering about every word you said to me. I was not able to say anything at that moment so I just now want to gift you my most prized possession. Hope you understand its importance in my life.

                                                                                                                                           Any”

That scrapbook contained many articles regarding Nihaal which were printed in media. Each one had some special comments written by her. The most amusing segment was “Whether Mr. Rathod married?” In this segment most of people believed that he was bachelor as there was no pictures of his wife to media. Neither was he ever seen with a girl. The pages at first made him laugh initially thinking that why is Anjali so bothering about the media news but later made him realized his mistake and the pain of Anjali. As these pages contained his so called hook ups with female celebrities and world found this rejoicing as according to them, he was a bachelor. Each time he found some serious question there as a comment like “Was I am not worthy of Nihaal?” & “Whether he was happy with me or not”  

On the other hand, Anjali whose wounds were again open after yesterday’s encounter was crying bitterly in the mantel room and again seeing the photos of his and she didn’t knew when she slept over there only as after so many days she had empty mind at night.

Nihaal also was very upset and he also came out of his room searching Anjali. He at last found her in his mantel room where she had being sitting all this time, now soundly asleep. She was looking so angelic that made him more like he was a devil as the person whom he saw from his childhood and the person who was there in his all problems and solved. The person who never asked anything in return and he never gave her anything. So he started feeling guiltier. After sometime he felt that may be she is uncomfortable on flooring. He gently lifted her and took her to his bedroom and gently made her lie in his bed. He saw her and realized she was deeply holding a photo frame in fear that in might not hurt her in sleep, he tried to remove it. He saw it was his photo. He realized that that she was the girl whom he loves and she loves him.

After long thoughts, he also lied in bed. For the first time in life when circling his arms around her made him feel that how comfortable she was with him as she just relaxed herself and snuggled closer to him. He smiled to himself remembering their first night when he lied beside her she was feeling a bit shy and then he also left no space between them and slept. The next morning when Anjali woke, she was surprised to see herself in the bedroom of Nihaal and the last memories were of her sitting in the mantle remembering her last 5 yrs with him and now she is in his bed and he is somehow vanished. She looked at the table clock which showed 11 am. She banged her head with that clock. He must have left for the office and she was just sleeping. She just a damn idiot. She should have got early and should have seen that whether he is alright or not because his passion for work makes him overlook his health most of the times. She was getting up from the bed, when Nihaal entered and said “Good Morning, Sleeping Beauty. You sleep till really late. Ok now get up; I have some plans for us. Now get ready fast. Go” Anjali was quite shocked by his reaction but never-the-less she got ready and came down wearing a deep neck tunic. After coming down, Nihaal quickly took her out and first time, she saw him dressed casually in America. Then he took out Sports car and they started to go out after a long drive. They had a great day they went shopping in malls, having food in street side and at last they returned to the mansion. He directly took her to the room and said that he had brought a present and will like her to wear it till he also gets ready.  

Ehsaas-Scene XII

Anjali saw Nihaal waking up she just was so happy like just a disbelief that he was alright. She rushed to him and sat beside his bed, she was delighted to see him fine but long trains of tears did not stop she was just sobbing and feeling more and more guilty. She just felt that how can she be the reason for so much pain to him she just wanted to hold him forever. Nihaal who could sense her pain and just gave her a consoling shoulder. Her break-up made her realize the intensity of her love it cleared her doubts that rather diminishing the love, the distance increased it many folds. On other side it was pleasant sight for the drowsy eyes of him to see her though she was looking tired and exhausted due to sleeplessness and her eyes were red due to hours of crying but at that moment she was looking the most beautiful woman to him and then he was just to speak something when Anjali kept her finger on his lips to silence him saying him that there is no need and he is weak they will talk later. But he pulled her nearer to her and holding her both the hands he started:

“Any, don’t stop me today. 5 years of silence is more than enough. I remember this day, I proposed you in front of mall and in the joys of marriage I saw the sorrow in your eyes of not getting to complete the studies and your dreams. Then we got married and I wanted you to get all the happiness of life. So when you asked me the permission to study more, I agreed blindly not because that I didn’t loved you but you know what I have always loved like hell but then too I agreed to your wishes. For all these years I spent daily time alone in the mansion. I used to visit our room. See our photos. But in all these years I also found out a bad truth of the top corporate world that most successful businessmen had a worse married lives as their wives always left them and I also found that people opened who mingled with their wives left them much more early. See the example of ours dad. Didn’t he marry twice but none of the marriage survived. Shashi aunt died and Kajol aunt had a divorce and didn’t my mom died leaving dad alone. Same fear crept in my mind because you were the only one relation of my life. And to test you and justify my fears that night when I said I didn’t love you was a drama. But then also you stood beside me and I saw tears in your eyes. I realized that all these long years I was the hurting the person whom I need the most. What do you think I never visited you? I use to visit Rome every quarter and always saw you from a distance and the reason was that I never wanted to disturb you. That night when I made this mistake and realized it I was coming home that night to ratify it, I found you left me. And I saw that worst fear coming true as you left and I did maintain a line between my personal and professional life for that reason only. That moment I decided either I will bring back you to my life or I will suicide as I am not a human. I tortured the person who loves me the most who left her home to be with me who left her family to wait hours for me. Then I saw you in India, I saw your happiness and when you were once telling your friends that you are the luckiest person to have such a sweet and best husband. I realized that you loved me madly and your returning to America, to me and see this time also I left you tearful. I am not worth you. I was never but you always made me feel special. ”

There was complete silence in the room; Anjali was not able to say anything. She was too full to say anything. She just left quietly. Next he was discharged though there was nothing serious but he was advised to rest a week or so. So he returned to mansion. 

Ehsaas-Scene XI

Her father said that “Don’t worry Any. He may left for business trip he was telling me the last time when he came to me that he was going to Japan for work. He may left there only and he also didn’t knew that you are back so would have left any message in mansion. Now don’t get tensed and worried. Lets go his office, we can know where he is, from there. Now you cheer up and don’t bring negative thoughts in your mind. Lets go.”

They arrived in his office and the staff was surprised to see Anjali and Amar after so many years in office as Amar retired years ago and Anjali never visited offices as she liked her office more and here also nobody knew that she was married to Nihaal as he always liked to keep his professional and personal life sorted and so was expected by him for Anjali also. They directly went to his personal assistant and asked about his whereabouts. She confusedly told that yesterday it was a normal working day till 12 pm in the noon till there was a phone call from the mansion about somebody’s return she supposes so then he was very happy and he said her to buy some white lotus and red roses and a box of “Infant Fantasy” chocolates and then he gave half day to everybody and off day to his driver and drove away himself. As for morning not arriving here everybody assumed that he would had being busy with his somebody special so he took an off day, after listening she just left quietly leaving everybody confused. On the advice her father, she went to police station to inform his disappearance and while giving the necessary information, she came to know that there was a minor accident on the same road and the details of both these cases were matching highly. So she rushed to hospital to see whether it’s he? And whether is he fine?

After coming to hospital he came to know it was indeed Nihaal, when she arrived there he was unconscious and the doctors told her that they have given him anesthesia and will wake up in few hours and he is perfectly fine just had a minor operation with only two stitches, he will discharged till tomorrow. According to the experts the reason for his accident can easily be attributed to his was driving excitedly and exariration led to high BP so hence he lost control over the car and hit the car in the tree. Luckily the car didn’t hit that bad, though the car is damaged badly but due to modern safety equipments, his life was saved. Some pedestrians saw him and informed the police and the hospital so he landed up there.

All through this while when Anjali was talking to the experts and completing the formalities. Nihaal came into conscious and saw her.             

Ehsaas-Scene X

Anjali flew from next flight to India. She always had special love for Dhara. She met Dhara in ICU and took great care of her. Due to her care only she was kept in normal ward in just 1 week, she then told Anjali about her pain and betrayal done by Vardaan to her and her inability to handle herself after that. Anjali felt a lightning bolt at her heart as she can never think of guy of being so selfish. Now she was sure that love gives only pains and she should also forget the concept of love. “Love was the reason of everybody’s lives pains whether it’s the silent sobs of Horus, my running away or Dhara’s overdose.” She thought that night in her heart. Determined to help Dhara and herself from this depression, she called her father as he is the only one who knew where Anjali was and she believed could help her and said him to send some $ 100000 so that she could work out something. From this money she opened a new music and event organizing company named “Sur Pvt. Ltd.”. During one of her calls to her father she came to know that Nihaal got her recorded message which she left for him before evading from home and he was very upset that she left without consulting him and even more that she recorded it in Bengali, the only language of Anjali which he didn’t understood. Anjali remembered what she recorded, it said:

“Nihaal,

I am going, now I have understood that there is no value of me for you and I should leave you for the betterment of both of us. You don’t love me and I am tired of life of hypocracy and waiting. There’s nothing in this world which I see real for now. Don’t try to search me. If I see anybody who’s from your company, I will away from there also. Bye forever and take care

                                                                                                                                                Anjali”

Her master plan started in an obvious manner, she met Vardaan in mall, shopping and intentionally clashed with him, then screaming at him for not watching and walking properly plus carefully. The whole security came to help her .She left with leaving a hint for a trail to be followed. And obviously Vardaan followed it like a lost puppy. She left some bait for Vardaan and he got fished on that. He was told that her name is Anjali Rathod and is from very rich family of USA. She was here for some months to visit and know Indian culture. Vardaan found her perfect for his date. The trap was set from both sides and just was there to matter.

Love is in the air though fake love. We could see Anjali and Vardaan hand in hand. A blind can also tell that they were in love but that love was just a mirage.

Vardaan one day just entered a coffee house and found it full but he was very hungry so after glancing a searching eye. He found one 2 sitter table with only a guy sitting with laptop. He went there and asked that can he sit over there and recognized the person as famous world tycoon but he found him too young to for that. His name was Nihaal Singh Rathod. Nihaal allowed him to sit with him. Over a coffee and sandwich, they became friends. Nihaal informed that he is owner of On Location Group of Companies and was here to find love of his life that recently was seen on and around Mumbai. Vardaan was impressed and told that he too was in love and planning to propose her.

Her memories ran into a quick flashback of remaining how she then again met Nihaal in café after so many days and his proposal, her uneasiness seeing him in the rock concert, his gift and her reaction and decision to come back to Nihaal. And the moment she realized that she never fell out of the love but this parting had made her fell more in love for Nihaal

All her life was going into a flashback just then she realized that it was morning and till now Nihaal hasn’t reached home, she got worried as he did like this ever. She hesitantly called her father but before she could say anything her father excitedly said “Any, Is this you? How good is that you returned from last many days you haven’t even called?  I am really happy that it’s you. Ok now tell how’s Dhara and when is she getting married.”

Anjali only said that she will meet him in one hour in old age home. She drove there in full speed after seeing him she broke down and told that Nihaal hadn’t returned home since last night.

Ehsaas -Scene IX

The four years passed in rosy wings. In this course of time the relationship of Anjali and Nihaal though developed good from friends to a couple but then too something was missing that the reason when her studies completed she wasn’t happy whereas a person who was married would have died for this day but she was upset because she felt there would be nothing left for her to be done in this world. So, she returned quietly to America with a false hope that this time Nihaal will come to pick her up but then too she didn’t found him. There was a car from Nihaal’s office to pick her up but then too it was not what she wanted. She decently went to the mansion and started to live her life as one it was expected. It was after 9 months, an incident which shook her mind set. She can’t forget it was 18^th June; Nihaal was extraordinary late and landed home at 3am at night in drunken status. Anjali saw him trembling and so supported him to his bedroom and made him lie on his bed. It was when he in drunkenness started to mummer something that this marriage was only an obligation over him and he can never give the love and respect that he would like to give to anybody’s wife because he did this marriage under the conditions of needs and such of things, etc.  

This all thing left broken but then too retaining her tears he made him sleep in his bed after helping him to his room and did all the duties of a dedicated wife. She then went to her room and changed and lied on bed but she was shattered she just decided to let the night go off. The next day after waking up she called her father who was now leaving a quiet retired life in New York with some of his friends that she want to visit him in nearby football ground. She was waiting there when his father arrived with a small baggage. He saw that she had come there to inform him that she is running away from the mansion and where she doesn’t know. She also told him about the previous night. After that his father shattered that he destroyed her life bounding her into a loveless marriage then Anjali teary eyed said “Dad, I know he loves me madly. But it’s the time to make him realize his feelings and make them confess to me. So, Dad I should leave him for some days to make him realize his feelings. Bye, Dad. Toddles”

Anjali sat in the cab and went to airport and ran into the enquiry counter. For the first time, in her late years, she was really happy, delighted, cheerful, enthusiastic, and lovable in all, she felt that she got her life back. She enquired that whether there any free tickets for any international flights, she got a ticket to Egypt. Her flight landed so she kept thinking where to go, just then she remembered she designed an office for one industrialist from Egypt, his name was……………… Amen Ra Horus Dsena, she called her. He was a man in his late 40s. She stayed there for 3 days and came to know his wife is dead many years ago but he didn’t married again because he said that her love was enough for him in this lifetime. She though how weird is love it made her run from home and here he is bound to that love even after the death. Then suddenly an unexpected phone call came saying “Are you Any? We are from ISKCON; Dhara is admitted in our hospital under drug overdose. Please if you can come here and take care of her.”   

Ehsaas - Scene VIII

Anjali was lost in her own thoughts when Nihaal entered, he saw Anjali standing in the balcony window looking up in the sky. He sat on window sitting and pulled her towards him. She was looking really good in backless purple top which had only some pearl strings in the back and low waist blue skirt which had a delicate pearl cummerbund. He said “You know, Anjali that I was not so keen on marrying. But you were there that day when the will was opened and you know the condition of my inheritance. I was shocked I did not know how to react and was thinking why my father added such a clause and who would be the person whom I can marry? Who would understand my view point? Who can live in such big mansion alone? Who can be the person to whom I can believe blindly? Who can follow him as quietly and faithfully as shadow? And then I turned back and saw you sitting in the arm of the sofa on which I sat. You were there trying to clam me by rubbing my shoulders. You made my face shine. At that moment I realized you are the answer of my all questions and I knew you were not keen marrying a person you didn’t knew as you told me that day in lunch but you also want to keep uncle’s wishes. I knew somehow that we are made for each other. I proposed you. I know it was not like what every girl imagines but then too when next day I was called by your father and saw you in that cute strapless blue top and checked shorts with a transy type of overcoat and he told me that he gives me the permission to take away his little girl and I was complete. As a matter of fact, I know everything about you but then also tell me anything that you would like to share with me. I am very keen on that part as you only said that every time marriage is never just about sharing a room; it’s about sharing a life.”

Anjali said “Nicks, I will remain Any for you and no Anjali. We were best friends; we are best friends and shall always remain best friend. I just wanted to ask you for a favor that I wanted to do M.A. in Architecture. And I wanted your permission for that. I wanted a promise that you will support my career and not make me a house-wife. That’s the only thing I want from you.”

Nihaal smiled and replied “You are the best. I promise you that and actually I will soon register a company as you as its head and that company is A Architects and Co. under our group of On Location Pvt. Ltd. So, now if you allow us we should lay down as I am very tired and need lie down as it’s already late and I promise that tomorrow the 1^st work I would do is to book you tickets to Italy as I know you wanted to do M.A. from Rome. Tomorrow is a big day for two of us as it’s my first day in office and you will return to your land of dreams. Come”

Both slept peacefully that night as both got what they wanted a much needed sweet welcome from their life partners and a hope to complete their dreams but were a bit shy on the part of sharing the bed for the first time with anyone. The next day when Anjali got up, Nihaal already had left for office but there was a recorded message “Good Morning, Any I was getting late for office so left but don’t you worry I know you like late morning slumbers so you enjoy it and I will be back in evening and your luggage came so I instructed them to shift it your wing. Enjoy your day. Bye”, she was happy, and she visited the mansion that she has visited from her childhood but it was different feeling visiting it as its mistress just as she was getting ready an intercom came that her sister-in-laws came to meet her. So she arrived down and joyfully attended them but they were more interested to know what happened previous night so she told them that she would be going to Rome for 3 years to study and they had fabulous chat about their future. But the line that shook them was her more studies they tried to defy her decision of going by saying that she is newly wedded so she should concentrate on her making her household rather than studying  but Anjali firmly replied that it’s the matter of her personal life they shouldn’t interfere there. Her wording was supported by both of her brothers and her father.

So after 6 months, Anjali returned to study more. During this time she changed the building into house, though she being a dutiful wife shared the room with Nihaal but then too under the mutual consent, there was a different room for her goods as he didn’t liked sharing his wardrobes and that was fine too as Anjali slept late in night and Nihaal woke early in morning so they needed a spare room for that purpose. Anjali mostly slept in that room due their non-mutual habits. She paid very less trips to America as she had very little time plus Nihaal never seemed to care about that. At first, she enjoyed the feeling of retaining bachelorhood even after marriage but soon she realized that Nihaal never had time for her and she was his second priority. His first priority was always his business. She found herself always alone in airports, in mansion and even in America as she clearly remembered the parting words of her father on her marriage, he said “Anjali, now that house is yours and you have to make your life alone so I would advise you to be there whatever be the situations as no one can help you in your personal matters. So always try to become a warrior who will fight alone to stand against adversities. Sweetie, mark my words it’s only on a woman to make or break her married life and I know you want to make it. This house will always be yours but that house is your destination. Whatever happens there stand by it with dignity and doesn’t tell anybody about it not even me. I will be always there for you. God bless you, my child”. So preferred to stay more in Italy and visit the world rather than to go home and show her brothers and sister-in-laws about her disturbed relationship. She became very rich in experience and she utilized holidays in learning new things.

Ehsaas-Scene VII

It was her graduation from the college that when she came home that she saw her bustling with things. She had no idea that all this arrangement were done for her. Amar wanted to marry her as she now a major and has completed her graduation that now she can be happy in married life also. She was not ready for such a shock but she somehow managed a smiling face in front of all the guests and all the prospective grooms but her face didn’t had her natural glow and that didn’t go unnoticed by Amar. That night when she went to her bedroom after changing she found Amar sitting on the bed and then he started:-

“Any, my child I know you want to study but also understand my point of view. You know that I’m growing old and I have already crossed 50s and now I’m no more a young guy who could do anything I wanted. Any, you are last duty left in this world and my last dream is to see you well settled. Think if something happens to me, who’s there to take care of you? Today your brothers love you but I have seen in the eyes, the eyes of mistrust and I no more want to trust them. Your sister-in-laws are the reason. They see you as a participant in my property. So I want to marry you so that someone is there to take care of you after me. Please try to like anyone of them and marry. I know you always acted more than your age it’s due to you that everybody here is till now together but I know male tendency and they will never accept you as the member of family after my death. Give you father the last pleasure of your life so that hallucinations of your mother, Sugandha bhabhi and your Badi Maa leave me who question me every night that what I left for you? With whom I am tying you? Think about my words, my child. Good Night, Sweet Dreams. ”

The whole night Anjali kept thinking and at last at morning when she couldn’t bear all this she went to Nihaal’s mansion and waited for him as he was coming back from Oxford after completing a degree of Business Management which he choose after he completed MBA from IIM, Ahmadabad. Nihaal was like always cheerful and Anjali cooked for Nihaal, a thing which Nihaal loved also then too didn’t want to happen because he felt it just an extra burden over Anjali, the lunch was ready in moments and them two sat for lunch. At evening, the attorney had to come as his father had left a will according to which all documents to be handed over to Nihaal. It was 1^st time that Arjun’s will be opened so Nihaal begged Anjali to stay as he needed someone to curb his anxiety. Amar also came for will reading. Attorney came and read the will which said something like this

“I, Arjun Singh Rathod in my whole conscious name all property in name of my son, Nihaal Singh Rathod but first these two conditions should be followed:-

•  He should be of 25 years of age or more.
•   He should be legally married

                 Till then I make my friend and business partner, Amar Banerjee the trustee of whole property.”   

This will shook Nihaal as he was 26 years of age and that was no problem but married that was a big problem. At that what happened Anjali who was just sitting in the arm of the sofa on which Nihaal sat made his face shine. He rose from his seat and knelt before and said:

“Anjali Banerjee will you accept my proposal of being Anjali Singh Rathod. Will you be my lawfully wedded wife”? To which she could only cup “What?” and she ran away from the there as it was much more than her understanding. Then turning to Amar he said “Uncle, I know that you are finding a prospective groom for her and I could the one, you know my background, my qualifications and my nature everything. You have been like a second father to me. Please say yes and give me the hand of you precious daughter in wedding. I will the perfect husband for her by any means. She is my best friend I know her, she knows me and who can understand her more than me”. Amar liked the proposal and it was obvious because Nihaal was the only heir of a very rich estate and he was her daughter’s special friend.  Anjali also kept thinking about that she found it as a blessing because she knew that Nihaal would never stop her from fulfilling her dreams and she secretly always loved Nihaal and what else a person wants, she got proposed by her best friend and her first crush.

So, when in night her father and brothers came to ask her reply it was an obvious yes. As Nihaal wanted everything to be quick and away from media eyes, so the marriage was fixed in week’s time in Nihaal’s mansion.

The marriage was solemnized with only family members involved but all eyes were fixed on Anjali as she came for wedding she looked really a fairy princess in red and orange lehanga with heavy silver, golden, copper and bronze embroidery. That day free birds of two different skies were brought into one single cage. Now officially Mr. and Mrs. Nihaal Singh Rathod were entering a life which was new for both of them.

That night when she was staring the starry sky in a blue and purple skirt and top which had delicate pearl work on that which was rightly coordinated with single pearl necklace and some simple pearl jewelry made her look more like the Sky Goddess rather than a mortal. Nihaal entered the room.  

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How much time changed there was a time when Anjali lived in the mansion next to this mansion with being Daddy’s little girl and loved pampered by her step-brothers. Actually her father, Mr. Amar Banerjee married twice, once to Shashi Devi, who died in an accident from whom he had 2 twin sons, Swasit and Pranjal Banerjee and 8 years after the death of Shashi Devi, he married to her mother, Kajol Singhvi, who took divorce after 2 years of their marriage. From the second wedlock Anjali was born and Mr. Banerjee won the custody of the girl. Kajol died only after sometime so Anjali saw her only in some snaps which she possessed of her. Though she was 10 years younger to Swasit and Pranjal and she was their step-sister but they loved her from their whole heart she had always being a little princess for them.

Nihaal’s dad, Mr. Arjun Singh Rathod was family friend of her dad and business partner. And wife, Mrs. Sugandha took care of Swasit, Pranjal and Anjali with Nihaal who was 5 years elder than Anjali. When Anjali was 10. The biggest shock to their family came as while travelling in a flight Arjun and Sugandha had an accident and Sugandha died on spot after that Arjun closed himself in a nutshell and quitted from active participation from business and started  neglecting  the needs of Nihaal, Amar tried a lot to make him forget his pain but all in vain as Arjun could not forget the incident and the loss of his love, so at last Amar bought Nihaal to their house as he had a lot experience of single parenting and he didn’t wanted Nihaal’s childhood to suffer because of the tragic incident which had his no fault. That time, Nihaal was 15 years old but he behaved like a much matured person. He didn’t disturbed Arjun at all and tried to find his happiness in the family of Amar. Since that time, Anjali and Nihaal shared a special bond.  

After one year Arjun also died ailing to yearlong depression and that ended all relations of Nihaal in the world, so Amar was made his legal guardian although the death was Arjun was expected but it broke Amar from inside, he then lived only for his family in which now only Swasit, Pranjal, Nihaal and Anjali and the main reason for his living was his little angel Anjali as he felt that all boys will be able to handle themselves but it was her little girl who will need him. He has a responsibility towards her as everyday in his dreams he use to see Kajol asking him about their daughter and he saw Sugandha questioning him that how he could leave his duties in such a crucial moment. But time moved on its speed with wings flying on and it was 10 years ago when after clearing his BBA that Nihaal pleaded to Amar to return back to his parental mansion as in that way he could feel his parents at any cost he was going to India as he got selected for IIM, Ahmadabad so Amar can’t refuse and Nihaal shifted to his parental mansion though it turned more of a haunted house due to no care given to it and from that day most of the time Anjali was seeing in that mansion trying to rebuild it. She also shifted into Paris where she did her B.A. in Architecture.

 When she use to return from Venice she use to spend her time with Nihaal in his mansion and it was under her guidance the mansion was duly renovated from a haunted house to princess palace and she also bifurcated it into 3 wings one of Nihaal, one for his wife and one guest wing. She used all her skills to make it. That mansion was Anjali’s dream project which after completing actually looked like one of state of art houses and she got a critical acclamation from his family and the best magazines. She though spent so much time in Nihaal’s mansion but she always was surrounded by so many people as her two brothers, Swasit and Pranjal married to beautiful girls, Sandra and Pollomi respectively. And had sweet kids, so whenever she returned there were houseful of people surrounding her and she never in her lifetime in that moment had thought that one day she would spending her life alone.

Thoughts after wandering some time came to that year when she was 21 years old and all her life changed.

Ehsaas-Scene V

It took Anjali 18 hours to reach New York airport. As there has being a connecting flight via Rome. It was the longest time ever she travelled but she was more content than other times when she has travelled with friends who made her feel more sick as they had long talks about their boyfriends and she had little to tell about Nihaal. She was very happy as after many days she was going back to her home. After arriving in the airport she realized that she hadn’t informed anybody about her return, she took a luxury cab and told him to take her towards countryside. They were going to the property of On Location and at last after travelling more than 1 hour. She arrived in front of a twin mansion. She paid the cab driver and took out a weird remote and pressed a key and the gate of the right-handed mansion opened. Just when she was entering a large chunk of guards came to see who’s there, bowed before her, carried her luggage to the mini battery car and drove her to the mansion. After arriving in the mansion and attended by the valets, James and Jeeves, she went to her wing and was fondly watching the enlarged photo in front of her mantel with had her and Nihaal in it. They both were dressed very causally and she was looking very glowing in the picture. She just loved this photo as this was the first photo of them after his proposal.

She prepared a surprise candlelight dinner for him and waited from him to arrive. She had made every item from her own hands even after the point that if Nihaal came to know about her cooking he will fire every servant because he did not liked the point of Anjali stressing her in household works. She prepared a lavish dinner having a starter of French onion soup and charcoal grilled vegetables, a main course of Italian dishes such as Caesar salad, ravioli pasta , Margherita pizza and crocche with English champagne and ending with her signature dish which was also his favorite sweet dish having a dark-chocolate walnut brownie sizzled with custard milk and cookies and cream ice-cream. After that she got ready for the night wearing a beautiful harem like dress. She started waiting for Nihaal who yet didn’t arrived home. She was bit shocked because generally he arrives home by 6 to 7pm. But it was 9pm, she consoled herself with the fact that he had being on holiday since many days so its probability that he would have being completing the work as according to him Anjali is not there. She asked the valets that whether he has being coming late in her absence also to which it was replied that he did came late but never was so late. She instructed them to inform her as soon as he comes till then she is resting in her room and wants no disturbance from anybody. She changed into sleep dress and lied in the bed after being travelling for 20 hours and whole day decorating the mansion and his wing, cooking has drained all the energy from her body. But the sleep was not accompanying her so at last she took out the box which had a very beautiful hand-made scrapbook titled “I and Nihaal”.The scrapbook had some beautiful moments of them caputered and some comments written by Anjali on that matters. The 1^st photo only made her weep as it was the photo her wedding with her husband and the date which was written in that was 5^th October, the next week. She had her wedding anniversary next week and here she was sitting alone without anyone waiting for her love to come whom she married 5 years ago. What change time had brought in the suitations.              

Ehsaas-Scene IV

How can she forget that day it was a day when she just sat a coffee house and ordered her favorite to do, a cold coffee, sugar-free, no cream and a low chocolate fantasy pastry sizzled. Just then she saw an order pass which made somehow uneasy as the order was a hot mocha with chocolate, 2 tsp sugar, no water, full cream and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream as how can she forget its her favorite to do of Nicks in coffee house and he had a strange tendency of having everyday evening coffee in coffee houses and not in home. So let her nervousness out she took out poem collection’s book and was going through “Tithonus” by Alfred Tennyson. She got so lost in emotional poem of two lover’s pain that she didn’t notice someone nearing her. Just then she heard her favorite song “I just want to see you” from the movie P.S. I Love You. When she removed the book she saw Nicks bending on his knees to propose to her. People all over the café staring them so she angrily left the place, from the corner of eye she saw him paying bills of them and following her in a great pace and she tried to speeden up but with no use, he held her from arms and dragged towards him and said “Any, I am sorry for neglecting you. Don’t leave me. After 2 months of hide and seek I finally found you. See, I also kept your words by not sending any of my staff. You complete me. Please, Please do come back to me. Now I understand my mistake. Now you  also show your kindness and forgive me”

She said “Nicks, you kept me away from your life, your mission, your business and now when I am trying to build my own life. You are trying to interfere. You always kept an upper hand in all the matters. Now I am free and take my decisions and that’s final and if please excuse me I have to go somewhere. Bye.”

The next week was a big week she was busy with preparations of her company’s first rock concert with Vasundhara Bakshi and she was personally handling every single matter. She arranged the whole thing in an island hotel near Mumbai. She was looking very ravishing in a off-shoulder black flowing dress and with diamond studded delicate neckpiece and long designer earrings. She saw Nihaal in the 1^st row, she thought that day when she was leaving he must have got the hint from her call that came just that moment. She didn’t do anything but there was something other stored in the box of Nihaal. Just when after the show when she was leaving a beautiful white flower bouquet arrived with a stunning beautiful book-sized gift box. In the box she found a very beautiful photo of their's,where she was wearing a yellow backless top and green checked mini skirt and he was wearing white t-shirt with a light blue jeans and a diamond broach  and there was a letter which said:-

“Any, my love

                        Or I Lost The Right To Call You That. I Know I Never Gave You Time. Please Forgive Me If Possible. The Fact Is That You Are So Beautiful That I Feared That If People Come To Know About You. They Will Woo You And I Will Lose You But Now I Realized That I Have Already Lost You. I Am Going To America Tomorrow But Then Also Try If You Could Forgive Me For That. There’s A Party Next Week In Our Mansion.If You Still Have Feelings For Me, Please Do Come For That. I Will Be Waiting.

Apologizing To You
                                                                                                              Only Yours

                                                                                             Nicks or I Should Say Nihaal”

Anjali was so touched by letter that she had already decided that she will go there and why should not she go as it’s the country of her birth and love.    

Ehsaas-Scene III

Vardaan thoughts lost of 3-4 years ago, just after some days after his graduation from MBA university, he was when living a life of careless being as he had his father’s business all settled to take over and his parents was in no hurry to make him join it just then in these days only he had just met a beautiful girl who was then temporarily working in a rock band “Dhun". She was memorizing beautiful and yet she was a foreigner and was more like a free bird. Vardaan fell over head over heels for the girl. Soon the girl and he were into a serious relationship and then live-in relationship. All through all these phrases he came to know that, her name was Dhara, she left her home in love of music and became a hippie in this process at the age of 15 years and since for these last 10 years she just somehow managed to live here and there. She was brought to India by ISKCON under Hare Rama Hare Krishna Missionary who helped her leave smoking, drinking and drug addiction and she had some Indian roots as her father was an Indian and mother was Portuguese settled in America but they didn’t supported idea so she ran away from her house to fulfill her dream and had worked many odd jobs to make it possible for a living. In the meanwhile Vardaan also came to know that her bills were handled by some big industrialist in America due to his daughters wish as they were childhood mates and the daughter didn’t wanted Dhara to suffer so there was a fixed amount of money which was transferred to her account every month and surprising it was $ 50,000 per month which in Indian currency made appox. Rs. 25,00,000. From this money only she did all her expenses. He was very happy as from being from a well to do family and he was not after cash but that loads of money also added to his likes for her. The story between them was moving like a fairy tale but then it’s also true that every love story has its part of shortcomings and this also started when after 2½ years after their relationship his parents came to know about his live-in relationship which made Vardaan introduce her to his patents for marriage and they refused her due to the following reasons

 She was a foreigner so had very little knowledge about the culture and traditions of the nation so they would never be happy as she will feel outcaste in every situations due to her negligence. Plus she had no fixed background as she is a mix-blood of an Indian and Portuguese. So her lineage is blotched and the most important factor is that she has no permanent residence and she has a strong past of smoking, drinking and drug addiction and for all that some friend’s father of her has being paying proving the point of her financial instability and that allowances which could be stopped any day. So such a girl is not fit to be associated with such reputed family. Vardaan somehow convinced his father but he had to bent down before the admanant nature of his mother and as matter of fact he also felt all these points and most importantly the point of her financial inability made him also worry. So he broke the news of their break up when Dhara asked that when they will get married as now his parents also came to know about their relation, saying that “You know Dhara, I consider you as a great friend but I never considered you something just than more of a friend, room-mate and a sweet person and I could never think of marrying you and I want to marry a rich girl who has a lots of cash to support his business and now you should not make fuss that why did you lived with me and stuffs because it was after a mutual consent and I am nowhere liable for all these. Dhara withdrew quietly from flat and his life. He heard some news of her to be going through “Emotional Breakdown” and she was admitted into a rehab centre. That was last of what he heard about her.

Vardaan broke down before Anjali asking forgiveness of his deed and he asked about Dhara and was readily happy to accept her to which Anjali told that Dhara met someone in rehab centre who was also admitted there and is now happy with him. Soon they are getting married and his name is Evan Paxton, the legendary rock-star who was there after a break-up. Dhara has also starting a new career as Vasundhra Bakshi. So it would better for him leave her alone to her matters. Vardaan was stunned by news and he left the place quietly. After his leaving and she met Dhara for congratulating for success of the previous night, when she was just sitting in a coffee house her mind started roaming to the memories of some other such day and she quietly took out a letter.  

Ehsaas-Scene II

Vardaan had been ringing the bell. It took a long time to open the door, Anjali was tired as she returned really late to home yesterday night as it was a big day  for the company of Anjali , its 1st rock concert and that too such a hit , she returned yesterday around 3 at night. She was mumbling to herself that who the hell was there in such early morning at 6 but she somehow opened the door and seeing Vardaan she plasters a smile. She says "Hi, will you make me a coffee till then I will be just back". Vardaan looked over her as she turned she looked so beautiful, pretty and sweet that she can't betray anyone and that's the reason he believed that there something more than what he saw  in the snaps. Determined on this fact he entered the kitchen and was making the coffee.

10 mins later,

As he was keeping the coffee on the table, his hand unintentionally hit a box kept on the kitchen table, inside it was a photo album he decided to have a look. He was surprised to see the photos of Anjali in Rome, Paris and all around the world. Then followed some photos in which she and Nihaal were there, in most of the photos they were in informals but from photos one could easily guess that they shared a strong and serious relationship but these photos didn't disturbed him as much as the following few pages they contained some photos of Anjali growing up years and contained mostly of her close friends and family and in that one face made him feel nervous. Just when his anxiety was on the top level, Anjali entered. She now looked more clear and sweet. Seeing her all barriers of Vardaan broke and he screamed "Anjali! What are these? They show me a different life you lead before meeting me and you never even bothered me to tell that. You never told me that you have visited approx all the world and that too in such a lavish manner that you know some of the world figures of today's generation. You even didn't informed me that you were romantically involved with a guy for more than 4 years and even you had a close association with my X girl-friend. You owe me an explanation about what's all these happening. Tell me! Answer me! I am eager to know your reply. After seeing all these I even doubt whether I know you or not. Anjali pls explain me the situation as its making me more confused." Vardaan would have expected breaking down of Anjali, then her crying bitterly and making him aware of her past and situations plus asking for apology from him but rather he received something like this which made him weak. As Anjali stated confidently and coolly:-

"By the way you owe an apology as it was not me who robbed your privacy it was you who actually violated my privacy by looking into the box. The box contained some of my cherished moments and I will not appreciate that part of looking in that. For your information I am M.A. in Architecture and I did it from Rome and B.A. from Paris so had so many photos over there and we got assignments all over the world so those are my photos working in the world. Leading to knowing your X girl-friend is that I knew her before you met her and even from her childhood , she is actually my best friend and actually I am the 'Anjali Banerjee' who paid all her bills for last 10 years. I came here only for her and for last of your questions you saw me with and screaming me for having relationship is the only person of my life of my life. The person whom I love and I do not feel the need to tell a friend about all these and my relationship status. It's actually my personal life."

All these statments left Vardaan baffled and after many moments he just managed to say "You should have told me. I considered our relationship more than just friends. I loved you"

Anjali only smiled and said that "Try to remember Vardaan you also once said somnething to a girl for using her for more than 3 years. Now destiny tried to repay you making me the medium." Vardaan thoughts wandered to 3 years ago..........................................................