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Arranged Marriage?? A thought crossed my mind. I wanted to explore the path of arranged marriage for Sameer and Naina. And here I am with a new story..a short story.
PROLOGUE
I promised myself that I wouldn't dare to fall in love . I walked ahead to quench my thirst , head held high and happy about my resolution . After all, not every day people make such resolution. School playground was bustling with sounds of students playing different games, some chit chatting under the wide canopy of Rain Tree. There was nothing new in what I saw , the same old scene that one sees during the afternoon hours in a school. Amidst all this I noticed my sister Preethi and her best friend Swathi sitting under the tree and reading a magazine. I was sure they were talking about some latest romantic movie.
People have always asked me , if I ever understood anything other than books. Was , I not interested in love or romance?? Of course, I was just like any other girl of my age. To be honest a diehard romantic. But that is a secret that I kept to myself. For me love is not what you see in movies and you get entertained. For me love is life. I was in love with the concept of love because I have never had a taste of it and deep down, I knew it was like a forbidden fruit for me.
They saw me and waved their hands calling me to join them . I smiled , " I am going to the library to renew the book.
I walked to the corridor holding Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights dream book in my hand wondering what it meant when Shakespeare wrote "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Guess what ??, a near collision with a boy whose name I didn't know , was not there in the school register. I was sure, never seen him till date. In that near collision, did we touch each other? No we didn't, we kept looking into each other's eyes trying to steady ourselves. His eyes, lord !! , there was something written which I couldn't decipher. I am sure he felt it too. He couldn't take his eyes of mine, he kept looking, as if searching for some answers from me. And then he moved away in a hurry . I stood there rooted while he turned back twice to look at me with the same searching eyes.
Little did I know that my resolution was soon going to go for a toss in the wind that just whisked me . Yes , the wind named Sameer , Sameer Jayaprakash Maheshwari !! And at that moment, I understood the love that Shakespeare tried to explain.
They say love will find its way and it did come my way but unfortunately it was ONE WAY.
He was unaware about my feelings for him. The whole world was!! Only I knew how my heart skipped a beat when he went by my side and sat next to me. Only I knew how irritated , I would feel when I see him smiling at other girls of my class. Only I knew , how sad I felt when my classmates would call me Behanji and he would laugh along with them. Only I knew , how jealous I was when I heard Kamya and him are friends . Only I knew , how humiliated I felt when he would ignore my presence. Only I knew , how my heart broke into million pieces when I heard that he was in love with Kamya.
The irony of life !! That's nothing new for me as I was proficient in handling such ironys , this was not the first. I decided to lock this love of mine deep down in my heart so that it doesn't surface again to see the light. The broken resolution was back in place with some exceptions like ...in dreams.
As time ticked , I graduated , BA in Literature. That's when I saw an advertisement in the paper for a job opening for the post of an Administrator , in an NGO which helped to empower women . They also had a cottage industry attached to it which taught women embroidery, stitching churidhars, shirts etc. They also published a monthly magazine for women. I was eager to get a job and be of some financial assistance to my Chacha and Chachi ji. I didn't want to burden them more.
I had to get Chachi ji's permission.
"Naina , I thought you wanted to study further. So why this thought of going for work
"Chacha ji , I plan to do MA via distance education. In this way I can earn and gain experience too
Chacha ji was convinced and as expected . I got the job!! Was I happy ?? NO !! because there is one minor detail that I missed about the NGO. Well, NGO was run by Vishaka Aunty, Sameer's mother, which I knew ONLY after I joined. I feared if our paths would cross again but thankfully it didn't happen. After school , I had met him only in my dreams not in person.
The painful part was yet to happen. After a month into the job , I heard about his and Kamya's engagement. It was the talk of the town. Kids of two big business households going to get married. There wasn't much in me to be shattered . Would a broken glass be broken again ?? Probably can be powered rt? That was my situation. I put up a brave front and promised Vishaka Aunty that I would help her with the wedding tasks. She happily told me , that they were waiting for her second son Rohan to be back after his third year exam and they plan to have the wedding in the month of November 1995. She continued with her chatter saying that Sameer was taking over the family business and Nana ji was helping him.
I was happy for them, at least some people got whatever they wished in life. I was glad that Sameer had it all. At least I thought so.. till , I came to know that due to some reason they had to call of the wedding. He left Ahmedabad and went to Delhi with his grandfather. People talked with the same spirit as their engagement was discussed. People even went on to say that Rohan , his younger brother was the reason for the breakup. I ignored all , and concentrated on my work and my studies.
Season came and went, life moved on, Sameer and Kamya's engagement was forgotten like the stories in the pages of history.
To be continued...
Chapters
Prologue - Page 1
Part 1 - Page 1
Part 2 - Page 5
Part 3 - Page 11
Part 4 - Page 16
Part 5 - Page 21
Part 6 - Page 26
Part 7 - Page 29
Part 8 - Page 37
Part 9 - Page 42
Part 10 - Page 47
Part 11 - Page 51
Part 12 - Page 55
Part 13 - Page 62
Part 14 - Page 68
Part 15 - Page 73
Part 16 - Page 80
Part 17 - Page 84
Part 18 - Page 88
Part 19 - Page 94
Part 20 - Page 98
Part 21 - Page 102 - Concluding PartWeRockTheWorld 2018-09-29 01:28:09
PROLOGUE
I promised myself that I wouldn't dare to fall in love . I walked ahead to quench my thirst , head held high and happy about my resolution . After all, not every day people make such resolution. School playground was bustling with sounds of students playing different games, some chit chatting under the wide canopy of Rain Tree. There was nothing new in what I saw , the same old scene that one sees during the afternoon hours in a school. Amidst all this I noticed my sister Preethi and her best friend Swathi sitting under the tree and reading a magazine. I was sure they were talking about some latest romantic movie.
People have always asked me , if I ever understood anything other than books. Was , I not interested in love or romance?? Of course, I was just like any other girl of my age. To be honest a diehard romantic. But that is a secret that I kept to myself. For me love is not what you see in movies and you get entertained. For me love is life. I was in love with the concept of love because I have never had a taste of it and deep down, I knew it was like a forbidden fruit for me.
They saw me and waved their hands calling me to join them . I smiled , " I am going to the library to renew the book.
I walked to the corridor holding Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights dream book in my hand wondering what it meant when Shakespeare wrote "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Guess what ??, a near collision with a boy whose name I didn't know , was not there in the school register. I was sure, never seen him till date. In that near collision, did we touch each other? No we didn't, we kept looking into each other's eyes trying to steady ourselves. His eyes, lord !! , there was something written which I couldn't decipher. I am sure he felt it too. He couldn't take his eyes of mine, he kept looking, as if searching for some answers from me. And then he moved away in a hurry . I stood there rooted while he turned back twice to look at me with the same searching eyes.
Little did I know that my resolution was soon going to go for a toss in the wind that just whisked me . Yes , the wind named Sameer , Sameer Jayaprakash Maheshwari !! And at that moment, I understood the love that Shakespeare tried to explain.
They say love will find its way and it did come my way but unfortunately it was ONE WAY.
He was unaware about my feelings for him. The whole world was!! Only I knew how my heart skipped a beat when he went by my side and sat next to me. Only I knew how irritated , I would feel when I see him smiling at other girls of my class. Only I knew , how sad I felt when my classmates would call me Behanji and he would laugh along with them. Only I knew , how jealous I was when I heard Kamya and him are friends . Only I knew , how humiliated I felt when he would ignore my presence. Only I knew , how my heart broke into million pieces when I heard that he was in love with Kamya.
The irony of life !! That's nothing new for me as I was proficient in handling such ironys , this was not the first. I decided to lock this love of mine deep down in my heart so that it doesn't surface again to see the light. The broken resolution was back in place with some exceptions like ...in dreams.
As time ticked , I graduated , BA in Literature. That's when I saw an advertisement in the paper for a job opening for the post of an Administrator , in an NGO which helped to empower women . They also had a cottage industry attached to it which taught women embroidery, stitching churidhars, shirts etc. They also published a monthly magazine for women. I was eager to get a job and be of some financial assistance to my Chacha and Chachi ji. I didn't want to burden them more.
I had to get Chachi ji's permission.
"Naina , I thought you wanted to study further. So why this thought of going for work
"Chacha ji , I plan to do MA via distance education. In this way I can earn and gain experience too
Chacha ji was convinced and as expected . I got the job!! Was I happy ?? NO !! because there is one minor detail that I missed about the NGO. Well, NGO was run by Vishaka Aunty, Sameer's mother, which I knew ONLY after I joined. I feared if our paths would cross again but thankfully it didn't happen. After school , I had met him only in my dreams not in person.
The painful part was yet to happen. After a month into the job , I heard about his and Kamya's engagement. It was the talk of the town. Kids of two big business households going to get married. There wasn't much in me to be shattered . Would a broken glass be broken again ?? Probably can be powered rt? That was my situation. I put up a brave front and promised Vishaka Aunty that I would help her with the wedding tasks. She happily told me , that they were waiting for her second son Rohan to be back after his third year exam and they plan to have the wedding in the month of November 1995. She continued with her chatter saying that Sameer was taking over the family business and Nana ji was helping him.
I was happy for them, at least some people got whatever they wished in life. I was glad that Sameer had it all. At least I thought so.. till , I came to know that due to some reason they had to call of the wedding. He left Ahmedabad and went to Delhi with his grandfather. People talked with the same spirit as their engagement was discussed. People even went on to say that Rohan , his younger brother was the reason for the breakup. I ignored all , and concentrated on my work and my studies.
Season came and went, life moved on, Sameer and Kamya's engagement was forgotten like the stories in the pages of history.
To be continued...
Chapters
Prologue - Page 1
Part 1 - Page 1
Part 2 - Page 5
Part 3 - Page 11
Part 4 - Page 16
Part 5 - Page 21
Part 6 - Page 26
Part 7 - Page 29
Part 8 - Page 37
Part 9 - Page 42
Part 10 - Page 47
Part 11 - Page 51
Part 12 - Page 55
Part 13 - Page 62
Part 14 - Page 68
Part 15 - Page 73
Part 16 - Page 80
Part 17 - Page 84
Part 18 - Page 88
Part 19 - Page 94
Part 20 - Page 98
Part 21 - Page 102 - Concluding Part
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