Ch2.
''Jaise bin baati ka diya adhuri hai,waise hi Ananya ke bina main adhura hu.. Ananya meri life ka wohi baati hai jisse meri jeevan ka diya jal rahi hai... Humare parivaar ki sabse ahem hissa,humare parivaar ki jaan hai Ananya,sabse zyada,meri jaan hai woh... Main bohut khushnaseeb insaan hu kyunki meri jeevan mein Ananya hai.. Ek adarsh beti,bahu,patni aur abhi,ek adarsh maa... Sabki chahiti hai meri Ananya... Meri jaan hai Ananya... Humara pyaar utna asaan nahi thha jaise aam lovers ke hote hai... Jaise jaise waqt guzarta gaya,hum dost bane aur dost se bane do pyaar karne wale aur do pyaar karne walo se bane humsafar... Main jitna Ananya se pyaar karta hu,usse kahi zyada Ananya mujhse pyaar karti hai... Shaadi ke kuch saalo baad humari zindagi ki sabse khushi dene wali khabar mili ke Ananya mere bacche ki Maa banne wali hai... Usdin,Ananya bohut khush thhi aur main bhi... Main uswaqt thora over-protective ban gaya thha jisse Ananya ko chirr hoti thi...Main bhi kya karta... Pyaar mein hara ek insaan,joh apni biwi se itna zyada pyaar karta hai ki uske upar agar koi ek kharoch bhi aaye toh uss insaan ko zameen mein gardu... 9 mahine kaise beet gaye pata nahi chala aur 9 mahine ke beech humari pyaari beti aayi humari goud mein..Aakhein bilkul meri jaisi aur naak,gaal bilkul Ananya jaisi... Humari beti ke aane ke baad,humari zindagi ekdum si badal gayi,she became our lucky charm. Dekhte dekhte humari beti bari hogayi..She was the exact combination of both of us... She was balanced,never mixed her professional life with her personal life...Ideal daughter like Ananya and now,soon to-be ideal daughter-in-law... I know,ki,main bohut happy banke reh raha hu uske saamne,kyunki,she is my strength.. Uske saamne main ro nahi sakta... Sirf main hi samaj sakta hu yeh dard kyunki main uska pita hu aur aakhir main mujhe hi uska kanyadaan karna parega...(someone calls him)bulava aagaya meri beti ka...baad mein baat karta hu...''
Ashima Aakash Saluja,only daughter of Aakash Saluja and Ananya Aakash Saluja,was getting married today with the love of her life,Rudraksh...
Ananya and Aakash look on,as some married woman slid the wedding churas on both her hand and her friends tie the kalireys on both her hands.Tears brimmed on Aakash's eyes,as after 2 hours,he would be doing the kanyadaan of his daughter.
After 2 hours:
Ashima and Rudraksh sat on the dais for other rituals,The Jaimala rasam was done before they sat.Panditji called Aakash and Ananya for the Kanyadaan ritual.Aakash and Ananya,with a heavy heart,came towards the couple and completed the ritual,by taking Ashima's right hand and keeping it on Rudraksh's right hand,taking a promise from him to keep her daughter happy and to always love her.
Gatbandhan was done by Amaya,Shefu's daughter.The pheres started.The groom and bride were being showered with flower petals.. Ananya and Aakash reminisced the moments of their wedding,which was conducted in both ways,i.e,Aakash,being a Punjabi,in the Punjabi way and Ananya,being a Rajput,in the Rajputi way...
Aakash held Ananya's hand tightly.She looked at Aakash with a lovely smile.. She kept her head on his shoulder,while,Aakash pulled her gently,with his hands on her waist...
''Aakash,humne aaj humari sabse bari duty puri karli hai... Humari beti ka kanyadaan... Kanhaji aur Babaji se prarthna karti hu ke usse duniya ki saari khushiyaan mile...'' Ananya said,with a smile.
''Haan,Ananya... Tum sahi kehrahi ho... Humari Ashima ki kanyadaan kardi humne.. Bhagwan usse saari khushiyaan de aur apne sasural mein khush rahe...'' Aakash replied...
The marriage completed and the couple took blessings from their elders..Soon,the bidaai time came...Ashima took her parents in a bear hug and cried a lot. Ananya and Aakash blessed her a lot with lots of happiness and love... Soon,Ashima,or Ashu,as Ananya and Aakash address her,went to her new home with Rudraksh..
Thus,Ananya and Aakash fulfilled their duties,of becoming ideal parents for their daughter,Ashu...
*the end*