Arakshi FF: Ajeeb si daastan.. Chapter 18C - Pg.101 27/4 - Page 43

Originally posted by: coolRD

it ws really amazng.. beautifully writn.. hav i evr said dat u r really gud in writn sch stuff!! ur stories snd me entirely 2 sme othr wrld... upd8 ws supr-fantstic nd thnk u 4 d lng 1.. wen wil arjun nd sakshi knw dat dey wre enemies b4?? btw i found dis twist vry xcitng.. ufff i'm in luv wid dis stry.. cntinue soon.. nd thnx 4 d pm

Originally posted by: kunchu

Haila mujhe angel bulaya

I m sure u meant devil as you-know-who

U love me na😳

Glad that u got it out

It was perfect dear

Loved d way Arjun supported her

Wo chatbox was unexpected

Bhuddu kahinka

Add 1+1 please

Ithna socho math

Sakshi will still have a hard time to stand infront of the villager

But I am sure she will stand strong

She may need help

Hotwa hai na

Simply sorry by Sree was too good

Waiting for precap

N yes Mrs. Rathod

Originally posted by: vidya.anand

Amazing update!

the conversation between Sakshi and her uncle was very emotional. Arjun's silence and then his apology were all well written.

The soothing conversation between Sakshi and Arjun was so good...the thoughts and her talk about suffering and then his philosophy about hope, weakness...everything was so poignant and like a lesson to all...

So there is a past connection...the chats...long distant friendship and that too unseen...nice twist!

hope Arjun finds that she is the same Sakshi and its not just the coincidence in name!

cont soon

Originally posted by: kusharberry

wow it was an awesome update

i just loved it to the core of my heart

please do continue soon

thanks for the pm dear😊😊

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Avantika,

This one has an odd, dreamy quality to it, like the waters of that babbling brook by which Sakshi and Arjun have that vital (though neither knows it as yet) conversation.

To be honest, I've realised writing melodramatic sequences is a lot more easier.. 😆 But yes, I'm glad you appreciate it, Aunty..

There is the same turbulence in the thoughts of all your main characters - Professor Khanna, Sakshi, Arjun, and even the guilt-ridden Shree - as there is in the rushing waters. And just as there are sudden pools of stillness in the flowing stream, as opposing eddies and current cancel each other out, so is it with Sakshi and Arjun . The one is now clear that she will not succumb to the hidden weakness in her psyche that the events of the previous night had laid bare, though the going will not be easy. And the other is now relieved, after a fashion, that she seems to have pulled back from emotional collapse, though he is unsure if her new found strength will last.

Your Arjun is superb, Avantika. He is all that the TV character was, and then some more. His acute sense of responsibility for everything that was done under his aegis makes him apologise to Professor Khanna with a degree of humility and sincerity that is as impressive as it is rare. To right a wrong is easy, especially if you are in a position of superior authority. But to acknowledge a failing that is really not yours, and then to act on that regret without any sense of ego is truly admirable.

Absolutely and that's exactly what I intended to portray. 😊

I am growing to like your Sakshi a lot too, which, for me, with an aversion of any and all Sakshis of every shape, size and nature who proliferate in this forum, is saying a lot!

She is, at one level, a gentle girl and a a loving niece, and the warmth of her affection for her Mamaji reaches out to the reader like the warmth of a camp fire.

At another level, she is also a would-be-tough professional, who discovers all of a sudden that undercover work is far tougher and more dangerous that she had thought it to be. Luckily for her, she is your leading lady, and nothing really bad ever happens to leading ladies, so her knight errant arrives (to justify your claim to being super filmy!) just in the nick of time to save her and beat up the villain good and proper.

Wow! Now that's quite a feat, right? 😆 Jokes apart, this Sakshi has the heart of a child just like the one on the show was presumed to have, but that's all that's similar between the two of them. She's a character I've created myself, I'd like to believe and you're right.

She is a thorough professional and I am going to start showing that side of her pretty soonish. After all, I don't suffer from partial memory loss unlike our CV's.

Oh yes! The knight in shining armour here drives a police jeep instead..

As I had told you the last time, I enjoyed Arjun playing Nemesis, and like Oliver Twist, almost said Please, Ma'am, may I have some more (bashing)?

I loved the fits and starts conversation, if one can call it that, between Arjun and Sakshi besides the stream, at the end of which, both of them seem to have found that "tiny window of hope", though Arjun probably does not realise that as yet.

It was a surreal exercise by two people, almost strangers, but bound by a shared experience courtesy the slimy Trivedi. There was Sakshi, struggling to come to terms with what had happened and what had, very luckily, not happened to her the night before, and there was Arjun, struggling to get her back on her feet, literally and otherwise, and hoping that he could do this without her shutting him out of her life. It could not have been an easy one to write, my dear, but you can rest content, for it has come out beautifully.

As for the cheeky chat between sakshi_stargazer and Arjun_footballfanatic, that was as unexpected as it was a sheer delight. You are a very clever girl, Avantika, to think of such an unusual and cheerful twist to your tale. I am, as you know, not at all given to fruitless speculation about the future of any FF, but here, even I cannot help picturing the scene when the two find out about their (almost) past life bond. So this was what you meant when you had Sakshi look back with nostalgic regret:

But it hadn't always been the case. She did have someone she could rant to, about practically everything under the sun, without having to bother about being judged.

He wasn't exactly a friend; she'd rather preferred to call him her enemy but he wasn't just that either. He was a complete opposite of what she had been, composed and matured, a bit too much for his age and he kept her grounded. But Sakshi had given up on him, on the day she decided to step out of Mumbai. And since then, he had ceased to exist for her..

Wow! Now that just made me super nervous, i have to admit..

The revelation will come soon, I'm planning one.. It might be filmy, so the disclaimer will have to stay..

Well, she might have given up on him, but who can prevail against kismat?

Oh yes, how can I forget your opening para, so redolent of the cosy charms of Mussoorie? It took me back straightaway to the National Academy of Administration, and the days of my faroff youth!

Thank you so much, Aunty. Your reviews mean a lot and often offer me an insight into my own characters..

As for Mussoorie, I can't wait to get on the train with my grandmum. She is a native of Uttaranchal. And a lot of this description comes from stories she's told me in the past.. :)

Shyamala Aunty

PS: I have, as you might have noted, carefully refrained from quizzing you about your new, fancy moniker!😉

Err.. the lesser said, the better.. 😉

Originally posted by: ritu_24

Like an idiot I am reading the chat convo again 😃😳

"sakshi_stargazer : Hell no! Go win a Ashok Chakra first and then we'll talk"

🤣 This was awesomee😆😆

And now I have a biiig smile on my face

Originally posted by: ll-Farheen-ll

Main aa gayi pareshan karne.😛😆Main devil?😡Batati hu tumhe..

Oodi Baba.. Main darr gayi na.. 😲 🤪

Starting with the soothing conversation between Saakshi &her Mamaji.Their relationship more like a father- daughter relationship was beautifully sketched lollipop.She neither had to clarify herself nor had to prove that she's innocent.It's gud that her only guardian is now out of danger.Also,this cannot be denied that it's her uncle's presence in her life that she is sane enough even after all the sufferings &pain in her life .

Yep! Isn't that exactly how parents are.. True, though she may not admit to it often, the fact that she has a family means a lot to her..

Coming to shree:A person with utmost honesty who apologized to Saakshi for the mess up that landed her into sumthing messy.That act of his proves him a true gentleman who accepts his mistakes & doesn't take much time apologizing for the same.

Yes, watch out.. The duo are going to get along like a house on fire.. And Shree is soon going to get a lot to ponder upon.. 😉😆

Now the conversation between Arjun-Saakshi :I am repeating myself here,the previous two conversations between these two strangers that u penned down were so natural without even having a feel of one being intruding sumone's privacy made it more real.I wonder wat made u feel it more unrealistic.It was surreal lollipop.👍🏼 Everytime you slate down a conversation like this,it makes me feel like I m somewhere close to the surrounding watching their conversation.

Him appologizing to Saakshi's uncle was truely admirable more for his acknowledging failure that was really not his, and then his act on that regret without any sense of ego makes him a person worthy of the position he held.

Thaanku.. Aage padho, phir batati hoon.. 😆😛

Oh he is that and a lot more, na? 😉

Their chat conversations

Lollipoppp lollipop!!!!**Jaishree's style**I was likereading those chat lines I don't know how many times.😆😆

Eesh.. I just imagined Vandana Pathak aka Jaishree saying that! 😆😆

Weakness is a state of mind, Sakshi.. It doesn't exist for real.. I presume this came from none but her jaani dushman

As I said this before "Sometimes you can't explain what you see in a person. It's just the way they take you to a place where no one else can".

Yep! And hold onto that.. Coz that's exactly what is happening with them..

The two unknowingly took each other to a trip in the past wherein both had sumone to confine themselves.
Mujhe next update chahiye **Gundi wala puppy eyes*😆

Err.. You and puppy eyes?! 😲 🤣

Anyway, Thank you so much, Gundi.. As always.. 🤗