guys I think i hv crossed the normal level of insanity ...hv gone really mad...and the outcome is this update ...plzz bear with me... and am sorry yaar tried hard but couldnt make it shorter ...😊
PART 24
The magnificent house was gleaming with flowers lights and different festoons n decorative items. The name plate showed the name of the house ...the Red Sea House ...and the main gate was decorated with red and white roses...with a flower banner consisting "Colonel Pashupati Nandan weds Ms.Iravati Shukla".
A handsome man aged around seventy and an elegant woman of same age were inviting all the invitees happily. The invited people were coming n entering the house and their cars were parked outside the gate of the Red Sea House as there was not enough space inside the gate. There was a small colorful garden in the entrance and the aged man n woman entered the house and took everybody in the hall.
The aged man announced to everyone : So my dear friends we all r gathered over here for my 50 th marriage anniversary with my beloved wife Iravati. It is a special very special day for both of us and we are going to celebrate it by marrying again today with all rituals and formalities. Guys we welcome you heartily to our marriage and this whole night party begins right now. We are gonna be married again right at 10 Am just like we got married fifty years back same date same time.
Colonel Nandan hugged Iravati and started towards the beautiful shadi mandap in the hall. The invitees all were friends of Colonel and his wife Iravati ...all of them were aged n middle aged persons. There were couples singles and bachelors. Everybody greeted Colnel Nandan and Ms. Iravati with their wishes n hugs.
The pandit started the rituals n Colonel and his wife got married again after fifty years celebrating their 50th anniversary. They blushed like newly weded couple and their friends hooted greeted and danced hugged and opened shampeign bottles in honour of them. A beautiful soft music started and Colonel n his wife started dancing along with some couples... some were watching them and some became busy in eating drinking n chatting. A professional singer started singing fine gazals for them.
Far away from the Red Sea House:
Raghu was just few steps away from his jeep. He was tired but he was more worried n nervous for his misscall. He felt her feeling unwell and he couldn't do anything to make her feel better. Antara was continuously moaning and whimpering as her stomach cramp was giving her immence pain. Raghu picked her up immediately in his arms n then on his shoulder as he had to run faster.
Finally Raghu reached his jeep n made Antara sit on the front seat. Tears were running down from her closed eyes...she placed her both hands on her tummy n bent forward. Raghu didn't know what to do with her ...how to heal her ...he got utterly bewildered seeing her in that condition n prayed to bappa : bappa ise thik kar do jaldise...aapko pata hai na hume bhagna hai yehanse...
Raghu took out a water bottle from his jeep ...straightened her and made her drink some water...he slid his hand beneath her dupatta and placed his hand flat on her tummy n pressed firmly...it seemed that Antara felt a bit good by his act ...after a while her breathing became normal n she stopped crying.
Raghu kept his hand on her tummy like that as it was and caressed her tear stricken face with his other hand and asked : aram mila ??
Antara slowly opened her eyes ... looked at him n noded faintly. She placed her hand upon his hand on her tummy n said : Raghu ...hh ...firse dard suru hua to ???
Raghu tied her seat belt n tried to comfort her: Nahi hoga ...he gave a smile to her as he was happy to see her ok then.
Antara: to fir samundar ke paas chalo na ...
Raghu was shocked to hear her : KYAaa???
Antara : mujhe samundar ka pani chuna hai ...
Raghu : nahi ...bilkul nahi ...abhi hume yehanse jana hai ...
Antara: humesha tumhara hi chalega kya ? mujhe jana hai ABBHHHiii... she showed her stubbornness while making a face n hit the car seat with her fist.
Raghu frowned at her n scolded her : CHUP...!!! Aur yeh balloon ki tarah muh fulana bandh kar
Antara: main chillayungi...
Raghu : achha???...wo Satya aur uske admi hume kuttoki tarah dhund raha hai ...aur tu yehan chillaygi ???...
Antara took a deep breath n opened her mouth to shout ...n Raghu covered her mouth with his hand n leaned a bit on her looking into her eyes intently. In a low dangerous tone he said: maine kaha na NAHI ...to matlap NAHI...mera khopri waise hi kharab hai misscall... muh se agar ek bhi awaz nikali na...to main...he stopped n didn't finish...
Normally this much would have been enough to intimidate n control a normal Antara ...and Raghu knew this very well ...but this drugged Antara shoved his hand away from her mouth ..removed her seat belt ...n tried to get down from his jeep ignoring his attempt completely.
Raghu stopped her n exclaimed: tu kar kya rahi hai ???
Antara : samundar ke pas jarahi hun...yehin to paas hai ...kitni sundar hai...she said in a happy amused tone staring at the sea.
Raghu shook his head n was knocked down by her obstinacy...he grumpily mumbled : yeh to aur bhi zyada ziddi ho gayi...
Thik hai chal ...baith ja aram se ...leke chalta hun tujhe samundar ke pas ...par gari se niche nahi utregi ...samjhiii???
Antara was more than happy n said : thik hai...
Raghu drove his jeep wildly straight towards the see. The see waves were coming nearer to the jeep by the passing moments n Antara was being mesmerized by it. Raghu drove his jeep quite deeper into the sea n stopped abruptly. The sea waves came n crushed in front of them making the jeep get totally washed away by the splash. The million mists that was continuously forming there were drenching Raghu and Antara as well.
Antara closed her eyes spreading her hands wide n lifted her face to the sky and muttered his name ...Raghuu...
Raghu for few seconds forgot everything what was happening with him n Antara for the whole day ... He forgot all the pain anguish n stress he was going through for so long ...the cold sea mist touched him in a way as if it was healing his wounded heart n mind. He kept on looking at Antara who was totally engrossed in feeling the sea mist n got captivated with her devine beauty.
Sunddenly Raghu broke the trance n started his jeep again. He looked back once n saw the tire marks of his jeep which indicated that his jeep has gone straight to the sea n a sly smile appeared on his face.
He didn't drove back towards the road instead he continued driving with the shoreline along the sea water. Antara was happy as she could still feel the mist n with the speed she became more cheerful. Raghu drove for four or five km at a streach along the shoreline in the sea water n then turned his jeep towards the road leaving the sea behind. He was sure that Satya n his men would be misguided for a while as his jeep's tiremarks were wiped away by the sea water along this way. They would get confused for some time as the tyre marks would led them into the sea n then nowhere.
Raghu drove along the road in the night for more fifteen /twenty minutes having no idea where he was heading towards with Antara. Suddenly Antara n his eye caught a beautifully decorated sea house beside the road. It looked like a marriage ceremony was going on there. Lots of cars of the guests were parked outside the house. Raghu wanted to give some rest to Antara and thought it would be a good hide out for two of them for this night.
He hesitated once but then shoved his hesitance as he remembered how once he took Antara along with Machmach n Ajji to attend a completely unknown Nikah ceremony just to gather some knowledge about Nikah for Nur Apa.
He parked his jeep along with other guests n made it put out of sight as it looked just another vehicle parked by some guest.
At the Red Sea House:
Overall there was a lovely cosy and merry environment waving peacefully around the Red Sea House when all of a sudden Dr. Patel exclaimed : heyy Pashupati ...don u think yeh party kuch fika fika lagraha hai ...kuch exciting hona chahiye ...lets do something crazy...everybody agreed to him and Colonel said impishly: what to do ? abh ek kam kar sakta hun tumhara single status khatam kar deta hun ...Sashi bhi yehin hai...kyun na tum dono ki zabardasti shadi kara di jaye isi mandap pe and tum dono suhag raat bhi manayo yehin??? I think it wd be a truly exciting stuff to make happen this night...
A roll of laughter quivered around the hall.
Ms. Sashi laughed n winked at him n said: we r not interested Colonel...mana ki me and Dr. Patel like each other ...but we don wanna get married and end our freedom at this age...hum dono ke liye bhari pad jayega yeh idea. Do something else for us to rave this party tonight.
Dr. Patel noded to Sashi n said impishly: bilkul sahi ...tum sab humare freedom pe jelous ho isliye humari shadi karwana chahte ho ...
Again A roll of laughter quivered around the hall.
Ms. Iravati Nandan shook her head in disbelief n said : come on guys kuch aur sochte hain...and u Pashupati be decent with ur friends...accha hua ki humare bacche is waqt yehan nahi hai...
Colonel Pashupati Nandan made a face n said to his wife: darling abhi abhi shadi hui hai hamari ...thodi to sharmao nayi naveli dulhan ki tarah ...yeh kaise pati pe hokum chalarahi ho jaise ki pachas sal purana pati ho ...
Iravati : haan wohi to hain aap...naya nahi purana pati...wo bhi pachas saal purana...
All of of them started giggling but each n everybody in the party was craving for something new... something very uncommon and exciting...
The lovely cosy and merry environment was still waving peacefully in the Red Sea House when suddenly a hearty gush of wind entered the hall as the main door thrust opened with a bang and a young handsome boy entered robustly helding a beautiful girl's hand in his hand.
The young boy had a few strands of hair falling into his eyesight which made him look more attractive. He looked a bit stressed n worried. He had also a fresh cut on his left arm which implied that he might had been in a serious fight few minutes back. But his alert calm eyes ... his stern n arrogant attitude...his strong well built body and his overall intelligent n confident personality conveyed that he was a tough guy.
All the ladies in the party found him very hot n handsome...almost irresistable in blue jeans ...ash shirt ...with a deep ash color jacket n a chain n an unusual sword locket on his neck. He looked more dashingly handsome as he held the girls hand in his hand so tightly as if whatever be the situation he would face it ...but never leave her hand.
All the gentlemen saw the boy but they were actually busy looking at the girl. The ladies started looking at the girl too after observing the guy minutely.
The girl who was totally absorbed in the colorful decorations of the hall looked devinely beautiful...she had big hazel innocent eyes ...her lips looked like pink soft petals ...n her long brown silky hair ...a little untidy ...flowed down her chest like a cascade. She was wearing a soft orange and red combination bridal lahenga with mat gold heavy border on it which flattered her soft beautiful curves perfectly. Her mang tika that had been displaced ...her kashmiri dangling ear ring which reached her shoulder ...her slick gold necklace ...her green glass bangles along with a gold bangle everything complimented her beauty. She looked like a bride who was going through some torment but still had a silent content smile on her face which made her look like a breathtaking angel. The girl's body language transmitted that she had immence trust on the guy who was helding her hand...it felt like she had given her entire self n responsibility to him by letting him held her hand.
The two looked so beautiful together ...seemed perfect for each other. All the ladies n gentle men got instantly attracted to this new young pair who entered their party without invitation. Col. Pashupati n his wife came up to them with a questioning face.
The boy closed the door quickly n said in a firm voice: wo ...sorry ..hum dono aise yehan chale aye ...par unkle aunty hume apki madad ki zarurat hai ...please help us. Kuch gunde humare piche pade hain ...
Col n his wife eyed each other n both understood that they wanna help this young boy n girl. They smiled at them heartily with a warm welcome.
Col got excited n said : us baat ki chinta tum bilkul mat karo beta ...wo sab mujhpar chod do...hume yeh batao tum dono ho kaun ??? kya hua tum dono ke sath ?? yehan kaise aye ???
the Boy kept quiet for few seconds n then said : ji main ...Raghunath aur yeh ...Antara ...hum dono ki ...aaj ...shadi hone wali thi ...
All the men n women got very interested in their story n all of them asked in almost unision : fir ???? fir kya hua ???? shadi nahi hui ????
Raghu sighed n said : nahi ...
One of the ladies said sadly: han nahi hui shadi ...ladki ki mang me sindur gale mein mangal sutra nahi hai ...fir kya hua beta ??
Raghu wanted to divert the topic as he felt that the topic of marriage might create panick on Antara again...he said hastily : aunty ..wo ...iski tabiyat thik nahi hai ...pine ka pani mil sakta hai plzzz??
Soon Raghu n Antara were taken in a room. they were made seated on a couch and Iravati came with a first aid box to Raghu. COL Pashupati brought a glass full of water for both of them. Raghu made Antara drink some water n then he himself drank. Someone said : arey in donoko bhukh bhi lagi hogi ...kuch khaneko le aayo. Some other person said: ladke ko chot lagi hai ...jaldi se haldi wala dudh lao ...
Soon a big glass of haldi wala dudh was brought for Raghu n Antara giggled at him watching him drinking the milk forcefully by the ladies.
Iravati took Raghu's hand n started to clean his wound. Raghu tried to tell her that it was not required but Antara said lovingly: aunty aap iski ek bhi mat suniye ...Raghuko bohot chot lagi hai ...kitna khun bah raha hai dekhiye...hamesha aisa karta hai...
Raghu dazed at her loving eyes. He thought to himself : kya misscall ko kuch bhi yaad nahi ki kuch ghante pahle usne khud hamari shadi tod di ...All the scenes came alive in front of him ...Antara slaping him like a mad ...accusing him cursing him blaming him for her father's death and hating him with every bit of her being. Raghu took a deep breath n gazed at her with an yearning who was engrossed in helping Mrs. Iravati to heal his injured hand.
Suddenly Ms. Sashi said : Pashupati n Iravati ..may I request you two for a lovely thing to allow in your 50 th Mrriage Anniversory...?
Both of them looked at her snooping: what? ...han zarur ..batao to sahi
Sashi: kyun na in dono ki shadi karwa di jaye isi mandap mein ??? aaj to inki shadi hone wali thi kuch ghante pahle par hua nahi ..wo adhuri shadi hum sab milke abhi pura kar dete hain ...aur fir yehin iss beautiful romantic Red Sea house me inki suhag raat...? What say guys??
Everybody cheered up with the idea.
Antara widened her eyes n Raghu fearfully looked at her tightening his grip on her hand. After few seconds Antara smiled happily while blushing but Raghu got flabbergasted by the situation. He looked at Antara n asked in a confused tone: misscall tujhe hasi arahi hai ?????
Iravati n Sashi exclaimed at Raghu: areey...kyun nahi hasegi ??...shadi jo honewali hai uski kuch hi pal me...tumhare sath ...
Antara lowered her eyes from Raghu n blushed more giving him a cute smile.
Raghu got restless n stood up helding Antara's hand and said in a firm n final voice: mereko yeh shadi NAHI karni ...
Everyone in the house got stunned with his words. There prevailed a pin drop silence in the hall.
Antara looked at Raghu with a frown n accused him: kyun nahi karni shadi ??? humesha tumhari baat manni padegi kya ??? mujhe abhi shadi karni hai BAS...she stomped her feet to intensify her words.
Raghu left Antara's hand softly n said: tu ruk yehan ...main kuch der me ata hun...
Sashi n others stayed with bemused Antara. Col. Pashupati , his wife Iravati n Dr. Patel three of them came in a different room with Raghu.
Raghu didn't know why but he felt an urge to tell these kind hearted persons the truth about him and Antara. He never ever felt to clarify himself to others for his actions except DM but today he really felt a push inside him to tell them everything.
Raghu told them in short that after their wedding got called off how Antara was kidnapped n drugged by Satya ...he also disclosed Satya's motives behind his act n how Raghu and his men reached Satya's beach cottage n how he rescued her from Satya's grip. He closed his eyes for a second n took a deep breath n finally said the most dreadful truth of their life. He revealed that Antara herself had called off their marriage as she thought that he was responsible for her father's death.
The three of them were shocked hearing the entire story. Raghu looked at Dr. Patel n said: Dr. ...meri misscall...drugs ke wajese shayad sab kuch bhul chuki hai...use sirf acchi baten yaad hai... par drugs ka asar khatam hone ke baad use sabkuch yaad aajayega ...fir kya hoga? Wo aur tut jayegi ...Isliye yeh shadi main nahi kar sakta...
Dr. listened to him carefully n said: Raghu ... tumhari Antara kuch bhi nahi bhuli ...par ecstasy ke wajese jo baten use takleef deti hai wo abh uske dimaag me wo khud nahi ane derahi hai ...isliye abhi Antara bohot khush hai...aur wo tumse manse shadi karna chahti hai...shayad bhagwan ka yehi marzi hai ki tum dono ki abhi isi waqt shadi ho jaye ...
Aur Raghu tum use itna pyar do ki kal subha jab drugs ka slow down phase start hoga tab wo apne aap ko sambhal paye ...tumhara pyar hi use post drugs depression se bahar le ayega...
Col Pashupati n his wife noded n said : humne zindegi dekhi hai beta ...tum dono aaj aise humare pas aa pohche ..isme bhi bhagwan ka hi marzi hai ...Bappa yehi chahte hain ki tum dono ek ho jao ...aur hume yakin hai ki tumse jaanbuch kar koi khun nahi hua...u r an honest guy...itna hum samajh chuke hain.
Mrs iravati placed her hand on Raghu's shoulder n looked into his eyes : tum Antara se kitna pyar karte ho ???
Raghu looked straight into her eyes n said: zindegi hai wo meri ...uske liye jaan de sakta hun ...aur jaan le bhi sakta hun...
Iravati : aur Antara????
Raghu: main uska sabkuch hun. Par abh wo merepe bharosa kho chuki hai..
Iravati smiled n futher said : to fir tumhe har haal mein uske sath hona chahiye...uski bharosa jeetna hai tumhe...aur iske liye tumhe Antara se dur nahi balke uske aur paas jana chahiye...
Nahi ...main aisa nahi kar sakta...abh wo puri hosh me nahi hai ...bohot pyar karta hun usse ...main miscall ke sath aisa nahi kar sakta ...wo jabtak mujhpe bharosa nahi karegi mujhe maaf nahi karegi main shadi nahi karunga ...:Raghu said stubbornll sticking to his decision.
The three of them understood what Raghu was going through n it was not easy to convince him for marriage. They respected his decision n said : thik hai beta ..jo tumhe sahi lage wohi karo ...isme bhi bhagwan ki hi marzi chupi hui hai...
Raghu and three of them finished their talks n came out of the room.
Antara was sitting with Ms. Sashi and other guests of the party and everybody was trying to make her cheerful ...but she was feeling restless as Raghu was not with her...he had left her there to talk something serious with those elderly persons...an unknown anxiety and fear was creeping in her heart n infuriating her brain.
Raghu came n stood a bit away from Antara n looked at her sadly. The moment Antara saw him she stood up leaving everybody there and held her lahenga a bit up with her both hands and started running towards Raghu. The unknown anxiety was killing her and an unstoappable urge to feel Raghu near her heart made her running towards him. She forgot the rest of the world.
Raghu felt the same Antara was running towards him with same passion who ran to his arms in exactly the same manner in his farm house after the misunderstnding between them was sorted out. Without knowing what he was doing he automatically spreaded his arms to her n Antara came n thrusted herself in his arms throwing her arms around his neck.
Kya main itni buri hun ki tumne mujhse shadi ke liye sabke samne mana kar diya??? Haan?? Aur fir chale gaye mujhe chodke akele ??? :she mumbled.
Antara pulled herself from him n clutched his collar n looked straight into his eyes n jerked him:mujhse kabhi dur na janeka wada kiyatha na tumne ...kya tumhe yaad nahi ?? bolo Raghu ...bolo...aur jo tumne mere mamma se wada kiyatha ki mera sath kabhi nahi chodoge chahe kuch bhi ho jaye...uska kya hua ??? haan Raghuu??
She hit her forehead on his chest n sobbed clutching his shoulder: Tumhe pata hai na main tumhare bina nahi jee sakti ...tum ...tum mere liye sab kuch ho...haanh? kya tum ...tum mujhse abhi pyar nahi karte Raghu??? ...: Antara hid her face on his shoulder helding him tightly n trembled.
Raghu embraced her with equal passion n dipped his face a bit in her hair n said lovingly : kuch der ke liye ulta soch raha tha ...maaf kar de mujhe ...galti ho gayi...
He broke the hug and pulled her a bit to see her angelic face n said : chal Abhi Isi Waqt shadi kar lete hain ...yehi Bappa ki marzi hai...
Antara wiped her eyes n asked shakily: Sacchi ??
Raghu noded n blinked his eyes to her with a smirk on his face. He caressed her cheek lovingly with his finger n placed a deep kiss on her forehead. Antara closed her eyes feeling calm n content.
The whole hall flooded with huge claps of appreciation and bliss seeing them truly deeply and madly in love with each other. Colonel and his wife n Dr. Patel n Ms. Sashi hugged each other in utter happiness.
Dr. Patel announced : yeh khubsurat ladki ka kanya daan main karunga ...pandit ji jaldi aaiye ..aapko aaj aur ek shadi karwani hai ...wo bhi ek nayi Jodi ka...
Col. And his wife said: Raghu humara pote jaisa hai...isliye ladke wale hum hai ...
Raghu and Antara again on shadi mandap:
Raghu and Antara stood facing each other on the shadi mandap again ...this time in the Red Sea House. Raghu was going through a severe turmoil within his heart ...every second he was feeling the same torment that he faced just few hours ago ...the hursh words of Antara was thrashing him continuously ...piercing his soul brutally. For a second he thought he was doing wrong with Antara by marrying her at this state but again Antara's happy smiling face at that moment was curing his wounded heart n assuring him that he was doing the right thing at the right moment. He closed his eyes n thanked his Bappa n got ready for the marriage.
The Agnikund was flickering in between Raghu and Antara. The destiny continued her myriad n startling game with them...few hours back the girl who had burnt her every bit of past relationship with Raghu in the pious fire ...the very same sacred fire started witnessing the same girl's marriage with the same guy Raghu.
Raghu looked at the pious fire n looked at Antara who put on him the Jaimala(special flower garland for marriage) blushing hard and formally accepted him as her groom n waited for his turn happily. Raghu put the garland on her in a calm n composed manner.
The Panditji put a red tika on Raghu's forehead as he was the groom n started the marriage rituals with chanting sacred vedic mantras. Mrs Iravati came n placed a silk dupatta on Raghu n tied it with Antara's dupatta and said : lo ...tum dono ka gut bandhan ho gaya ...aabh Agnidev (God of fire)ko sakshi mankar phere lena suru karo...
The panditji asked them to take the vow of first phera...he asked Raghu and Antara to utter the vows accordingly as he instructed. Raghu held Antara's hand and started the first phera around the Agnikund and took the vow of the first phera as he was instructed by the priest...
Raghu: kyunke tum meri zindegi ka sab se badi khushi ho ...main tumhe puri zindegi har ek khushiyon se bhar dunga...
Antara: main tumhara ghar aur parivar ka humesha khayal rakhungi..
2nd phera: Raghu: main humesha har buraiyon se tumhara raksha karunga...mujhpar tumhara biswas kabhi tutne nahi dunga
Antara: main humesha tumhare sath rahungi ...har kadam par tumhe sath dungi...tumhare khushi mehi meri khushi hai...aur iske badle tum mujhe humesha pyar karoge...
3rd phera : Raghu: mera jo bhi hai aaj se tumhara bhi hua ...tumhe paa kar mera dhan aur parivar dono badega...
Antara: main puri zindegi sirf aur sirf tum hi se pyar karungi...kyunke tum mere pati ho... koi dusra purush mere jivan me nahi ayega...main tan aur man se sirf aur sirf tumhari rahungi...
4th phera: Raghu: tum mere zindegi mein aake mere adhurepan ko khatam kiya ..tum mujhe har tarah se pura karti ho...humare bachhe humare pyar jaisa khubsurat aur pavitra hoga
Antara: main apne tan ,man aur aatma se tumhe wo sari khushiyan dungi jiska sirf tum hakdar ho...
After the 4th phera completed the panditji asked Antara to be in front of Raghu and complete the left three pheras. Antara came in front of Raghu n took his hand in hers n started the 5th phera while taking the vows...
5th phera: Antara: tumhare khushi mein hi meri khushi aur dukh mein dukh hai ...main humesha tumhara samman aur biswas karungi. Main tumhe apni puri zindegi pyar karungi aur tumhare sari khoyaish puri karungi.
Raghu: tum meri sabse acchi dost ho ..har haal me tum sirf mera bhala chahti ho...tum hi wo ek ho jo mere zindegi me bahar layi ho...main humesha tumhe pyar aur samman ke sath rakhunga ...
6th phera : Antara:main humesha tumhare paksh mein rahungi ...
Raghu: tumhe hamesha khushi aur shanty se rakhna meri zimmedari hai...
Antara and Raghu were taking the last n final phera ...Antara tripped once but Raghu held her from falling and started again to complete the phera.
Antara took her final vows: bhagwan ko sakshi mankar aaj se abhi se ...main tumhe apna pati aur main khudko tumhari patni manti hun...hum dono ek dusre ko pyar aur samman deke humesha sath rahenge
Raghu and Antara came n stood facing the Agnikund and completed the sath phera and Raghu took his final vows: Aajse main tumhara pati aur tum meri patni ho ...aaj se aabhi se tum puri tarah se meri ho aur main tumhara... is janam mein aur har janam me hum humesha ke liye ek ho chuke hain ...
With Raghu's final vows the sath phere completed with lots of flower showerings blessings and wishings from all the guests n hosts of the Red Sea house.
Raghu felt a serene n calm feeling after the pheras were completed...he looked at Antara ...he felt she looked more beautiful now with a content silent smile in her face but at the same time she looked ill. She looked at Raghu n said: Raghu mera hath mat chodna ...mujhe chakkar arahe hain...Raghu tightened his grip on her n said : dar mat ...main tujhe girne nahi dunga ...
The panditji asked Raghu to sit on the mandap taking Antara on his left side as the heart in his body is in left side. Raghu sits n made Antara sit on the left side of him. After kanya daan this time Pandit ji asked Raghu to put Sindur on Antara's mang. With the vedic holy mantras chanted by the priest Raghu took the sindur in his thumb n index finger with his right hand n slowly removed Antara's mang tika a bit by his left hand to reveal her mang and puts there sindur ...Antara closed her eyes to feel the heavenly moment and keep it in her heart for her life...her entire body tingled by the mild n subtle touch of Raghu's finger with sindur on her maang...
Raghu looked at her n got mesmerized with her beauty...he questioned to himself : yeh maang pe sindur bharke misscall kya aur bhi khubsurat ho gayi? Yeh Antara abh meri hai ...sirf meri...
The pandit ji said that now only one thing was left to complete this marriage...:abh ladka ...ladki ko mangal sutra pahnayga ...aur fir yeh shadi pura ho jayega ...
Mrs. Iravati got nervous as she didn't had any extra mangal sutra in her stock...all the guests also buzzed around as they were tensed for the mangal sutra ...
Suddenly Raghu remembered something n said : mere paas mangal sutra hai ...ajji ne diya tha ...Antara ko pahna neke liye ... He took out a small jewellery box from his jeans n revealed a beautiful slick tiny diamond studed mangal sutra ...
Antara looked at it n said with a childlike joy : Raghu yeh Ajji ne diya??... mere liye ??? yeh kitna pyara hai ...hai na ??
Raghu looked at her n said : hmmm ...par terese zyada nahi ...
And finally the very moment came when Raghu put the beautiful sacred mangal sutra on Antara's neck softly n closed the hook.
The panditji declared to everybody: yeh shadi abh sampan huya ...aaj se Raghunath aur Antara dono pati patni hain ...
Antara and Raghu stood up on the mandap ...everybody was greeting them wishing them happily. Raghu and Antara took blessings from everybody and then looked at each other ...an enormous happiness was overflowing in their hearts... they got lost into their eyes n hugged each other tightly as both were feeling blissed and complete. Raghu felt like all his stress n tension got wiped away all of a sudden. He felt light and happy after sooo long.
Suddenly the trance was broken by Col. Pashupati...he said excitedly:Aaj tum dono yehan humare Red Sea House mein suhaag raat manaoge ...hum sab ne taiyari bhi kar li hai ...yeh hamare taraf se tum dono ke liye gift hai... Col winked at Raghu giving him a naughty smile.
An elderly lady came to Raghu and pulled his cheek teasing him n whispered in his ears : tere to man me laddu phut rahe honge aabhi ...par abhi tujhe yeh nahi milegi ...kuch der aur intezaar kar ...
Saying this the lady literally snatched away Antara from Raghu leaving him totally stunned.
To be Continued...
Edited by pampz - 11 years ago