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Radhika and Dev went into the temple before they get ready themselves for the participation. Radhika folded her hands and prayed "Kanha!first of all Happy Birthday, today I am fufilling my dream of being the Radha rani. Please guide me through my steps and help me in bringing it in a perfect way with out doing any mistake.Please make the wish of Dev true and Please bless me Kanha..."

Dev folded his hands and prayed "Kanha! I agreed this for Radhika, just wanna fulfill my dream of making her happy. Please help me to fulfil my dream and make it get done perfectly. And what ever Radhika wish please make them true too. "

Radhika and Dev opened their eyes and took the prasad from the pandit ji. Becoz of the rush in temple, the pandit was unable to talk to Radhika for much time and Radev left as its time for them to get ready.

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Rohan was supervising the preparations, he was badly missing Radhika, but he even can't leave if ever he see Radhika. so he prayed Kanha that she shouldn't come and for his luck she didn't come. but he was badly missing her to the utmost. Now he was hoping he shouldn't have prayed like that.

Bharka ,Soniya and Raghuvansh ji came...

R.P:Come come, R.V why are this late...

R.V:No , actually we had pooja in home too, there was a statue right. so...

Bharka and Soniya were serious.

Rohan:Kanhas pooja in r house uncle. wow. its so good to listen.

R.V smiled and said "Rohan u are looking superb in this brown kurta yaar"

Rohan:Thank u uncle.

Bharka was wearing a orange colour dress and her hair left down unstyled "Hi Rohan"

Rohan smiled "Hi Bharka, hi aunty"

Soniya:Rohan its not aunty, call me sony.

Rohan:Aunty it will suit well for Rishi uncle, not for me, any way come in.

Soniya smiled and they left in...

Rohan called for Radhika but her phone was switched off...

Rohan:Where are u Radhika, I was waiting to wish u first. What are u doing.

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The anchor on stage announced that the next performance will be Raasleela...

Arvind came to Rohan "Rohan! its Raas-leela, u said me to say u right. Come yyaar"

Rohan :I am coming...

Arvind:who are doing this time.

Rohan:I don't know but ti was said some one privately doing this time, that too with out any cassette music,strange right

Arvind:Yeah...

Rohan moved to the front of stage and by then the curtain was not raised...

Rohan folded his hands waiting to see the appearance.

The curtain raised and the scene infront shocked Rohan...
"Dev"

Dev was on the stage wearing the dress of a cow keeper with murali in hid hand, and there was a tree like setting to which there was a swing tied and he was sitting on it , his eyes were searching for some one and there was a shadow which he found at other tree, he smiled and closed his eyes and started to play his flute. On other side from behind a tree came a woman facing her back to the audience she had a pot in her hand, she was thinking to move away and was trying to resist herself from moving towards Kanha, but finally unable she kept her pot down and moved towards Kanha. She was wearing a lehenga whose dupatta was pinned to give the style of saree, she had the pallu on head and was holding the pallu upto half of her face. Her eyes had a mischievous look/. She rushed towards Kanha and closed his eyes with her hands leaving the pallu that made reveal her face and she was Radhika. Rohan got another jhatka...

Bharka gasped "Radhika-Dev... "

Kanha stood up as he got the touch of his Radha rani and smiled looking at her ... Radha smiled and she started to turn around him dancing while he was playing the flute, she was speaking to him with her eyes... The music of flute mixed with the sound of her ankles made the music very rhythmic synchronizing with their expressions. Finally Radha stopped dancing and she came to him and kept her hand on his shoulder on which she rested her head, Kanha looked at her and they both sat on swing... they both were talking with eyes smiling to each other. and later Radha gave kanha the sticks and took two sticks to her self. Kanha first shook his head as if he doesn't wanna play now, but Radha made her self in a sad way and turned away... Kanha smiled and went to her and tried to console her, but she turned away, finally Kanha gave up and smiling he clapped with his two sticks, Radha smiled and turned back and he gestured with his two sticks, Radha's face glowed more and they both started to play Dhandiyan like with the sticks , and Radha play fully moving away from him, and Kanha smiling and was doing to console her and in between, Kanha stopped playing and keeping his face sad goes and sits on the swing.. Radha comes to him worried and Kanha moves away his face, he was smiling which Radha doesn't observe , Radha try to get that face towards her, but Kanha moves off. Radha almost had tears in her eyes when Kanha does like this and Kanha immediately turns back and smiles to Radha and wipe off her tears. Radha rests her head on Kanha's chest and Kanha smiles and striking her hair takes his flute and starts to play...

The curtain falls down..

Almost every one there were dumb stuck... They did see many raas leela but each one had many steps and they sue some film songs and do it, but there was no song nothing, but they all got the correct meaning of raas leela.

Beside the curtain Radhika and Dev were still in same position, but the first to get off was Radhika, she immediately took off her head from Dev's chest an Dev to stood up, they were waiting for any response, atleast there were no claps too. Radhika thought it was a flop... she looked apologetically at Dev. Dev too had same feeling. but what they listened after two minted was a huge round of applause... Radhika and Dev jumped and hi-fied each other. Dev smiled and said "I feared for a minute that none liked it. "

Radhika:Haan main bhi.

Dev:Yes rey, but indeed u did better, especially at starting being mischiefing

Radhiak smiled and said "u did best as kanha./ That mischievous ness and all. "

Dev: Acha ab ye maan lo ki, Kanha ne hum donom ke saath dance acha karwaya(Okay lets accept that, Kanha make us both dance good)

Radhika:Wo toh hain.

Dev and Radhika came out to the back of stage and went to change their dresses.

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Rohan came to the back of stage, there were many artists standing there, he was checking for Radhika and Dev.. eh can't get any one of them there. For a minute he thought it was his illusion that radev were dancing. So he went to the registering place to check the names of people who did raas leela. He was checking the register when he got names Radhika, Dev in the raas leela.

Rohan came out from back of stage when he felt two hands on his eyes...

Rohan didn't understand at first...

"Who are u"

There was no answer.

Rohan:Radhika...

Dev who was closing Rohans eyes winked to Radhika who was standing infront of Rohan and said "Galat"

Rohan:Dev...

Dev removed his hands and Rohan saw Radhika infront of him in a stern way/

Rohan looked back and found Dev.

Rohan smiled to both of them and said "U people, Radhika u said u will be in Delhi only right"

Radhika:U don't talk to me

Rohan:Kya hua,

Radhika:Dev closed ur eyes and u said my name, means for u my hands looks like any boys hands. or did u forget me in such a way that u even can't distinguish me from others.

Rohan:Not like that, u were the only person who does this to me always so I thought its u.

Radhika: Waise Rohan kya tumhe Dev ke haath itna smooth lag rahe ki tum vuski haath ko ladki ki haath samajh ke baitha tha. (What rohan, is Dev's hands that smooth to u that, u were thinking of them as girls hands)

Dev frowned and said "Radhika devi, now mera balatkaar karna shuru mat karo"(Now stop, teasing me Radhika madam)

Radhika laughed out and said "Hows my surprise Mr.Rohan Purohith.

Rohan:Its really good. U people did a fantastic job, every one were dumb stuck. so finally Radhika got her dream of becoming Radha true.

Radhika smiled and said "How can u even think that Janmashtami ke din, Radhika won't come to vrindavan"

Rohan:I wondered when u said me, but u said me in such a convincing way that I indeed believed it was true. But why did u lied that u were doing a program got composed by Hari sir.

Dev:Is baar Radhika didn't lie, indeed our Raas leela was composed by dad only.

Rohan:means he came here.

Hari and Chaya came there packing Radhikas and Devs costume...

Dev smiled and said "Rohans this is my Dad and Mom. Harinath and Chaya"

Rohan felt their faces familiar ...

Radhika went to hari and said "Sir, aunty he's Rohan, my best friend. we are class mates from 7th class.I told u yesterday "

Rohan:Namastey sir.. Namastey maa'm

Rohan bent to take their blessings and hari ,chaya were impressed they blessed him "sukhi bhav"

Rohan got up and Hari said "beta, No need to call me sir , u can call us uncle-aunty. We always suggest Radhika too, but this pagli won't listen us. "

Radhika:If eve i listen u now na, then I will loose the mood to listen u in class, so in this mater I won't listen u sir. Haan but be care ful of this bandar too, he looks innocent but indeed a big silent killer.

Hari smiled and said "Radhika, then its better u call me sir only, be coz if u didn't listen my class, u won't ask me any doubts and I feel bored."

Chaya:Bhagwaan karein. atleast ab toh aap log, aoni classes kaa baatein mat kariyein.(God. atleast now u people stop taLKING about ur classes )

Hari:Ji hukum...(Sure madam)

Chaya:Aap na. (U..)

Radhika smiled and said :Thik hain aunty we won't talk of academics. \

Dev:Rohan, padma aunty, nahi aayi. (Rohan, Padma aunty didn't come)

Hari looked at Rohan with expectation as he heard the word padma

Rohan:She was busy for evening aarthi preparation, she was in temple with preist. I am only here,.

Radhika:Fine then... aunty kitni lucky hain she was standing near Kanha for whole day on janmashtami day.

Rohan:If u want u to go and stand beside her, indeed she too need help right.

Chaya asked 'Beta aapki maa-baap"(Ur mom-dad)

Rohan said trying to control his seriousness "They were not there aunty. I stay with my grandfather and bua"

Chaya:We are sorry beta... by the way aapki ddji kya kartein hain.

Rohan:Ji wo yaha ki raj purohith hain. (He's the Raj Purohith of Vrindavan)

Radhika looked at Chaya she had a shocked look on her face with her eyes wide, which she suppressed immediately. Radhika frowned to her self and thought " why was she shocked as she heard the word Purohith,. and Yesterday there was a similar expression on Hari sirs face too. whats the matter was... May be becoz she was known to them and she was fearing that they might recognize her. But why to fear. Indeed there was longing in her eyes too, why would she feel that longing that too with Rohan?"

Radhika:Aunty... chaliye hum na mandir ke andar ek baar jaayenge(Aunty, lets go to Temple), I wanna thank kanha that every thing went fine, by the way Where's Pari and Birju

Chaya:Er... wo... Pari and Birju were along with Satyavathi ji. They were playing with remaining kids...

Radhika:Oh. fine... aunty will take good care of them, sir ,Dev aap log bhi aayiye na. (U people to come)

Hari:Bas radhu, me and Chaya will see mela for some time, u people go and pray for god.

Radhika:Lekin sir.

Hari:Radhu...

Radhika nodded saying "Thik hain.." and she asked Rohan "At least will u come"

Rohan:Nahi Radhu, u people go, Uncle , aunty u people can come with me I will get u met with ddji.

Hari and Chaya looked at each other and said "Nahi beta... hum R.Pji se milne jitna bade waala nahi. aapko dekhke humein bahut kush ho gaya"(No, we are not that big people to meet, R.P We are happy seeing u )

Rohan smiled and said "Acha ji, kya shall I company u"

Dev and Radhika found it un usual and hari said " Jaroor beta," (Sure)

Rohan smiled and he left along with them

Dev looked at stunned Radhika and asked "Radhika, did Rohan said this..."

Radhika:Some thing different.Rohan is being so free with sir and maa'm that I never saw him being this free to some whom he met for first time in his life.

Dev:Haan Mom-Dad bhi...they were also behaving different.

Radhika:They might be thinking that what this girl is doing with a would be R.P

Dev smiled and said "Chalo. mandir chalte hain"(Lets go for Temple)

Radhika nodded and they headed towards the mandir.

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Rohan was moving along with Hari and Chaya talking...

Hari asked Rohan "Beta where are u studying now."

Rohan:Actually I am studying B.Tech third year now... I studied in Vrindavan till now, but now decided to change to Bombay for next two years.

Hari:But how is it possible

Rohan:Actually there was some procedures. i don't know much of them but, Rishikesh Bharadaj u sould have heard of him, his daughter was a third yar student in ur college, he was helping me.

Hari:Rishikesh Bharadwaj ji, is he related to u.

Rohan;Actually he's related to Ramshankar Raghuvansh ji, he was the very brother-in-law of Raghuvansh ji, and raghuvansh ji and my grandfather were best friends.

Chaya looked at Hari... and Hari asked Rohan "Beta I am once again sorry for ur parents.. I didn't mind to pain u "

Rohan:Uncle its of no matter, indeed what wrong if u ask abt them, u met me for first time and theres no rule that u people would know abt me right

Hari:Ny the way Rohan, the college here was good right and i heard that u purohiths would have to do some poojas and practices daily right.. then why u are leaving to bombay.

Rohan:Uncle, actually what u said was right, but indeed if I stay n Bombay I can have more chance to learn abt the advanced technique and industrial usage so that it may help me in extending the trust and helping people right.

Chaya:But how ?Mostly trust was based on agriculture right.

Rohan:Yes but, how long, there were some barren lands under trust, whcih if utilised properly can help us to construct an industry that will give jobs to educated persons, so I am planning to do one like that.

Hari looked at Chaya and smiled and Hari contineud 'Did u speak of this to ur ddji"

Rohan:Actually no... Its my father dream and I wanna complete it.

Chaya looked at Hari and they both didn't talk any thing.

Chaya continued:U easily mingle with others Rohan

Rohan:No aunty not at all,...

Hari:But u easily mingled with us

Rohan:Uncle actually I feel like I looked u some where, Now don't take me wrong .. but really it feels like I saw u some where u were familiar to me and indeed my heart tells me that I can open up my self to u. so...

Hari:Nothing of problem beta, u are also like our Dev only for us. So u can be free to us.

Pari and Birju saw hari and Chaya and came running to them...

Pari said "Dad, we watched bro's performance its out standing"

Birju:Yes but Radhka di she did fantabulous job.

Pari and Birju stopped speaking as they looked at Rohan.

Hari said "Pari and Birju this is Rohan, abt whom ur bro and Radhika speak abt"

Birju:So u are him. Nice to meet u Bhai. Bro and Rahika always talk of u.

Rohan looked at hari and Hari introduced pari and Birju to him . Rohan smield and said "Even Radhika talks of u too, with me"

Pari smiled and Bitto came there calling Pari and birju when he saw Rohan he said "Rohan bhaiyya, aap ye didi aur bhaiyya ko jaantein hain. ye log Radhika didi ke ghar mein aagaye hain. Bahut acha log hain.


Rohan:I know bittu dada, by the way wheres ur brigade.

Bittu:We all are near giant wheel, we all are enjoying a lot...

Rohan: Will u go on enjoying or will eat some thing.

Bittu:Haan bhaiyya we will eat too but, first we has to play a lot...

Hari smiled and bend to that boy and said "U can play champ. but u has to promise that with in half an hour u all will return"

Bitto:Haan uncle pakka...

Hari smiled and Chaya said "Hari ji! Shall we leave home"

Hari:But Chaya, what about Dev and Radhika.

Rohan:Haan aunty, whats that urgent, I will introduce u too ddji and bua... they will feel ncie to meet u.

Chaya:Nahi nahi beta, I mean we are just some small middle class people, and they are such big people. We feel our selves not that worth to meet them, any how...we even has to cook, upto now I even didn't lit the stove from morning, and children will be hungry na.

Hari:haan Rohan beta, chaya is saying right we has to leave home, as Pari and birju wanna see the other places here too. We are waiting for Radhika and Dev.

Rohan:Koi baat nahi uncle, I will message Radhika, she will check as she comes out of temple, Radhika knows Vrindavan well, they both will reach home . I will drop u people./

Hari:Nahi beta, I had my car here. we can leave. Pari, Briju.. aao

Pari:papa, we wanna play with these children... its so nice to play with them in Delhi we don't have much time to play right.

Chaya:Pari, they will come to home in 1/2 an hour right, after eating u people play.

Birju:Dad... please...

Hari:Okay u people too will come along with these but haan, u all will return in half an hour . is it clear.

Satyavathi ji who came there then only said " Hari ji, u don't worry, we will be back in half an hour. its my responsiblity."

Rohan:Haan uncle, i too will take care.

Hari smiled to Rohan saying "Okay beta "

Chaya smiled and said to Rohan "Beta, I knwo we are stayign here in Radhikas home, but still sayign, it will be good if u come to home once. if u are free. Its so nice to spend time with u "

Rohan smiled and said : Aunty.. u know what, if ever Radhika was here, her home will be my temporary home. and indeed as I am leaving to Bombay, I don't knwo when again will I meet her, so today night I will come there only.

Hari looking a Rohan asked "Will Raj Purohith ji accept."

Rohan:Ddji, vusko toh jaha tak ye bhi nahi jaante ki main Radhika se dosti bhi karte hain..(He doesn't even know that Radhika was my friend) Aatya always cooks up some story and tell him when ever I come here. Poor Aatu, becoz of me she will lie.

Hari:She does it always.

Rohan frowning "Ji..."

Hari:Wo. wo... Nothing beta, generally bua-batija ki relation his kuch alag hota hain is liye aisa bol raha hun. (Yes generally the bua-batija relation ship will be a bit different na, thats why saying)

Rohan: Wo toh hain...

Chaya looked at Hari and said "Acha beta, we will leave. "

Rohan smiled and bent to take their namastey.

Hari smiled but said nothing.

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Radhika and Dev came out of temple and its already 1:00, its nearly 2 hours from when they went in Radhika checked her mobile and she got an sms from Rohan saying Hari and chaya went off to home and kids to will leave immediately in half an hour.

Dev was talking to Radhika "Wow... I didn't expect Padma ji to talk to me in such a good way"

Radhika:Kyun, is mein itni badi si baat kya hain. (Whats big matter in it)

Dev:No I saw her that day in party, she was like a moody girl that day, and I thought she was very reserved woman, but she did talk to me in a friendly way.

Radhika:Some times what we estimate about a person won't be right.

Dev:May be.

Radhika:Dev I got message from Rohan that, every one left to home. if u want u too leave.

Dev:U won't come.

Radhika:I has to see mela, wow... its such a good one.

Dev smiled and said " Ur chachi, gave ur responsiblity to us means, we has to take care of u. so I will be here with u "

Radhika: Ye kya baat hain, I am not any 2 years kid to be taken care of and by the way its Vrindavan, my place and if u are with me na, u taking care of me... that was a distant thing, I has to take care of u.

dev frowned.

Radhika said :Sorry if I hurt u,, but really for sake of me u don't stop, u can leave. If u too wanna see the mela, stay with me .

Dev smiled and said 'Truly I wanna get a catch of mela."

Radhika:Hm... then come.

Dev "By the way Radhika, why did u change ur self"

Radhika looked her self, she was in a turquoise coulour ghagra with the chunni pinned in the style of sarree... and matching simple jewellery of a small chain and hangiing earrings.

Radhika:What happened.

Dev: Radhika.,... what did u do, the people here will see the god or u. say.

Radhika gettign the thing said "When I am with dashing Dev... itna toh banta hain na, warna, it will be danger to u "

Dev:Danger to me.

Radhika making an innocent face :Haan dev other wise, all the girls here will start to fight among them sleves for u, if ever there was a girl some what beautiful like me beside u they will atleast shut them selves. I had no intention to see any fights going on on the janmashtami day

Dev smiled and said " Thank u for atleast accepting me dashing"

Radhika: The dress gave u a dashing look, kya karoo, accept karna toh padega na.

Dev sighing said "Toh. I am dashing becoz of my costume, then fine, I will remove it now only."

Radhika: Dev, please yaar.. don't make this one a circus . please...

Dev: Radhika, then please stop ur mischevious ness.

Radhika:Genes mein jo aata hain na, vo chahte bhi nahi remove kar sakhte hain, then how can I change my self Dev. (What we get in genes, we can't remove it by intention. How can i change my self then??)

Dev all of a sudden became serious he was getting remembrance on his own words " She has to change herself. She loves me right, then she should change her self, then only will I accept her love. "

Radhika:Where did u lost ur self haan...

Dev said " Radhika if u love any one won't u change ur self atleast for him"

Radhika stopped walking she got remembrance of those words she heard from Dev " She has to change herself. She loves me right, then she should change her self, then only will I accept her love. "

Radhika sighed and said " If he truly love me, then he will accept me as I am, becoz its what love was. and I won't change my self for any one, "

Dev:If ever he say that he will love u only if he change himself.

Radhika was a bit front of Dev so Dev can't her face. Radhika had tears in her eyes she said " Love will never ask a thing from the one whom u love, love means giving. so for me if ever he say me that he love me only when I change my self, that means he doesn't truly loves me. And I won't change my self as it is what I am, it is the way in which my mother brought me up. "

Dev:Means, u will stop loving him.

Radhika:No Dev, I will never stop loving him... he doesn't love me that doesn't mean that I too should stop loving him and should get another boy friend, then how it will be love. and when I love that person truyl how can I forget him and can get other boy friend. I can't deceive my self Dev"

Dev thought to him self "May be u forgot ur memory Radhika, but ur behavior didn't change. then why can't I find this good ness in u Radhika. Why did u always appear to me negative then! why??. "

Radhika smiled and said "Dev... tum na kabhi kabhi aisa behave karta ki(U behave some times like/...)... chodo.(Leave it off..) . shall we leave now. its already 1:00 if we sit here chatting they will close of mela and all my plans will be of disaster."

Dev smiled and said "lets leave, wait I will call mom and say we will come in one hour"

Radhika:Okay... I will keep walking.

Radhika was walking thinking "Why should I change Dev? I am sure that u will love me ,by my true way. I know I used to behave a bit different then, but its not me Dev, its a Radhika who was bound by her inferiorness, who was bound by her relatives. But this Radhika was none of the both. This Radhika was true Radhika, the Radhika that has been from her childhood and the Radhika that has been brought up by her mother. and this Radhika will never change her self. Never change/ and she won't even show false behaviour about her self, becoz she was free, she was free from her relatives, she was free from the clutches of those people who claim to love her but doesn't "

Dev came to Radhika and Radhika immediately wiped off her tears with out Dev's reognitinon and Dev said " Mom was scolding that we are roaming a lot. but I said chill dear and some how she accepted."

Radhika smiled and Dev showed her giant wheel and said "Chalo. we will sit in it. "

Radhika:Giant wheel...

Dev:What happened.

Radhika:I am accustomed to it some how, but still I am feared of it.

Dev started to laugh...

Radhika:Dev seriously, I am accepting it as my week ness, won't u get fear of any thing in ur life, then why are u laughing at me.

Dev:Sorry sorry, but u will get fun, I will sit beside u and u can catch me tightly if ever u are frightened.

Radhika:Please. dev. u go in, I will stand here and watch u,

Dev:Radhika... why are u such frightened, we has to get over our fears from time to time , common yaar...

Radhika looked at Dev she was remembering her ddji, the person whom she loved the most mroe than her mother , he always used to keep Radhika beside him and say "Radhu bachi, we always have to get over our fears from time to time... other wise we will be nothign but a failure"

Dev:What happened.

Radhika:Nothing..

Dev:Then come

Radhika nodded. and Dev tapped her from back saying "Good good"

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