SS: Keeping Khushi: Thread 6 Part 59 Pg 110 - Page 58

Smita, 😊

Here is my interpretation to Part 57.

LEVANT BLANC, the wind that brings good weather, is what that has approached the Raizada Mansion.

We see the change in the attitude of Mami who has accepted Payal as her Bahu and has understood her very well.

"Good mothers know that their relationship with each of their children is like a movable feast, constantly changing and evolving"

~ Sue Woodman

Her relationship with her son has evolved so much that not only has she accepted Payal but is ready to have a hearty laugh with her husband imagining the behavior of her son and daughter-in-law

"Mamiji giggled.

Mamaji asked her, "Kya baat he, Manno?"

"I bas thinking of Akash Bitwaa and Payaliyaa. And their honeymoonwaa!"

Mamaji stared at her.

"The night will be over in their Pehle Aaap, Pehle Aaap, Hello Hi Bye Bye!", Mami laughed, clutching her stomach.

Mamaji joined in"

The direction of the wind has changed and is bringing good weather. Laughter is reining here.

"Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it"~ Bernard Meltzer

The next morning during the late breakfast Arnav Singh Raizada and Kushi were trying to tell the family that she was in the family way. The family got worried at their half sentences. After much stuttering by both, Arnav Singh Raizada told his Nani that she will soon get to see her great grandchild. This heralds celebration among them.

He cleared his throat, and said, "Nani, you... you will get your great grandchild soon."

He quickly bent his head & took a sip of his coffee.

Nani stared at him with her mouth open for a few seconds, and then let out a joyful cry, "Chotey? Khushi Bitiyaa?"

The rest of the family caught on, and they jumped up from their seats, and hugged Arnav & Khushi. Anjali was teary-eyed with happiness.

"Thank God, thank God.", she chanted.

"A small baby! Chotey's chotey!", Mami did a glad dance around the room.

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared"~ Buddha.

Anjali ordered her Chotey not to go to office that day but to take Kushi to her gynaecologist, get her checked up and also to find out and let them know all the precautions that needs to be taken during pregnancy to ensure Kushi's legs do not pain. Kushi smiled seeing the love showered on her. Mami too was happy that her Payal being a doctor would be of help. She asks NK to marry a doctor too. Then two of them can look after Kushi. NK gave a dry smile that was observed by Arnav carefully.

The life of Raizada's had been one of turmoil all along. With the advent of Kushi in their life, things started to take a u-turn. Now with the announcement of the addition of a youngest member to the family the atmosphere changed. The wind bringing the change has blown. The usual solemn and sober breakfast was filled with gaiety.

Akash and his bride who had reached Shimla the previous night, had been pleasantly surprised to see the cute cottage of Kushi. Tired by the two day continuous ceremony they had gone in for an early night. When they went for the sight-seeing they were too shy even to hold hands. But a brush with a vehicle brought Payal into the arms of Akash and the ice was broken. This set the tone for their romance.

Here too the wind that brings the good weather blew breaking through their barrier and helping them to enhance their relationship.

Arnav Singh Raizada, though a ruthless businessman and perceived by others as a khadoos and akhdoo, is very sensitive and attuned to the feelings of his brothers, all thanks to the influence of living with Kushi. Seeing the unhappiness quietly oozing out of the effervescent NK he orders his trusted lieutenant, Aman to collect all the information about Aarti who had been deputed for the wedding by the Mishra's. She doubles up as a mechanic too was the additional information given to Aman.

"What happened, Boss? Did she steal something? Is it a police case?"

Arnav sighed. "She did steal something, but it is not a police affair. I can't file a report saying that NK has lost his heart to her."

Aman laughed. "I will see to it at the earliest, Boss."

Here we see the change that Arnav Singh Raizada is trying to bring into the life of his brother, NK. He who was filled with apathy towards marriage, with the advent of Kushi in his life, is now trying to help NK with his love life.

The change in the wind is seen not only in helping his brother but also in his attitude. We see him sharing a lighter moment with his deputy which previously was unheard of!

When NK went to Mishra's to meet Aarti the receptionist wondered who this person was who referred to her Boss by her first name. Coming to know his name she informs Aarti about the visitor. Aarti from her cabin, noticing him taking in the ambience of the office, told the receptionist to inform him that she is out working and take the message. When NK gets this message he feels deflated.

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it" ~ Henry Ford

He writes a message with a box to be given to Aarti and leaves the premises.

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination"

~ Jimmy Dean

Aarti on receiving it sees the box is filled with sweets and reads the letter.

Aarti,

Khushi Bhabi is pregnant. I just wanted to share the good news with you. And to give you the sweets.

I hope you are well. And missing me. At least a little.

I am going to be a chacha. Don't you want to be Khushi Bhabi's baby's chachi?

This gesture of NK brings in a lump in her throat. She is touched. She sees the determination in NK. She had heard from him that he'll not rest until he marries her, but seeing him pursue her brings in an unknown emotion in her. She is touched that he wants to share his happiness with her.

"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" ~ Percy Bysche Shelley

Here too the change in the type of wind has set in. From the cold winter winds to the cool soothing spring winds - the wind that will bring good weather

That night Aarti offers the sweet that NK brought to her mother

"Khushiji is pregnant. NK, her devar, brought this to our office."

This news elicits a smile from her mother, who takes a peda from the box and shares it with Aarti. Aarti too smiles seeing her mother smile.

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight"

~ Phyllis Diller

Seeing her mother smile she has realized that the direction of the wind has changed. The fair weather wind has approached. She is able to reach out to her mother who had become a basket of nerves before!

Anjali who had gone to the temple was engrossed in her thoughts about her Happy World! Looking forward to the new arrival who would call her Bua, happiness of her Chotey with Kushiji, happiness of Akash, Payal, Nani, Mama, Mami, Baba and his children, Babuji, Amma and Buaji! Basking in their happiness she felt her world was complete! But still she felt a small string pull at her heart!

"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires"

~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Thinking her pain to be one among the crowd, masking it up, head bent she started to walk down the steps only to have her path blocked. Looking up she saw a pair of eyes smiling at her!

"Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it'll come and sit softly on your shoulder" ~ Thoreau.

She saw the Prince of her Dreams, Her Anand, Her Happiness, the one to whom she had given her heart, right in front of her making her nerveless! He who had rejected the proposal made on her behalf was asking her whether she was tired of waiting for him!

The wind had brought in good weather to Anjali Singh Raizada too.

PICK OF THE DAY

Today every instance has been of utmost importance to the person concerned as well as the family. Still the most poignant of them was

Anjali looked at him with wide eyes and an open mouth. The thali dropped from her nerveless fingers. He caught it deftly.

"A..anandji...i...", she whispered.

He smiled at her. "Got tired of waiting for me, Anjali?", he asked in his low, husky voice.

At last all her prayers are being answered. Anjali who has suffered a lot all through her 30 years of life, with a bad leg, with a broken family, betrayal of her father, broken heart is finally getting a shot at her own happiness. She had made it her goal to be happy, deriving happiness, from the happiness of the people close to her, around her.

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather" ~ John Ruskin

She had seen how with the advent of Kushi into the family, wind had turned from the cold arctic wave to the cool Mediterranean wave, bringing happiness to all.

"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction" ~ Chanakya

Now with Anand coming in the picture, her hopes of having a shot at that elusive happiness have sprouted. Her Happiness, happiness of the only daughter of the family, means happiness to the entire Family.

Without her happiness, all happiness in the family remains incomplete.

That is why LEVANT BLANC, the wind that brings in good weather, good Mediterranean weather holds good!

That's it for today!

Hope you like it.

ADDENDUM

I must compliment you for the choice of name.

After all the struggles in life, Arnav finds his kushi in Kushi and Anjali her anand in Anand!!!

Way to go siblings!! Way to write Smita!!!!

Originally posted by: -_-harsh42

Seriously Smi?!

What's with you pairing Anjali and Anandji?!

And imagining that Anandji as Kunal Kapoor?!

Not that I am complaining. . . . They indeed make an awesome pair. . . .

But the face is all that is required to imagine what you write. . . And the faces suit quite well!! :D

Great going, cool mama!! 🤗

PS: I had to edit and let you know the grin I had on my face when I called you a "cool mama". . . 😃

Also, I hope you don't mind! 😳

Originally posted by: smitar

Cool Mama!!! What a compliment! Thank u!