~ArHi FF~#1~The Hands of Time~ - Page 69

Khushi has been a darling of her parents and if you come up with one resignation after another ,they are bound to be shocked ...and she left them in search of Anjali or the memories which she want to rewrite? ..

Hi Sandy,Thanks for the pms.I totally fell in love with Khushi's character in the prologue,but in chapter1,I respect her.This is a story that holds the promise of soulful insight in our lead's lives.A promise you have always delivered and much more.Both the updates are beautifully written (as usual)and emotionally draining too.I wonder how you manage to acheive this feat.Thanks for the brand new story and the excitement of waiting for a new update to see what happens next.

Now that was a wonderful start sandhya. Khushi's panic attacks and who is that man thinking of victims?? What happened to Anjali? Is she alive or is it some kind of trick by her family to avoid khushi? So many mysteries. Will wait for the story to unfold.

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

- Haruki Murakami ---- Very true!

The charming blue and ivory Nilgiris toy train chugged and smoked its way through vast stretches of rice fields swaying peacefully to the early morning breeze. ---What an opening scene S! I wish I could go someplace like this...You have this charm...in DND you tempted me with Nainital beauty and here you are charming me with nilgiris..all of this train ride of Khushi, the way you described Nature, its pushing me to take a vacation and go some where...like Khushi is doing here...;-)

However, the way Khushi battled the panic attack gave me a shudder...the rubber band trick..is it advised?

The wind whispered around her ears and kissed her cheeks like a long-lost friend. -Sweet! Peaceful! Loving! It seems to me like Nature is a caring mom...Of course, she is...nature at times soothes like this..like an invisible protective hand sweeping over us..

The pain of something being ripped out of the very fabric of you doesn't easily heal, especially when the gaping hole it left happens to be in the heart. It almost becomes impossible to fill that vacuum when one holds oneself responsible for the failure.---nice scripting! That bitterness of failure was perfect!

Ok...Now Khushi's profession and her angst at justice not being served..nice theme.. NK for editor...cool! Bangalore, once-upon-a-time garden city of India was successfully ruined in the name of development.---aha! A dig at Bangalore!:-) he he...

A ticking time bomb, that's what I am, she opined silently. How was she going to defuse the unrelenting anger inside her? ---again I loved this feeling of khushi! It's the raw emotion!

It began as a flickering thought. Then sparked, perked and charged until the realization took on a life of it's own. Before she knew, the idea was firmly entrenched inside her."Loved the way you wrote this - again ideas spring up like this.

The turn of destiny - I would say when I read about Shashi and Garima's current status and interests..they took what they are best in to great heights and success!

Hot shower and warm food were Garima's answers to most problems ---very true!! I too agree!

"I forgot earlier. Jaya made your favourite Nellore fish curry. She asked me to tell you that it's extra spicy today and she cooked it with raw mango." ---Mouth watering!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Festering over a issue without addressing it could eat away at your core until there wasn't anything left of you.---again, a reality!

I should tell you, more than Shashi's anger at being a failed parent, I can understand Garima's helplessness and confusion about Khushi. Every mother feels helpless when she cant help her child from being unhappy and disturbed..And fathers do react like Shashi...I have one at home who gets angry when he feels I am not making sense..I dunno why, but I did feel a connect with Shashi-Garima-Khushi conflict and confrontation!

What a brilliant start...Is that Arnav who was looking at her in the train. First chapter you started with a leap of 20 years which means we have to wait to know what has happened to Her Highness...Very precise and detailed chapter...loved the way you described Khushi's personality. You have a way to play with words and explain them very well.

You described Bengaluru exactly how it is now...by any chance you belong to that place.

Garima is very supportive and open about her opinions whereas Shashi is thinking negative about his daughter...I know they both are right as Khushi is still living in past as Shashi said she is finding Anjali in each and every victim.

I hope Anjali is fine and will be waiting for you to reveal the mystery.

I was confused for a while there with the mix of languages... pappu, poriyal, thalli... 😆
So, Shashi is half telugu half tamil and Garima is Rajasthani and they live in Bangalore. Interesting! 😊

The scene with the rubber band gave me chills. Poor Khushi... How tormented must she be to be taking such a step.

The guy with the moustache in the train seems like an important character.. I doubt if it's Arnav though.

The bond that Shashi Garima and Khushi share is so endearing.

I wonder what's Khushi's plan now.

ps: I loved the length of the update. After a certain point, I kept thinking it will end now a lot of times. But it kept going on and on and on. And I loveeed that. And when it did end, I still ended up wanting more. 😊

another mind blowing chapter.. I wonder whether anjali is still alive .. she was wearing khushi's clothes when she got kidnapped right ?? wonder whether kidnappers mistook her as khushi or someone else??
And the stranger on the train wonder who might that be ??
cant wait to see next waiting already ..

Nice story:-) pls add ur buddy list...

i have few questions...

1.a trimly built man of above average height dressed in smart casual and shinny black shoes...who?????

i wish its is arnav😛..

2.He could tell she was different from the others. There was caution eveHe could tell she was different from the others. There was caution even in her recklessness. She had seen suffering. Damaged, he thought. He was sure of it. After all, observing people had helped him approach victims with caution.

super duper observation is he in a detective or something????? for this my mind is telling me that he is not arnav..i thought arnav is anjali's older brother...the bicycle guy...

sandhya u r teasing us a lot yaar...with out giving us names and character stech...