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msmarple

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Posted: 9 years ago

#81

Wonderful to have you back. Looking forward to the progression of the story :-)

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kanthi_chks

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Posted: 9 years ago

#82

Thank you for posting the summary Sandhya. It was awesome reading it. But it also made me realize how much I missed HOT and also want to go read all the chapters again.

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AquaSandhya

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Posted: 9 years ago

#83

Continued below ...

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AquaSandhya

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Posted: 9 years ago

#84

Continued from above ...

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Dear Friends,

How was it? I am not exaggerating but i spent a harrowing few days trying to come up with this chapter. Rusty brain, rusty fingers, rusty thoughts and rusty what not 😆

I will sincerely and seriously appreciate your honest feed back. I have never shied away from harsh reviews and neither will I begin to do that now. So please do express your opinions freely.

Please excuse the typos and any other mistaken that were inadvertently made.

Those who enjoyed the update, hit like.

Those who want to receive pm's for this story, buddy me. I do send notifications.

Thanks for your love and patience.

Love

Sandhya

P.S - To those of you who are at a loss because of the extensive gap in time between posts in recent time...check page 1 of this thread for a summary of the story so far. Hope that helps :D

Also...also, I didn't send out pms for chapter-10. Those of you didn't read it and want to...(a little too late for this reminder but) check it out for understanding the story better :D

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Arshi67

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Posted: 9 years ago

#85

Sweet! Charu ;)

Sorry for the very late unres 😳

And seamlessly you joined Khushi as she made her way back home Sandhya, bringing to life the landscape so beautifully once again.

Nosy relatives ... we've all seen it, endured it, loathed it but tolerated it for the sake of proprietary. I loved how adroitly Khushi's Paati handled the situation.

It always makes me stop and think when parents cut off ties with their children simply because their ego can't take it. Are we so subservient to what society thinks and what we feel is best for the child that we can just let go? But it happens all around us and in all walks of life.

It's nice to see Aakash and Lavanya's friendship bloom under the auspices of an egging on Khushi! Her cute machinations amusing to see.

Arnav's "Hi" had me swooning. The intensity with which you showed them affected by the other was just swoon worthy. Arnav's slowly building frustration was really well brought out. One could feel it creeping up and could even empathise with it. But, Khushi's insecurities are also understandable. With her own inner demons and with so much of their past unresolved, not least his mother's bitterness towards her, being together will never be easy. All of Arnav's even temper and patience and then some more will be needed.

"The man in her dreams" was the thought that came to her ... "the man of her dreams" is what I'm waiting for her to accept :)

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1chilly

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Ruchi! You took my place. Main dekh loongi. 😡

One can understand Khushi's exhasperation with meaningfully interfering relatives.😆

And the marriage talk!

I could imagine how pretty she must be looking in the dress you described so well.

Loved the whole set up for the dinner party.

How I missed the lovely descriptions that you write so skillfully from a designer's point of view! Really enjoyed reading that part.

And where is the dinner menu? Miss those too.

Aakash seems to be falling hard for Lavanya.

Hope he doesn't take any hasty decisions and takes things slowly.

One can understand Arnav's anger and impatience.

Khushi comes out here as a fickle minded person who cannot decide what she wants from life.

She seems to have decided that she doesnot deserve to be happy.

She better get her act straightened up or she will lose the best thing that happened to her.

Can we hope for updates every thursday?

You know I'm greedy, don't you?

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ranogill

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Posted: 9 years ago

#87

Happy to see new update on this wonderful story... Very good update to introduce everyone ... Now real interesting part coming up as arnav on the door..

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Kamala

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Posted: 9 years ago

#88

Welcome back Sandhya .

When it comes to the matter of love , it won't be easy for Khushi and Arnav .Their past is so complicated to experience the joy of love easily . But I am glad that like adults they shared their feelings .

And I always believes in this theory ;If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never meant to be.

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canapoem

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Posted: 9 years ago

#89

Welcome back Sandhya. 🤗

Hands of Time - the phrase itself gives me goosebumps whenever I think of your story and the title.

People say time heals everything. Does it really? Or does it just mask the unhealed wounds with translucent layers of passing moments and when these moments get blown away by the winds of memories, it can be seen that the wounds are still raw and hurting !!!!

Madhu, what a brave woman!!!

A woman who dared to go against the norms of the society, who swam against the tides and today she has earned the respect of not just the characters in the story but my respect too as a reader.

Women like Madhu who can stand up against any kind of abuse they face are very much required in many societies and cultures.

And Uma herself is a great woman. I am sure that if Madhu could stand up against abuse, Uma's way of bringing her up was responsible to a great extent.

Akash and Lavanya seem to have hit of quite well. I hope La does know about Akash's past and she is okay with it.

Akash is a genuinely nice guy and hope this time he finds love and happiness.

Uff, these nosy relatives, they are like these parasites always trying to find gossip material out of others lives.

Finally Arnav and Khushi. It hurts me to see both of them suffering like this. It pains that Khushi wants to end this even before beginning it.

It is strange that for someone like Khushi who was born in a family of fighters, who was raised up among rebels, chickened out today before the start of something amazing.

Why does she feel guilty of being happy? Why does she think that she does not deserve joy in her life? Yes, what happened with Anjali was unfortunate, but it was not Khushi's fault. It could have happened to anyone and it is still happening. How long is she going to blame herself for what happened? And the sad part is, she is hurting so many in the process and the latest one to join the club is Arnav.

I hope she understands one day that thinking about herself or her happiness once in a while does not make her selfish.

I wished, how I just wished that in the end she just ran into his arms forgetting everything and everyone.

But her inner demons are much stronger than her urge to love someone or be loved by someone.

Her state reminds me so much of the song from the movie "Masoom".

Tujhse naaraz nahi zindagi
Hairaan hoon main
Ho..hairaan hoon main
Tere masoom sawalon se
Pareshaan hoon main
Ho..pareshan hoon main

Jeene ke liye socha hi nahi
Dard sambhalne honge
Muskuraaye to muskuraane ke
Karz utaarne honge
Muskuraun kabhi to lagta hai
Jaise hothon pe karz rakha hai

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KbhG64nLaM[/YOUTUBE]

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