STREE***** DBL. UPDATE pg. 26 ****23/02/2020 - Page 4

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CHAPTER 1

ALL THE NAMES & PLACES ARE FICTITIOUS . Any royal titles, MEDICAL PROCEDURES, MEDICAL TERMS, MILITARY PROCEDURES, MILITARY TERMS, Punjabi terms, architectural terms, IT terms & programs, office hierachy, wedding rituals, etc. There also maybe some HINDU MYTHOLOGICAL references but they all are from my imagination hence THEY ARE NOT TRUE. If any resemblance to persons, places, events and stories it is purely coincidental! It has FANTASY (totally untrue) undertones to it. KINDLY READ IF ONLY COMFORTABLE!!!

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Location : MD’s cabin KHURANA CONSRUCTIONS, NEW DELHI

“Maan” or Mr. Maan Singh Khurana (MSK) was busy discussing some important project with Adi, Pandeyji and Sasha when Mr. Jeet Singh Khurana (JSK) walked in without knocking. Seeing the CEO of Khurana Group of Industries, Maan, Adi, Shivshanker Pandey and Sasha stood up. Looking at Adi, Pandeyji and Sasha, JSK grimly said, “Adi, Shivshanker and Sasha, please leave the cabin as I have to talk to my son in privacy.”

For few seconds Adi, Pandeyji and Sasha were taken aback by this unusual order cum request but then they politely withdrew.

“Yes Sir………” Maan started.

“I’m here as a King Satyajeet and a father not as a CEO. Yuvraj Madhav Rao, you have to leave for Kingdom of Kshitija as soon as possible as there is “Swayamvar of Rajkumari Rajlakshmi Ranawat”.”

“Dad, the ritual of “Swayamvar” (bride chooses her own groom) in this day and age?”

“Yes I know beta, but you are forgetting that you are a “Yuvraj” (Crown Prince) and this is your grandmother, Rajmata Savitri Devi’s wish.”

“Theek hai Maharaj jaisi aapki aagya!” (Alright Your Majesty, your wish is my command!)

“Yuvraj, aap Bhim Singhji ko apne saath le jaayiye.” (Crown Prince, please take Bhim Singh with you.)

“Kintu Maharaj………” (But Your Majesty.......)

“Yuvraj yeh Ramgarh ki izzat ka sawal hai. Iss liye rajsi maryaadein nibhaani padhti hain.” (Crown Prince, this is a matter of Ramgarh’s pride. Therefore royal protocol has to be followed.)

“Ji pitaji.” (Yes father.)

“Yuvraj aapne aakhiri baar talwarbaazi kab ki thee?” (When did you last practice sword fighting?)

“Kyun?” (Why?)

“Talwarbaazi ka abhyaas kar lijiyega jaane se pehle. Kyunki “Swayamvar” ki do shartein hain. Pehla ki jo sabse accha talwarbaaz ho aur dusara ki jo Ranawat Rajgharane ke khazaane ka naqshe ko samajh paaye usse hoga Rajkumari Rajlakshmi ka vivaah. Hummein poora vishwas hai ki aap dono sharatein bekhoobi nibha paayenge. Kintu phir bhi abhyaas ki avashiyakta hai.” (Please practice sword fighting before leaving. As sword fighting is one of the condition of “Swayamvar”. First condition is the skill of sword fighting and second condition is the person who can locate the room containing Ranawat’s royal treasure. The person who fulfills both the condition will be a contender of Princess Rajlakshmi’s hand in marriage. I know your performance will be outstanding in both the fields. But practice is necessary.) Saying this Maharaj Satyajeet Singh left. Unknown to Maharaj Satyajeet and Yuvraj Maan, Rajkumar Rudra Pratap had overhead the conversation.

Yuvraj Maan long with Rajkumar Rudra Pratap reached at late night at Ramgarh Palace.

Next morning Maan had just come down dressed in Jodhpurs with riding boots, when he was crossing the stables to reach the royal grounds for riding he saw a strange but heavenly sight. It was in the ground near stable where the stable boys exercised the horses before they were brought for their Royal Highnesses use. Sitting erect on one of their white mare was a delicate, regal and feminine body

wearing beige Jodhpurs with riding boots just like him and face covered with a scarf just leaving her eyes open and placed on the top of the scarf was an oversized helmet. Just then the female made the mare first start with a canter, then a trot, then a gallop followed by horse galloping in speed clearing one hurdle after another. This continued for an hour that too because the mare started to show signs of tiredness and thereby making the rider bring the mare back to the stables. Unable to stop himself Maan went towards the group of four. His main stable man Ram Singh, stable boy Bacchu, the female rider and a middle aged male were present. Seeing Yuvraj Maan approaching Ram Singh, Bacchu, and the middle aged male with the female rider bowed as in appropriate to the Crowned Prince but the female rider courtsied as royal woman do to royal men according to the royal protocol with a straight back, chin slightly raise and a tinge of attitude.

Standing tall and behaving as expected from his royal designation Maan ordered, “Ram Singh, inka parichay.” (Ram Singh, introduction.)

“Hukum hum Kshitija se aayen hain Rajkumari Rajlakshmi ke swayamvar ke liye kuch ashw (horses) khareedne.” (Your Highness, we have come to Kshitija to purchase royal horses for Princess Rajlakshmi’s swayamvar.) Yuvraj Maan felt the female rider stiffen slightly at the mention of “Rajkumari Rajlakshmi ke swayamvar”. The middle aged man explained with head bowed respectfully and folded hands.

Yuvraj Maan inclined his head in understanding and then looked at the female rider whose only eyes were now visible through the slit opening of the scarf. They were extremely beautiful almond shaped and hazel coloured. But the beautiful hazel eyes quickly dropped before him partly due to respect and partly due to shyness. Before he could question any more Rajkumar Rudra Pratap arrived pulling his jacket on and said in English so that the stable staff couldn’t understand their private conversation. “Bhai-sa, why didn’t you tell me last night that you wanted to go for horse riding? I would have made sure to be awake and ready.”

“It was a last moment decision but when I arrived………” Yuvraj Maan said looking at the female rider whose face was covered with a scarf intensely.

The middle aged man immediately rushed to explain, “Kshama kijiyega Yuvraj, yeh humari dhaivti hai. Kyunki humare ghar mein koi nahi hai hum isse ghar mein chod nahi sakte the. Hum hain Munim Shambhu Nath Gupta.” (I apologise Crown Prince, this is my grand daughter. As there was no one at home, I could not leave her at home alone. I’m Munim Shambhu Nath Gupta.)

“Inka naam?” (Her name?) Yuvraj Maan ordered.

“Naam…………?” (Name.............?)

“Geet Handa.” Sweet and melodious voice answered but kept her eyes gazing towards her feet.

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CHAPTER 2

ALL THE NAMES & PLACES ARE FICTITIOUS . Any royal titles, MEDICAL PROCEDURES, MEDICAL TERMS, MILITARY PROCEDURES, MILITARY TERMS, Punjabi terms, architectural terms, IT terms & programs, office hierachy, wedding rituals, etc. There also maybe some HINDU MYTHOLOGICAL references but they all are from my imagination hence THEY ARE NOT TRUE. If any resemblance to persons, places, events and stories it is purely coincidental! It has FANTASY (totally untrue) undertones to it. KINDLY READ IF ONLY COMFORTABLE!!!

ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS DOWNLOADED DO NOT BELONG TO ME BUT BELONG TO THE ORIGINAL UPLOADER. I HAVE JUST USED THEM AS THEY GO WITH MY STORY!

“Geet Handa.” Sweet and melodious voice answered. Maan felt as if he has heard that voice before.

“Bhai-sa, chaliye humare ashw (horses) godhsawaari ke liye tyaar hain.” (Come on Bhai-sa our horses are ready and waiting for us.) Rajkumar Rudra Pratap said pulling Yuvraj Maan but Maan’s eyes were locked with beautiful hazel ones!

Half an hour later when Munim Shambhu Nath Gupta had quoted his last price to Ram Singh and Ram Singh had gone inside the palace to take approval from the royal family. Munimji took Geet far from the stables, next to an old and big banyan tree and after looking around making sure no one is present, Munimji said, “Rajkumari-sa, hum aapse pehle hi keh rahe the ki aapka aana uchit nahi thaa. Yadi Maharaj evam Maharani ko patta chal gaya toh bahut badi samasya ho jaayegi. Aapko Maharaj evam Maharani ka krodh bhi jhelna padhega aur aapne maryaada bhang ki woh alag hi unke krodh ka kaaran hoga!” (Princess, I had warned you earlier that its not wise for you to come. If His Majesty or Her Majesty comes to know there will be serious problem. You will also have to bear the anger of King and Queen besides criticism due to royal protocol being broken.)

“Munimji, aap jaante hai ki hummein beiphisool ke paise kharch karna pasand nahi. Waise bhi Pitaji, Maa-sa aur humari behanein Kshitija mein nahi thee. Hummein naukari par jaane se bhi manna kiya thaa aur hum akele uss bade rajmahal mein aur nahi reh sakte the. Chinta naa karen. Sab sakushal ho gaya hai. Abb Ramgarh rajparivar ko ashw khareedne ke paise dijiye aur phir hum sheeghr wapis Kshitija chalte hain.” (Munimji, you are aware that I detest spending money without reason. Besides Dad, Mom and my sisters were not in Kshitija. Father even forbade me for going to work and I refuse to stay in that Palace all alone. Don’t worry, everything will be fine. Now settle the bill with Ramgarh Palace and lets leave for Kshitija)

“Kintu Rajkumari-sa aapne iss vishaye par dhyaan nahi diya ki yadi Ramgarh aapki honewali sasuraal ho, toh Kshitija ki kitni badnaami hogi?” (But Your Highness you didn’t consider that if Ramgarh is your future in-laws home, what then? It will cause lot of embarassment for Kshitija.)

“Munimji, aab unn batton ke liye bahut der ho chukki hai. Aap ashwon ki khareedaari par dhyaan dein.” (Munimji, its too late for that discussion. You pay for the horses and lets leave.)

Munimji nodded in agreement and said, “Rajkumari-sa woh shweth godhi jiss par aapne ghudhsawaari ki thee woh khareedne ke liye nahi hai.” (Princess that white mare which you were riding is not for sale.)

“Woh toh hum ghodhsawaari karte ki jaan gaye the.” (I has guessed as much seeing its quality.)

Geet was about to remove her scarf when Diwanji said,”Nahi, nahi rajkumari-sa abhi nahi. Ramgarh ki seema paar karne par yeh rumaal hattaiyega.” (No Your Highness not as yet. Wait until we cross the boundary of Ramgarh.) Geet nodded and left her scarf on.

Unknown to Geet and Munimji, Yuvraj Maan had heard the whole conversation as he was leaning on the other side of the big banyan tree fixing the loosen nail on the sole of his riding boots! Hearing the conversation, now Yuvraj Maan was really intrigued to meet Rajkumari Rajlakshmi as well as get to know about her. A girl who could be so brave and daring and enter his Kingdom unannounced was worth meeting. Initially Yuvraj Maan was detesting to go for the Swayamvar, but as it was the question of Ramgarh’s prestige, he agreed to attend it but he decided to give a poor performance so that he doesn’t win. He wanted to search for his twinkle toes and melodious voice beauty that he had seen at the Charity event. But on overhearing the conversation, now he genuinely wants to see Rajkumari Rajlakshmi without her face being covered at the sametime without jeopardizing Ramgarh’s maryaada. But how? First things first and he left for arena which was meant for “talwaar baazi” (sword fighting).

Rudra finished his ride and looked around the stables but was unable to find his Maan bhai. When Rudra asked stable boy Bacchu, where Yuvraj was, the lad answered that Yuvraj is in ‘Prashikshan Mahal’ (Palace for training). Rudra reached to find the best swordsman in Ramgarh profusely sweating and his Maan-bhai pointing the the tip of his sword at the sweating man’s neck. “Maan bhai let me also try.” Rajkumar Rudra said in excitement. For an hour both brother’s duelled, and both were neck to neck but finally Rudra lost as Maan’s flick of wrist made Rudra’s sword drop.

“Bhai……if you……display your skill like this……there is no way………”

“EKAANTH !” (PRIVACY!) Yuvraj Maan ordered before breathless Rudra could finish his sentence.

Once all trainers, servants etc. had left, Rudra again said, “Bhai-sa, aap ‘swayamvar’ ke liye practice kar rahe hain naa?” (Bhai-sa, you are practicing for ‘swayamvar’?)

“Rudra, I’m feeling repulsed at this concept of ‘SWAYAMVAR’. Because true ‘swayamvar’ is where the girl chooses a man whom she would like to spend rest of her life among the men or contestants present. But in this farce of ‘swayamvar’, the girl has no choice. The choice is on the basis of the man’s prowess i.e. sword fighting and architectural skills. Not only is the girl made to feel like a prized catch but men are also treated like a genuine pigs. The person winning the contest is the “winner” and rest of the men “looser”. On top of that contestants don’t even know how Rajkumari Rajlakshmi is? Her likes and dislikes? Her hobbies and interests? How is her behaviour with people in the palace i.e. ministers, gaurds, maids, footmen etc. The contestants don’t even know how she looks. Its a farcical of arrogance, false pride and humiliation given name of “Rajsi Parampara”! It is very demeaning to all the Kingdoms participating. Was it not for Ramgarh’s reputation I would have never agreed.” Maan walked out in anger and disgust. Rudra could understand Maan’s feeling and went to rectify the situation if possible.

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Awsome uodate. Waiting for swayamar

Happy birthday interesting character sketch and prologue

Both chapters amazing

Geet in disguise in maans kingdom

superb updates

maan dislike this swayamwar thing which is forcefull for both girl n boy

maan now going to put his all energy in contest listening rajkumari's talk with munshiji

Loved both the updates, thank you for pm. I loved the way maan expresses his views regarding swayamvar...he is modern with full of respect towards his traditions.

Thanks for PM and double updates.

Maan is going to Geet’s swayamvar and thankfully Geet was there before the swayamvar. Otherwise Maan would have lost the competition deliberately.

I loved how Maan explained why he hated this custom and he was so true.

Waiting for their first official meeting.

Update soon.

Intriguing updates maan is not willing to go for sway amardeep but for prestige he is going will wait for the next update