Part -3
Present time….
At KM…
Naina has been praying for her son’s well being and she is waiting for Maan to come out of this mess and look forward to a better beautiful life ahead instead of sulking in the past…
Meanwhile, Pammy has revived her wish to see Sameera as the Khurana bahu, babaji har kissi ko aaisa dubara mokha nahi dethe, She has to capitalize on this second chance without fail….
Since Pammy doesn’t have a child with Jagdish, her insecurities about her future in the Khurana Khandan have increased, she fears that she wouldn’t have any hold on this family after Jagdish…. Remember she is just 12 yrs older than Maan, she has a long life to take care of….
Earlier Pammy made the deal about Sameera’s marriage into the khurana family, only because the Khanna sisters lost their parents earlier, which made them live at the mercy of some distant relative…. Then too Pammi supported her sisters by doing some domestic jobs….
Her other two sisters were big enough to earn a bit by working in the local mill, and were almost at the marriage age, Jagdish married them off one by one soon after their marriage, he took care of all the wedding expenses and dowry as he had already agreed to do so in order to marry Pammy, but Sam was too young…. She was only 9 then…. Pammy was 22 then, she wanted to secure Sam’s future as well then itself….
Pammy wanted her sister to stay with her in Delhi after marriage, Sam actually is lucky to have a better life than her other sisters, she had the luxury of getting the best education at Delhi…
Jagdish was never happy to accept Maan as his son, and later some Astrologers misguided him into this second marriage to prolong his life and have a child of his own which is only acceptable as it is every man’s dream, to become a father…. Jagdish did another blunder by pledging Maan’s life in return for his own good, that’s what Maan would never accept….
After the second marriage, Jagdish has become a “Joru ka Gulam” completely…
If not for Maan, Naina wouldn’t have stayed back… such was her condition at KM…
She has moved to the OH and has never entered KM since then…
Jagdish rarely visits her since Pammy doesn’t like it….
Maan too has never stepped into KM and has little or no interest in his uncle’s other family…
Maan has hardly interacted with Sam, maybe on a couple of occasions… he never bothers to know about anything even remotely related to Pammy…. Somehow he never liked her….
But Sam’s problem is that she has been given high hopes of marrying MSK, he is her dreamy prince….
Sam was so dejected after Maan said no for the marriage and so she left for higher studies not able to bear Maan’s rejection…. She could never forget Maan… now she is back to win over MSK again, and this time she has no opposition….
Maan too is weak and at a very low point in his life…. Best time to try her luck, haina?
Though she had come to terms with the reality of losing MSK, fate has favoured her by giving her another chance and thus rekindling her feelings for Maan…
Will she succeed this time? Looks like she has got a lot of support this time around….
Yes, Pummy has the support of Naina …..
Pummy has had a “no love, no hate” relationship with Naina until Naina turned against her wish to get Sameera married to Maan…
But Naina has changed her mind now, and so Pummy has no reason to hate her….
Naina was never a threat for Pummy….
Jagdish didn’t give any importance to Naina as she couldn’t bear a child for him….
Moreover, Naina has always been on the sideline, she stepped back from Jagdish’s life after his second marriage and from then on Maan has become her world…
Maan didn’t like the way Jagdish treated Naina , it was not her fault that they didn’t have any children, but she had to take all the blame since she is a woman…
Maan learnt how not to treat one’s wife from Jagdish…. Maan has not known his parents much for they died in an accident when he was two, since then Naina has taken care of him like his own mother…
Pummy thinks that it’s her victory that Maan faced such a failure, she keeps telling everyone that Maan deserves that because he dumped Sameera for no reason, she tells that it’s Maan’s karma punishing him for ditching poor Sameera….
Pummy also says that Maan should marry Sameera, then only his sin would be forgiven… or else his karma would keep chasing him to the end….
Naina never liked to see her son ruining his life after what happened….
Now she wants him to marry Sam….
Maan has neither agreed nor disagreed for the marriage, Maan feels that he is very bad at decision making, when Naina gave him the right to make a choice last time, he was a bit selfish, he only thought about his interests, his liking and his own happiness…
He never thought about Naina , whose life is all about Maan and his happiness, had she wanted she could have left her pathetic life at her sasuraal and had a much happier life at her mother’s place….
Naina’s brother has married and settled at his in-law’s place, her other sisters are happily married living in different villages around here, her parents are still very active and they always wanted Naina to come and live with them….
But Naina can’t leave Maan alone, and if she takes Maan with her to her mother’s house, then Jagdish would happily transfer the entire property to that Pummy…
Maan has rights over half the property if not the entire wealth…
Maan is the only heir in this generation, and moreover Naina will give her share in this family fortunes as the legal wife of Jagdish to Maan only….
Naina is not so evil or greedy to claim her share from that Pummy forcefully, she wants everyone to be happy, she is here for Maan and will make sure Maan gets what he deserves, the entire part of his parents’ share in the Khurana wealth…
Now Maan feels guilty of being selfish and making the wrong choices which not only hurt him but also his selfless mother Naina …
Naina ’s only wish or only request is that Maan marries Sameera and give her peace, she just wants to see her son happily married….
Maan keeps silent whenever Naina asks him to move on from his failed past and start afresh by marrying Sameera, who is already a part of this family…
and Sam loves Maan since her childhood…. She will be the perfect bahu for this family….
Jagdish is very particular that Sameera marries Maan because then he will have a hold of this entire wealth as always…
Naina kept pestering him to hand over Maan’s share to them, and let him live independently…
Naina wished to move out of KM more than anyone, she wanted to go out and live in peace with her son, going far away from her stupid husband and his second family, she hates to be anywhere near them….
Jagdish has already transferred a part of the lands and KM into Pammy’s name as a part of the deal to marry him….
And now that property will not go out, Pummy’s share will be coming home to the Khuranas again if Sam marries Maan….
Naina took Maan’s silence as a yes and has started talking about the wedding…
she is only waiting for Sam to finish her post graduation,
Naina likes Sam, she is such a pure and innocent soul… her only weakness is that she is that stupid, wicket Pummy’s sister….
Otherwise Sam is the perfect bride every saas would prefer for her son….
Pammy wanted Sam to quit her studies and come back….
What’s the necessity for all that degree?
Life has given her a golden opportunity and shouldn’t mess with that for life doesn’t give a second chance for everyone….
Sam knows that Maan needs more time to come out of the past and think about marriage, she is not in any hurry, she knows Maan very well, if not for Naina’s non-stop pestering Maan would never think about marriage…
Let Maan take his own time and come to her, she is not going after Maan blindly because the elders want to be happy…
It's been three months since they decided about Maan’s wedding with Sam… .
This time Maan neither said ‘no’ nor did he say ‘yes’, he didn’t bother, he remained quiet just watching the proceedings…
The elders went ahead with their plans as there is no resistance from Maan this time…
Then Maan just disappeared and no one had any clue where he was…
Now Maan has come back, he has given up his Yogi avatar and is looking like the prince of KM again..
Naina is happy to see Maan all ready to embrace life once again…
That’s true, Maan is now ready to take charge of his life again…
He is ready to go out and regain whatever he has lost…
Pummy is not going to wait for anyone this time..
Pummy orders Sam to come back as they are going to have the rokha function..
Sam comes home…
Jagdish has seen the pandit and fixed the date for the rokha ceremony…
Pummy goes to inform Naina…
Sam too goes with her…
Sam gets Naina’s blessings..
Naina: kush raho beta, so you are happy now
Sam smiles…
Naina: we should not keep postponing the wedding more, let me talk to Maan about it
Pummy: Haan, aap pehle Maan ko bathao ki Shukravar ko inki rokha rakha hai
Naina is shocked to hear that…
Naina: ye kaise hua?
Pummy: woh abhi abhi Panditji se milke aaye hai
Naina: par Maan se baat karne se pehle ye sab kaise ho sakta?
Pummy: iss bar Maan ne sab kuch aap ke upar chod diya haina didi?
Naina: Haan, toh tum log jaake tayaari karo
Naina calls Maan…
Naina: Maan, aap ne kya socha hai? Aap kitne din aaise rahoge?
Maan: aaise kaise?
Naina: abhi toh shadhi karlo beta, Sam bhi aagayi hai, woh aur kitna intezar kar sakti?
Maan: meine intezar karne ko nahi kaha, woh chahe toh abhi kissi ko bhi shadhi kar sakti, meine kab rokha ?
Naina: kaise baat kar rahe ho Maan? Sam ne kya bigada hai tumhare?
Maan: maa, mein abhi bhi shadhi ke liye tayaar nahi hoon, mein Sam se nahi kissi aur ladhki se bhi shadhi karke uske zindagi ko bhi barbad nahi kar sakta
Naina: Maaaaaan?
Maan: maa, mujhe maaf kardo, ye mujhse nahi hoga
Naina: toh mein Sam se kya kahoon?
Maan: usse kaho ki mera intezar mat karna
Naina: ye mein kaise keh sakti?
Maan: aap ko ye sab mujhse pooche bina nahi karna chahiye tha maa
Naina: lekhin Maan, aap ne mana bhi nahi kiya tha
Maan: abhi bhi mein mana nahi kar raha hoon
Naina: hum kuch nahi samjhe, aap kya chahte ho aakhir?
Maan: thoda waqt
Naina: aur kitna waqt chahiye aapko? Waqt kuch nahi badal sakta, insaan ko kudh badalna padtha hai, aap ko bhi badalna hai Maan
Maan: aap ab badla hua Maan ko hi dekh rahi ho, ab mujhe patha chal gaya hai ki mujhe kya karna hai aur mein kya chahta hoon
Naina: par humme ab kuch patha nahi ki hum kya karein
Maan: aap ko bas ye shadhi ko thodi din postpone karna hai
Naina: aur kitne bar kar sakte? Iss bar toh hum bhi kuch nahi kar sakte hai Maan
Maan: mujhe patha hai ki aap mere liye kuch bhi kar sakte ho
Maan goes and hugs Naina…
Now, Naina can’t say no to her son…
Every child knows how to handle their mother… haina?
Sam has not done the right thing, she should have ignored her ego and listened to her sister this time and come earlier, for Maan has changed his mind in the middle and has found a new agenda to fulfill…
Maan has decided to divert his mind onto business so that he could clear his mind and then think further about his future, his hasty decision to marry in a confused state of mind might cost him a lot….
He has lost everything now, he has to regain his hold on his life and reclaim it before anyone else takes it over from him…
Maan is his own master, but his weakness, and his one mistake because of that weakness, has made him vulnerable and he lost control of his life….
It’s high time he took charge of his life, he has not given up yet, he knows that no one but only MSK could bring back his happiness and not anyone else, like his mother Naina thinks…
Maan is going on an adventure, he doesn’t know what will he return with..
Happiness, lost life or empty hands…
Maan can’t commit anything because he is going in search of his past, he wants to find something he had lost, he doesn’t know what is going to happen in the end, he is ready to accept anything, but what about Sam?
As usual Naina tells everyone that Maan is not going anywhere and they should not pressurize Maan for they don’t want another disaster…
Sam has to wait a little bit more, MSK ko pana itna aasaan nahi hai…
Naina has always kept telling Maan to go somewhere far and spend some time away from his past so that he could slowly forget everything and start thinking about his future…
Maan has been thinking on this line too, a change of place could do him good….
And babaji also has better plans for Maan away from his hometown…
At Chennai…..
It’s Sunday morning….
Geet is sleeping….
The thoughts of her past keep visiting her often…
Geet finished her graduation in bio sciences and engineering, specialized in synthetic biology, with flying colors…
Geet got placement in the research department of a well known medical centre in Singapore…
Geet was so excited for the opportunity she had got and was happy to join such a prestigious institution…
Geet went to Singapore and joined the medical centre…
On her first day…
Geet is a little nervous, it’s a new place, new people…
There are people from different parts of the world working there…
Some of them are from India too…
Mostly from the south of India… Mainly Tamilnadu…
Geet meets a new friend Meena there ….
Meena is from Mumbai, but she is a Tamilian by native..
Her grandparents are in Tamilnadu…
Meena is also a new recruit and she is pathology…
Meena is distributing sweets to celebrate her placement…
She comes towards Geet…
Geet hesitates..
Meena: hai, I am Meena
She comes to hug Geet…
Geet couldn’t do anything but to accept her love…
Meena: you look just like my little sister Janu
Geet smiles ..
Meena: do you even speak?
Geet: yes
Meena: Tamila?
Geet: nahi
Meena: Punjabi?
Geet: how do you know?
Meena: we have the same vibe, Tamilians and Punjabis, haina?
Geet: I don’t know
Meena: Mumbai mein hummare friends Punjabis hai, in our building
Geet smiles looking at Meena’s non stop talking …
Meena: you have a cute smile
Geet: thanks, what’s this?
Geet is seeing this sweet for the first time…
Meena: thean mittai, honey balls you can say
Geet likes it ..
Geet: it’s good
Meena: ok, we started with sweet, now breakfast, come …. What’s your name?
Geet: Geet
Geet doesn’t like to say Handa ….
Meena: Geet, let’s go
Geet: I already had my breakfast
Meena: so what? I want company, come on yaar
They go to the nearby restaurant…
Its an Indian restaurant…
Geet: I will have just tea
Meena: what? No, you must eat something, try the samdar Vada Geet
Meena orders for Geet…
Geet likes the food and also Meena…
They become friends easily…
They go back to the institution…
They are a little late..
Geet is not ready to be late on her first day at work…
Geet runs to get to work on time…
She collides into someone…
“Careful”
He catches hold of her and stops her…
Geet looks at the person..
He is a young man, dashing Punjabi Munda..
Geet: I’m sorry
“what’s the hurry?”
Geet: it’s my first day, I will be late
“Congrats, miss?”
Meena has just come…
Meena: “Geet”, she is my friend, I’m Meena
Geet doesn’t like speaking to strangers and Meena is so friendly, what’s the need to tell the name?
Geet: we are getting late, com on, let’s go
Geet forcefully takes Meena from there and leaves…
Meena: hare Geet, wait, he looks like a good person
Geet: good looks doesn’t mean that he is a good person
Meena: so you too took notice of him? You can take him, I will find other options, he likes you
Geet: what rubbish?
Meena: every love story starts like this only Geet
Geet: I am here to work and make a difference
Meena: all work and no fun will make your life boring Geet, jiyo dil kol ke
Geet: ok, bye, see you in the evening
Meena: bye Geet
To be continued….
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