JNDSD~ My take~Wednesday 15.3.17 ~ Living in their own world..
Love is a sentimental preoccupation, that has the power to entwine the very souls of the parties involved. Being part of the real world ,they somehow float and fade away into a crystal clear realm of their own. The world around can see lovers totally immersed within selves in their own world, where everything to do with the outside world ceases to be. For what remains fragile to the outside world, is the idyllic, ethereal almost surreal image of two souls immortalized in the strong bond of their love. Such was the world of Atharv and Vividha, oblivious of the snow storms caused in their tranquil glass sphere by outside agencies.. foes of true love continue to aim to smash their world of harmony and peace... how long will they go on living in a world of their own, they dreamt off? Till a storm whips up?
The prosperity of the wicked surely gives them a sense of confidence that nothing can go wrong. Suman easily concludes that after seeing what she did, Vividha for definite will stop pursing Atharv as what was apparent to her in Delhi was the truth in black and white. Ah! the joys of misunderstanding raising its ugly head between lovers and parting forever is somewhat guaranteed! The mentor witch warns Suman about her pompous haughtiness, for it's when the head is too much in the clouds calamity strikes. Suman's wickedly prolific mind is restless, she needs to come up with an effective plan, which will keep Atharv festering away in Delhi and Vividha on standby with Madhav right here in Ajmer. She adds arsenic to a glass of milk..
The unclaimed box, ends up at the masters table! It was lost property, found and brought before Atharv, for it was meant for him... no matter how hard the likes of Guddi and Suman tried. Even tears and heartaches of the girl of his dreams couldn't, keep his keen hands from accepting the boxed gift. Will the contents of this box unlock the labyrinth of his mind??already his heart tells him, Madhav's mother was here! Guddi smarts under fear of defeat. As Atharv pulls out the musical glass sphere, mesmerised he looks from the outside on to the transparent orb, where two figures a boy and girl face other ..holding hands. Eyes on each other , staying transfixed, revolving round to the musical chimes, yet not letting go.. Atharv stares at the quaint fragile ornament.. all can see the transparency of their love, yet they see none except themselves. Atharv, ask's Guddi did Madhav's mother leave the gift? Her safest option is to play dumb! and denies not knowing anything.. but Atharv confirms, it was her! such blind surety the heart gives, that one happily follows the sentimental leads! For it gives unexplained solace.. Thus he latches on to this gift ,which he wants to keep. Guddi feels abandoned by Suman, leaving her in a pickle! so , reluctantly she gives into Atharv's want.
In the dark privacy of the night, when his wife is asleep Atharv feels the emotional need to communicate with this strange present. His soul yearns to be engulfed in a glass orb ..he holds the glass ornament and it shakes and stirs up a snow storm.. snow.. he sees her amid the snows.. rolling and his soul bellows Vividha!! yes , Madhav said his mother was called Vividha... Vividha! his soul cries out, depart not from my heart! depart not.. Vividha! his soul questions, why does your name, stir my thoughts, occupy my dreams? Why Vividha ? being a stranger , you seem familiar.. a part of my being.. Vividha! your gift gives to me a fraction of who I was? A man perhaps in love? with you? Why else would I see you in my dreams Vividha?
Still in a world of his own, a glass sphere, Atharv goes looking for his dream girl. For years he searches for her. How long can he be the solitary one in the orb?the howling wind ,the sound of an anklet, and the banging , forces Atharv into Suman's room.. he seeks the woman in his dreams! One with the name, Vividha!! his plight and pleas are heard in the heavens.. a sudden storm of Vividha's sketches blow ,unfurl, dwindle and land on the ground from nowhere! he catches one .. is this what Vividha looks like? never saw Vividha .. so here's the face ,to the thought who sails into his dreams .. Atharv finds the one who he wants to be with, in the glass orb..Vividha!
Keeping up appearances or moving on ..on the rebuff ? but one thing is for sure that seeing Atharv 's true colours forces, Vividha to be grateful for how life treats her , quite well.When asked about her trip to Delhi? whether she was able to find out the reason behind Madhav's trauma.. she brushes it aside , it was her own fears , having him away from them. Vividha recalls Ravish's words about loving and caring for their family and opts to keep husband and wife's conversation as private..plus prefers to keep news about Atharv as a closed chapter..vividha reckons it's pointless to give grief to Uma and Sujata so she gives a diplomatic answer ,that she met with Raghav and wife Gargi, they seemed nice people. She gave them a present..
Evil is alert and not complacent. It thrives on hooding winking people into a complete sense of security and well being. Vividha and the rest of the family are blank to the sinister fact that the enemy resides within them. A vixen in sheep's clothing. Madhav is stared down by Suman.. Ravish thinks it's an accident at play and chives the lad into getting up from the ground unaided.. he believes in teaching his son the rules to good living. Life is full of dips, one has to be strong enough to overcome hurdles.. falling and facing shortfalls is life , but not being able to fight back and give up is the bad option! Says Ravish to Madhav still passed out on the ground, but he gives Vividha a meaningful look ,don't be such a loser... but Madhav is not putting it on.. the child's mouth froths ! Panic buttons are on.. in Ravish's arms, with Vividha following frantically.. Suman smiles, yet once more a victorious smile.. all is going according to plan.. Vividha and Atharv will never meet before the full moon night.. Vividha will have to stay here in Ajmer to over seer her son's safety ..while Atharv.. will be going around in circles in Delhi! Lost! and off track..
Atharv ! has cracked a fissure in his past. He now has a name to go by and by some strange coincidence, he feels he has found the face that matches the name in the sketches. His dreams are about the face in the sketches. Today the glass orb gift, gave him a bit of his past life back to him. he heard himself call out the name of Vividha! and in his mind's eye he saw Vividha's face like the sketch. Boldly he challenges Gargi is this what Madhav's mum looks like? Vividha? She should know! she met her,face to face. Gargi gives him his drugged drink , which he flatly refuses! As by the second, he gets more argumentative, how come she can't confirm that Madhav's mum looks like the sketch? He pleads to Gargi ,she has to take it seriously as this face and Vividha's name troubles him in his dreams.. Gargi, turns on the pregnant wife prerogative , some strange kid turns up in his life, whose mum is called Vividha and he thinks he has some connection with them? Gargi feigns the possessive wife act before Atharv and puts on a contraction coming.. all to detract his badgering her.. Atharv backs off and gives her care for the moment. But Gargi is beginning to get shaken ,with Suman away too.. she's not sure if she can keep a harness on Atharv's memories of Vividha closing in on him..
She came to see him, they didn't meet ,yet she leaves her mark with him. The odds seem against them. Evil is haughty, things are happening which clearly point out that Atharv and Vividha.. never the twain shall meet. Let evil remain under the impression it's on a winner. But both virtue and vice remain baffled by the hand of destiny. It does its own thing! about which mortals both witch and saint are not quite sure of.. Atharv and Vividha apart since four years are very much in their glass sphere of true love.. for once they held their fingertips, facing each other.. revolving ,spinning at the movements of time ..they are still moving, very much alive for each other.. although Atharv is in the blank about his past four years..but the name Vividha is gradually filling up the void in his life. depart not from his heart Vividha! He waits for you to call on his name..Atharv! ... Hamlet53 16.3.17
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