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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: natashathakur

Beautiful chapter n thnxx for pm dr


Originally posted by: eshalli

Awesome chapter dear...
Thxccc 4r pm


Thank you 😳

@ Zhanna

Unfortunately for me the weekend more difficult than weekdays. I didn't even having time to read all the comments so far, and I will write pieces in stages.

Take your time Zhanna.. the lil ones here have been running amok 😆

As incredible cruelty of the death of Durga lived with me with the same sharpness, as I read it few days ago, then and this your picture in this chapter, all the time "sitting" in my the conscious and subconscious. It''s excellent! And this picture helped me understand how the "sounds" of your novel in me. On the musical language - is a Suite*. On the musical language - is a Suite*.

I am so happy that the picture created that effect! 😳 Thanks and thanks for taking this story so personally... this story is 'dark' if I had to describe the colour of this story it would be 'grey'! Like how many histories were ...

*(Definition:... "Suite (France) ... consists of several independent, usually a contrast between the parts, united by the general artistic concept. Parts suites tend to differ in the nature, rhythm, tempo ...).

All 4 chapters have their own color, scent and rhythm.
When Heera go out to try to find the strength to repair herself - it's "Fantasy", Mozart.

http://cs1448.vk.me/u12649428/audios/4a388f5fb2cc.mp3?extra=evylGGaL2_Lvu-5zRkxSp7snXFnFIGHrWihkZsJTnnx9_jI7sKtPzZJFRYoMFMa-aE8QPO2kR2aif6GNkUm4X-ZfHge1VYXbt68y445ru_AnvVEfdezJsgpcDuu_-saohBHSAjEg2RhP

Sorry, the timer doesn't coincide with the record, which I can to add, therefore aproximately.
When Heera is trying to find strength in the game of his happy past, throwing stones on the water - this is the first 45 seconds,

👏 How beautiful and how touching that you chose your favourite music pieces to blend in with the 'moods' of the chapter!

Taking a much needed break from the woes and responsibilities weighing her down, the 16 year old had stepped out alone, a short while ago, in search of some peace. Her stroll had begun at the gardens, like she'd promised Gauri, but the sounds of a flowing stream had caught her attention at some point. Lured by the music of water like a moth to flame, the lone lady had crossed a large field lined with an extensive stretch of stables, till she reached an elevated spot. An elevation that displayed the dusky views, of what she assumed, was a canal.

then with 48 seconds:

Yet, she hadn't found the tranquillity she was after. There was a calming silence that the solitude of night offered. The familiar spreads of nature somehow reminded her of the home she'd left behind, but Heera hadn't got what she yearned for.

Even the gentle breeze that'd displaced her veil and thrown her hair back didn't calm her - it only served to remind how vehement her own breath was. The light spray from the stream drizzling upon her features didn't cool her temper - it only showed her how warm her own tears were.

'Finding peace', as Harka Bai discovered eventually, was no easy quest.

at 1,35 sec monologue with Durga:

'How jiji? How am I supposed to find inner peace? Tell me... when I know I have to protect everyone from a powerful enemy like the Shehzade, whose men are out to murder me? When the terrible manner in which they took your life relentlessly haunts me? When I fear how deplorable jijasa's condition would be? How am I supposed to find peace when every step of my journey is plagued with perils?' she let an angry tear merge with the cool droplets trickling down her cheeks 'How am I going to achieve everything without your guidance? I need you... I want you with me, jiji... I WANT YOU BACK!'

I am awed Zhanna... you've listened, assimilated very carefully!

Rushing off to night rider and Heera entrained flow, this "Summer" of Vivaldi.

http://xmusic.me/s/2906523-Vivaldi_Vanessa_Mej_-_Vremena_Goda_-_leto_SHtorm_remiks/

I understood (?) why the reference to "Beauty and the Beast." I'm very primitive thought that just so powerful male character, accustomed to the attention of women, the knight, who always will help, even if not asked. That if he fall in love, it is precisely the same:young, firm and at the same time very delicate and fragile, like Heera. (Hee-hee. 😛)

Therein where lies the difference... this stranger is not just a powerful knight in shining armour... he isn't polished, mannerly... neither does he ride gallantly on a horse, showing off his valour... (like the prologue describes... and like NJAPA_ADDICT showed)

He is a man in the shadows... a loner, a brooder... very sharp, but he doesn't like company... shows no empathy... a man who is very intriguing for whatever reason... his character is another one that I took a long long long long time to think of!

But you, how wonderful and talented! Doesn't the syrup, not cloying, and not with pink bows. It all starts with the confrontation.

If I would shooting film, then perhaps in the 3rd chapter in scenes of battle and the death of Durga, I would make black and white and only blood would give color.

oooh ok.. you've described this review in colours and sounds... such an interesting read Zhanna


Edited by lashy - 9 years ago
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: Ashvneet2399


Neither did I ever waited nor enjoyed the Sundays but since the day u started updating this story , Sundays had become my favourite 😛😆 .

Omggg I became like the doordarshan Ramayan Mahabharat telecast then ☺️😆
The stranger is out yaayy ! N my my do I need to tell the state of my heart
"Under the faint rays of the moonlight and behind the gleam of water droplets, there could be no other face that looked more refined. Set against skin that was fairer than fair, the bronzed locks that fell above his shoulders put even the richest shades of brown to shame. With features so sharp and eyes so piercing, she doubted if the man belonged to this country at all. "
Oh.My.God ! This is just ... 😲 ,, ❤️,☺️ !

*Coming back to the Earth *
Awww thank you... 🤗

I'd felt soo connected to Heera . Her pain , her struggle ... She's just 16 yet she'd been through soo much . First she lost her father , n well we all know what a father means to a daughter n thn her sister , her friend , her inspiration . She must have been feeling soo alone naa ! No body to share her tears . Yet she's soo strong . She never lets the tears to come in front of her group , she knows she needs to b strong , for all of them , to save them , the only ones she's left with .
You are right!😊 She cannot cry in front of her people... she cries in front of Nature and God instead...

Sometimes it makes me think what harm these innocent souls ever caused , that they'd to go through all this but then , when had God been fair to anyone ? If it wasn't because of all these problems , could they have been this strong they are now ? Heera , she is a true gem . I simply adore these two sisters .
Awww 🤗

"How am I going to achieve everything without your guidance? I need you... I want you with me, jiji... I WANT YOU BACK!"
I miss her too . 😭 Why fate had to be so cruel ? Why God just plays the role of being deaf at such situations ? Why she Had to go through such cruelty? Why such monsters are even born ? Why after being punished too , many such beasts are born in future ? Why is it bound to happen with the girls ? Why can't girls just live freely without fear ? And after all that , every where , every instant , every place , girls are the one to be blamed ? Couldn't it just be that instead of teaching the girls to be in their limits , boys are taught to be in their limits , to respect each n every female . I know m diverting from the topic ... But all this just got me here

>>> I understand...

Yet , after all the suffering , girls are expected to be strong . They are strong ! Strong enough that they are living despite of all this cruelty , they are fighting .
Yes they are... many of them are...

"Burying her face into her lap, she wrapped her hands around her knees, cocooning herself from the unknown, as she waged a few fights of her own. A fight with tears. A fight with fate. A fight with God himself."

The above lines just went straight into my heart n that was enough for me to have tears . Fight ! This is all she has to do now , for her people , for her land , for her jiji n for herself .

But, how will she fight?

Is it really necessary that to become strong one has to suffer ? To live in this world , one has to fight ?

U know what dii , m actually from a village . Right now m living at my nani's place but my home is in a village n I myself have seen the partiality going on between the girls and the boys . If a girl returns home late night after her work or her studies , she definitely is a loose character type . Pardon my language , but this what I actually had heard . Is it really her mistake if she wants to be independent ? N guess what who are the ones blaming the girls , the women themselves ! I mean c'mon weren't you people also the same , haven't these people ever desired to b free or independent, off course they would have , right ? Then why the hell can't they let others live their dreams ?

No it's not fair... but as Sandhya said... this is what happens.. women turn out to be the worst enemy of women!

Ooppss , zyaada bol gayi naa ? 😆 Well , mai hamesha hi zyaada bolti hu 🤣 !

I just looovvveed the chapter dii , it somewhat inspired me , Durga n Heera , they r true inspirations . N all thanks to u for creating such magnificent charaters .

Waiting for next sunday ...

Thank you so so so so much!🤗

Love you

P.S. m again on time 😉 🤣.

OMG are you such a late lateef... that this part has you rolling on the floor😆


Originally posted by: Akdhalover6898

Amazing chappy dear
Thanks
That stranger is very selfish yaar how could he charge money for water and that too 4dams
the stranger really impresed by heera's voice
😆 Awww
I think he was keenly observing... don't know whether he was impressed yet
heera is so kind that she herself apply medicine to injured soldiers...and also give the water to drink them which is stored for her
Yes 😳
heera went near stream for searching of mind piese but alas didn't found and starts to miss her sister
😭
OMG! She fell in steam and about to sink but one manly arm gave her support...and he was non other than stranger
Yes...
but i didn't like his behaviour towards heera
He is very forthright... frank... he is not a gentleman, that's for sure!
eagerly waiting for next chappy
update soon lashy
thanks for pm
Thank you.. and I did post the pictures as you'd advised

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Posted: 9 years ago
#13
@ Stuti

As usual, super-duper mind-blowing update!⭐️⭐️⭐️ And the new mysterious character is undoubtedly the most fascinating one till date!😃 Most fascinating? REALLY?

Well from where should I start from! 😆 Okay, first the whole description of the journey... it was just perfectly captured through the lens of your vast imagination, and your amazing style of writing makes us to relish the slide-show of those pictures in front of our eyes... and we get completely lost in that era. The most intriguing part is the shifting of the heiress with her maid for safety reason! I had read in a novel (That too was of the same time-period, when the Mughal Empire has just started to be worn out) about the interchanging the queen and the just-born heir with her maid and another little baby to protect them from the grab of Mughal's. Don't know why I recalled the same here.

Yes its true... esp in the case of a person whose life is in danger... and whose life decides the fate of an entire town! Thank you so much Stuti

I like Bindiya 😛 She is so funny!😆😆😆

I thought she wouldn't be liked, actually... but glad to know you do... Shagun said something similar...

The first meeting with the stranger is quite a unique one. From first to last he was consistent in his distinct attitude- which is actually the killer one☺️ Wow!! He is firm, determined and extremely unique... like he has a x-factor in his whole presence which attracts like magnet. ⭐️
X-Factor... I like that... I guess he has the mystery element going for him... that coupled with the fact that for a change, he is not the one falling latoo head over heels love at first sight with the girl... somehow that quality is a luring factor (at least, for me!)

The water-part has been crafted greatly, and it shows a contrast between the mentality of Heera and the stranger... Where Heera is full of natural motherhood, she is so kind and caring to each and every soul, and is ready anytime to give away the water of her part (just a very very very minor example from her act of kindness!), the stranger is not even ready to give a drop of water without taking his rightful payment; and he is decently firm throughout till he is given the price... it shows that he is never compromising when it comes to own right; and both of their natures are opposite and strong in their point- when they will blend with each other they will make a volcano!
I never realised this part could be studied/compared thus... but, you've made a good example! Enjoyed reading it... thoroughly...

I would like to quote the line I loved most in the conversation...

"'I hope you realise that even Amrit would have cost us less, Sahib!' the heiress stated, using sarcasm to express her disapproval

'Of course, it would Sahiba! Because water is more precious than nectar...'

My favourite too!☺️

And I just loved the way you differentiated Heera's regal gesture from the common girl in front of the stranger... The stranger briefly observed the wooden palanquin from where the fresh voice was echoing - aware that this voice sounded far more fluent and polished than the one that'd echoed from the regal carriage! 😳

Thank you... it must have strange for him that a lady in a regal palanquin spoke not-so-regally...

The exit of the stranger was ufff! He is so mysterious! Who is he? What does he do? What is his name?[Jalal here at least I hope😆] I want to know him...☺️
AWww
Heera is such a gem! A Heera indeed as her jiji had said once... Her kind and compassionate nature makes her great. The way she was treating the peoples around her with so much affection! Beautiful! She may not be a gallant warrior like her Jiji, but she is a savior! She knows to protect all under her shelter!😳

Yes!😃

But the best part of this update is undoubtedly the last portion- the canal bank!

I was fully spellbound with the description of the ambiance. It was like a sad song... a poetry... as if the nature was shedding tears with the dejected lone young girl...😭😭😭 Love you diii!!🤗
How beautiful!😊 Loved the allegory...

The stranger came as a rescuer and the protector! Just awesome!😎 This one was sheer romantic❤️ ☺️

It was a question he was meant to ask a few moments ago, but for some strange reason 'Hazel' were the first words that came to his mind. Hazel - the colour of her eyes. Blacks, he'd seen. Blues and greens he'd seen. Even browns he'd seen. But such an exquisite tint of hazel, he had not.

So beautiful!!
THAT was your favourite? Not the one before that?😉

Can't wait for the next update!And dying to read how they will fall in love...😳
Thanks Stuti.. you made my day... 🤗
Edited by lashy - 9 years ago
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: Kuki715

Hii dii..what an update⭐️ was watching chaalbaaz and suddenly realised today's update day and I was like "Aaj Sunday hai..toh??toh update padhne ka day hai"😆.Sorry if I sound stupid😛.

No you sound adorable!😆

Now the update,compared to last one this was such a breeze.
Nice...
Though Heera and her people are still facing difficulties but seems from hereon they will overcome each of them.Heera is sooo sweet😳.The way she was taking care of the soldiers putting forth their needs before hers was so heart toching😳.They too care for her a lot but no one can take the place of her jiji.she was missing her,me too😭.
It's difficult to stop missing her, I guess!
So our stranger is a businessman that too a shrewd one.Believes in no free lunches (or water here)😆.
🤣 I like the way you've put it!
Their encounter was soo lovely😳.He lost in her eyes.she in his physique and hair and skin and...no no I am not lost..😆.But its the magic of your writing that made me😳.Love you waiting for next part
Thank you so so so much! 😳



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Posted: 9 years ago
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Phew done... so now, no one would miss the replies...
Edited by lashy - 9 years ago
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Posted: 9 years ago
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unres on pg 15

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Hiii gm lashy will unress here as ur previous thread has ended an I had ressed my place der but since u have made a new thread I will post my comment here... 😉

hi lash 🤗 what a mesmerizing update...I was completely lost in ur chap while reading... so finally d stranger has entered and met heera... 😉

u have v beautifully compared heera's inner turmoil with d pebbles splashing against water...could feel her anxiety and tension of taking such a big responsibility on her shoulder that too at such young age... 😳 m sure she would prove her mettle...and at such a juncture where all d enemies r hawking around her for d farman she has to come out strong and bold...and we know with her ace and diplomacy she would firmly take over d responsibility... 😉

Heera from floating astray was his towering masculine outline, confining her to her spot. Never before had she been at such close quarters with any man before - let alone the fact that it was dark, and that they were both standing in 4 feet of water, with their clothes drenched. Yet, the first thought that came to her enquiring mind wasn't awkwardness - it was that she'd finally decoded the puzzle

'He IS the stranger...'


so here her stranger comes and emerges like a savior for her protecting her from d clutches of d water which would have engulfed her any moment if he had delayed...and surprisingly she dint feel any awkwardness... 😉 how can a savior b s stranger ot her...

Under the faint rays of the moonlight and behind the gleam of water droplets, there could be no other face that looked more refined. Set against skin that was fairer than fair, the bronzed locks that fell above his shoulders put even the richest shades of brown to shame. With features so sharp and eyes so piercing, she doubted if the man belonged to this country at all. Yes, he was a Mughal, but a Mughal from another land. Her mind went back to the various paintings and books on culture that she owned - trying to find a match 'Not a Mongol. Or a Turk...' she supposed 'Persia? Yes that's it...he's Persian!'

ufff this stranger is too hot to handle...all r falling for his charms...and I felt even somewhere heera too was drooling over him... 😉 as she couldn't fathom which country he belonged too...with his sharp chiseled features and d icing on d cake being d bronze locks...he is too dreamy

ok I dont know whether d following pic will suit here or not but still couldn't stop myself from posting it...


It was a question he was meant to ask a few moments ago, but for some strange reason 'Hazel' were the first words that came to his mind. Hazel - the colour of her eyes. Blacks, he'd seen. Blues and greens he'd seen. Even browns he'd seen. But such an exquisite tint of hazel,



finally lash 🤗thnx for updating another wonderful piece of work...will b waiting lashy sahiba for ur next update eagerly...
Edited by harshu27 - 9 years ago
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Yahaan par bhi wohi haalat 😆
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congratulations lashy di , for your new thread...
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& a BIGWALA thank you lashy di ...🤗
for posting my musings on your durga , at front page...😳

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