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binduprasad41

@binduprasad41

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Posted: 8 years ago

#151

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

COFFEE WITH KK.

The India Forum Channel has invited Lashy, the Master Story Teller to their master piece programme "Coffee with KK", which has made a successful completion of 500 episodes..


KK: Hello, viewers! I take great pleasure in welcoming you to the gala celebration of the 500th episode of your favourite talk show "Coffee with KK"! You will be anxious to know who is our V.I.P today...I leave it to your guess...I can say that our chief guest today is a masterpiece writer, because whatever she writes becomes a masterpiece..Her latest serial in the IF magazine has crossed 2000 pages having a readership in hundreds... She also does the illustrations for her stories, and this marks her unique in the field of fiction writers in the magazine..Ah, yes..you could have guessed by this time...Yes.. it is our one and only LASHY, Author of the Historical Romance titled "Hiding Behind a Stranger..."!👏👏
( Lashy enters.)
KK: Good morning Lashy, it is a pleasure to meet you in our studio, and I thank you for finding time to be here inspite of your multifarious duties and responsibilities...
Lashy: Good morning Mrs KK. It is indeed my pleasure to meet my readers through your programme and am thankful to you and the IF channel for that..
KK: Lashy, I have heard that you have a big fan following from the days you have started to write in the IF magazine .. and how do you feel about it?
Lashy: Oh.. that is something that I received as God's gift..a gift I cherish in my heart always..
KK: Tell me and incidentally to the viewers something about your long term friendship with some of your friends from early days.
Lashy: (smiles) All my readers are my friends and if you ask me about any particular person I can say that there are two and they are Kausi and Sandya .. They will fight with each other for their right to be called "Chellam" by me..
KK: Okay Lashy.. Tell me about your latest novel "Hiding Behind a Stranger"
Lashy: It is a historical fiction set up against the 17th century background.. A romance blossoming between an orphaned heiress and a recluse with simple tastes..
KK: Well...viewers..we will now call her Chellam no 1 Kausi to the studio..
(Kausi enters)
KK: Good morning Kausi ..
Kausi: Good morning KK.. Hi Lashy!..
KK: And I call Chellam number2 Sandya to the studio..
( Sandya enters)
KK: Good morning Sandya..
Sandya: Good morning..Hello Lashy.
Lashy: Oh. what a surprise!.. think of the Devil...
KK: Kausi and Sandya.. tell us abut your association with Lashy..
Kausi: Lashy is a loveable person..
Sandya: Yes .. and also very intelligent..I love her style of writing..
KK: But Lashy said that both of you fight with each other for the title "Chellam"?
Sandya: Yes ..but most of the time I will be magnanimous towards her and permit her to use it..
Kausi: No.. she always fights with me for the sake of fighting..For example.. she is crazy about Jalal and she doesn't want anybody to say his name even, particularly me..
KK: You mean Akbar?
Sandya: I mean Jalal and not Akbar..
KK: But..where is Jalal in the story?
Kausi: Akbar is the name of the hero..Akbar Muhammud Khan.. or AMK shortly..
Sandya: But Harshu and others post their musings for Akbar..with Jalal's pictures..
KK: But was Jalal not Abar?
Kausi: Yes.. but he was Jodha's Akbar.. but this one is Harka's Akbar..
KK: You are confusing me.. Is Harka Bai another name for Jodha.? Om Puri's voice repeated it everyday before the serial Jodha Akbar started..
Sandya: That was Harka bai.. This one is Heera ..
KK: Uff.. Heera and Harka? How many heroines are there in the story?
Kausi: So far only one..
Sandya: If Akbar will be like Chandra, he will have 2 or 3..
Kausi: Then what will you do Sandy Begum?..
KK: 😲Sandy Begum? Whose Begum is she?
Kausi: No..no.. All our friends call her Sandy Begum..
KK: Oh.. When both of you fight, what will be the reaction of Lashy?
Sandya: She will enjoy it..
Kausi: Sometimes she will speak in favour of me.. I am her pet..
Sandya: No.. kausi imagines things..
KK: Now Lashy, what do you say about this?
(Camera focuses on Lashy)
Lashy: Z Z Z Z ...


 

Karkuzhali.

wow aunty
what a entertaining post
introduction of lashy Di is superb and just perfect for her
indeed she is masterpiece writer
love it and enjoy so much
poor kk
kal Di and sandhya Di make her confuse
of course lashy Di enjoy their fight
and last part is epic aunty
thank you so much for sharing

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karkuzhali

@karkuzhali

Inactive

Posted: 8 years ago

#152

Chapter 19.

Haikus.

1. On your mark, get set

Sword practice under the stars

Our Akbar Sahib.

2. Nature his mentor

Trees Tribals Animals targets

For Ustad the Archer

3. An aide and a guide

The dual role of a friend

Her Saheli Gauri

4. Her excuse to meet him

His Gate pass to Parngarh

Kakaasa's Laddus..

Karkuzhali.

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Kalgi22

@Kalgi22

Stunner

+ 3

Posted: 8 years ago

#153

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Then fix a different face for AMK and have him. Lashy, fix up one soon. 😈
Who wants a brooding touch-me-not anyway? 😡
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Wait, wait...he is not a touch-me-not any more.🤔 He was so touchy touchy in the canal. But then he is a big liar. He said that he didn't remember anything, while he was remembering only 'the thing' all night in the forest.🤣

Okay.okay. go and cry on his sleeve. He will then tell you that he doesn't even remember who you are.😈🤣

"Kausi??? Kausi whom?? Sorry Sahiba. I'm unfamiliar with the name. I have pressing matters to attend to. Having come this far and having grabbed my sleeves to weep most unexpectedly, you are welcome to a lunch - my chachajaan's pilaaf after which you can leave immediately. "

Chee chee indha pazham pulikkum!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Kalgi22

@Kalgi22

Stunner

+ 3

Posted: 8 years ago

#154

Shruti and Akanksha... both of your write-ups ❤️⭐️ 👏👏

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Durgeshnandini

@Durgeshnandini

Dazzler

Posted: 8 years ago

#155

This is the nineteenth chapter of this saga, more like a journey as you capture it in the sensational camera of your gem of a writing skill. As we step into nineteen, the story young and gentle and tender like a new born, slowly morphs into a teenager, lively and full of imaginations, urging to live in colours, daring to tread the forbidden terrain, fighting with the ever ruling conscience to steal a moment of self exploration... having its first ever tryst with passion unknown. That is how the story has been so far. That is how Heera and Akbar have been so far. But now at the wake of youth, things ought to change... for duties and dangers...

Undaunted he is full of confidence and skill, but sadly for him his worst fears come alive, just when he was willing to let them pass and he to escape from the clutches of duties calling... to the other world. He riding into dangerous woodlands, exploring the unknown of enemies and skills is a sheer metaphor, of his life, and more so of his existence. He rides away through the dark and deep, his focus steady, his weapons ready to attack. Troubles lurk around him - like savage pack of wolves, baring their teeth, frothing and snarling - intimidating his very existence . And he like the proud lion, fears not the cowardice... beating them down by his mere gaze. He doesn't fear the harm to his existence, but he fears a harm to HER existence... so he knows that he has to end it all...

Honestly speaking, this was one of the finest example of your versatility - the likes of which we have seen in Durga's fight till death... various moments of Akbar and Heera together, including the mistaken crying on the shoulder and the canal scene in the previous chapter. Not everyone has the finesse of embroidering jewels into a thread work of complicated emotions... you the Hermoine Granger have been bestowed with it, so fully! Also now as we approach the end of part 1, the canal scene of the previous chapter makes more significance - that was like the completion of a circle, now they are where they were when it all began... only the sunshine of hopes goes amiss!!

The Queen of Gems, worth a thousand beauties, such a precious girl is this Heera... what is not in her to love? What is not there in her to make one stake his happiness to her unmarred radiance? She is the subject, and she is the object too... all his actions, deliberately or not are because of her and just for her... she knows his pulse, she prides herself in reading his eyes, dark depths which morph into crystal clear waters of a brook, at her honeyed urging. So she steps in to bid a farewell much to the indignance of Gauri - but she comes later - and this rendezvous turns out to be a metaphor again, all owing to the vagaries of Fate.

She steps into a chamber unknown, passes through corridors where light doesn't bounce of her silks, where the unfamiliarity doesn't seem welcoming it lingers around like ominous vibes... such a stark contrast! (This is how probably she is going to feel when she learns his darker self, methinks)... here again they complete a tale, which had begun in Chapter 8. Then he let the guards down to clarify himself... to subtly show off his talents. Here he builds up fortifications all over again to spurn her. There they bid a farewell though she were to stay... but here when they are actually parting ways... they utter none. Sad it is, to see her choking in her disappointment, as her palanquin exits, sans him calling her back. All of it must've been a terrible nightmare, that she is never going to get over...

Protagonists apart, Gauri and Chachajaan are obviously two pillars who stand out from the rest. Be it in their unwavering faith and sense of service, their understanding of what their respective masters need and above all else, their farsight - something achieved out of heart and not tactful mind. Heera has her entire family in Gauri... why in that splitting moment before letting her in, Gauri's meaningful gaze at Heera reveals so much - the worries of a best friend, careful counsels of an elder sibling, the warnings of an elderly lady of the house, almost threatening the little one into understanding, and many fears and prayers, typical of the motherhood, as her child embarks on the road not taken.

If Gauri is the embodiment of Heera's conscience... Chachajaan is a mirror to Akbar's soul. His pains and fears, needs and thoughts and even the slightest traces of possessiveness that seepes into his besotted self, nothing goes unnoticed in this mirror that knows him inside out. Chachajaan is a presence he cannot ignore, a thought he cannot dismiss... for he is the soul who prevents the goodness of his heart from drying out from the scorching heat of cruel ambitions.

Part one thus wraps up with the lovers parting ways, now we plunge more into the harrowing depths of ploys and plans... I am waiting with bated breath to see how the fingers and mind, so expert in weaving the finest filigree of subtle romance crafts finer threads of a neck break racing... we have already been subjected to a sneak peek of this in the opening of this chapter, I suppose!!

Wanted to keep it short, but ended up in summarising the journey so far in my own way... waiting for the games to begin...

With lots of love! ❤️

Edited by durgeshnandini - 8 years ago

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Durgeshnandini

@Durgeshnandini

Dazzler

Posted: 8 years ago

#156

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

Chapter 19.

Haikus.

1. On your mark, get set
Sword practice under the stars
Our Akbar Sahib.

2. Nature his mentor
Trees Tribals Animals targets
For Ustad the Archer

3. An aide and a guide
The dual role of a friend
Her Saheli Gauri

4. Her excuse to meet him
His Gate pass to Parngarh
Kakaasa's Laddus..

Karkuzhali.

A lovely start to my day again... these are beautiful, Aunty! 🤗

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shahbhavini

@shahbhavini

Rocker

+ 5

Posted: 8 years ago

#157

Oh, My Dear Shraddha... You have poured your heart out in this chapter... I had tears in my eyes when Heera walked out of his room... The way you have penned down each emotion of Akbar tore my heart apart... No doubt I felt proud on Heera for stepping up, but my heart cried for Akbar more... His sacrifice for her sake... for her safety... for her betterment touched my heart. Akbar, the way he constrained to mask his inner turmoil and kept his poker act of stoniness. Again and Again, my heart was questioning how he managed to put a stone on his heart... His thick sound still ringing in my ears...

But this message could've been sent this through your guards, Sahiba...'

I was almost knocked off and heartbroken at this point... With such polite manner, he offended her... His dislike in his stance... words... and eyes probably was enough to kill her not once but million times.

'Can't recall anything else?' Clutching together a few pieces of her heart that'd just been sliced apart,

A 16-year-old girl who just gone through a horrible trauma once again, she got whacked by her newly born love. I salute to Heera in this chapter... even though he brutally broke her apart... she stands straight and walks out gracefully from his room.

She wouldn't demean herself by listing all the subtle moments they'd shared - only for him to claim 'vagueness' again. As a proud young lady, she knew when she was welcome - but more importantly, she knew when she was not welcome too.'

U know in Heera and Akbar convo my fav part... the way Heera was searching in his eyes one glimpse of true emotion... but Akbar is truly shrewd here... didn't gave single hint and kept on attacking again and again. She kept on trying to find the answer.

Somewhat I was pleasing shocked to see Heera's courage...and openness... not only in this chapter but the previous two chapters as well. At the canal scene and their first gentle embrace.

I clapped for Heera's grace... The way she collected the courage to meet him, face him once again... confront openly... truly admirable... U always go beyond and above reader's expectation. I am not going to be satisfied in one time reading... I have to read again to feel the pain once again of those torn souls... I want to feel Akbar's pain when she was walking out from his life... I want to cry out loud for Heera... for her self-respect... for her insult... for her broken faith.

His brows stiffened 'and sorry for what I'm about to do...'

(What is he going to do now???) Are U hinting something? Is he going to parnagrah Haveli to search for Farman

Akbar doesn't know about Mahendra's intention... does he know about how Mahendra is?

I really feel sorry for Gauri and Cha-cha Jaan... both are burning in their loved one's agony.

'Maybe fate?' After all, fate had been unfairly targeting her quite a lot, of late 'But, why me jiji? Why me repeatedly?' she would ask again, in agony.'

At this point, I had tears in my eyes... I don't know I was feeling for Heera or Akbar... but it was truly heart wrenching...

There was a small corner of her heart that wasn't ready to leave yet.'

Deep down I knew the story will move further when they apart... but even though I had hoped... maybe he will realize he is the only one who could protect her and will stop her.

Till she was forced to wake up from the stupor - at least for a while - by someone's unexpected arrival.

Hope it's not Khalil

I am too poor in analyzing so I have just written what I felt while reading it... My heart is still feeling empty... feels as if nothing left... U R pen has magical power to bound readers in your wand. Truly amazing emotional chapter. LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT...

Lashy... I can't wait for them to be gathered again... Update soon.

Sorry for not commenting on last two chapters...Lately life has been too hectic.. but I enjoyed reading it. specially chapter 17 the curving point...the cupid scorpion... my fav... LOVE U

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY DIWALI

Edited by shahbhavini - 8 years ago