MaNan FF World Vs Me Chapter 14(A) &14(B) updated pg 43 - Page 4

Mumbai

The air around the entire mansion is containing an unusual aura and enthusiasm. The silence which rules the mansion most of the time is, today feeling like an eliminated invader.The elder Malhotras are not busy with any phone call or email. The junior Malhotra is more than happy, being the recipient of extra attention he otherwise keep seeking from his parents. Afterall, today he is joining the St. Xavier's college for Business Studies and thus taking his first step as the heir of Malhotra Group of companies. His parents are busy instructing him of dos and donts to be followed in college and wishing him luck again and again. This was one of those rare times when Nayanika Malhotra and Anmol Malhotra were not chairman and MD of MGC but were just parents to their one and only son. Manik was revelling in the moment.

"Manik , all set for the college? "Asked Anmol after elaborating the whole conduct to be followed in college.

"Yes dad and I am going to college only.You and mom are making it look like I'm going for some battle. "Replied Manik cheekily.

" oh come on Manik, just listen to us.It's for your good only.Now that your breakfast is over , you should leave for college or you'll be late on very first day." Commanded Nayanika.

Soon after Manik left, the Malhotra couple followed the suite and went to their respective offices.

Manik reached the Xavier's and parked his Audi A8 among other luxury cars in the parking lot. He stands before the grand entrance of India's most prestigious business school standing in all its glory. As confident as ever, he walked inside the college building witnessing students running, standing in all directions mostly freshers he guessed from their excitement and sort of nervousness.Manik made his way to his class guided by the kind security guard when he was stopped by a senior who paved him the way after a formal introduction. He seemed to be aware of the infamous heir of the no. 1 business group of the country. Manik reached his class passing by admiring glances of beautiful girls. He took a seat near a bespectacled yet smart looking guy and wished him.The boy wished him back introducing himself.

" Hi, I'm Shahid Ahmed and you must be Manik Malhotra" The boy said getting all excited.

"Yeah I am. Pleasure to meet you, Shahid" replied Manik politely. He instantly liked the guy and hoped to find a good friend in him.Shahid also liked Manik .He was nothing he heard or assumed him to be. Manik was absolutely a down to earth guy.Soon the professor entered the class .

"Good morning class, you all are most welcome to the Xavier's. I'm Deepak Sinha,and I'll be teaching you economy. Today is going to be an introductory class. We'll will get to know each other and your regular classes will start tomorrow onwards. So class let us get started with the introductions." Professor Deepak started the class as charmingly as ever.

And the class went by among introductions and getting to know about the course and semester pattern. Rest of the two lectures passed just like that. Nothing eventful happened on Manik's first day of college neither had Manik expected.Yeah he was tagged as new hot hunk of the college on very first day but Manik Malhotra was used to handling such titles. Manik returned home earning the title and a potentially big crush following.He was now looking forwards to the next day to join space.

SMC Medical college

Mumbai

A completely drained and exhausted Nandini is standing in the queue waiting to finally submit all the documents to the college management.The day spent in a fuzz, running here and there for medical examination from one doctor to other, collecting various FAdavits and what not.Now, few more minutes and she'll finally get done with all the admission process.

After completing all the formalties, Nandini entered her hostel.After getting all her stuff settled with the help of her mother and Chachi she went out with her family to spend some time with them before their departure. Her whole family had come with her to Mumbai for her reporting. They reached Mumbai few days earlier and spent some good time there.Today her family was returning to Ajmer and as the time of their departure was coming close, it was getting difficult for Nandini to control her tears. She had never stayed away from her family and now she'll be all alone in this new city. The thought itself was so scaring.

"Nandini beta take care of yourself , now that we won't be around. " Said Sunaina while leaving her daughter all alone. She was almost at the verge of crying.

"Don't worry didi our Nandini is a strong girl. She'll be fine. Enjoy the college life Nandu, all the best sweet heart."Sapna said trying to lighten the situation.

Everyone bid her bye wishing her and elders showering her with hordes of advices.

"Take care Nandini beta and study well. " Alok said as parting words.

" All the best di, live your dream .I'll always be with you. "Rishabh whispered to her while hugging her.Feeling overwhelmed, Nandini could only nod. Sanjana and Harshit hugged her and bid her bye.

She travelled back to her hostel , after her family boarded the flight.She found her roommate all settled in her share of room. She was startled when the girl almost jumped to introduce herself.

"Hii, I'm Poorva Arora from Chandigarh, all India rank 78. Nice to meet you cute girl .oh my gosh your cheeks are so chubby .I can pull them like forever.By the way how did you find Mumbai. It is rocking, isn't it? Arey why aren't you speaking anything ? You don't have to be shy, now that we'll be staying together. Oh silly me I'm not even allow you to speak .Okay, so you are?" Oh god the girl is a walking earthquake!!! This was the first thought that came to Nandini's mind when her roommate finished her superlong introduction.

"Hi Poorva, I'm Nandini Vashishth from Ajmer.Nice to meet you. "Replied Nandini softly.

" Nice to meet you too Nandini and your all India rank is? "Asked Poorva cheerfully.

"37" was Nandini's reply

Then both of them started talking , well most of the talk was done by Poorva, Nandini played a good listener.The night spent peacefully without any intrusion by the seniors as feared by Nandini. Hostel Warden had taken extra care to prevent seniors from coming to juniors lest they all were ragged on the first day itself.

Nandini woke up early the next morning and got ready for the college. She offered her prayers to the almighty as per her routine and talked to her parents. Till then Poorva was ready as well and they left for mess together to have breakfast where they had first encounter with the seniors. All the freshers were already informed to always wish the seniors as soon as they are seen around .Nandini and Poorva wished the seniors but were stopped for the intro along with other fresher girls standing in a line.

"What's your name? " asked a senior strictly that sounded really rude.

"Nandini Vashishth" Nandini simply replied but everything is'nt that simple, now is it.

" Is that how you introduce yourself to your seniors? You don't know even the basic rules and call yourself a medico. "Ouch Nandini was scolded for the first time in her life and that for what mistake, only God knows. She was on the verge of breaking into tears. She didn't know how was she supposed to introduce herself. The senior girl called another fresher and Commanded her to show the way to introduce .

"Adarniya boss , mai apko apna nam btane ki gusthaki kar sakti hu?" Fresher girls were first supposed to seek the permission from seniors and upon getting the permission granted they were to proceed further and the same applied for other questions as well and everything should be spoken in shudh Hindi and above all no eye contact with the seniors.

This is ridiculous. If don't look up , how the hell am I supposed to know whom I am talking to. What is the logic of this nonsense God where am I stuck. Wondered Nandini obviously to herself. Neverthless, she introduced herself to all the seniors according to the so called rules

All the freshers breathed in relief as soon as they were out of the hostel from the clutches of the monster seniors but were worried at the same time because of the task at hand. They were supposed to collect the information of all the seniors of their hostel.Now that was a task, tough but not impossible.

Nandini went to college with Poorva and other girls getting to know about them on the way. Everyone was hell scared to face another senior on the way. But they safely reached inside college building and were guided to the class by security guard. They sighed with relief with the news of 15 days anti ragging holidays of seniors. The class started at 8 when the professor entered.

"Good morning class , I'm Dr. Anita Mehra, Professor and HOD Biochemistry department. I welcome you all to the college. Today we're having an introductory class only." Started the always serious and never smiling professor but absolute gracefully. She then briefed the class about the syllabus, semester pattern and laboratory ethics. She concluded the class by instructing all the students to follow discipline strictly and left the class. Nandini along with her other batchmates were continuosly searching for the information of their seniorson Facebook and other social sites in the free time they got before the next class. Meanwhile Nandini interacted with her other batchmates and hit very well with them. Next was the anatomy class .It also went the same except that the professor smiled occasionally. After the classes Nandini collected the scheduled and left for the hostel , listening to Poorva describing cute , hot and smart guys from the class.

The day went without having to face the seniors except at dinner where they were again subjected to the same torture but girls were better prepared for it.Nandini went to bed after entertaining the seniors to their heart content. She wasn't happy being here .She felt like she's stuck here but things will get better when she will join space. She hummed some music.Music always has this capacity to soothe her from worries. It tended her wounds like nothing else.Feeling light she slept ready to face the new day and looking forward to enter the world of music.

Hey guys I am here with chapter 3.Hopefully this won't bore you out much.Here is Manik and Nandini's first day in their respective colleges.Please let me know your views.

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Mumbai, city of dreams, Mayanagri, economic capital of India and what not, is right now a terrible headache for Nandini Vashishth who is used to peaceful envelope of nature away from the crowd. The city never stops, only traffic lights have the power to stop it but not more than few seconds. The roads are constantly occupied by wheels with no time to breathe. Pavements seem like walking themselves with never stopping pedestricians. Everyone and everything keep running and running, not looking back and as a matter of fact not left and right as well. Nandini crossed the road with a commendable velocity lest she was obstructed by the green signal again which has the potential to incorporate life back to the vehicles. Nandini was making her way to space for her part time music classes starting the very next day of her medical college. Space was at a walking distance of 20 minutes from her hostel.The 20 minutes became 30 due to heavy traffic on Mumbai roads.

She was still on her way to space, when she witnessed a terrible sight. A little boy, not more than 9 was hit by a bike badly but neither that bike guy nor other people stopped to help the boy. Some people looked at him but none came forward for his help. Nandini immediately rushed to the boy to tend to him.He wasn't severly injured but required immediate medical help.She was calling for someone to help her take him to the hospital. She kept calling for help but after some time when no one came to help her, she decided to take the boy to the hospital all by herself. She tried picking him up but she wasn't strong enough to bear his weight. She was still trying to pick him up when a guy did it.He was there to help them.

" Don't worry miss, I've my car here. Let's take him to the hospital. Hospital isn't very far from here. " The boy said taking the kid to his car. After placing the kid on the backseat and making Nandini sit beside him, he quickly started the car and made way towards the hospital. She was relieved to have someone helping her .

" Excuse me, do you have first aid kit in your car? We can give him primary aid till we reach the hospital. " Nandini asked trying to relieve the kid of pain.

" Yeah, you're right. It is right here " replied the boy and retrieved the first aid box kept near him and passed it to Nandini. She started giving the kid primary treatment soon after that.The guy was none other than Manik Malhotra. While going to space,he saw a girl calling for help struggling to pick an injured boy. He immediately ran to help them and now he's here taking them to the hospital, missing his first class at the space.

Manik saw Nandini from the rear view mirror and a distant memory started playing in his mind.

Manik recognised Nandini immediately.Finally he could thank this girl who saved him once and felt good to realise that he got a chance to help her back. He assumed the kid to be her brother. He reached the hospital soon and took the boy inside. Finally the kid was attended by the staff.Manik and Nandini sighed with relief with relief when they were informed that nothing serious happened with the kid.

" Thank you so much for your help. If not for you, we couldn't have reached the hospital on time. " Nandini said softly with genuine appreciation for Manik in her eyes.

" It's alright, it was my duty being a human.And your brother will be fine soon. " Manik replied gently trying to calm Nandini down.

"You're mistaken, he isn't my brother. I was passing by when I saw the kid hit by a bike. He didn't stop to help the boy. " Nandini cleared his misunderstanding.Her voice held a hint of sadness.

" What he is not your brother, oh then? " Manik was initially surprised but he recovered soon because of his past experience with Nandini.

" Well I don't know who's he. " Nandini replied absolutely clueless.

They were, then, informed by the doctor that the kid was fine and could be taken home. Manik and Nandini went inside to see the kid.

" Hey! How are you feeling now? Oh there must be pain, but don't worry, it will go away soon. " Nandini said softly to the boy to make him feel comfortable. Manik couldn't stop himself from smiling at her innocence. This girl was no less than an angel, always ready to help everyone in need. He asked the kid his name and address so that he could drop him his home. They came to know that his parents lived in a chawl. He worked at a tea stall to support his family financially. He was going to stall after delivering tea when he was hit by the bike. Manik and Nandini were saddened to know about the kid and the fact how he was robbed of a childhood he rightfully deserved. They took him to his home. His parents conveyed them gratitude to save their child.Nandini asked his parents to send him to school. She tried to convince them to stop him from working.She told her parents that if they couldn't afford to pay for the fees,there were many government schools offering free education. The couple agreed in front of her only to make Manik and Nandini leave from there. Manik and Nandini left sadly knowing that the couple wasn't going to do any of it.

" Hey don't be sad.We tried from our side, right but there are only certain things we humans can do. " Manik said gently trying to elevate Nandini's mood not liking to see her sad.Nandini gave him a small smile knowing he was right.

"Well, I am Manik Malhotra.Nice to meet you Nandini. I hope it isn't too late for the introductions. " Manik finally introduced himself.

" Hi, nice to meet you too Manik. But how do you know my name? " Asked Nandini, confusion clearly written on her face. She was sure she didn't tell him her name.

Manik chuckled at her confusion filled face which was looking absolutely adorable. He then explained her their ' first meeting ' at pushkar two years ago but Nandini couldn't recognize him for she've had many pushkar visits and she couldn't remember which one he was talking about.

" I am so sorry, but I can't remember any of it. But I hope you weren't injured much. " Nandini replied honestly feeling a little bad.

" Oh its completely alright.you were really in a rush that day and no I wasn't much injured. And I thank you on behalf of all my friends for saving us that day. " Manik replied cheering her up. Nandini accepted his thanks with a dazzling smile which Manik thought was the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.

He stopped the car near a cafeteria asking Nandini for a coffee.He wanted to spend some time with her. Nandini refused him but he managed to convince her.They went to the cafe and had a great time having coffee.Nandini told him that she was in Mumbai to study Medicine, and how she misses her family. Manik too shared his college details and they talked some other stuff. They left the cafe after paying the bills. Nandini paid for her coffee herself not relenting to Manik's offer for paying for the lady. Manik offered to drop her to her hostel but she refused stating that her hostel wasn't very far from here and she was right,she could walk to her hostel. Manik agreed considering her discomfort at being dropped by a guy after only first day of joining the college. He wished her goodbye and left with a big smile on his face.

" Oh freak, I forgot to collect her number.How the hell am I supposed to contact her now. Damn me. " Manik cursed himself as he climbed his bed finally getting aware of his ' blunder '. He was constantly thinking about Nandini from the time he returned home forgetting his missed class at space.Missing class at space wasn't a big issue but missing Nandini's number definitely was. He got an idea. He knew her college hostel.He would go there this weekend and meet her, but how could he go to a girls hostel especially when the girl was uncomfortable about it. He didn't know why but he wanted to meet her again and be friends with her. He never felt like this ever and he decided that it would be better not to go into these thoughts. Content with his plan ,he embraced the sleep with happy mind.

Here Nandini too was happy to have met someone like Manik.She never met such a guy before. Her interactions with the boys were limited.Today, she was not feeling bad about seniors as well. After dancing ,singing and reciting a meow table in front of the seniors, she returned to her room listening to Poorva's never ending bak bak express. She concluded her day with a soft melodious prayer to her favourite Lord Krishna.

"How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world."

Phew! ! Finally chapter 4 is up. Sorry for the delayed update. I typed this chapter 5 times .I wrote almost half of the chapter 3 times and ended up loosing them again and again. 4th time I typed almost whole of the chapter and again lost it .finally I am able to post it. Here is Manik and Nandini's first meet. I hope you guys like it. Do let me know your views.

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